Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was officially named NBA 2025 Most Valuable Player (MVP), capping a season in which he led his team to a league-leading 68 wins, the best record of the year.
The announcement came just days after the Thunder eliminated Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of the Western semifinals. The 26-year-old Canadian surpassed Jokic in the voting after finishing second in 2024.
Numbers that mark an era
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 32.7 points per game, leading the league in scoring, with an impressive 51.9% shooting efficiency from the field.
In addition, he added 6.4 assists, 5.0 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.0 block per game.
His combined stats had only been matched by Michael Jordan in the 1987-88 and 1990-91 seasons, years in which he was also MVP.
He lead this team to the top of the league
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The Thunder broke the single-season point differential record (+12.9) and won 18 more games than Denver, its closest rival.
In addition, he accumulated a combined 208 steals and blocks.
He ranked third defensively behind only Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio) and Dyson Daniels (Atlanta).
All-time record and million-dollar contract
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the third player in franchise history to win the MVP award.
This after Kevin Durant (2014) and Russell Westbrook (2017).
His name now ranks among legends such as Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
They also achieved three consecutive seasons averaging more than 30 points with more than 50% efficiency.
Thanks to his inclusion for the third consecutive year on the All-NBA First Team, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander qualified to sign a four-year, $294 million supermax extension this summer.
With an annual average of $73.3 million, the highest in NBA history.
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