NBA Most Valuable Player Award

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The NBA Most Valuable Player Award is an annual honor given to the player judged to be the most outstanding during the National Basketball Association’s regular season.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf annual award
basketball award
sports award
appliesToCompetition NBA regular season games
competitionPhase regular season
country United States
criterion most outstanding performance during regular season
most valuable player
excludesPhase NBA playoffs
firstSeasonAwarded 1955–56
formerTrophyName Maurice Podoloff Trophy
frequency annual
governingBody NBA Board of Governors
hasGenderRestriction male league context
inception 1955–56 NBA season
languageOfName English
league National Basketball Association
mediaCoverage national television
mostAwardsCount 6
mostAwardsHolder Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
namedAfter Maurice Podoloff
notableMultipleWinners Bill Russell
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Larry Bird
LeBron James
Magic Johnson
Michael Jordan
Stephen Curry
Tim Duncan
Wilt Chamberlain
partOf NBA regular season honors
presentedBy National Basketball Association
relatedAward NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
NBA Rookie of the Year Award
NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
selectionProcess voting
shortName NBA MVP
significance one of the most prestigious individual awards in basketball
sport basketball
trophyName Michael Jordan Trophy
trophyRenamedAfter Michael Jordan
trophyRenamingSeason 2022–23 NBA season
votingBody panel of sportswriters and broadcasters
selected media members
votingSystem points-based system
ranked voting


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