Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award

History

The Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award, formerly known as the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award, is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the player who is adjudged to have played the most outstanding role in the NBA Finals. The award was first awarded in 1969 and was renamed in 2009 after 11-time NBA champion Bill Russell.

Winners

Here is a year-by-year list of the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Award winners:

Year	Player	Team
1969	Jerry West	Los Angeles Lakers
1970	Willis Reed	New York Knicks
1971	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Milwaukee Bucks

The most recent winner of the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Award is Stephen Curry, who won the award in 2022.