SGA lives up to expectations and compares with Jordan. Only Harden is the MVP in the United States. James sets a record

ESPN reporter Shams reported that Thunder player Alexander was elected the 24-25 regular season MVP, and the official confirmed the news.

Alexander won 71 first votes and 29 second votes, with a total score of 913 points.

Jokic won the remaining 29 first votes and 71 second votes, with a total score of 787 points. The letters

received 88 third votes, 9 fourth votes, and 3 fifth votes, with a total score of 470 points.

Rabbit got 11 third votes, 84 fourth votes, and 4 fifth votes, with a total score of 311 points.

Mitchell won 1 third vote, 3 fourth votes, 60 fifth votes, with a total score of 74 points.

SGA this season is worthy of the honor of MVP, whether it is personal data or team leader. He averaged 34.2 minutes per game in the regular season, contributing 32.7 points, 5 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.7 steals and 1 block, with a shooting percentage of 51.9%, 37.5%, and 89.8%. Among them, he averaged 32.7 points per game, led the league, ranked fourth in steals and 14th in assists. And led the Thunder to a record of 68 wins and 14 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference and the entire league.

At the same time, SGA averaged at least 32 points and 6 assists per game with a shooting percentage of 50%+, becoming the second-person in NBA history, comparable to Jordan (1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons). SGA is also the second Canadian to win the regular season MVP after Nash.

Durant won the regular season MVP in the 13-14 season, Westbrook won the regular season MVP in the 16-17 season, and SGA is the third regular season MVP winner in the Thunder's history after Du and Wei. After obtaining the MVP, SGA will be eligible to sign a five-year, $380 million contract extension with the Thunder, which will be the largest contract so far.

It is worth mentioning that in terms of the details of the MVP's votes this season, James won 1 fourth vote and 13 fifth votes, with a total score of 16 points, ranking 6th in the final ranking of the MVP.

This allowed him to surpass Jordan to become the player with the largest MVP votes in NBA history. Not only that, James is also the youngest and oldest player in NBA history to win MVP votes, and he won MVP votes at the age of 19 and 40.

In addition, Curry won 2 fifth votes and ranked 9th with 2 points. Harden won a fifth vote and ranked tenth.

The league's regular season MVPs for seven consecutive years have been elected by international players, and in the past 8 years only one MVP is a local player in the United States. The elected in 2024, 2022 and 2021 are Jokic from Serbia, Embiid from Cameroon/France in 2023, and Antetokounmpo from Greece in 2019 and 2020.

It has been traced back to 2018 that local American players won the regular season MVP, and this person is James Harden. That year, Harden was still with the Rockets. He averaged 35.4 minutes per game, scoring 30.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 1.8 steals, and 0.7 blocks. His three shooting percentages were 44.9%, 36.7%, and 85.8%. Among them, 30.4 points were the scoring champion that year, ranking third in assists and fifth in steals.