NBA releases full MVP voting results: Jokic finishes top-two for sixth straight year

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May 18, 2026 - 01:13

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Luka Doncic Shai Gilgeous Alexander Nikola Jokic Victor Wembanyama

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On Sunday night, we learned that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named MVP for the second straight season.

In addition to learning that SGA was the winner of the award for the 2025-26 season, we also found out how many votes other players in the award race received.

NBA releases full MVP voting results

Here are the final voting results for the 2025-26 MVP race:

Player	1st Place Votes (10 PTS)	2nd Place Votes (7 PTS)	3rd Place Votes (5 PTS)	4th Place Votes (3 PTS)	5th Place Votes (1 PT)	Total PTS
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	83	13	3	1	0	939
Nikola Jokic	10	48	37	4	1	634
Victor Wembanyama	5	36	47	10	2	569
Luka Doncic	0	1	8	60	23	250
Cade Cunningham	2	1	3	11	42	117
Jaylen Brown	0	1	2	14	30	89
Kawhi Leonard	0	0	0	0	1	1
Donovan Mitchell	0	0	0	0	1	1

Gilegous-Alexander, Jokic and Wembanyama all had their names on the ballot of all 100 voters.

Doncic received votes from 92/100 voters, Cunningham from 59/100, Brown from 47/100 and Leonard and Mitchell each received votes from one voter.

SGA broke his personal record of MVP voting points after getting 913 last year (+26 this season).

Jokic dropped to 634 voting points this season, after receiving 787 last season when he was runner-up.

This was the first time in Wembanyama's career that he received MVP votes.

250 voting points is the second most Doncic has gotten in a season, after getting 566 in the 2023-24 season, when he finished a career-best third place in MVP voting.

Cunningham has set a career-best for MVP voting points and place finished, beating his personal best of 7th place and 12 points (2024-25 season).