Awards & Winners

Best NBA Player ESPY Award

ESPY Award

The Best NBA Player ESPY Award is an award presented annually since 1993 to a National Basketball Association player adjudged to be the best in a given year, typically the NBA season contested during or immediately before the holding of the ESPY Awards ceremony. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and retired sportspersons, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous. Six players have won the award more than once; Michael Jordan won the inaugural award and a total of four across his career. LeBron James has won the award four times, while Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Shaquille O'Neal have claimed two each.
Date Established : 1993

Check all the winners of Best NBA Player ESPY Award presented under ESPY Award since 1993 .


Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kevin Durant
Blake Griffin
LeBron James
Joakim Noah

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Durant
LeBron James
Tony Parker

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
LeBron James
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Durant
Kevin Love
Tony Parker
Rajon Rondo

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dirk Nowitzki
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Durant
LeBron James
Derrick Rose

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Dwight Howard
Dwyane Wade
Kevin Durant

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
LeBron James
Kobe Bryant
Dwight Howard
Dwyane Wade

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Chris Paul
Dwight Howard
Kevin Garnett

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
Tim Duncan
LeBron James
Steve Nash
Dirk Nowitzki

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dwyane Wade
Dirk Nowitzki
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Steve Nash

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steve Nash
Allen Iverson
LeBron James
Shaquille O'Neal
Dwyane Wade

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kevin Garnett
Kobe Bryant
Tim Duncan
Shaquille O'Neal

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tim Duncan
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Garnett
Jason Kidd
Tracy McGrady
Shaquille O'Neal

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shaquille O'Neal
Kobe Bryant
Tim Duncan
Allen Iverson
Jason Kidd
Paul Pierce
Chris Webber

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shaquille O'Neal
Kevin Garnett
Allen Iverson
Alonzo Mourning

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tim Duncan
Allen Iverson
Karl Malone

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Jordan