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

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The criteria used since the 2022–23 PBA season are as follows:[1]

  • 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

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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:[2]

  • 40% average statistical points
  • 30% press and media votes
  • 25% players' votes
  • 5% Commissioner's Office

Winners

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^ 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 Ref.
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
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) [3]
2023–24 June Mar Fajardo^ (8) Center  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (14) [4]

Multiple-time winners

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

References

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  1. ^ "Commissioner's Office no longer counts in PBA awards voting".
  2. ^ Dy, Richard (July 5, 2014). "After 'Best Player' upset, is June Mar Fajardo at risk of losing MVP honor as well?". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  3. ^ "Fajardo leads list of winners in PBA Leo Awards". PBA.ph. November 5, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "Legend lives on as Fajardo wins record 8th MVP award". PBA.ph. August 18, 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2024.