NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player

[3] In February 2020, Commissioner Adam Silver renamed the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player in honor of four-time winner Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash a few weeks earlier.

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, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry have all won the award twice.

Duncan of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Kyrie Irving of Australia, and Giannis Antetokounmpo of Greece are the only winners not born in the United States.

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] Fifteen 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), Jordan (1988), Malone (1993), John Stockton (1993), O'Neal (2004, 2009), Bryant (2011), Anthony Davis (2017), and Curry (2025); Pettit and O'Neal did this multiple times.

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.
head shot of Michael Jordan
Hall-of-Famer Michael Jordan won the award three times in his career.
head shot of Charles Barkley
Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley won the award in the 1991 NBA All-Star Game .
Shaquille O'Neal preparing to shoot a free throw
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 at a game
Hall-of-Famer Kobe Bryant won the award a record four times in his career, a feat he shares with Bob Pettit . The award was renamed after him following his death in 2020.
LeBron James as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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 ]
Stephen Curry has won the award two times in his career and is the all-time leader in three-point field goals made in NBA All-Star Game history.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is the first and only non-American and Greek player to win the award.