Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is expected to be named MVP for the 2025-26 season when the award is announced Sunday night, ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported.
Amazon Prime Video announced that it would reveal the winner during its Cleveland Cavaliers-Detroit Pistons Game 7 pregame show Sunday, which starts at 4:30 p.m. MST. Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets and Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs are the other two finalists.
No matter who wins, it’ll be the eighth consecutive season in which a player who was born outside the U.S. takes the MVP trophy.
This international run of MVPs started with Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo (born in Greece, of Nigerian descent) in 2019 and 2020, then Jokic (Serbia) in 2021 and 2022, Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid (born in Cameroon but has since become a U.S. citizen) in 2023, Jokic again in 2024 and Gilgeous-Alexander (Canada) last year.
Wembanyama would be the first French player to win MVP, and Jokic is seeking a fourth honor — something only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (six), Michael Jordan (five), Bill Russell (five), Wilt Chamberlain (four) and LeBron James (four) have done.
It’ll also be the 12th MVP award overall for an international player. Before this current run, Nigeria’s Hakeem Olajuwon won in 1994, Canada’s Steve Nash won in 2005 and 2006 and Germany’s Dirk Nowitzki won in 2007.
The scheduling of the announcement may be a hint that Gilgeous-Alexander might be the winner, because it would have the same timeframe that the MVP reveal followed a year ago. In 2025, Gilgeous-Alexander was announced as the winner May 21, and he was formally presented with the trophy before Game 2 of the West finals in Oklahoma City on May 22.
This year, the Sunday announcement comes a day before the Thunder plays host to Game 1 of the West finals on Monday night.
NBA Awards so far this season
A breakdown of the awards already announced by the NBA this season:
— Defensive Player of the Year: Victor Wembanyama, Spurs.
— Clutch Player of the Year: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder.
— Sixth Man of the Year: Keldon Johnson, Spurs.
— Most Improved Player: Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Hawks.
— Rookie of the Year: Cooper Flagg, Mavericks.
— Executive of the Year: Brad Stevens, Celtics.
— Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year: DeAndre Jordan, Pelicans.
— Hustle Award: Moussa Diabaté, Hornets.
— Sportsmanship Award: Derrick White, Celtics.
The league’s Coach of the Year award (San Antonio’s Mitch Johnson, Detroit’s J.B. Bickerstaff, or Boston’s Joe Mazzulla) has yet to be announced, as have the All-NBA, All-Rookie and All-Defensive teams.
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