The NBA MVP debate is one that lasts an entire season, and recently, the discussion has gone as far as mid-to-late May.
There's no exact date that we can expect to find out who the winner of the 2025-26 NBA MVP award is, but we can predict around when that time will be, based on the trends in past years.
When will the winner of the 2025-26 NBA MVP award be announced?
In years past, the winner was revealed in the early stages of the playoffs, which was usually in early May.
That wasn't the case last year, as the winner wasn't announced until May 21, which was around when the conference finals series began.
Year Date
2022 5/11
2023 5/2
2024 5/8
2025 5/21
2026 TBD
There are still two conference semifinal series ongoing, and they'll last until at least May 15.
If the same pattern as last year takes place, then we can expect the award winner to be revealed in the days following the end of the current Spurs/Timberwolves and Cavs/Pistons series.
Expect the winner to be revealed sometime during the week of May 17-24.
Which three players are finalists for the 2025-26 NBA MVP award?
The NBA announced that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama are the three finalists for the award.
SGA won his first MVP last season, while Nikola Jokic has been in the race for the last five-plus seasons, with three MVP awards already to his name.
Jokic winning a fourth MVP award would make him just one of six players with four-plus MVPs, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James.
Wembanyama has yet to win an MVP award, but he is in his third season in the NBA.