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The NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. Since the 2022–23 season , winners receive the Michael Jordan Trophy , named after the five-time MVP often considered to be the greatest player in NBA history.
The NBA's first individual awards were the Rookie of the Year and the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, both of which were introduced in 1953. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Three individual awards are awarded during the postseason: the Larry Bird Eastern Conference Finals MVP, the Magic Johnson Western Conference Finals MVP, and the Bill Russell Finals MVP .
This list contains annual awards given to the top national high school basketball player in the United States. Gatorade National Basketball Player of the Year; MaxPreps National Basketball Player of the Year; Mr. Basketball USA; Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year; Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award; Parade High School Basketball ...
As of 2024, he is one of five NBA players to have won both the NBA Most Valuable Player Award and the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. [n 1] In high school, Garnett was a 1995 McDonald's All-American at Farragut Career Academy and a national player of the year award. [3] [4] He entered the 1995 NBA draft, where he was selected with the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. American basketball player (born 1938) Oscar Robertson Robertson in 2024 Personal information Born (1938-11-24) November 24, 1938 (age 86) Charlotte, Tennessee, U.S. Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg) Career information High school Crispus Attucks (Indianapolis ...
Durant has won two NBA championships, four Olympic gold medals, an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, two Finals MVP Awards, two NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Awards, four NBA scoring titles, and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award; been named to 11 All-NBA teams (including six First Teams); and selected 15 times as an NBA All-Star.
Jordan's individual accolades include six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, ten NBA scoring titles (both all-time records), five NBA MVP awards, 10 All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game selections, three NBA All-Star Game MVP awards, three NBA steals titles, and the 1988 ...
One of three players in history to sweep the Most Valuable Player awards for the regular season, All-Star Game and NBA Finals in the same season (1995–96, 1997–98) Willis Reed ( 1969–70 ) and Shaquille O'Neal ( 1999–2000 ) are the only other players to achieve this; Jordan is the only player to perform the feat twice.