Who Won MVP in the 2020 NBA Season?
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The 2020 NBA season was full of surprises. Who would have thought the Los Angeles Lakers would win the championship? And who could have predicted that Kawhi Leonard would take home the MVP award?
If you’re wondering who won MVP in the 2020 NBA season, read on for the answer.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo is a Greek professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the reigning MVP and a two-time All-Star. He was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2019.
Regular Season Stats
In his sixth season, Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks to 60 wins for just the third time in franchise history en route to becoming the first player in NBA history to finish in the top 20 in all five major statistical categories. He averaged 29.5 points (fifth in the NBA), 13.6 rebounds (seventh), 5.6 assists (16th), 1.2 steals (tied for 19th) and 1.0 blocks (tied for 23rd) while shooting 55.3 percent from the field (sixth) and 77.4 percent from the free throw line (20th).
Post-Season Stats
In the 2020 NBA playoffs, Antetokounmpo averaged 27.7 points, 11.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.2 blocks per game. He shot 55.3% from the field and 32.6% from three-point range. He led the Bucks to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they lost to the Miami Heat in six games.
LeBron James
LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers is your 2020 NBA MVP. He led the league in scoring (10.2 points per game) and finished second in assists (8.9 per game) and steals (1.4 per game). He also was second in the league in field goal percentage (49.8 percent) and third in three-point percentage (34.8 percent).
Regular Season Stats
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 players in NBA history. James has won four NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards, four NBA Finals MVP Awards, two Olympic gold medals, an NBA championship, and was a member of the All-Rookie Team. He has also been selected to 13 NBA All-Star teams and has earned All-NBA and All-Defensive team honors.
In 2020, he was named MVP of the regular season.
Post-Season Stats
After a Phenomenal regular season, James averaged 27.6 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 8.8 assists per game in the 2020 NBA playoffs. He also shot 49.8 percent from the field and 35.7 percent from three-point range. In the Finals, he averaged 29 points, 11.8 rebounds, and 8.5 assists per game as the Lakers won their seventeenth NBA championship. For his efforts, James was named Finals MVP for the fourth time in his career.
Anthony Davis
2020 was quite the year for Anthony Davis. Not only did he win MVP, but he also led the Los Angeles Lakers to an NBA championship. Davis averaged 27.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game. He was also named Defensive Player of the Year.
Regular Season Stats
In the 2019-20 NBA regular season, Davis averaged 26.1 points (fifth in the NBA), 9.3 rebounds (tied for ninth), 3.2 assists, 2.3 blocks (sixth) and 1.5 steals (tied for tenth) per game. He shot 50.3% from the field (20th among qualifiers), 34.9% from three-point range (103rd) and 84.8% from the free throw line (sixth). He was one of only four players in the league to average at least 25 points, nine rebounds, two blocks and two steals per game, joining Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Post-Season Stats
In the 2020 NBA playoffs, Davis averaged 27.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.6 blocks per game. He shot 53.5% from the field and 34.9% from three-point range. Davis helped the Lakers win their 17th NBA championship, defeating the Miami Heat in six games in the Finals. He was named Finals MVP after averaging 28.8 points, 12 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.3 blocks per game in the series.
Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard was named the 2020 NBA MVP on September 18th. He averaged 27.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 4.9 assists per game. He shot 48.9 percent from the field and 36.8 percent from three-point range. He led the Los Angeles Clippers to the best record in the Western Conference.
Regular Season Stats
Kawhi Leonard played in 60 games for the Los Angeles Clippers during the 2019-20 NBA regular season. He averaged 27.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game while shooting 49.6 percent from the field and 37.8 percent from three-point range. Leonard was named to the All-NBA First Team and finished second in MVP voting behind only Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Post-Season Stats
In the 2020 postseason, Leonard averaged 27.8 points (on 49.6% shooting from the field), 7.9 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.8 steals in 32.2 minutes per game, while leading the Clippers to the Western Conference Finals against the eventual champions, the Los Angeles Lakers. He scored a career-high 45 points in Game 6 of the second round against the Denver Nuggets, propelling the Clippers to a come-from-behind victory and a berth in the Western Conference Finals.
Joel Embiid
Joel Embiid is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia Seventy Sixers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks before being drafted with the third overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Sixers. In his first season, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. He has been named an NBA All-Star three times and has been named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year. He has also been named to the All-NBA First Team and the All-Defensive First Team.
Regular Season Stats
In the 2019-20 season, Joel averaged 23.4 points, 11.8 rebounds, and 3 assists per game. He was named to the All-Star team for the first time in his career, and he helped lead the Sixers to the best record in the Eastern Conference.
Post-Season Stats
In the 2020 post-season, Embiid averaged 27.5 points and 11.2 rebounds per game. He shot 50.0 percent from the field, 42.6 percent from three-point range, and 85.0 percent from the free throw line. Embiid’s PER of 26.53 was the fourth highest among all players who appeared in at least 10 post-season games.
