Berikut ini para peraih  penghargaan sebagai pemain terbaik NBA (Most Valuable Player) dari musim ke musim, hingga terpilihnya LeBron James dari Miami untuk dua periode berurutan.
 
2012-13 LeBron James (Miami)
2011-12 LeBron James (Miami)
2010-11 Derrick Rose (Chicago)
2009-10 LeBron James (Cleveland)
2008-09 LeBron James (Cleveland)
2007-08 Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)
2006-07 Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas)
2005-06 Steve Nash (Phoenix)
2004-05 Steve Nash (Phoenix)
2003-04 Kevin Garnett (Minnesota)
2002-03 Tim Duncan (San Antonio)
2001-02 Tim Duncan (San Antonio)
2000-01 Allen Iverson (Philadelphia)
1999-00 Shaquille O'Neal (Los Angeles Lakers)
1998-99 Karl Malone (Utah)
1997-98 Michael Jordan (Chicago)
1996-97 Karl Malone (Utah)
1995-96 Michael Jordan (Chicago)
1994-95 David Robinson (San Antonio)
1993-94 Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston)
1992-93 Charles Barkley (Phoenix)
1991-92 Michael Jordan (Chicago)
1990-91 Michael Jordan (Chicago)
1989-90 Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers)
1988-89 Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers)
1987-88 Michael Jordan (Chicago)
1986-87 Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers)
1985-86 Larry Bird (Boston)
1984-85 Larry Bird (Boston)
1983-84 Larry Bird (Boston)
1982-83 Moses Malone (Philadelphia)
1981-82 Moses Malone (Houston)
1980-81 Julius Erving (Philadelphia)
1979-80 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles)
1978-79 Moses Malone (Houston)
1977-78 Bill Walton (Portland)
1976-77 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles)
1975-76 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles)
1974-75 Bob McAdoo (Buffalo)
1973-74 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee)
1972-73 Dave Cowens (Boston)
1971-72 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee)
1970-71 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee)
1969-70 Willis Reed (New York)
1968-69 Wes Unseld (Baltimore)
1967-68 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia)
1966-67 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia)
1965-66 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia)
1964-65 Bill Russell (Boston)
1963-64 Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati)
1962-63 Bill Russell (Boston)
1961-62 Bill Russell (Boston)
1960-61 Bill Russell (Boston)
1959-60 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia)
1958-59 Bob Pettit (St. Louis)
1957-58 Bill Russell (Boston)
1956-57 Bob Cousy (Boston)
1955-56 Bob Pettit (St. Louis).