# Top 20 NBA Finals MVPs of All Time

> Some collected the trophy six times, one took it home in a losing locker room, and a few needed a single unforgettable series. Where do you stand?

*By YPB Team · Published July 28, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-20-nba-finals-mvps-of-all-time*

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## Current results (3 votes)

1. **Michael Jordan** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 1000/1000)
   Six Finals appearances, six titles, six Finals MVP awards — the only perfect record on this list.
2. **LeBron James** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 960/1000)
   Won Finals MVP four times with three different franchises, including the 2016 comeback from 3-1 down.
3. **Kareem Abdul-Jabbar** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 862/1000)
   Won his second at 38, still the oldest Finals MVP in league history.
4. **Kevin Durant** — 0% (0 votes · score 767/1000)
   Two in a row with Golden State, outscoring everyone on the floor both times.
5. **Dirk Nowitzki** — 0% (0 votes · score 705/1000)
   Carried Dallas past a superteam in 2011 in the most personal title run of the era.
6. **Shai Gilgeous-Alexander** — 0% (0 votes · score 705/1000)
   Won the 2025 award leading Oklahoma City to the franchise's first championship.
7. **Willis Reed** — 0% (0 votes · score 548/1000)
   Limped out for Game 7 in 1970 and won the award for what that did to the building.
8. **Nikola Jokic** — 0% (0 votes · score 448/1000)
   Averaged a triple-double across the 2023 Finals in Denver's first championship run.
9. **Tim Duncan** — 0% (0 votes · score 448/1000)
   Three Finals MVPs across nine years in San Antonio without ever raising his voice.
10. **Kawhi Leonard** — 0% (0 votes · score 448/1000)
   Two Finals MVPs with two franchises, and neither of them was the favourite.
11. **Kobe Bryant** — 0% (0 votes · score 448/1000)
   Won two after Shaq left, which was always the point he was trying to make.
12. **Giannis Antetokounmpo** — 0% (0 votes · score 448/1000)
   Closed the 2021 Finals with 50 points in Game 6 on a knee that had buckled weeks earlier.
13. **Jerry West** — 0% (0 votes · score 448/1000)
   The only Finals MVP ever awarded to a player on the losing team, in 1969.
14. **Chauncey Billups** — 0% (0 votes · score 329/1000)
   Won it in 2004 for a Detroit team nobody had picked to beat the Lakers.
15. **Magic Johnson** — 0% (0 votes · score 329/1000)
   Won it at 20 years old playing centre in Game 6, then twice more in the 1980s.
16. **Stephen Curry** — 0% (0 votes · score 329/1000)
   Finally won the individual award in 2022, four titles into his career.
17. **Isiah Thomas** — 0% (0 votes · score 183/1000)
   Won it in 1990 as the smallest player anyone had ever handed the trophy to.
18. **Larry Bird** — 0% (0 votes · score 183/1000)
   Two Finals MVPs in three years, both won against Hall-of-Fame frontcourts.
19. **Hakeem Olajuwon** — 0% (0 votes · score 183/1000)
   Back-to-back Finals MVPs in 1994 and 1995, the years Jordan was away from basketball.
20. **Dwyane Wade** — 0% (0 votes · score 183/1000)
   Averaged 34.7 points across the 2006 Finals after Miami lost the first two games.

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