NEW YORK, May 4, 2015 – The Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry, who set a single-season record for three-pointers made and led the league's best regular-season team in scoring, assists and steals, has won the 2014-15 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award, the NBA announced today. The 6-3 guard becomes the second Warriors player to win the award, joining Wilt Chamberlain, who was honored in 1959-60 when the franchise played in Philadelphia.
Curry totaled 1,198 points, including 100 of 130 first-place votes, from a panel of 129 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada, as well as the Kia MVP fan vote on NBA.com. Players were awarded 10 points for each first-place vote, seven points for each second-place vote, five points for each third-place vote, three points for each fourth-place vote and one point for each fifth-place vote.
The @Warriors' @StephenCurry30 named 2014-15 @Kia NBA Most Valuable Player! #KiaMVP pic.twitter.com/1GHC2GzmeP
— NBA (@NBA) May 4, 2015
More on Curry's MVP Season
- The Best Plays & Moments From His Year
- Season Stats
- Warriors vs. Grizzlies In Western Conference Semis
Rounding out the top five in the voting were the Houston Rockets' James Harden (936 points, 25 first-place votes), the Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James (552 points, five first-place votes), the Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook (352 points) and the New Orleans Pelicans' Anthony Davis (203 points).
Curry helped the Warriors win a franchise-record 67 games by averaging 23.8 points (sixth in the NBA), 7.7 assists (sixth), a career-high 2.04 steals (fourth) and 4.3 rebounds. The 27-year-old Curry made 286 three-pointers, breaking his own NBA record of 272 set in 2012-13. He shot 48.7 percent from the field and ranked fourth in the league in three-point field goal percentage (44.3). Curry also led the NBA in free throw percentage (91.4), converting a career-high 52 consecutive free throws from March 9 to April 4.
With Curry leading the way, Golden State became the 10th team in NBA history to win at least 67 games in a season. The Warriors scored 920 more points than they allowed with Curry on the court, the highest plus/minus for any player this season and an average of 11.5 points in his 80 appearances.
Curry's consistency throughout the season mirrored that of the Warriors. He was named the Kia NBA Western Conference Player of the Month for October/November, when Golden State went 14-2 as part of a 21-2 start. Curry finished strong, too, shooting 51.7 percent (125-for-242) from three-point range after the All-Star break, when the Warriors went 25-6.
Curry joins Kobe as the only other son of an NBA player to win the #MVP award.
— Chris Manning 2K15 (@LD2K) May 4, 2015LeBron congratulates Steph Curry on MVP. "Great to see another kid born in Akron win MVP." Both were born in same hospital.
— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) May 4, 2015How a high-tech ankle brace helped @StephenCurry30 in his MVP season
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— NBA.com (@NBAcom) May 4, 2015Curry receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the NBA's first commissioner, who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1963.
For the sixth consecutive season, the NBA and Kia Motors America (KMA) gave fans the opportunity to submit votes for the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award by ranking their top five choices through a dedicated Web page on NBA.com. The fan vote counted as one vote toward determining the winner.
As part of its support of the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award, KMA will donate on behalf of Curry an all-new and more capable than ever 2016 Kia Sorento LX CUV to the East Oakland Youth Development Center, which develops the social and leadership capacities of youth and young adults. Kia Motors will present a Sorento to the charity of choice of each of five 2014-15 year-end award winners as part of the Kia NBA Performance Awards. After this season, Kia Motors will have donated a total of 38 new vehicles to charitable organizations since its support of the NBA's prestigious honors began in 2008.
The 2014-15 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award is part of the Kia NBA Performance Awards, a series of on-court performance awards. The series, in its eighth season, is part of a multiyear marketing partnership between KM A and the NBA, and includes five of the league's most prestigious year-end honors: Kia Most Valuable Player, Kia Defensive Player of the Year, Kia Sixth Man Award, Kia Most Improved Player and Kia Rookie of the Year. The series also includes the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month and the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month during the regular season. Kia Motors is the Official Automotive Partner of the NBA, and the Kia Optima is the league's Official Vehicle. For more information, please visit www.kia.com/NBA.
Inside the numbers: @StephenCurry30's MVP season visualized http://t.co/ki9aYobS1u pic.twitter.com/Zhgww3NF9l
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) May 4, 2015Stephen Curry is NBA MVP. He's the 1st PG to lead 65-win team in scoring since Magic Johnson. http://t.co/FwJtO71q9e pic.twitter.com/DNfCTwY5bm
— ESPN (@espn) May 4, 2015Man, we're lucky to have a writer as talented as @SherwoodStrauss covering the Warriors. Him on Stephen Curry's MVP: http://t.co/6VpvuGXZmW
— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) May 4, 2015Steph Curry's parents were going to break the MVP news to him at dinner tonight. Alas, @MontePooleCSN shares it 1st - http://t.co/NBJPRthOD6
— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) May 4, 2015For the second year in a row, complete media voting results for each NBA annual award will be posted on NBA.com/official after the announcement of each winner. Click here for those results.
Below are the voting results for the 2014-15 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award. The balloting was tabulated by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP.
More on Curry's MVP Season
- The Best Plays & Moments From His Year
- Season Stats
- Warriors vs. Grizzlies In Western Conference Semis
| Player, Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Curry, Golden State | 100 | 26 | 3 | -- | 1 | 1,198 |
| James Harden, Houston | 25 | 87 | 13 | 4 | -- | 936 |
| LeBron James, Cleveland | 5 | 12 | 62 | 32 | 12 | 552 |
| Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City | -- | 5 | 33 | 41 29 | 352 | |
| Anthony Davis, New Orleans | -- | -- | 9 | 35 | 53 | 203 |
| Chris Paul, L.A. Clippers | -- | -- | 10 | 15 | 29 | 124 |
| LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Marc Gasol, Memphis | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 3 |
| Blake Griffin, L.A. Clippers | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 3 |
| Tim Duncan, San Antonio | -- | -- | -- -- | 1 | 1 | |
| Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Klay Thompson, Golden State | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
Below is the all-time list of winners:
| Season | Player, Team |
|---|---|
| 1955-56 | Bob Pettit, St. Louis |
| 1956-57 | Bob Cousy, Boston |
| 1957-58 | Bill Russell, Boston |
| 1958-59 | Bob Pettit, St. Louis |
| 1959-60 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia |
| 1960-61 | Bill Russell, Boston |
| 1961-62 | Bill Russell, Boston |
| 1962-63 | Bill Russell, Boston |
| 1963-64 | Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati |
| 1964-65 | Bill Russell, Boston |
| 1965-66 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia |
| 1966-67 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia |
| 1967-68 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia |
| 1968-69 | Wes Unseld, Baltimore |
| 1969-70 | Willis Reed, New York |
| 1970-71 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee |
| 1971-72 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee |
| 1972-73 | Dave Cowens, Boston |
| 1973-74 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee |
| 1974-75 | Bob McAdoo, Buffalo |
| 1975-76 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles |
| 1976-77 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles |
| 1977-78 | Bill Walton, Portland |
| 1978-79 | Moses Malone, Houston |
| 1979-80 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles |
| 1980-81 | Julius Erving, Philadelphia |
| 1981-82 | Moses Malone, Houston |
| 1982-83 | Moses Malone, Philadelphia |
| 1983-84 | Larry Bird, Boston |
| 1984-85 | Larry Bird, Boston |
| 1985-86 | Larry Bird, Boston |
| 1986-87 | Magic Johnson, L.A. Lakers |
| 1987-88 | Michael Jordan, Chicago |
| 1988-89 | Magic Johnson, L.A. Lakers |
| 1989-90 | Magic Johnson, L.A. Lakers |
| 1990-91 | Michael Jordan, Chicago |
| 1991-92 | Michael Jordan, Chicago |
| 1992-93 | Charles Barkley, Phoenix |
| 1993-94 | Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston |
| 1994-95 | David Robinson, San Antonio |
| 1995-96 | Michael Jordan, Chicago |
| 1996-97 | Karl Malone, Utah |
| 1997-98 | Michael Jordan, Chicago |
| 1998-99 | Karl Malone, Utah |
| 1999-00 | Shaquille O'Neal, L.A. Lakers |
| 2000-01 | Allen Iverson, Philadelphia |
| 2001-02 | Tim Duncan, San Antonio |
| 2002-03 | Tim Duncan, San Antonio |
| 2003-04 | Kevin Garnett, Minnesota |
| 2004-05 | Steve Nash, Phoenix |
| 2005-06 | Steve Nash, Phoenix |
| 2006-07 | Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas |
| 2007-08 | Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers |
| 2008-09 | LeBron James, Cleveland |
| 2009-10 | LeBron James, Cleveland |
| 2010-11 | Derrick Rose, Chicago |
| 2011-12 | LeBron James, Miami |
| 2012-13 | LeBron James, Miami |
| 2013-14 | Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City |
| 2014-15 | Stephen Curry, Golden State |
