The last 20 NBA Finals MVP winners
It’s a list of the greatest of the great, the players who were at their best when the stakes were the highest: the NBA finals MVPs.
Michael Jordan won it six times. Magic Johnson is a three-time winner. LeBron James — who you’ll see on this list of the last 20 winners — won it four times. Jerry West is the only player to win it for a losing effort.
Although Bill Russell never won the award (it wasn’t an award until 1969 and West won it that year), it was named after the Boston Celtics legend in 2009.
So here’s a look at the last 20 winners as the 2021 finals approach: