ALSO SEE
All-Star Game
| ALL-TIME MVPs | ||
| Year | Player | Team |
| 1997 | Glen Rice | Charlotte |
| 1996 | Michael Jordan | Chicago |
| 1995 | Mitch Richmond | Sacramento |
| 1994 | Scottie Pippen | Chicago |
| 1993 | Karl Malone | Utah |
| John Stockton | Utah | |
| 1992 | Magic Johnson | L.A. Lakers |
| 1991 | Charles Barkley | Philadelphia |
| 1990 | Magic Johnson | L.A. Lakers |
| 1989 | Karl Malone | Utah |
| 1988 | Michael Jordan | Chicago |
| 1987 | Tom Chambers | Seattle |
| 1986 | Isiah Thomas | Detroit |
| 1985 | Ralph Sampson | Houston |
| 1984 | Isiah Thomas | Detroit |
| 1983 | Julius Erving | Philadelphia |
| 1982 | Larry Bird | Boston |
| 1981 | Nate Archibald | Boston |
| 1980 | George Gervin | San Antonio |
| 1979 | David Thompson | Denver |
| 1978 | Randy Smith | Buffalo |
| 1977 | Julius Erving | Philadelphia |
| 1976 | Dave Bing | Washington |
| 1975 | Walt Frazier | New York |
| 1974 | Bob Lanier | Detroit |
| 1973 | Dave Cowens | Boston |
| 1972 | Jerry West | Los Angeles |
| 1971 | Lenny Wilkens | Seattle |
| 1970 | Willis Reed | New York |
| 1969 | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati |
| 1968 | Hal Greer | Philadelphia |
| 1967 | Rick Barry | San Francisco |
| 1966 | Adrian Smith | Cincinnati |
| 1965 | Jerry Lucas | Cincinnati |
| 1964 | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati |
| 1963 | Bill Russell | Boston |
| 1962 | Bob Pettit | St. Louis |
| 1961 | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati |
| 1960 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia |
| 1959 | Elgin Bayor | Minneapolis |
| Bob Pettit | St. Louis | |
| 1958 | Bob Pettit | St. Louis |
| 1957 | Bob Cousy | Boston |
| 1956 | Bob Pettit | St. Louis |
| 1955 | Bill Sharman | Boston |
| 1954 | Bob Cousy | Boston |
| 1953 | George Mikan | Minneapolis |
| 1952 | Paul Arizin | Philadelphia |
| 1951 | Ed McCauley | Boston |
