The NBA Finals Most Valuable Player MVP Award is an annual award given to the best player in the NBA Finals series, based on votes cast by a defined number of media members.
In 2009, then NBA commissioner David Stern renamed the award to "Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award", in honour of 11-time Champion and Boston Celtics' Hall of Famer Bill Russell.
The 2021 recipient of the award was Giannis Antetokounmpo for averaging 35.2 points, 13.2 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game and leading the Milwaukee Bucks to a 4-2 series victory over the Phoenix Suns.
He is only the fifth international to win the award and the first since Dirk Nowitzki in 2011 to win the award.
| Year | Player | Team |
| 2021 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2020 | LeBron James | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2019 | Kawhi Leonard | Toronto Raptors |
| 2018 | Kevin Durant | Golden State Warriors |
| 2017 | Kevin Durant | Golden State Warriors |
| 2016 | LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2015 | Andre Iguodala | Golden State Warriors |
| 2014 | Kawhi Leonard | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2013 | LeBron James | Miami Heat |
| 2012 | LeBron James | Miami Heat |
| 2011 | Dirk Nowitzki | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2010 | Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2009 | Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2008 | Paul Pierce | Boston Celtics |
| 2007 | Tony Parker | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2006 | Dwyane Wade | Miami Heat |
| 2005 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2004 | Chauncey Billups | Detroit Pistons |
| 2003 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2002 | Shaquille O'Neal | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2001 | Shaquille O'Neal | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2000 | Shaquille O'Neal | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1999 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1998 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1997 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1996 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1995 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets |
| 1994 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets |
| 1993 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1992 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1991 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1990 | Isiah Thomas | Detroit Pistons |
| 1989 | Joe Dumars | Detroit Pistons |
| 1988 | James Worthy | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1987 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1986 | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics |
| 1985 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1984 | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics |
| 1983 | Moses Malone | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1982 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1981 | Cedric Maxwell | Boston Celtics |
| 1980 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1979 | Dennis Johnson | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 1978 | Wes Unseld | Washington Bullets |
| 1977 | Bill Walton | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1976 | Jo Jo White | Boston Celtics |
| 1975 | Rick Barry | Golden State Warriors |
| 1974 | John Havlicek | Boston Celtics |
| 1973 | Willis Reed | New York Knicks |
| 1972 | Wilt Chamberlain | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1971 | Lew Alcindor | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1970 | Willis Reed | New York Knicks |
| 1969 | Jerry West | Los Angeles Lakers |
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