Alexander scored a record for the first time! Voting details are released: James scored 16 points Curry scored only 2 points

On May 22, the NBA officially announced another annual grand prize. Thunder star Shea Gilgers Alexander defeated Jokic and Antetokounmpo and won the 2024-25 regular season MVP, and Alexander won the MVP record in MVP. The Thunder official posted a poster to congratulate him.

This season, Alexander, Jokic and Antetokounmpo were selected as the final shortlist for MVP, among which Alexander was the number one hot candidate for MVP; before the NBA officially announced the MVP, famous reporter Shams exposed the award in advance, and Antetokounmpo forwarded and wrote: What? Is Shams hacked? It can't be true?

NBA now officially announced the voting results, Alexander won 71 first votes and 29 second and third votes, a total of 913 points, beating Jokic and Antetokounmpo and winning the regular season MVP.

Alexander and Jokic won all 100 first and second votes, with Jokic 29 first and 71 second votes, a total of 787 points; Antetokounmpo 88 third and 9 fourth votes, a total of 470 points.

Tatum had 11 third votes in total, Mitchell had 74 points, James won 1 fourth vote and 13 fifth votes, a total of 16 points; Cunningham and Edwards both had 12 points, Curry had 2 fifth votes, and Brunson, Harden and Mobley were all 1 point.

Players play (at least 65 games), personal performance and team record are important criteria for MVP selection. MVP is the annual award awarded by the NBA for players who have performed outstandingly this season. In December 2022, the regular season MVP award was officially named the Michael Jordan Award.

Alexander played 76 regular season games this season, averaging 32.7 points, 5 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.7 steals and 1 block per game, ranking first in the league, 20+ in 75 games, 30+ in 49 games, 40+ in 13 games, and 50+ in 4 games, and was ranked fourth in the league in steals per game, leading the Thunder to the best record in team history with 68 wins and 14 losses, ranking first in the West, and such a record is also the best in the league.

Jokic played 70 games, averaging 29.6 points, 12.7 rebounds, 10.2 assists, 1.8 steals, 0.6 blocks, the Nuggets ranked fourth in the Western Conference with 50 wins and 32 losses; Antetokounmpo played 67 games, averaging 30.4 points, 11.9 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 0.9 steals, 1.2 blocks, and the Bucks ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference with 48 wins and 32 losses.

Alexander won the MVP record in a row

1, Alexander won the first regular season MVP honor in his career

2, Alexander was the third player in the Thunder history to win this honor

3, Alexander became the third player to win the Michael Jordan Trophy. Starting from the 2022-23 season, the NBA named the MVP trophy as the Michael Jordan Award.

4. Alexander became the first defender to win this honor since James Harden in the 2017-18 season.

5. Alexander was awarded the regular season MVP and became the second MVP winner from Canada (the first two were Steve Nash in the 2004-05 season and 2005-06 season respectively).

The last American player to win the MVP was Harden (2017-18 season). After that, international stars won the regular season MVP for seven consecutive years (Antetokounmpo 2 times, Jokic 3 times, Embiid 1 time and Alexander 1 time), and international stars dominated the MVP.

Alexander is eligible to renew the four-year, $294 million contract this summer, and next summer, he is eligible to renew the largest contract renewal of $379.8 million in five years - $65.5 million in the 27-28 season, $70.7 million in the 28-29 season, $75.9 million in the 29-30 season, $81.2 million in the 30-31 season and $86.5 million in the 31-32 season.

Alexander has won the MVP. He is currently leading the Thunder in the playoffs, leading the Timberwolves 1-0 in the total score of the Western Conference Finals. SGA will strive for the finals and the first championship in his career.