This award has been given annually since 1956 to the most outstanding player in the National Basketball Association.
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Bill Russell
American basketball player and coach.
- 1957-58, 1960-63, 1964-65 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Bill Walton
- 1977-78 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Bob Cousy
American basketball player.
- 1956-57 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Bob McAdoo
- 1974-75 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Charles Barkley
- 1992-93 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Dave Cowens
American basketball player.
- 1972-73 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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David Robinson
- 1994-95 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Julius ''Dr. J.'' Erving
American basketball player.
- 1980-81 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Earvin ''Magic'' Johnson
- 1986-87, 1988-90 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Moses Malone
- 1978-79, 1981-83 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Oscar Robertson
Basketball player.
- 1963-64 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Bob Pettit
American basketball player.
- 1955-56, 1958-59 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Shaquille O'Neal
- 2000 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Westley ''Wes'' Unseld
American basketball player.
- 1968-69 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Willis Reed, Jr.
American basketball player.
- 1969-70 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Wilton Norman (Wilt) Chamberlain (born 1936, died 1999)
American basketball player.
- 1959-60, 1965-68 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Hakeem Olajuwon (born 1962)
American basketball player.
- 1993-94 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Michael Jordan (born 1962)
American basketball and baseball player.
- 1987-88, 1990-92, 1996 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
- 1998 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947)
American basketball player and actor.
- 1970-72, 1973-74, 1975-77, 1979-80 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Larry Bird (born 1956)
American basketball player.
- 1983-86 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Karl Malone
- 1997 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
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Timothy 'Tim' Theodore Duncan (born 1976)
- 1999 National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player
