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Best NBA Player ESPY Award

Annual athletic award

The Best NBA Player ESPY Award is an award presented annually since 1993 to a National Basketball Association (NBA) player adjudged to be the best in a given year, typically the NBA season contested during or immediately before the holding of the ESPY Awards ceremony.

Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts.

Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous. Seven players have won the award more than once; Michael Jordan won the inaugural award and a total of four across his career. LeBron James has won the award a total of seven times, the most by any player. Stephen Curry has won the award three times, while Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, and Hakeem Olajuwon have claimed two each. The award wasn't awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Winners

Player was a member of the winning team in the NBA Finals. Player was a member of the losing team in the NBA Finals.

NBA Regular Season MVP † NBA Finals MVP

Year	Player	Nationality	Position	Team
1993	*†		Shooting guard	Chicago Bulls
1994	*		Power forward	Phoenix Suns
1995	*†	/	Center	Houston Rockets
1996	(2) †	/	Center	Houston Rockets
1997	(2) *†		Shooting guard	Chicago Bulls
1998	(3) †		Shooting guard	Chicago Bulls
1999	(4) *†		Shooting guard	Chicago Bulls
2000	†		Power forward	San Antonio Spurs
2001	*†		Center	Los Angeles Lakers
2002	(2) †		Center	Los Angeles Lakers
2003	(2) *†		Power forward	San Antonio Spurs
2004	*		Power forward	Minnesota Timberwolves
2005	*		Point guard	Phoenix Suns
2006	†		Shooting guard	Miami Heat
2007			Small forward	Cleveland Cavaliers
2008	*		Point guard	Los Angeles Lakers
2009	(2) *		Small forward	Cleveland Cavaliers
2010	(2) †		Shooting guard	Los Angeles Lakers
2011	†		Power forward	Dallas Mavericks
2012	(3) *†		Small forward	Miami Heat
2013	(4) *†		Small forward	Miami Heat
2014	*		Small forward	Oklahoma City Thunder
2015	*		Point guard	Golden State Warriors
2016	(5) †		Small forward	Cleveland Cavaliers
2017	(6)		Small forward	Cleveland Cavaliers
2018	(7)		Small forward	Cleveland Cavaliers
2019	*		Power forward	Milwaukee Bucks
2020	Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	(2)		Point guard	Golden State Warriors
2022	(3) †		Point guard	Golden State Warriors
2023	†		Center	Denver Nuggets
2024			Point guard	Dallas Mavericks
2025	*†		Point guard	Oklahoma City Thunder

Winners	Selections
	7
	4
	3
	2
	2
	2
	2
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1

Team	Winners
Cleveland Cavaliers	5
Chicago Bulls	4
Los Angeles Lakers	4
Miami Heat	3
Golden State Warriors	3
Dallas Mavericks	2
Houston Rockets	2
Oklahoma City Thunder	2
Phoenix Suns	2
San Antonio Spurs	2
Denver Nuggets	1
Milwaukee Bucks	1
Minnesota Timberwolves	1

Notes

References

ESPYS 2008: Best of the ESPYS

References

Because of the [[ESPY Awards#Timing. rescheduling]] of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in [[2002 in sports. 2002]] was given in consideration of performance between February [[2001 in sports. 2001]] and June 2002.

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