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The Maurice Podoloff Trophy is named after the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA. Winners were selected by the NBA players (1956-80) and by a national panel of pro basketball writers & broadcasters (since 1981).
^ topNational Basketball Association (NBA) Awards - NBA Season MVP - Maurice Podoloff Trophy
Year
|
Player | Team |
2007 |
Dirk Nowitzki | Dallas |
2006 |
Steve Nash | Phoenix |
2005 |
Steve Nash | Phoenix |
2004 |
Kevin Garnett |
Minnesota |
2003
|
Tim Duncan | San Antonio |
2002
|
Tim Duncan | San Antonio |
2001
|
Allen Iverson | Philadelphia |
2000
|
Shaquille O'Neal * | LA Lakers |
1999
|
Karl Malone | Utah |
1998
|
Michael Jordan * | Chicago |
1997
|
Karl Malone | Utah |
1996
|
Michael Jordan * | Chicago |
1995
|
David Robinson | San Antonio |
1994
|
Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston |
1993
|
Charles Barkley | Phoenix |
1992
|
Michael Jordan | Chicago |
1991
|
Michael Jordan * | Chicago |
1990
|
Earvin "Magic" Johnson | LA Lakers |
1989
|
Earvin "Magic" Johnson | LA Lakers |
1988
|
Michael Jordan * | Chicago |
1987
|
Earvin "Magic" Johnson | LA Lakers |
1986
|
Larry Bird | Boston |
1985
|
Larry Bird | Boston |
1984
|
Larry Bird | Boston |
1983
|
Moses Malone | Philadelphia |
1982
|
Moses Malone | Houston |
1981
|
Julius Erving | Philadelphia |
1980
|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | LA Lakers |
1979
|
Moses Malone | Houston |
1978
|
Bill Walton | Portland |
1977
|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | LA Lakers |
1976
|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | LA Lakers |
1975
|
Bob McAdoo * | Buffalo |
1974
|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee |
1973
|
Dave Cowens | Boston |
1972
|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * | Milwaukee |
1971
|
Lew Alcindor * | Milwaukee |
1970
|
Willis Reed | New York |
1969
|
Wes Unseld | Baltimore |
1968
|
Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia |
1967
|
Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia |
1966
|
Wilt Chamberlain * | Philadelphia |
1965
|
Bill Russell | Boston |
1964
|
Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati |
1963
|
Bill Russell | Boston |
1962
|
Bill Russell | Boston |
1961
|
Bill Russell | Boston |
1960
|
Wilt Chamberlain * | Philadelphia |
1959
|
Bob Pettit * | St Louis |
1958
|
Bill Russell | Boston |
1957
|
Bob Cousy | Boston |
1956
|
Bob Pettit * | St Louis |
* Led League in Scoring
Note: Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar after the 1970-71 season.