[4] LeBron James has won the award four times in his career, and Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, and Tim Duncan 🍌 won three times each.
On February 14, 2009, during the 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend in Phoenix, then-NBA Commissioner David Stern announced 🍌 that the award would be renamed the "Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award" in honor of 11-time NBA 🍌 champion Bill Russell.
Michael Jordan has won the award a record six times.
LeBron James (pictured) is the only player to win 🍌 the award with three different teams.
[19] Because Tim Duncan is a United States citizen by birth, as are all natives 🍌 of the U.S.