The Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) award given since the start of the league in 1975 to the best performing player of the season.
The award is decided using criteria introduced since the 2011–12 season, which include accumulated statistical points, votes from media, players and the league's Commissioner's Office.
Benjie Paras remains the only rookie to have ever won the award to date, which he did during the 1989 season.
The criteria used since the 2022–23 PBA season are as follows:[1] Statistical points (SP) are computed as follows: In addition, a Filipino player can only be eligible for awards if he played in at least 70% of his team's games.
All statistical points gathered from all levels of competition (elimination/classification round and playoffs) are included.