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NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player

National Basketball Association award


National Basketball Association award

The NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player The winner is voted upon by a panel of media members, who cast their vote after the conclusion of the game. The fan voting accounts for 25% of the voting. The player(s) with the most votes or ties for the most votes wins the award. In February 2020, Commissioner Adam Silver renamed the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player in honor of four-time winner Kobe Bryant, who had died in a helicopter crash a few weeks prior to the 2020 game.

, the most recent recipient is Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry. Bryant and Bob Pettit are the only two players to win the All-Star Game MVP four times. Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, and LeBron James have each won the award three times, while Bob Cousy, Julius Erving, Isiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, Allen Iverson, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry have all won the award twice. James became the youngest to win the award in 2006 at the age of 21 years and 1 month. No All-Star Game MVP was named in 1999 since the game was canceled due to the league's lockout. Four of the games had joint winners—Elgin Baylor and Pettit in 1959, John Stockton and Malone in 1993, O'Neal and Tim Duncan in 2000, and O'Neal and Bryant in 2009. O'Neal became the first player in All-Star history to share two MVP awards as well as the first player to win the award with multiple teams. The Los Angeles Lakers have had eleven winners while the Boston Celtics have had nine. Duncan of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Kyrie Irving of Australia, and Giannis Antetokounmpo of Greece are the only winners not born in the United States. Both Duncan and Irving Antetokounmpo of Greece is the only winner to be trained entirely outside the U.S.; Irving lived in the U.S. since age two, and Duncan played U.S. college basketball at Wake Forest.

Bob Pettit (1958, 1959) and Russell Westbrook (2015, 2016) are the only players to win consecutive awards. Pettit (1956), Bob Cousy (1957), Wilt Chamberlain (1960), Bill Russell (1963), Oscar Robertson (1964), Willis Reed (1970), Dave Cowens (1973), Michael Jordan (1988, 1996, 1998), Magic Johnson (1990), Shaquille O'Neal (2000), and Allen Iverson (2001) all won the All-Star Game MVP and the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in the same season; Jordan is the only player to do this multiple times. Fifteen players have won the award playing for the team that hosted the All-Star Game: Macauley (1951), Cousy (1957), Pettit (1958, 1962), Chamberlain (1960), Adrian Smith (1966), Rick Barry (1967), Jerry West (1972), Tom Chambers (1987), Jordan (1988), Malone (1993), John Stockton (1993), O'Neal (2004, 2009), Bryant (2011), Anthony Davis (2017), and Curry (2025); Pettit and O'Neal did this multiple times. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the distinction of playing in the most All-Star Games (18) without winning the All-Star Game MVP, while Adrian Smith won the MVP in his only All-Star Game.

Winners

LeBron James as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityTeam******* (2)* (2)** (3)*** (4)** (2)**** (3)************* (2)*** (2)***** (2)** (2)*** (2)* (3)Not awarded as the game was canceled due to the league's lockout.****** (2)* (2)^* (2)^ (2)* (3)* (3)** (4)^^^^^ (2)^^ (3)^ (2)^^^^^^ (2)
1951Center/forwardUnited StatesBoston Celtics
1952Forward/guardUnited StatesPhiladelphia Warriors
1953CenterUnited StatesMinneapolis Lakers
1954GuardUnited StatesBoston Celtics (2)
1955GuardUnited StatesBoston Celtics (3)
1956Forward/centerUnited StatesSt. Louis Hawks
1957GuardUnited StatesBoston Celtics (4)
1958Forward/centerUnited StatesSt. Louis Hawks (2)
1959ForwardUnited StatesMinneapolis Lakers (2)
Forward/centerUnited StatesSt. Louis Hawks (3)
1960CenterUnited StatesPhiladelphia Warriors (2)
1961GuardUnited StatesCincinnati Royals
1962Forward/centerUnited StatesSt. Louis Hawks (4)
1963CenterUnited StatesBoston Celtics (5)
1964GuardUnited StatesCincinnati Royals (2)
1965Forward/centerUnited StatesCincinnati Royals (3)
1966GuardUnited StatesCincinnati Royals (4)
1967ForwardUnited StatesSan Francisco Warriors (3)
1968Guard/forwardUnited StatesPhiladelphia 76ers
1969GuardUnited StatesCincinnati Royals (5)
1970Center/forwardUnited StatesNew York Knicks
1971GuardUnited StatesSeattle SuperSonics
1972GuardUnited StatesLos Angeles Lakers (3)
1973Center/forwardUnited StatesBoston Celtics (6)
1974CenterUnited StatesDetroit Pistons
1975GuardUnited StatesNew York Knicks (2)
1976GuardUnited StatesWashington Bullets
1977ForwardUnited StatesPhiladelphia 76ers (2)
1978Guard/forwardUnited StatesBuffalo Braves
1979Guard/forwardUnited StatesDenver Nuggets
1980Guard/forwardUnited StatesSan Antonio Spurs
1981GuardUnited StatesBoston Celtics (7)
1982ForwardUnited StatesBoston Celtics (8)
1983ForwardUnited StatesPhiladelphia 76ers (3)
1984GuardUnited StatesDetroit Pistons (2)
1985Center/forwardUnited StatesHouston Rockets
1986GuardUnited StatesDetroit Pistons (3)
1987Forward/centerUnited StatesSeattle SuperSonics (2)
1988GuardUnited StatesChicago Bulls
1989ForwardUnited StatesUtah Jazz
1990GuardUnited StatesLos Angeles Lakers (4)
1991ForwardUnited StatesPhiladelphia 76ers (4)
1992GuardUnited StatesLos Angeles Lakers (5)
1993GuardUnited StatesUtah Jazz (2)
ForwardUnited StatesUtah Jazz (3)
1994ForwardUnited StatesChicago Bulls (2)
1995GuardUnited StatesSacramento Kings (6)
1996GuardUnited StatesChicago Bulls (3)
1997ForwardUnited StatesCharlotte Hornets
1998GuardUnited StatesChicago Bulls (4)
1999
2000CenterUnited StatesLos Angeles Lakers (6)
Forward/centerUnited StatesSan Antonio Spurs (2)
2001GuardUnited StatesPhiladelphia 76ers (5)
2002GuardUnited StatesLos Angeles Lakers (7)
2003Forward/centerUnited StatesMinnesota Timberwolves
2004CenterUnited StatesLos Angeles Lakers (8)
2005GuardUnited StatesPhiladelphia 76ers (6)
2006ForwardUnited StatesCleveland Cavaliers
2007GuardUnited StatesLos Angeles Lakers (9)
2008ForwardUnited StatesCleveland Cavaliers (2)
2009GuardUnited StatesLos Angeles Lakers (10)
CenterUnited StatesPhoenix Suns
2010GuardUnited StatesMiami Heat
2011GuardUnited StatesLos Angeles Lakers (11)
2012ForwardUnited StatesOklahoma City Thunder (3)
2013GuardUnited StatesLos Angeles Clippers (2)
2014GuardUnited StatesCleveland Cavaliers (3)
2015GuardUnited StatesOklahoma City Thunder (4)
2016GuardUnited StatesOklahoma City Thunder (5)
2017Forward/centerUnited StatesNew Orleans Pelicans
2018ForwardUnited StatesCleveland Cavaliers (4)
2019ForwardUnited StatesGolden State Warriors (4)
2020ForwardUnited StatesLos Angeles Clippers (3)
2021ForwardGreeceMilwaukee Bucks
2022GuardUnited StatesGolden State Warriors (5)
2023ForwardUnited StatesBoston Celtics (9)
2024GuardUnited StatesMilwaukee Bucks (2)
2025GuardUnited StatesGolden State Warriors (6)

Multi-time winners

AwardsPlayerTeam(s)Years
4USASt. Louis Hawks1956, 1958, 1959, 1962
USALos Angeles Lakers2002, 2007, 2009, 2011
3USACincinnati Royals1961, 1964, 1969
USAChicago Bulls1988, 1996, 1998
USALos Angeles Lakers (2), Phoenix Suns (1)2000, 2004, 2009
USACleveland Cavaliers2006, 2008, 2018
2USABoston Celtics1954, 1957
USAPhiladelphia 76ers1977, 1983
USADetroit Pistons1984, 1986
USAUtah Jazz1989, 1993
USALos Angeles Lakers1990, 1992
USAPhiladelphia 76ers2001, 2005
USAOklahoma City Thunder2015, 2016
USAOklahoma City Thunder (1), Golden State Warriors (1)2012, 2019
USAGolden State Warriors2022, 2025

Teams

AwardsTeamsYears
11Los Angeles Lakers / Minneapolis Lakers, , , , , , , , , ,
9Boston Celtics, , , , , , , ,
6Sacramento Kings / Cincinnati Royals, , , , ,
Philadelphia 76ers, , , , ,
Golden State Warriors / San Francisco Warriors / Philadelphia Warriors, , , , ,
5Oklahoma City Thunder / Seattle SuperSonics, , , ,
4Chicago Bulls, , ,
Cleveland Cavaliers, , ,
Atlanta Hawks / St. Louis Hawks, , ,
3Detroit Pistons, ,
Los Angeles Clippers / Buffalo Braves, ,
2Utah Jazz,
Milwaukee Bucks,
New York Knicks,
San Antonio Spurs,
1Charlotte Hornets
Denver Nuggets
Houston Rockets
Miami Heat
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
Phoenix Suns
Washington Wizards / Washington Bullets
0Indiana PacersNone
Brooklyn Nets
Dallas Mavericks
Portland Trail Blazers
Memphis Grizzlies
Toronto Raptors
Orlando Magic

Notes

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References

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