# PBA Most Valuable Player Award

The Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) award given since the start of the league in 1975 to the best performing player of the season. The award is decided using criteria introduced since the 2011–12 season, which include accumulated statistical points, votes from media, players and the league's Commissioner's Office. The current holder of the award is June Mar Fajardo.
The season MVP is for the whole season, which has two to three conferences, including the regular season, the playoffs and the Finals, while there is a Best Player of the Conference award for each conference, and a Best Import award for conferences where imports are allowed to play.
June Mar Fajardo won the MVP award a record seven times, while both Ramon Fernandez and Alvin Patrimonio won the award four times. Benjie Paras remains the only rookie to have ever won the award to date, which he did during the 1989 season.
As with the other annual awards given by the league, the winner receives The Leo Trophy, which is named in honor of Leo Prieto, the first commissioner of the PBA who served from 1975 until his retirement in 1983.

## Criteria

Philippine Basketball Association awards and honors :
Championship :
Jun Bernardino Trophy
Governors' Cup
Commissioner's Cup :
Individual annual awards :
All-Star Game MVP
Mr. Quality Minutes*
Baby Dalupan Coach of the Year*
Defensive Player of the Year*
Samboy Lim Sportsmanship Award
Bogs Adornado Comeback Player of the Year*
Most Improved Player
Most Valuable Player
Rookie of the Year
Danny Floro Executive of the Year*
Scoring Champion*
Order of Merit* :
Individual conference awards :
Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference
Finals MVP
Best Player of the Conference :
Honors :
Mythical Team
All-Defensive Team
* Awards given by the PBA Press Corps
All-Rookie Team* :
vte :
The criteria used since the 2022–23 PBA season are as follows:
* 45% average statistical points
* 30% press and media votes
* 25% players' votes
Statistical points (SP) are computed as follows:
* 1 SP for every point scored, rebound assist, steal and shot blocked.
* 10 bonus points for every game won where the player played up to the semifinals.
* 15 bonus points for every game won where the player played in the Finals
* Deduction of 1 SP for every turnover, 5 SP for every technical or flagrant foul without ejection, and 15 SP for any technical or flagrant foul that results in an ejection.
In addition, a Filipino player can only be eligible for awards if he played in at least 70% of his team's games.
MVP voting begins at the start of the Finals series of the last conference. All statistical points gathered from all levels of competition (elimination/classification round and playoffs) are included.

### Previous criteria

The winner was selected by the following format (before 2006):
* 30% cumulative statistical points (points, rebounds, assists, blocks, turnovers etc.)
* 30% press and media votes
* 30% players' votes
* 10% four-man committee (representatives from the PBA Photographer's Group, SCOOP, the TV coverer and the Philippine Sportswriters Association)
With controversies with the selections, a new format was created starting at the 2006–07 season:
* 30% average statistical points
* 30% press and media votes
* 25% players' votes
* 10% TV coverer
* 5% Commissioner's Office
The criteria used since from the 2011–12 PBA season until the 2021 PBA season are as follows:
* 40% average statistical points
* 30% press and media votes
* 25% players' votes
* 5% Commissioner's Office

## Winners

| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in the PBA |
| * | Inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been named MVP |
| Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won |
| Season | Player | Position | Country of birth | Team |
| 1975 | Bogs Adornado* | Forward | Philippines | Crispa Redmanizers |
| 1976 | Bogs Adornado* (2) | Forward | Philippines | Crispa Redmanizers (2) |
| 1977 | Freddie Hubalde* | Forward | Philippines | Crispa Redmanizers (3) |
| 1978 | Robert Jaworski* | Guard | Philippines | Toyota Super Corollas |
| 1979 | Atoy Co* | Guard | Philippines | Crispa Redmanizers (4) |
| 1980 | Philip Cezar* | Center | Philippines | Crispa Redmanizers (5) |
| 1981 | Bogs Adornado* (3) | Forward | Philippines | U/Tex Wranglers |
| 1982 | Ramon Fernandez* | Center | Philippines | Toyota Super Corollas (2) |
| 1983 | Abet Guidaben* | Center | Philippines | Crispa Redmanizers (6) |
| 1984 | Ramon Fernandez* (2) | Center | Philippines | Beer Hausen Brewmasters |
| 1985 | Ricardo Brown* | Guard | United States | Great Taste Coffee Makers |
| 1986 | Ramon Fernandez* (3) | Center | Philippines | Tanduay Rhum Makers |
| 1987 | Abet Guidaben* (2) | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen |
| 1988 | Ramon Fernandez* (4) | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (2) |
| 1989 | Benjie Paras* | Center | Philippines | Formula Shell Zoom Masters |
| 1990 | Allan Caidic* | Guard | Philippines | Presto Tivolis |
| 1991 | Alvin Patrimonio* | Forward | Philippines | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs |
| 1992 | Ato Agustin | Guard | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (3) |
| 1993 | Alvin Patrimonio* (2) | Forward | Philippines | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs (2) |
| 1994 | Alvin Patrimonio* (3) | Forward | Philippines | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs (3) |
| 1995 | Vergel Meneses | Forward | Philippines | Sunkist Orange Juicers |
| 1996 | Johnny Abarrientos | Guard | Philippines | Alaska Milkmen |
| 1997 | Alvin Patrimonio* (4) | Forward | Philippines | Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies (4) |
| 1998 | Kenneth Duremdes | Forward | Philippines | Alaska Milkmen (2) |
| 1999 | Benjie Paras* (2) | Center | Philippines | Formula Shell Zoom Masters (2) |
| 2000 | Danny Ildefonso | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (4) |
| 2001 | Danny Ildefonso (2) | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (5) |
| 2002 | Willie Miller | Guard | Philippines | Red Bull Barako |
| 2003 | Asi Taulava | Center | Tonga | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |
| 2004–05 | Eric Menk | Center | United States | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| 2005–06 | James Yap^ | Forward | Philippines | Purefoods Chunkee Giants (5) |
| 2006–07 | Willie Miller (2) | Guard | Philippines | Alaska Aces (3) |
| 2007–08 | Kelly Williams^ | Forward | United States | Sta. Lucia Realtors |
| 2008–09 | Jayjay Helterbrand | Guard | Philippines | Barangay Ginebra Kings (2) |
| 2009–10 | James Yap^ (2) | Forward | Philippines | Derby Ace Llamados (6) |
| 2010–11 | Jimmy Alapag | Guard | United States | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (2) |
| 2011–12 | Mark Caguioa | Guard | Philippines | Barangay Ginebra Kings (3) |
| 2012–13 | Arwind Santos | Forward | Philippines | Petron Blaze Boosters (6) |
| 2013–14 | June Mar Fajardo^ | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (7) |
| 2014–15 | June Mar Fajardo^ (2) | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (8) |
| 2015–16 | June Mar Fajardo^ (3) | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (9) |
| 2016–17 | June Mar Fajardo^ (4) | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (10) |
| 2017–18 | June Mar Fajardo^ (5) | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (11) |
| 2019 | June Mar Fajardo^ (6) | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (12) |
| 2020 | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2021 | Scottie Thompson^ | Guard | Philippines | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (4) |
| 2022–23 | June Mar Fajardo^ (7) | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (13) |

## Multiple-time winners

| Total | Player |
| 7 | June Mar Fajardo |
| 4 | Ramon Fernandez |
| 4 | Alvin Patrimonio |
| 3 | Bogs Adornado |
| 2 | Abet Guidaben |
| 2 | Danny Ildefonso |
| 2 | Willie Miller |
| 2 | Benjie Paras |
| 2 | James Yap |