It s ridiculously rare. After Jordan, there were only 4 shooting guard MVPs in the NBA. What is the record in the first 3 games?

NBA officially announced that the 2024-2025 regular season MVP winner is Alexander!

Alexander performed well in the regular season this season. He was not only the top scorer in the season, but also led the Thunder to win the best record in the team history with 68 wins. In the end, he also beat Jokic in the voting and became the MVP.

In the vote, Alexander received 71 first votes and 29 second votes, and Jokic received 29 first votes and 71 second votes.

It is worth mentioning that since Jordan retired for the second time in 1998, there have been a total of 27 seasons in the NBA, and only 4 MVPs are shooting guards, with an outrageous number. What is the record of the first three?

These 4 are:

2000-2001 season, Iverson.

That season, Iverson led the 76ers to the Finals. They played very hard in the playoffs, but they all laughed to the end. Unfortunately, they met the Lakers who were in full swing in the finals.

The OK combination led the Lakers invincible that season, and won consecutive victories in the playoffs to reach the finals. The 76ers led by Iverson were finally given to the Lakers' only playoff defeat, with the Lakers winning the championship with 15 wins and 1 loss.

2007-2008 season, Kobe.

That season, Kobe won the MVP for the first time, with the Lakers' first record in the Western Conference, reaching the finals, sweeping the Nuggets 4-0 in the first round, the Jazz 4-2 in the second round, and the Spurs 4-1 in the Western Conference Finals, but lost to the Celtics 2-4 in the finals.

2017-2018 season, Harden.

Harden scored again in the Western Conference Finals that season, unfortunately he lost to the Warriors 3-4 in the Western Conference Finals, and the Warriors swept the Cavaliers to win the championship in the finals.

It can be seen that the top 3 shooting guards who won MVP are a bit of a lone hero in the playoffs. Two of them were the runner-up, while Harden led the team to lose to the champion that year.

Now Alexander has led 2-0 in the Western Conference Finals, and he has hope to reach the finals and strive for the championship.

So in these 27 seasons, where is the position where MVP has obtained the most?

The most are power forwards, with 7 people coming from 5 people, Duncan and Antetokounmpo twice, Garnett, Nowitzki and Malone once each.

Next is the point guard, with a total of 6 people, from 4 people, Nash and Curry 2 times, Westbrook and Ross 1 time each.

Then there are small forwards and centers, both 5 players. The center comes from three people, Jokic, Embiid, O'Neal, and Jokic 3 times. The small forward comes from 2 people, James 4 times and Durant 1 time. It can be said that the center and small forward rely on one person to support it, the center and Jokic, and the small forward rely on James.

is the shooting guard in the end. Not only is no one getting it many times, but it also has only 4 people in total. I wonder if Edwards and Alexander can hold up this position more in the future.

Attachment: MVP from 1999 to 2025.

1999 Karl Malone, 2000 O'Neal, 2001 Iverson, 2002-2003 Duncan, 2004 Garnett, 2005-2006 Nash, 2007 Nowitzki, 2008 Kobe, 2009-2010 James, 2011 Rose, 2012-2013 James, 2014 Durant, 2015-2016 Curry, 2017 Westbrook, 2018 Harden, 2019-2020 Antetokounmpo, 2021-2022 Jokic, 2023 Embiid, 2024 Jokic, 2025 Alexander.