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Most Valuable Player

sports award
Also known as: MVP
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The Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is given annually in various sports to the player deemed to have contributed the most to their team's success. In the NBA, for example, a panel of journalists and broadcasters votes for the MVP, considering factors like individual statistics, team records, and subjective attributes like overcoming adversity or playing with flair.1

Several players have won the MVP award multiple times, with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar holding the record with six awards. Other notable multi-time winners include Michael Jordan and Bill Russell. The term MVP is an abbreviation for "most valuable player".123

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