first mvp in champion team in nba

Bob Cousy won the MVP award once in the 1957 NBA Finals.

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first mvp in a season by a player in champion team in NBA
NAMEMVPSEASONSERIESTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
1
1956-57
NBA Finals
7
46.0
20.7
6.7
9.1
6.9
21.6
31.8
7.0
8.4
83.1
41.0
322
145
47
64
20
2Bill Russell
B. Russell
1
1957-58
NBA Finals
4
34.3
14.5
19.3
4.3
12.3
34.7
6.0
9.5
63.2
44.1
137
58
77
12
3Bill Russell
B. Russell
1
1960-61
NBA Finals
5
46.6
17.6
28.8
4.4
6.6
15.4
42.9
4.4
9.4
46.8
45.0
233
88
144
22
13
4Bill Russell
B. Russell
1
1961-62
NBA Finals
7
48.3
22.9
27.0
5.7
8.1
15.0
54.3
6.6
8.9
74.2
60.5
338
160
189
40
21
5Bill Russell
B. Russell
1
1962-63
NBA Finals
6
47.8
20.0
26.0
5.3
7.0
15.0
46.7
6.0
8.7
69.2
53.2
287
120
156
32
16
6Bill Russell
B. Russell
1
1964-65
NBA Finals
5
44.2
17.8
25.0
5.8
6.6
9.4
70.2
4.6
8.0
57.5
68.9
221
89
125
29
14
7Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1
1966-67
NBA Finals
6
47.8
17.7
28.5
6.8
7.0
12.5
56.0
3.7
12.0
30.6
49.7
287
106
171
41
16
8Willis Reed
W. Reed
1
1969-70
NBA Finals
6
37.7
23.0
10.5
2.8
9.8
20.3
48.4
3.3
5.7
58.8
50.4
226
138
63
17
15
9Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1
1970-71
NBA Finals
4
42.0
27.0
18.5
2.8
11.5
19.0
60.5
4.0
5.3
76.2
63.4
168
108
74
11
12
10Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1
1973-74
NBA Finals
7
49.3
32.6
12.1
5.4
0.6
2.1
13.9
26.4
52.4
4.9
7.0
69.4
55.2
3.1
9.0
345
228
85
38
4
15
19
11Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1
1979-80
NBA Finals
5
40.6
33.4
13.6
3.2
0.6
4.6
14.6
26.6
54.9
0.0
0.0
4.2
5.2
80.8
57.8
3.2
10.4
4.2
203
167
68
16
3
23
21
20
12Moses Malone
M. Malone
1
1982-83
NBA Finals
4
39.3
25.8
18.0
2.0
1.5
1.5
9.0
17.8
50.7
0.0
0.0
7.8
11.8
66.0
56.2
6.8
11.3
2.8
157
103
72
8
6
6
11
15
13Larry Bird
L. Bird
1
1983-84
NBA Finals
7
43.6
27.4
14.0
3.6
2.1
1.1
8.9
18.3
48.4
0.6
0.9
66.7
9.1
10.9
84.2
59.5
3.7
10.3
3.6
305
192
98
25
15
8
25
24
14Larry Bird
L. Bird
1
1984-85
NBA Finals
6
40.2
23.8
8.8
5.0
1.8
0.7
8.8
19.7
44.9
0.5
1.5
33.3
5.7
6.7
85.0
52.7
2.7
6.2
2.2
241
143
53
30
11
4
13
14
15Larry Bird
L. Bird
1
1985-86
NBA Finals
6
44.8
24.0
9.7
9.5
2.7
0.3
8.8
18.3
48.2
1.2
3.2
36.8
5.2
5.5
93.9
57.8
1.7
8.0
2.7
269
144
58
57
16
2
16
17
16Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
1
1986-87
NBA Finals
6
39.3
26.2
8.0
13.0
2.3
0.3
11.0
20.3
54.1
0.2
0.3
50.0
4.0
4.2
96.0
59.0
2.0
6.0
2.2
236
157
48
78
14
2
13
10
17Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
1
1988-89
NBA Finals
3
25.0
11.7
3.7
8.0
1.0
0.0
4.0
8.7
46.2
0.3
1.7
20.0
3.3
3.7
90.9
56.7
1.0
2.7
1.7
75
35
11
24
3
0
5
4
18Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1
1990-91
NBA Finals
5
44.0
31.2
6.6
11.4
2.8
1.4
12.6
22.6
55.8
0.4
0.8
50.0
5.6
6.6
84.8
61.2
1.6
5.0
3.6
220
156
33
57
14
7
18
18
19Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1
1991-92
NBA Finals
6
42.3
35.8
4.8
6.5
1.7
0.3
13.5
25.7
52.6
2.0
4.7
42.9
6.8
7.7
89.1
61.7
1.0
3.8
4.0
254
215
29
39
10
2
24
21
20Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
1
1992-93
NBA Finals
6
46.2
27.3
13.0
5.5
1.2
0.5
10.0
21.0
47.6
0.3
1.3
25.0
7.0
9.3
75.0
54.4
3.7
9.3
1.7
277
164
78
33
7
3
10
20
21Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
1
1993-94
NBA Finals
7
43.1
26.9
9.1
3.6
1.6
3.9
10.7
21.4
50.0
0.1
0.1
100.0
5.3
6.1
86.0
55.6
1.9
7.3
3.6
302
188
64
25
11
27
25
26
22Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1
1995-96
NBA Finals
6
42.0
27.3
5.3
4.2
1.7
0.2
8.5
20.5
41.5
1.0
3.2
31.6
9.3
11.2
83.6
53.8
1.7
3.7
3.0
252
164
32
25
10
1
18
17
23Karl Malone
K. Malone
1
1996-97
NBA Finals
6
40.8
23.8
10.3
3.5
1.7
0.3
9.0
20.3
44.3
0.0
0.2
0.0
5.8
9.7
60.3
48.5
3.2
7.2
2.3
245
143
62
21
10
2
14
19
+12
24Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1
1997-98
NBA Finals
6
41.7
33.5
4.0
2.3
1.8
0.7
11.7
27.3
42.7
0.7
2.2
30.8
9.5
11.7
81.4
51.6
1.5
2.5
1.7
250
201
24
14
11
4
10
13
+39
25Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
1
1999-00
NBA Finals
6
45.5
38.0
16.7
2.3
1.0
2.7
16.0
26.2
61.1
0.0
0.0
6.0
15.5
38.7
57.6
5.7
11.0
2.2
273
228
100
14
6
16
13
20
+8

More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

29.4

Brown

Jaylen Brown

RPG

8.0

Queta

Neemias Queta

APG

5.3

White

Derrick White
Team Rankings

ORTG

121.1

2nd

DRTG

114.6

13th

NETRTG

6.6

3rd

3P%

36.7

9th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
34
11
.756
2
29
18
.617
6.0
3
Celtics Celtics
29
18
.617
6.0
4
29
20
.592
7.0
5
29
20
.592
7.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
1/30
@
7:30 PM
Sun
2/1
@
3:30 PM
Tue
2/3
@
8:00 PM
Wed
2/4
@
8:00 PM
Fri
2/6
@
7:30 PM
Last Game
ATL Hawks

24 - 25

117

Final

106

BOS Celtics

29 - 18

Wed 28 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
34
11
.756
2
29
18
.617
6.0
3
29
18
.617
6.0
4
29
20
.592
7.0
5
29
20
.592
7.0
6
25
21
.543
9.5
7
24
22
.522
10.5
8
25
23
.521
10.5
9
24
25
.490
12.0
10
23
24
.489
12.0
11
20
28
.417
15.5
12
18
27
.400
16.0
13
12
33
.267
22.0
14
12
36
.250
23.5
15
11
34
.244
23.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
38
10
.792
2
32
15
.681
5.5
3
31
16
.660
6.5
4
28
17
.622
8.5
5
28
18
.609
9.0
6
29
19
.604
9.0
7
28
19
.596
9.5
8
27
22
.551
11.5
9
23
25
.479
15.0
10
22
24
.478
15.0
11
19
28
.404
18.5
12
18
27
.400
18.5
13
15
33
.313
23.0
14
12
36
.250
26.0
15
12
37
.245
26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
1/1
@
121-122
Thu
1/1
@
122-109
Thu
1/1
@
102-129
Thu
1/1
@
131-94
Thu
1/1
@
121-128

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
1/29
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/29
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/29
@
8:00 PM
Thu
1/29
@
8:00 PM
Thu
1/29
@
8:30 PM