Who Is the MVP of the NBA?
We all know that the NBA Finals are happening right now, and that means that we’re all wondering who the MVP of the NBA is. Well, we’ve got the answer for you.
LeBron James
The National Basketball Association (NBA) Most Valuable Player Award is an annual 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.
Regular season statistics
In the regular season, James averaged 27.5 points (on 50.4% shooting), 8.6 rebounds, 9.0 assists, and 1.4 steals per game, leading the Cavaliers to a 53–29 record and the second seed in the Eastern Conference. For his performances, he was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the 2009–10 season, becoming only the fifth player in NBA history to average at least 26 points per game, seven rebounds per game, and eight assists per game in a single season (joining Oscar Robertson, John Stockton, Magic Johnson, and Michael Jordan). He also became just the third player to average a triple-double over an entire season joining Jordan and Robertson.
Post-season statistics
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 in NBA history. After winning championships with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013, he returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014 and led them to their first NBA title in 2016. He has appeared in a record 16 NBA Finals, including 10 consecutive appearances with the Cavaliers from 2015 to 2018 and the Lakers from 2020 to 2021. James has won four NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards, four Finals MVP Awards, and two Olympic gold medals. He has also been selected to 17 All-Star teams (15 starter selections), made 12 All-NBA First Teams, and five All-Defensive First Teams.
Kevin Durant
The NBA Finals MVP award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1969 NBA Finals. The award is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada, each of whom casts a vote for first to fifth place selections. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.
Regular season statistics
In the 2014-2015 regular season, Durant averaged career-highs in points (28.2), rebounds (8.2), assists (5.0), steals (1.3) and blocks (1.2) per game while shooting a career-high 50.3 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from three-point range. He was also named to the All-NBA First Team for the fourth time in his career.
Post-season statistics
In the post-season, Durant has continued to average over 30 points per game. He has also shot 50 percent or better from the field in every post-season but one, and his free throw shooting has been well above 80 percent every year as well. In 2011, Durant averaged 30.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 5.5 assists in the playoffs while leading the Thunder to the NBA Finals. He then followed that up with a 28.8 points per game average in 2012, along with 7.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game in the playoffs. In 2013, Durant averaged 25.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 6.0 assists during the playoffs.
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Curry is a six-time NBA All-Star and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), winning back-to-back awards in 2015 and 2016. He has also been selected to six All-NBA Teams and five All-Star Teams. Many players and analysts have called him the greatest shooter in NBA history.
Regular season statistics
In the 2014–15 season, Curry improved his scoring average to 23.8 points per game, while shooting a league-leading 53.5% from three-point range, and 90.8% from the free throw line. He was also voted starting point guard for the Western Conference in the 2015 NBA All-Star Game. On February 27, 2015, he set the NBA single-season record for three-pointers made in a season with 286, passing his previous record of 272 set in 2012–13. In addition, Curry helped the Warriors tie the 2007–08 Houston Rockets for the most wins in an NBA season with 67.
Post-season statistics
In the post-season, Curry has been even more impressive, averaging 26.8 points, 5.2 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game while shooting 43.6 percent from three-point range and 90.8 percent from the free-throw line. He has also set the record for most three-pointers in a single post-season with 98.
James Harden
James Harden is the current MVP of the NBA. He is a shooting guard for the Houston Rockets. Harden was born on August 26, 1989, in Los Angeles, California. He played college basketball for Arizona State University.
Regular season statistics
In 78 games during the 2017–18 season, Harden averaged 30.4 points, 8.8 assists, 5.4 rebounds, and 1.8 steals per game, leading the league in scoring and finishing second in assists and steals. He shot 44.9 percent from the field, 36.7 percent from three-point range, and 85.8 percent from the foul line. He became the first player in NBA history to average at least 30 points, eight assists, and five rebounds per game while shooting better than 44 percent from the field and 36 percent from three-point range in a single season.
Post-season statistics
In the 2017–18 season, Harden became the first player in NBA history to score 2,000 points and assist on 2,000 points in a single season. He led the Rockets to a franchise-record 65 win season and helped them earn the top seed in the Western Conference. In the first round of the playoffs, he averaged 32.3 points and 8 assists per game as they defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 4–1. In Game 1 of the second round series against the Utah Jazz, Harden had a triple double with 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds as the Rockets won 110–96. In Game 5, he scored 45 points to help eliminate the Jazz and advance to the Conference Finals for the first time since 2015.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo is the current MVP of the NBA. He is a Greek professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the Bucks’ leading scorer and rebounder, and is also their primary playmaker and shot-blocker. He is one of the best players in the league and is considered to be a top MVP candidate.
Regular season statistics
In his sixth NBA season, Giannis Antetokounmpo averaged 27.7 points (led the league), 12.5 rebounds (sixth in the league), 5.9 assists, 1.3 blocked shots (19th in the league), and 1.5 steals (eighth) in 36.7 minutes per game while shooting 58.8 percent from the field (sixth) and 30.6 percent from three-point range (169-553). He became just the sixth player in NBA history—and the first since Shaquille O’Neal and Tim Duncan in 2000–01—to average at least 27 points, 12 rebounds, and five assists, joining Oscar Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, and Moses Malone as the only players ever to do so.
Post-season statistics
In the post-season, Antetokounmpo led the Bucks to their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance since 2001. He averaged 27.7 points, 11.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.5 blocks per game in the Conference Finals.[50] In Game 6 of the series, he scored 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Bucks were eliminated by the Toronto Raptors with a 105–99 loss.
