FIBA Summer Olympics Most Valuable Player

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The FIBA Summer Olympics Most Valuable Player is an award for the sport of basketball, that is given by FIBA, to the player that is voted the Most Valuable Player of the Summer Olympic Games men's basketball tournament.

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FIBA Summer Olympics MVPs

Denotes player whose team won that years tournament
*Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
**Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
***Inducted into both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame
Denotes player who is still active
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
Team (X)Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
YearPlayerPositionNational TeamRef.
2004 Manu Ginóbili* SG Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina [1]
2020 Kevin Durant PF Flag of the United States.svg  United States [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "2004 Olympic Games: Tournament for Men". FIBA. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Five nations represented in the All-Star Five of the Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament". FIBA. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Kevin Durant takes MVP honors from the Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament in Tokyo". FIBA. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "FIBA names Tokyo Olympics all-stars, including MVPs Kevin Durant, Breanna Stewart". sports.yahoo.com. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "USA BASKETBALL NOTES:". usab.com. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Durant named Tokyo Olympics MVP; Doncic joins him on all-tournament team". nbcsports.com. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Olympic All-Star Five selected, Kevin Durant wins the tournament MVP". basketnews.com. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "FIBA names Kevin Durant Olympics MVP; He and Patty Mills to All-Star Five". netsdaily.com. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Golliver, Ben (9 August 2021). "MVP Kevin Durant headlines FIBA's 'All-Star Five' in men's basketball". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
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