When is the NBA MVP Award Given?

The NBA MVP Award is given to the best performing player in the National Basketball Association during the regular season. The award has been given out since the 1955-56 season.

The NBA MVP Award is given to the most valuable player of the regular season.

The National Basketball Association’s (NBA) most valuable player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, who served from 1946 until 1963. Until the 1979–80 season, the MVP was selected by a vote of NBA players. Since the 1980–81 season, the award is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada.

Each member of the voting panel casts a vote for first to fifth place selections. Each first-place vote is worth 10 points; each second-place vote is worth seven; each third-place vote is worth five; each fourth-place vote is worth three; and each fifth-place vote is worth one. Starting from 2010, one ballot was cast by fans through online voting. The player with the highest point total wins the award. As of May 2016, Russell Westbrook and Stephen Curry are tied for second place with nine wins apiece. Oscar Robertson holds the record for most wins with 10.*

*Info retrieved from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ NBA_Most_Valuable_Player

The regular season MVP is typically announced at the end of the playoffs.

The National Basketball Association’s (NBA) most valuable player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, who served from 1946 until 1963. Until 2011, the MVP was selected by a vote of NBA players. Since 2012, a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada has been entrusted with voting for the award. Each member of the voting panel casts a vote for first to fifth place selections. Each first-place vote is worth 10 points; each second-place vote is worth seven; each third-place vote is worth five; each fourth-place vote is worth three; and each fifth-place vote is worth one. Starting from 2010, one ballot was cast by fans through online voting. The player with the highest point total wins the award. As of May 2019, eleven players have won this award a record three times: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1971–73), Larry Bird (1984–86), Magic Johnson (1987–89), Michael Jordan (1991, 1992, 1996), Moses Malone (1979–81), Bill Russell (1961–63), Oscar Robertson (1963–64), Shaquille O’Neal (1999–2000), Steve Nash (2004–05 and 2005–06), LeBron James(2009–10, 2012–13 and 2016–17)and Giannis Antetokounmpo(2018-19).
Bird and Johnson are the only players to win Consecutive MVP’s, while Jordan joins Shaq as one of two players to have three MVP’s in four years with his victories in 1996 followed by back to back wins in 1999 and 2000. James is also only player in NBA history to be named MVP in four consecutive seasons(2012-13 followed by 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16). Jordan became one of only two players all time to average a triple double for an entire season en route to his 10th scoring title as well as his 5th MVP award in 1988-89 season. Malone became only player ever to average 30 points and 15 rebounds per game over entire season en route to capturing 3rd MVP award in 1980-81 season whereas O’Neal became one sixth player all time join 50 40 club i.e averaging at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game over an entire season while also shooting 50 percent or better from field as he captured his first ever MVP award during 1999-00 campaign. Abdul -Jabbar was only player ever as he captured 6th league MVP award at age 38 during 1974 -75 seaso

The playoffs MVP is typically given at the end of the playoffs.

The voting for the MVP is conducted by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.

Each member of the panel casts a vote for first to fifth place selections. A first-place vote is worth 10 points, a second-place vote is worth seven, a third-place vote is worth five, a fourth-place vote is worth three and a fifth-place vote is worth one. The player with the most points, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.

The MVP award is given to the player who receives the most votes.

The MVP award is given to the player who receives the most votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. The voting panel consists of 50 members, and each member casts a vote for first, second, and third place selections. The player who receives the most first-place votes is awarded the MVP trophy.