NBA Finals Most Valuable Player

The award is decided by a panel of eleven media members, who cast votes after the conclusion of the Finals.

[4] Willis Reed, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,[a] Larry Bird, Hakeem Olajuwon, Kobe Bryant, Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant won the award twice.

[11] Johnson, Moses Malone, Durant, and Leonard are the only players to have been named Finals MVP in their first season with a team.

[12] Olajuwon of Nigeria (who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1993), Tony Parker of France, Dirk Nowitzki of Germany, Giannis Antetokounmpo of Greece, and Nikola Jokić of Serbia are the only international players to win the award.

Duncan is an American citizen, but is considered an "international" player by the NBA because he was not born in one of the fifty states or Washington, D.C.[13] Parker, Nowitzki, Antetokounmpo and Jokić are the only winners to have been trained totally outside the U.S.; Olajuwon played college basketball at Houston and Duncan at Wake Forest.

head shot of Jerry West
Jerry West , the inaugural recipient, is the only player to win the award while being on the losing team.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , who won twice in 1971 and 1985, holds the record for the longest gap between awards
head shot of Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson is the only player to win the award as a rookie.
head shot of Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan has won the award a record six times.
Shaquille O'Neal is the only player other than Michael Jordan to have won the award three times consecutively.
Tony Parker was the second player born outside the US to win the award, joining Hakeem Olajuwon.
LeBron James is the only player to win the award with three different teams.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is the first player from Greece to win the award.
Nikola Jokić is the first player from Serbia to win the award.