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How many times has Nikola Jokic won the NBA MVP award?
His remarkable achievements place him among an elite group of players in league history who have also won this award.
Nikola Jokić, the Denver Nuggets’ star center and Serbia native, has made NBA history by winning his third regular season Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. Jokić joins an elite group of players who have also won this ward more than three times.
Jokić's MVP journey has been nothing short of extraordinary. He has secured the award in three of the last four seasons: 2021, 2022, and now, 2024. In the one year he didn’t win (2023), he finished second in voting to Joel Embiid. Remarkably, Jokić has received at least one MVP vote for six consecutive year.
Who has won more than three NBA MVP awards?
Winning three MVP awards places Jokić in an exclusive class—a class comprised of all-time greats from the NBA’s 75th Anniversary team.
- Six MVPs: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Five MVPs: Michael Jordan and Bill Russell
- Four MVPs: LeBron James and Wilt Chamberlain
- Three MVPs: Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Moses Malone, and now, Nikola Jokić
What truly remarkable is that he’s the only player in NBA history to finish top-10 in all four main categories, of points, rebounds, assists, steals.
In 2023-24, Jokić led the Denver Nuggets to a top-two seed in the Western Conference. The Nuggets boasted a top-10 offense (fifth) and defense (ninth) for the first time during the Jokić era. His playmaking, scoring, and leadership have elevated the Nuggets, and his third MVP cements his legacy as one of the game’s all-time greats.