2017 NBA Most Valuable Player: Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder)

The 2017 NBA Most Valuable Player was Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder. According to the NBA's official list of MVP winners, the award for 2017 went to him.

Award at a Glance

Field	Detail
Year	2017
Award	NBA Most Valuable Player
Winner	Russell Westbrook
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder
Career wins	1st

Why It Mattered

The 2017 MVP honored the most dominant and consistent player across the full 82-game regular season. Russell Westbrook earned it on the strength of his season-long body of work with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

On the all-time NBA Most Valuable Player list, 2017 is Russell Westbrook's single appearance — a one-season peak rather than a repeated reign.

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The Other Award That Year

Two individual prizes were handed out in 2017: the NBA Most Valuable Player and the Finals MVP.

• This page's award (NBA Most Valuable Player): Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder)
• The same year's other award (Finals MVP): Kevin Durant (Golden State Warriors)

They went to different players — a clean reminder that "best over a whole season" and "most decisive when it mattered most" are two separate questions.

For the distinction between the two awards, see Finals MVP vs MVP.

Year-by-Year Timeline

• Next (2018): James Harden (Houston Rockets) → 2018 NBA Most Valuable Player
• Previous (2016): Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors) → 2016 NBA Most Valuable Player

Related Reading

• Complete List of NBA Finals MVPs (1969–2026)
• The History of the Finals MVP Award
• What Is the NBA Finals MVP Award?
• NBA MVP vs Finals MVP: What's the Difference?
• Russell Westbrook honor timeline
• 2017 NBA Finals MVP: Kevin Durant (Golden State Warriors)

Sources

Year, winner and team data on this page were verified against the NBA's official MVP winners list (NBA.com history mvp-winners) and Basketball-Reference public records, cross-checked against this site's two internal reference lists (last verified 2026-08-15).

FMVP Club — Independent fan site, not affiliated with the NBA.

Related Reading

• Russell Westbrook: Most Valuable and Legacy— The Triple-Double Rewriting History's Scale
• Russell Westbrook: Glory and Idol— When Explosiveness Became a Creed
• Russell Westbrook: Hard Work and Role Model
• Kevin Durant 2017: Technical Portrait and the Fixation of a Unique Style
• Kevin Durant 2017: The Coronation Moment and Its Era Significance