2025 NBA MVP: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder)
2025 NBA Most Valuable Player: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder)
The 2025 NBA Most Valuable Player was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder. According to the NBA's official list of MVP winners, the award for 2025 went to him.
Award at a Glance
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Year | 2025 |
| Award | NBA Most Valuable Player |
| Winner | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander |
| Team | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Career wins | 1st (most recent) |
Why It Mattered
The 2025 MVP honored the most dominant and consistent player across the full 82-game regular season. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 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, 2025 is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's single appearance — a one-season peak rather than a repeated reign.
<!-- Depth details to be added by hand (never invent): series matchup, pivotal games, per-game averages. -->The Other Award That Year
Two individual prizes were handed out in 2025: the NBA Most Valuable Player and the Finals MVP.
- This page's award (NBA Most Valuable Player): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder)
- The same year's other award (Finals MVP): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder)
Both went to the same man. Sweeping the regular season MVP and the Finals MVP in 2025 is about as complete a case of dominance as the league produces.
For the distinction between the two awards, see Finals MVP vs MVP.
Year-by-Year Timeline
- Previous (2024): Nikola Jokić (Denver Nuggets) → 2024 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?
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander honor timeline
- 2025 NBA Finals MVP: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder)
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.
