MPBL finals Most Valuable Player award

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The MPBL finals Most Valuable Player award is an annual Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League award given to the best player of each season's national finals series. It was first awarded after the 2018 MPBL finals, making it the only award that is given out in every season since the league's establishment.

As of 2024, five players have won the award with the most recent recipient, Justine Baltazar, being the only winner of multiple Finals MVPs and to do so in back-to-back finals.

Baltazar is also the only recipient to have also won Most Valuable Player while Mark Yee is the only recipient who has also won Defensive Player of the Year.

Winners

^Denotes player who is still active in the MPBL
Player (#)Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
Team (#)Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
YearPlayerPos.TeamRef.
2018 Val Acuña ^ G Batangas City Athletics [1]
2019 Mike Ayonayon G San Juan Knights [2]
2021 Mark Yee ^ F Davao Occidental Tigers [3]
2022 Byron Villarias ^ G Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards [4]
2023 Justine Baltazar ^ C Pampanga Giant Lanterns [5]
2024 Justine Baltazar ^ (2) C Pampanga Giant Lanterns (2) [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Joble, Rey. "'MAS RAMDAM ANG CHAMPIONSHIP' | Ex-PBA cagers relish MPBL title with Batangas". FoxSports. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ "MPBL: San Juan downs Davao Occidental captures title in dramatic fashion". ABS-CBN Sports. April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  3. ↑ Terrado, Reuben (March 21, 2021). "Still going strong at 39, Game 4 hero Mark Yee named Finals MVP". Sports Interactive Network. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Nueva Ecija finishes off Zamboanga in Game 4 to lift MPBL trophy". spin.ph. December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Pampanga sweeps Bacoor to win MPBL title on the road". Philippine Star. December 2, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Pampanga sweeps Quezon to claim back-to-back MPBL championships". spin.ph. December 7, 2024. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
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