Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Wins 2nd Straight Nba Mvp Voting

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the 2025–26 nba mvp voting, collecting his second consecutive NBA MVP award with 83 first-place votes and 939 voting points. Nikola Jokić finished second with 634 points, leaving a wide gap at the top of the ballot.

Gilgeous-Alexander Sets The Pace

The Thunder guard separated himself quickly in the voting. His 939 points topped the field, and his 83 first-place votes showed how decisively he held the top spot across the 100-voter panel.

That margin also tells the story of the race behind him. Jokić, who won the 2023–24 MVP award, ended up runner-up again after finishing second to Gilgeous-Alexander in the last two campaigns.

Jokić Stays In The Mix

Jokić’s result extended a run that has kept him at the center of MVP discussion for years. He has finished first or second in MVP voting every year since 2020–21, and his 634 points again put him clear of the rest of the field except for the winner.

Victor Wembanyama took third with 569 voting points, Luka Dončić followed in fourth with 250, Cade Cunningham was fifth with 117, and Jaylen Brown placed sixth with 89. The list shows how far the top two separated from the rest of the pack.

Leonard And Mitchell Split Votes

Two players drew one fifth-place vote each. Kawhi Leonard reached that spot after averaging 27.9 points in 65 games, while Donovan Mitchell matched him with one vote after averaging 27.9 points, 5.7 assists and 4.5 rebounds.

Leonard’s season included a 42–40 record and a play-in tournament appearance for the Clippers, while Mitchell’s scoring line tied him with Leonard for sixth on the NBA scoring leaderboard. Those one-vote finishes show how deep the ballot ran beyond the front-runners, even if the award race itself belonged to Gilgeous-Alexander from the start of the count.