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Only player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring and win Defensive Player of the Year in the same season [42] Jordan averaged 35 points per game. First player in NBA history to win Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player during his career. David Robinson is the only other player to achieve this.
Michael Jordan won the NBA MVP five times. Derrick Rose became the youngest player to ever win the award at age 22. LeBron James is a four-time NBA MVP. Stephen Curry won back-to-back MVP awards in 2014–15 and 2015–16. He is the first unanimous MVP selection in league history. [19] Giannis Antetokounmpo won back-to-back MVP awards in 2018 ...
He averaged a Finals-record 41.0 ppg during the six-game series, [109] and became the first player in NBA history to win three consecutive Finals MVP awards. [101] Jordan scored more than 30 points in every game of the series, including 40 or more points in four consecutive games. [110]
Russell, who died in 2022, also won five regular season MVP awards. Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan looks at the MVP award presented to him before the Bulls-Indiana Pacers playoff game on May 19 ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who won twice in 1971 and 1985, holds the record for the longest gap between awards Magic Johnson is the only player to win the award as a rookie. Michael Jordan has won the award a record six times. Shaquille O'Neal is the only player other than Michael Jordan to have won the award three times consecutively.
Likewise, O. J. Simpson won the 1973 MVP award, despite not qualifying for the playoffs. [7] Similar to Jerry West in basketball, Chuck Howley in football won the 1971 Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award despite having lost the Super Bowl V. [8] In 1960, Bobby Richardson won the World Series MVP Award, but lost the World Series. [9]
James scored 30 points on 13-of-20 shooting, reaching the mark with an 18-foot jumper reminiscent of Jordan deep into the fourth quarter to record his 563rd 30-point game, passing the record the ...
Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain (center) won the award in the 1960 NBA All-Star Game. Hall-of-Famer Michael Jordan won the award three times in his career. Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley won the award in the 1991 NBA All-Star Game. Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O'Neal has won the award three times in his career. He is also the oldest MVP ever, at 36 ...