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The National Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the player(s) voted best of the annual All-Star Game. The award was established in 1953 when NBA officials decided to designate an MVP for each year's game. The league also re-honored players from the previous two All-Star Games. Ed Macauley and Paul Arizin were selected as the 1951 and 1952 MVP winners respectively.[1] The voting is conducted by a panel of media members, who cast their vote after the conclusion of the game. The player(s) with the most votes or ties for the most votes wins the award.[2] No All-Star Game MVP was named in 1999 since the game was canceled due to the league's lockout.[3] As of 2019[update], the most recent recipient is Golden State Warrior forward Kevin Durant.
Bob Pettit and Kobe Bryant are the only two players to win the All-Star Game MVP four times. Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, and LeBron James have each won the award three times, while Bob Cousy, Julius Erving, Isiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, Allen Iverson, Russell Westbrook, and Kevin Durant have all won the award twice. James' first All-Star MVP in 2006 made him the youngest to have ever won the award at the age of 21 years, 1 month. Kyrie Irving, winner of the 2014 All-Star Game MVP, is the second-youngest at 21 years, 10 months. They are notable as being the two youngest to win the award, both as Cleveland Cavaliers.[4][5] Four of the games had joint winners—Elgin Baylor and Pettit in 1959, John Stockton and Malone in 1993, O'Neal and Tim Duncan in 2000, and O'Neal and Bryant in 2009. O'Neal became the first player in All-Star history to share two MVP awards as well as the first player to win the award with multiple teams. The Los Angeles Lakers have had eleven winners while the Boston Celtics have had eight. Duncan of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Irving of Australia are the only winners not born in the United States. Both Duncan and Irving[a] are American citizens, but are considered "international" players by the NBA because they were not born in one of the fifty states or Washington, D.C.[6] No player trained entirely outside the U.S. has won the award; Irving lived in the U.S. since age two, and Duncan played U.S. college basketball at Wake Forest.
Bob Pettit (1958, 1959) and Russell Westbrook (2015, 2016) are the only players to win consecutive awards. Pettit (1956), Bob Cousy (1957), Wilt Chamberlain (1960), Bill Russell (1963), Oscar Robertson (1964), Willis Reed (1970), Dave Cowens (1973), Michael Jordan (1988, 1996, 1998), Magic Johnson (1990), Shaquille O'Neal (2000), and Allen Iverson (2001) all won the All-Star Game MVP and the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in the same season; Jordan is the only player to do this multiple times.[7] 14 players have won the award playing for the team that hosted the All-Star Game: Macauley (1951), Cousy (1957), Pettit (1958, 1962), Chamberlain (1960), Adrian Smith (1966), Rick Barry (1967), Jerry West (1972), Tom Chambers (1987), Michael Jordan (1988), Karl Malone (1993), John Stockton (1993), O'Neal (2004, 2009), Bryant (2011) and Davis (2017); Pettit and O'Neal did this multiple times. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the distinction of playing in the most All-Star Games (18) without winning the All-Star Game MVP, while Adrian Smith won the MVP in his only All-Star Game.
Contents
1 Winners
2 Multi-time winners
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
Winners[edit]
Hall-of-Famer Bill Russell (left) won the award in the 1963 NBA All-Star Game. Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain (center) won the award in the 1960 NBA All-Star Game.
Hall-of-Famer Michael Jordan won the award three times in his career.
Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley won the award in the 1991 NBA All-Star Game.
Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O'Neal has won the award three times in his career. He is also the oldest MVP ever, at 36 years and 346 days old.
Kobe Bryant has won the award a record four times in his career, a feat he shares with Bob Pettit.
LeBron James was the youngest player to ever win the award at 21 years and 51 days old and is the all-time leader in points scored in NBA All-Star Game history.[8]
Kyrie Irving won the award in his second All-Star game in 2014
| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in the NBA |
| * | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the MVP award |
| Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won |
| Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1951 | Ed Macauley* | Center/Forward |  United States | Boston Celtics |
1952 | Paul Arizin* | Forward/Guard | United States | Philadelphia Warriors |
1953 | George Mikan* | Center | United States | Minneapolis Lakers |
1954 | Bob Cousy* | Guard | United States | Boston Celtics (2) |
1955 | Bill Sharman* | Guard | United States | Boston Celtics (3) |
1956 | Bob Pettit* | Forward/Center | United States | St. Louis Hawks |
1957 | Bob Cousy* (2) | Guard | United States | Boston Celtics (4) |
1958 | Bob Pettit* (2) | Forward/Center | United States | St. Louis Hawks (2) |
1959[b] | Elgin Baylor* | Forward | United States | Minneapolis Lakers (2) |
Bob Pettit* (3) | Forward/Center | United States | St. Louis Hawks (3) | |
1960 | Wilt Chamberlain* | Center | United States | Philadelphia Warriors (2) |
1961 | Oscar Robertson* | Guard | United States | Cincinnati Royals |
1962 | Bob Pettit* (4) | Forward/Center | United States | St. Louis Hawks (4) |
1963 | Bill Russell* | Center | United States | Boston Celtics (5) |
1964 | Oscar Robertson* (2) | Guard | United States | Cincinnati Royals (2) |
1965 | Jerry Lucas* | Forward/Center | United States | Cincinnati Royals (3) |
1966 | Adrian Smith | Guard | United States | Cincinnati Royals (4) |
1967 | Rick Barry* | Forward | United States | San Francisco Warriors (3) |
1968 | Hal Greer* | Guard/Forward | United States | Philadelphia 76ers |
1969 | Oscar Robertson* (3) | Guard | United States | Cincinnati Royals (5) |
1970 | Willis Reed* | Center/Forward | United States | New York Knicks |
1971 | Lenny Wilkens* | Guard | United States | Seattle SuperSonics |
1972 | Jerry West* | Guard | United States | Los Angeles Lakers (3) |
1973 | Dave Cowens* | Center/Forward | United States | Boston Celtics (6) |
1974 | Bob Lanier* | Center | United States | Detroit Pistons |
1975 | Walt Frazier* | Guard | United States | New York Knicks (2) |
1976 | Dave Bing* | Guard | United States | Washington Bullets |
1977 | Julius Erving* | Forward | United States | Philadelphia 76ers (2) |
1978 | Randy Smith | Guard/Forward | United States | Buffalo Braves |
1979 | David Thompson* | Guard/Forward | United States | Denver Nuggets |
1980 | George Gervin* | Guard/Forward | United States | San Antonio Spurs |
1981 | Nate Archibald* | Guard | United States | Boston Celtics (7) |
1982 | Larry Bird* | Forward | United States | Boston Celtics (8) |
1983 | Julius Erving* (2) | Forward | United States | Philadelphia 76ers (3) |
1984 | Isiah Thomas* | Guard | United States | Detroit Pistons (2) |
1985 | Ralph Sampson* | Center/Forward | United States | Houston Rockets |
1986 | Isiah Thomas* (2) | Guard | United States | Detroit Pistons (3) |
1987 | Tom Chambers | Forward/Center | United States | Seattle SuperSonics (2) |
1988 | Michael Jordan* | Guard | United States | Chicago Bulls |
1989 | Karl Malone* | Forward | United States | Utah Jazz |
1990 | Magic Johnson* | Guard | United States | Los Angeles Lakers (4) |
1991 | Charles Barkley* | Forward | United States | Philadelphia 76ers (4) |
1992 | Magic Johnson* (2) | Guard | United States | Los Angeles Lakers (5) |
1993[b] | John Stockton* | Guard | United States | Utah Jazz (2) |
Karl Malone* (2) | Forward | United States | Utah Jazz (3) | |
1994 | Scottie Pippen* | Forward | United States | Chicago Bulls (2) |
1995 | Mitch Richmond* | Guard | United States | Sacramento Kings (6) |
1996 | Michael Jordan* (2) | Guard | United States | Chicago Bulls (3) |
1997 | Glen Rice | Forward | United States | Charlotte Hornets |
1998 | Michael Jordan* (3) | Guard | United States | Chicago Bulls (4) |
1999 | Not awarded as the game was canceled due to the league's lockout.[3] | |||
2000[b] | Shaquille O'Neal* | Center | United States | Los Angeles Lakers (6) |
Tim Duncan | Forward/Center | United States[c] | San Antonio Spurs (2) | |
2001 | Allen Iverson* | Guard | United States | Philadelphia 76ers (5) |
2002 | Kobe Bryant | Guard | United States | Los Angeles Lakers (7) |
2003 | Kevin Garnett | Forward/Center | United States | Minnesota Timberwolves |
2004 | Shaquille O'Neal* (2) | Center | United States | Los Angeles Lakers (8) |
2005 | Allen Iverson* (2) | Guard | United States | Philadelphia 76ers (6) |
2006 | LeBron James^ [d] | Forward | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers |
2007 | Kobe Bryant (2) | Guard | United States | Los Angeles Lakers (9) |
2008 | LeBron James^ (2) | Forward | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers (2) |
2009[b] | Kobe Bryant (3) | Guard | United States | Los Angeles Lakers (10) |
Shaquille O'Neal* (3) [e] | Center | United States | Phoenix Suns | |
2010 | Dwyane Wade^ | Guard | United States | Miami Heat |
2011 | Kobe Bryant (4) | Guard | United States | Los Angeles Lakers (11) |
2012 | Kevin Durant^ | Forward | United States | Oklahoma City Thunder (3) |
2013 | Chris Paul^ | Guard | United States | Los Angeles Clippers (2) |
2014 | Kyrie Irving^ | Guard | United States[a] | Cleveland Cavaliers (3) |
2015 | Russell Westbrook^ | Guard | United States | Oklahoma City Thunder (4) |
2016 | Russell Westbrook^ (2) | Guard | United States | Oklahoma City Thunder (5) |
2017 | Anthony Davis^ | Forward/Center | United States | New Orleans Pelicans |
2018 | LeBron James^ (3) | Forward | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers (4) |
2019 | Kevin Durant^ (2) | Forward | United States | Golden State Warriors (4) |
Multi-time winners[edit]
| Player | Team | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Pettit | St. Louis Hawks | 4 | 1956, 1958, 1959, 1962 |
| Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers | 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011 | |
| Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati Royals | 3 | 1961, 1964, 1969 |
| Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | 1988, 1996, 1998 | |
| Shaquille O'Neal | Los Angeles Lakers Phoenix Suns | 2000, 2004, 2009 | |
| LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers | 2006, 2008, 2018 | |
| Bob Cousy | Boston Celtics | 2 | 1954, 1957 |
| Julius Erving | Philadelphia 76ers | 1977, 1983 | |
| Isiah Thomas | Detroit Pistons | 1984, 1986 | |
| Karl Malone | Utah Jazz | 1989, 1993 | |
| Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers | 1990, 1992 | |
| Allen Iverson | Philadelphia 76ers | 2001, 2005 | |
| Russell Westbrook | Oklahoma City Thunder | 2015, 2016 | |
| Kevin Durant | Oklahoma City Thunder Golden State Warriors | 2012, 2019 |
See also[edit]
- NBA Most Valuable Player Award
- Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
- List of NBA All-Stars
- List of NBA All-Star vote leaders
Notes[edit]
^ ab Kyrie Irving was born in Australia to American parents who returned to the U.S. when he was two years old. He has dual U.S. and Australian citizenship, but has represented the United States internationally.[11]
^ abcd Denotes All-Star Games in which joint winners were named
^ Because Tim Duncan is a United States citizen by birth, as are all natives of the U.S. Virgin Islands,[9] he was able to play for the U.S. internationally.[10]
^ James, at 21 years and 51 days old, is the youngest All-Star Game MVP in NBA history.
^ O'Neal, at 36 years and 346 days old, is the oldest All-Star Game MVP in NBA history.
References[edit]
- General
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^ Howard-Cooper, Scott (February 12, 1990). "East Stars Put It Together, but Magic Has Hardware Pro basketball: Laker guard earns MVP in losing effort as rest of his West teammates are shut down, 130-113". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016.
^ ab Steele, David (December 9, 1998). "NBA Drops All-Stars – What's Left? February game in Philly latest casualty of lockout". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
^ "King-Sized Rally Propels East to Victory". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved April 25, 2009.
^ Boyer, Mary (February 17, 2014). "Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star MVP Kyrie Irving has his moment – with advice from LeBron James". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
^ "Bargnani becomes first European top NBA draft pick". People's Daily Online. June 29, 2006. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
^ "NBA & ABA Most Valuable Player Award Winners". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
^ NBA All-Star Game Career Leaders | Basketball-Reference.com
^ "Virgin Islands". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
^ "All-Time USA Basketball Men's Roster: D". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on August 28, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
^ Ward, Roy (July 3, 2013). "Irving a must for Boomers in Rio: Bogut". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on February 17, 2014.
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