The time has finally come for the NBA to announce the MVP award winner for the 2025–26 season.
Right after the regular season concluded, the league revealed the three finalists for basketball’s most prestigious award: reigning MVP and Thunder cornerstone Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokić and the up-and-coming Victor Wembanyama. While Luka Dončić stood out immediately as an obvious snub for the final three (after he went to great lengths to make himself eligible), it was largely agreed that was a consequence of an exceptionally strong field for this year’s Most Valuable Player rather than an underserving candidate getting the nod instead.
