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Michael Jordan NBA MVP award
The NBA MVP award has been recently renamed, honoring one of the best in the business, Michael Jordan. The former Chicago Bulls legend needs no introduction and has won the MVP award five times during his career. Earlier, the award was named after Maurice Podoloff, the league’s first commissioner.
The league unveiled the newly designed Michael Jordan Trophy last night, along with five other reimagined trophies named after league pioneers. The awards will be presented to the NBA’s end-of-season performance winners, honoring their contribution to the game. Chicago Bulls, Jordan was a five-time MVP award winner during his illustrious career. Only former Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has won more MVP trophies than Michael (six).
Since the 1955–1956 season, this award has been awarded to the best-performing player of the regular season. A panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada decide the winner. Each member of the voting panel casts a vote for first to fifth-place selections. Each first-place vote is worth 10 points; the second-place vote is worth seven; the third-place vote is worth five; the fourth place is worth three, and the fifth place is worth one. Since 2010, one ballot was cast by fans through online voting. The player with the highest point total wins the award.
List of players to have won the Michael Jordan NBA MVP award
Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has won the award for a record six times. He is the only player to win the award despite his team not making it to the playoffs in the 1975–1976 season. Bill Russell and Michael have won the award five times, while Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James won the award four times. Moses Malone, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson each won the award three times.
In contrast, Bob Pettit, Karl Malone, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash, Stephen Curry, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Nikola Jokic have won the award twice. Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Larry Bird are the only players to have won the award in three consecutive years.
Hakeem Olajuwon of Nigeria, Duncan of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Nash of Canada, Dirk Nowitzki of Germany, Antetokounmpo of Greece, and Nikola Jokic of Serbia are the only international player to have won the NBA MVP award.
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