The Last 10 NBA MVPs

Take a look at the last 10 NBA MVPs and see how they compare to one another.

LeBron James

Lebron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time. James played High School basketball at St. Vincent–St. Mary high school in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, where he was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar A prep-to-pro, he joined the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003 as the first overall draft pick Named the 2003–04 NBA Rookie of the Year, he quickly established himself as one of the league’s premier players; winning the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2009 and 2010. After failing to win a championship with Cleveland, James left in 2010 to join the Miami Heat in a highly publicized ESPN special titled The Decision.

James won his first two NBA championships while playing for Miami in 2012 and 2013. He was named NBA Finals MVP in both victories. After his fourth season with the Heat, James led Miami to a franchise-record fourth consecutive NBA Finals appearance and won his third championship, becoming only the fifth player in NBA history to win three championships consecutively. During his final season with Miami, James was awarded his fourth NBA MVP After losing in the 2014 NBA Finals he returned to Cleveland. In 2016, he led Cleveland to their first championship since 1964 and was named Finals MVP for a third time after averaging 29 points per game during that year’s Finals series against Golden State Warriors

Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant who plays for the Brooklyn Nets is the most recent NBA MVP He was awarded the title in 2014. Prior to Durant, the MVPs were:

2013-14: Kevin Durant Oklahoma City Thunder

2012-13: Lebron James Miami Heat

2011-12: Lebron James Miami Heat

2010-11: Derrick Rose Chicago Bulls

2009-10: Lebron James Cleveland Cavaliers

2008-09: Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers

2007-08: Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers

2006-07: Dirk Nowitzki Dallas Mavericks

Stephen Curry

Stephen Curry is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A six-time NBA All-Star he has been voted the league’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice and won three NBA Championships with the Warriors. Many players and analysts have called him the greatest shooter in NBA history He is credited with revolutionizing the game of basketball by inspiring teams to frequently utilize the Three-Point Shot

Russell Westbrook

Russell Westbrook was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics with the fourth overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft He played college basketball at UCLA. He is a nine-Ime Nba All-Star and earned All-NBA First Team honors three times. Westbrook won an NBA Scoring Title in 2014–15 and was the league’s assists leader in 2016–17. He is also a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning back-to-back titles in 2010 and 2012.

James Harden

James Harden was born in Los Angeles California. He played college basketball for Arizona State where he was named first team All-Pac-10 and was selected with the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft by Oklahoma City In 2012, he was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year with the Thunder. After being traded to Houston in 2012, Harden became one of the league’s most prolific scorers and earned recognition as one of its most outstanding players, winning the MVP Award in 2018. He is a seven-time All-Star and has earned All-NBA team honors six times.

Kawhi Leonard

Kawhi Leonard was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the 2013-2014 season.

Anthony Davis

Anthony Davis (born March 11, 1993) is an American Professional Basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely regarded as one of the best players in the league and has been selected to seven All-Star teams and nine All-NBA teams He has also won two NBA championships both with the Lakers.

Damian Lillard

Since the National Basketball Association began handing out the Maurice Podoloff Trophy in the 1955-56 season to recognizes its Most Valuable Player some truly exceptional players have been given the honor. Here are the last 10 MVPs of the NBA.

2013-14: Kevin Durant Oklahoma City Thunder
2012-13: Lebron James Miami Heat
2011-12: Lebron James Miami Heat
2010-11: Derrick Rose Chicago Bulls
2009-10: LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers
2008-09: Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers
2007-08: Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers
2006-07: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks
2005-06: Steve Nash Phoenix Suns

Kyrie Irving

The 2018–19 season was Irving’s eighth in the NBA. He averaged 23.8 points, 5.0 assists, and 3.7 rebounds per game shooting 49.1 percent from the field and 40.1 percent from three-point range and was named to his sixth straight All-Star team On February 1, Irving scored a season-high 42 points in a 115–109 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves In doing so, he became the first Celtic since Larry Bird in 1987–88 to score 40 or more points in three consecutive games. On March 3, he scored 30 points and made a career-high tying eight three-pointers in a 128–95 win over the Charlotte Hornets Four days later, he had 37 points and 11 assists in a 119–103 win over the Chicago Bulls

Joel Embiid

Joel Hans Embiid (/dʒoʊˈɛl ɛmbiːd/ joh-EL EMB-eed; born March 16, 1994) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After one year of collegiate basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks he was drafted with the third overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft by the 76ers. However, Embiid missed his first two seasons due to injury.

Since being drafted, Embiid has been named to two All-Star teams and has been named All-NBA twice. He is also a two-time winner of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award