The Philippine Basketball Association Finals Most Valuable Player award is an award given to the player who makes an outstanding performance during a conference finals. Usually, the award is given to a player who is a member of the champion team in a conference and is given always at the end of the finals series.
Listed here are the PBA Finals MVP Awardees starting from 1996 up to the present.
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^ | Denotes player who is still active in the PBA |
* | Inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had received the Finals MVP award |
Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team has received the Finals MVP award |
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