An insight of Legends PBA MVP List 1975-2023 in Philippine

The Philippines Basketball Association, every year gives a prestigious award which is given to the player who fulfills certain criteria. This prestigious award is Known as Most Valuable Player or MVP and it has been awarded since the establishment of PBA in 1975.

Since then, every year a player has dominated for this award. This blog will discuss the PBA MVP list which will include all the players who have received this award. This award is given on the basis of certain criteria that will also be a matter of discussion in this blog.

What are the benchmarks that contribute to Nominating this Award?

The Most Valuable Player award is given to a player who meets certain criteria and voting from different parties contributes to selecting this award. With time this criteria has been under criticism of partiality. So, changes were made with time to make this award more transparent and fair.

Current Criteria for MVP Award:

Three different factors contribute to the selection of a player for the winner of MVP player and adding to PBA MVP list.

Factor	Weightage
Average Statistical Points of a Player	45%
Media & Press Votes	30%
PBA Player votes	25%

PBA MVP List since 1975:

Here is a complete PBA MVP List of players who won this prestigious award every year since 1975.

PBA Season		Playing Position	Country	PBA Team
1975	Bogs Adornado	Forward	Philippines	Crispa Redmanizers
1976	Bogs Adornado	Forward	Philippines	Crispa Redmanizers
1977	Freddie Hubalde	Forward	Philippines	Crispa Redmanizers
1978	Robert Jaworski	Guard	Philippines	Toyota Super Corollas
1979	Atoy Co	Guard	Philippines	Crispa Redmanizers
1980	Philip Cezar	Center	Philippines	Crispa Redmanizers
1981	Bogs Adornado	Forward	Philippines	U/Tex Wranglers
1982	Ramon Fernandez	Center	Philippines	Toyota Super Corollas
1983	Abet Guidaben	Center	Philippines	Crispa Redmanizers
1984	Ramon Fernandez	Center	Philippines	Beer Hausen Brewmasters
1985	Ricardo Brown	Guard	USA	Great Taste Coffee Makers
1986	Ramon Fernandez	Center	Philippines	Tanduay Rhum Makers
1987	Abet Guidaben	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
1988	Ramon Fernandez	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
1989	Benjie Paras	Center	Philippines	Formula Shell Zoom Masters
1990	Allan Caidic	Guard	Philippines	Presto Tivolis
1991	Alvin Patrimonio	Forward	Philippines	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
1992	Ato Agustin	Guard	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
1993	Alvin Patrimonio	Forward	Philippines	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
1994	Alvin Patrimonio	Forward	Philippines	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
1995	Vergel Meneses	Forward	Philippines	Sunkist Orange Juicers
1996	Johnny Abarrientos	Guard	Philippines	Alaska Milkmen
1997	Alvin Patrimonio	Forward	Philippines	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
1998	Kenneth Duremdes	Forward	Philippines	Alaska Milkmen
1999	Benjie Paras	Center	Philippines	Formula Shell Zoom Masters
2000	Danny Ildefonso	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
2001	Danny Ildefonso	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
2002	Willie Miller	Guard	Philippines	Red Bull Barako
2003	Asi Taulava	Center	Tonga	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
2004-05	Eric Menk	Center	USA	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2005-06	James Yap	Forward	Philippines	Purefoods Chunkee Giants
2006-07	Willie Miller	Guard	Philippines	Alaska Aces
2007-08	Kelly Williams	Forward	USA	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2008-09	Jayjay Helterbrand	Guard	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2009-10	James Yap	Forward	Philippines	Derby Ace Llamados
2010-11	Jimmy Alapag	Guard	USA	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
2011-12	Mark Caguioa	Guard	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2012-13	Arwind Santos	Forward	Philippines	Petron Blaze Boosters
2013-14	June Mar Fajardo	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
2014-15	June Mar Fajardo	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
2015-16	June Mar Fajardo	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
2016-17	June Mar Fajardo	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
2017-18	June Mar Fajardo	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
2019	June Mar Fajardo	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
2020	Not Given Due to COVID Pandemic
2021	Scottie Thompson	Guard	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2022-23	June Mar Fajardo	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen

ALL-STAR Exhibition Match:

The ALL -STAR game is like the league's best-player showdown, and it happens every year and hosted by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). In this game, the best players of the league come with different playing styles each time and they are divided into two different teams. This match is basically the main attraction and highlights during the PBA All-Star Weekend. The ALL-STAR match debuted at The ULTRA on June 4, 1989, & this is the match where first-time MVP Award was given to Elmer Cabahug from the Alaska team.

How players were decided to play for a team?

The process of deciding which player gets to start in the game is; that fans get to cast their votes for the best players, while the coaches of the league's teams have a say in picking the substitute player of the match.

In case a player chosen by fans or coaches is not fit due to an injury, his substitute is announced by the league officials. The head coaches leading teams in the season's first conference, the Philippine Cup, take charge of the coaching of the All-Star Game teams or squads.

 

PBA MVP List for ALL-STAR Players since 1989:

Let us now enlist all the players who have claimed the Most Valuable Player Award in the All-Star game since 1989. Here is the detailed list;

Year	MVP	PBA Team
1989	Elmer Cabahug	Alaska
1990	Samboy Lim	San Miguel
1991	Alvin Patrimonio	Purefoods
1992	Alvin Teng	San Miguel
1993	Allan Caidic	San Miguel
1994	Benjie Paras	Shell
1995	Vergel Meneses	Sunkist
1996	Kenneth Duremdes	Sunkist
1997	Bal David	Gordon’s Gin
1998	Vergel Meneses	Pop Cola
1999	Benjie Paras	Shell
2000	Vergel Meneses	Barangay Ginebra
2001	Danny Ildefonso	San Miguel
2002	No game held	X
2003	Vergel Meneses	FedEx
2004	Asi Taulava Jimmy Alapag	TNT
2005	Jayjay Helterbrand	Barangay Ginebra
2006	Asi Taulava	TNT
2007	Willie Miller Jayjay Helterbrand	Alaska & Barangay Ginebra
2008	Peter June Simon	Purefoods
2009	David Noel	Barangay Ginebra
2010	Gabe Norwood	Rain or Shine
2011	Marc Pingris	B-Meg
2012	James Yap	B-Meg
2013	Jeff Chan Arwind Santos	Rain or Shine & Petron Blaze
2014	Gary David	Meralco
2015	Terrence Romeo	GlobalPort
2016	Alex Cabagnot	San Miguel
2017	Troy Rosario Matthew Wright	TNT & Phoenix
2017	Matthew Wright	Phoenix
2017	Terrence Romeo	GlobalPort
2018	Baser Amer	Meralco
2018 Luzon	Terrence Romeo	TNT
2018 Visayas	Jeff Chan	Phoenix
2019	Japeth Aguilar Arwind Santos	Barangay Ginebra & San Miguel
2023	Paul Lee	Magnolia