NBA Most Valuable Player or MVP Award is a award given to the player with the most oustanding performance at the end of the season. * 1956 - Bob Pettit * 1957 - Bob Cousy * 1958 - Bill Russell * 1959 - Bob Pettit * 1960 - Wilt Chamberlain * 1961 - Bill Russell * 1962 - Bill Russell * 1963 - Bill Russell * 1964 - Oscar Robertson * 1965 - Bill Russell * 1966 - Wilt Chamberlain * 1967 - Wilt Chamberlain * 1968 - Wilt Chamberlain * 1969 - Wes Unseld * 1970 - Willis Reed * 1971 - Lew Alcindor * 1972 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * 1973 - Dave Cowens * 1974 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * 1975 - Bob McAdoo * 1976 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * 1977 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * 1978 - Bill Walton * 1979 - Moses Malone * 1980 -