With the NBA Finals set to tip off, 2025 Kia NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a chance to accomplish something only a few of the greatest players to ever step on a basketball court have. If he can also win an NBA Championship this year, he’ll join a list of just 12 NBA players to win both trophies in the same season.
This feat has been accomplished 23 times in total across 10 franchises (listed from the most recent to the earliest).
Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (2015)
Curry is a two-time Kia MVP and four-time NBA Champion, but only once did he win both in the same season. The 2014-15 campaign saw him earn his first of back-to-back Most Valuable Player awards and hoist his first Larry O’Brien trophy. The Warriors were able to eliminate the Cavaliers in six games of the NBA F