There aren’t many players that can brag about winning an NBA Championship, let alone being Finals MVP, as that means that you didn’t only outplay your rivals but that you also put your team on your back and led them to the ultimate glory.
Throughout the course of history, the Bill Russell Finals MVP award has been handed out 51 times. However, since its inception, it has only been given to 31 different players, with LeBron James and Michael Jordan as the only ones to win more than 3 of them (4 and 6, respectively).
But how would it look if we put together a clip featuring every single Finals MVP in the history of basketball? That’d definitely be a must-watch for hoops fans all over the world. Now, thanks to Redditor ItsLittyLitLit, we can answer that question. Enjoy the video below, as well as the full list of every single Finals MVP winner in NBA history:
Full List Of Finals MVPs:
- 1969 – Jerry West
- 1970 – Willis Reed
- 1971 – Lew Alcindor
- 1972 – Wilt Chamberlain
- 1973 – Willis Reed (2)
- 1974 – John Havlicek
- 1975 – Rick Barry
- 1976 – Jo Jo White
- 1977 – Bill Walton
- 1978 – Wes Unseld
- 1979 – Dennis Johnson
- 1980 – Magic Johnson
- 1981 – Cedric Maxwell
- 1982 – Magic Johnson (2)
- 1983 – Moses Malone
- 1984 – Larry Bird
- 1985 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2)
- 1986 – Larry Bird (2)
- 1987 – Magic Johnson (3)
- 1988 – James Worthy
- 1989 – Joe Dumars
- 1990 – Isiah Thomas
- 1991 – Michael Jordan
- 1992 – Michael Jordan
- 1993 – Michael Jordan
- 1994 – Hakeem Olajuwon
- 1995 – Hakeem Olajuwon (2)
- 1996 – Michael Jordan (4)
- 1997 – Michael Jordan (5)
- 1998 – Michael Jordan (6)
- 1999 – Tim Duncan
- 2000 – Shaquille O’Neal
- 2001 – Shaquille O’Neal (2)
- 2002 – Shaquille O’Neal (3)
- 2003 – Tim Duncan (2)
- 2004 – Chauncey Billups
- 2005 – Tim Duncan (3)
- 2006 – Dwyane Wade
- 2007 – Tony Parker
- 2008 – Paul Pierce
- 2009 – Kobe Bryant
- 2010 – Kobe Bryant (2)
- 2011 – Dirk Nowitzki
- 2012 – LeBron James
- 2013 – LeBron James (2)
- 2014 – Kawhi Leonard
- 2015 – Andre Iguodala
- 2016 – LeBron James (3)
- 2017 – Kevin Durant
- 2018 – Kevin Durant (2)
- 2019 – Kawhi Leonard (2)
- 2020 – LeBron James (4)
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