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Steph Curry finishes 9th as SGA wins first MVP

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won his first MVP trophy in a close vote over Nikola Jokic, but the real story for Golden State Warriors fans is that Steph Curry finished 9th.

A global media panel of 100 voters selected the winner of the 2024-25 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award.

The complete voting results u2b07ufe0f pic.twitter.com/j4nqOAWVT2— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 21, 2025

Two of the 100 MVP voters thought Curry was the fifth-most valuable player in the NBA during the 2024-25 season, a position perhaps not backed up by his regular-season statistics but validated by his performance in the playoffs — and his team’s performance without him.