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| MOST VALUABLE PLAYER |
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| The Maurice Podoloff Trophy |
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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). |
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MULTIPLE WINNERS: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6);
Michael Jordan and Bill Russell (5); Wilt Chamberlain (4);
Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Moses Malone (3);
Karl Malone and Bob Pettit (2). |
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| Year |
Player |
Team |
Pos |
Avg |
| 2003 |
Tim Duncan |
San Antonio Spurs |
F |
23.3 |
| 2002 |
Tim Duncan |
San Antonio Spurs |
F |
25.5 |
| 2001 |
Allen Iverson |
Philadelphia 76ers |
G |
31.1 |
| 2000 |
Shaquille O'Neal * |
LA Lakers |
C |
29.7 |
| 1999 |
Karl Malone |
Utah |
F |
23.8 |
| 1998 |
Michael Jordan * |
Chicago |
G |
28.7 |
| 1997 |
Karl Malone |
Utah |
F |
27.4 |
| 1996 |
Michael Jordan * |
Chicago |
G |
30.4 |
| 1995 |
David Robinson |
San Antonio |
C |
27.6 |
| 1994 |
Hakeem Olajuwon |
Houston |
C |
27.3 |
| 1993 |
Charles Barkley |
Phoenix |
F |
25.6 |
| 1992 |
Michael Jordan |
Chicago |
G |
30.1 |
| 1991 |
Michael Jordan * |
Chicago |
G |
31.5 |
| 1990 |
Magic Johnson |
LA Lakers |
G |
22.3 |
| 1989 |
Magic Johnson |
LA Lakers |
G |
22.5 |
| 1988 |
Michael Jordan * |
Chicago |
G |
35.0 |
| 1987 |
Magic Johnson |
LA Lakers |
G |
23.9 |
| 1986 |
Larry Bird |
Boston |
F |
25.8 |
| 1985 |
Larry Bird |
Boston |
F |
28.7 |
| 1984 |
Larry Bird |
Boston |
F |
24.2 |
| 1983 |
Moses Malone |
Philadelphia |
C |
24.5 |
| 1982 |
Moses Malone |
Houston |
C |
31.1 |
| 1981 |
Julius Erving |
Philadelphia |
F |
24.6 |
| 1980 |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
LA Lakers |
C |
24.8 |
| 1979 |
Moses Malone |
Houston |
C |
24.8 |
| 1978 |
Bill Walton |
Portland |
C |
18.9 |
| 1977 |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
LA Lakers |
C |
26.2 |
| 1976 |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
LA Lakers |
C |
27.7 |
| 1975 |
Bob McAdoo * |
Buffalo |
F |
34.5 |
| 1974 |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
Milwaukee |
C |
27.0 |
| 1973 |
Dave Cowens |
Boston |
C |
20.5 |
| 1972 |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * |
Milwaukee |
C |
34.8 |
| 1971 |
Lew Alcindor * |
Milwauke |
C |
31.7 |
| 1970 |
Willis Reed |
New York |
C |
21.7 |
| 1969 |
Wes Unseld |
Baltimore |
C |
13.8 |
| 1968 |
Wilt Chamberlain |
Philadelphia |
C |
24.3 |
| 1967 |
Wilt Chamberlain |
Philadelphia |
C |
24.1 |
| 1966 |
Wilt Chamberlain * |
Philadelphia |
C |
33.5 |
| 1965 |
Bill Russell |
Boston |
C |
14.1 |
| 1964 |
Oscar Robertson |
Cincinnati |
G |
31.4 |
| 1963 |
Bill Russell |
Boston |
C |
16.8 |
| 1962 |
Bill Russell |
Boston |
C |
18.9 |
| 1961 |
Bill Russell |
Boston |
C |
16.9 |
| 1960 |
Wilt Chamberlain * |
Philadelphia |
C |
37.6 |
| 1959 |
Bob Pettit * |
St Louis |
F |
29.2 |
| 1958 |
Bill Russell |
Boston |
C |
16.6 |
| 1957 |
Bob Cousy |
Boston |
G |
20.6 |
| 1956 |
Bob Pettit * |
St Louis |
F |
25.7 |
| * Led League in Scoring |
| NOTE: Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar after the 1970-71 season. |
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