NBA MVP Award Winners
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NBA MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Selected by vote of NBA players until 1979-80; by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada since 1980-81. The balloting takes place at the end of the regular season. The NBA MVP trophy is named in honor of the late Maurice Podoloff, the first commissioner of the NBA, who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1963.
The Maurice Podoloff Trophy
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Quick Facts
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the most MVP awards with 6, followed by Michael Jordan with 5.
- Larry Bird, Bill Russell, and Wilt Chamberlain are all tied for the most consecutive MVP awards with 3.
- The Boston Celtics have produced the most MVP Award winners with 10, followed by the Los Angeles Lakers with 7.
- The youngest player to ever win the MVP Award is Wes Unseld at only 23, followed by Bob Pettit, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bob McAdoo, Moses Malone, Wilt Chamberlain, and Bill Russell who all received the award at the age of 24.
- The oldest player to win the award was Karl Malone at age 36, followed by Michael Jordan who won his last MVP Award at 35.
- Three international players have won the MVP Award: Hakeem Olajuwon, Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki.
