# 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 eight 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* | Small forward | Philippines | Crispa Redmanizers |
| 1976 | Bogs Adornado* (2) | Small forward | Philippines | Crispa Redmanizers (2) |
| 1977 | Freddie Hubalde* | Small forward / Shooting guard | Philippines | Crispa Redmanizers (3) |
| 1978 | Robert Jaworski* | Point guard | Philippines | Toyota Super Corollas |
| 1979 | Atoy Co* | Shooting guard | Philippines | Crispa Redmanizers (4) |
| 1980 | Philip Cezar* | Power forward | Philippines | Crispa Redmanizers (5) |
| 1981 | Bogs Adornado* (3) | Small forward | Philippines | U/Tex Wranglers |
| 1982 | Ramon Fernandez* | Center / Power forward | Philippines | Toyota Super Corollas (2) |
| 1983 | Abet Guidaben* | Center | Philippines | Crispa Redmanizers (6) |
| 1984 | Ramon Fernandez* (2) | Center / Power forward | Philippines | Beer Hausen Brewmasters |
| 1985 | Ricardo Brown* | Point guard | United States | Great Taste Coffee Makers |
| 1986 | Ramon Fernandez* (3) | Center / Power forward | Philippines | Tanduay Rhum Makers |
| 1987 | Abet Guidaben* (2) | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen |
| 1988 | Ramon Fernandez* (4) | Center / Power forward | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (2) |
| 1989 | Benjie Paras* | Center | Philippines | Formula Shell Zoom Masters |
| 1990 | Allan Caidic* | Shooting guard | Philippines | Presto Tivolis |
| 1991 | Alvin Patrimonio* | Power forward | Philippines | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs |
| 1992 | Ato Agustin | Shooting guard / Point guard | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (3) |
| 1993 | Alvin Patrimonio* (2) | Power forward | Philippines | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs (2) |
| 1994 | Alvin Patrimonio* (3) | Power forward | Philippines | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs (3) |
| 1995 | Vergel Meneses | Shooting guard / Small forward | Philippines | Sunkist Orange Juicers |
| 1996 | Johnny Abarrientos | Point guard | Philippines | Alaska Milkmen |
| 1997 | Alvin Patrimonio* (4) | Power forward | Philippines | Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies (4) |
| 1998 | Kenneth Duremdes | Small forward / Shooting guard | Philippines | Alaska Milkmen (2) |
| 1999 | Benjie Paras* (2) | Center | Philippines | Shell Velocity (2) |
| 2000 | Danny Ildefonso | Power forward / Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (4) |
| 2001 | Danny Ildefonso (2) | Power forward / Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (5) |
| 2002 | Willie Miller | Shooting guard | Philippines | Red Bull Thunder |
| 2003 | Asi Taulava | Center | Tonga | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |
| 2004–05 | Eric Menk | Power forward / Center | United States | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| 2005–06 | James Yap^ | Shooting guard / Small forward | Philippines | Purefoods Chunkee Giants (5) |
| 2006–07 | Willie Miller (2) | Shooting guard | Philippines | Alaska Aces (3) |
| 2007–08 | Kelly Williams^ | Power forward | United States | Sta. Lucia Realtors |
| 2008–09 | Jayjay Helterbrand | Point guard / Shooting guard | Philippines | Barangay Ginebra Kings (2) |
| 2009–10 | James Yap^ (2) | Shooting guard / Small forward | Philippines | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados (6) |
| 2010–11 | Jimmy Alapag | Point guard | United States | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (2) |
| 2011–12 | Mark Caguioa | Shooting guard | Philippines | Barangay Ginebra Kings (3) |
| 2012–13 | Arwind Santos | Power 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^ | Shooting guard / Point guard | Philippines | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (4) |
| 2022–23 | June Mar Fajardo^ (7) | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (13) |
| 2023–24 | June Mar Fajardo^ (8) | Center | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen (14) |

## Multiple-time winners

| Total | Player |
| 8 | 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 |