Usually, the award is given to a player who is a member of the champion team in a conference and is given always at the end of the finals series.
[1] There have been times two players from the same team shared the award, with the most recent duo to accomplish this feat being Jimmy Alapag and Jayson Castro during the 2011 Commissioner's Cup finals.
[2] The award can only be given to local players and not the team's import.
[3] June Mar Fajardo, James Yap, LA Tenorio, and Danny Seigle are tied for the most PBA Finals MVPs in league history.
[2] Listed here are the PBA Finals MVP Awardees starting from 1996 up to the present.