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Michael Jordan won the NBA MVP five times. Derrick Rose became the youngest player to ever win the award at age 22. LeBron James is a four-time NBA MVP. Stephen Curry won back-to-back MVP awards in 2014–15 and 2015–16. He is the first unanimous MVP selection in league history. [19] Giannis Antetokounmpo won back-to-back MVP awards in 2018 ...
His four MVP awards are matched only by Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, and Bill Russell; James and Russell are the only players to win four MVP awards in a five-year span. [471] James has also won four Finals MVP Awards, which is the second-most all-time, [472] and earned All-Defensive honors every season from 2009 to ...
Michael Jordan has won the award a record six times. Shaquille O'Neal is the only player other than Michael Jordan to have won the award three times consecutively. Tony Parker was the second player born outside the US to win the award, joining Hakeem Olajuwon. LeBron James is the only player to win the award with three different teams.
LeBron James lifted both the NBA Cup and the MVP award for the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament (IST) as the Los Angeles Lakers held off the upstart Indiana Pacers, 123-109, in Las Vegas.
How many All-Star Game MVPs has LeBron James won? LeBron James was named the All-Star Game MVP in 2006, 2008 and 2018. He is third all-time behind Kobe Bryant and Bob Pettit, who have four each.
One of two players in NBA history to win at least two NBA Most Valuable Player Awards for two different franchises. The other is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. One of two players in NBA history to win NBA MVP, Finals MVP, and an Olympic gold medal in the same year. [37] The other is Michael Jordan (1992).
It is because James was not the regular-season MVP that he has been able to maintain his status as the most important player on a title contender so late into his legendary career.
Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley won the award in the 1991 NBA All-Star Game. Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O'Neal has won the award three times in his career. He is also the oldest MVP ever, at 36 years and 346 days old. Hall-of-Famer Kobe Bryant won the award a record four times in his career, a feat he shares with Bob Pettit. The award was renamed ...