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