Award Winning Champions - Regular Season Award Winners Who the Championship the Same Year

dickfox · Post #1 » by **dickfox** » Mon May 16, 2022 8:05 pm

Here's a list of all the regular-season award winners who went on to win a ring that same season.

Most Valuable Player

Stephen Curry 2015
LeBron James 2013*
LeBron James 2012*
Tim Duncan 2003*
Shaquille O'Neal 2000*
Michael Jordan 1998*
Michael Jordan 1996*
Hakeem Olajuwon 1994*
Michael Jordan 1992*
Michael Jordan 1991*
Magic Johnson 1987*
Larry Bird 1986*
Larry Bird 1984*
Moses Malone 1983*
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1980
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1971*
Willis Reed 1970*

*Won Finals MVP

Defensive Player of the Year
Draymond Green 2017
Kevin Garnett 2008
Hakeem Olajuwon 1994

Sixth Man of the Year
Toni Kukoc 1996
Bill Walton 1986
Kevin McHale 1984

Most Improved Player
Pascal Siakam 2019

Rookie of the Year
Tommy Heinsohn 1957

Coach of the Year
Gregg Popovich 2014
Phil Jackson 1996
Red Auerbach 1965

Post #2 » by **Doctor MJ** » Mon May 16, 2022 8:15 pm

Adding to the list guys with bold.

Most Valuable Player

Stephen Curry 2015
LeBron James 2013
LeBron James 2012
Tim Duncan 2003
Shaquille O'Neal 2000
Michael Jordan 1998
Michael Jordan 1996
Hakeem Olajuwon 1994
Michael Jordan 1992
Michael Jordan 1991
Magic Johnson 1987
Larry Bird 1986
Larry Bird 1984
Moses Malone 1983
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1980
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1971
Willis Reed 1970
Julius Erving 1976 (ABA)
Julius Erving 1974 (ABA)
Connie Hawkins 1968 (ABA)
Wilt Chamberlain 1967
Bill Russell 1965
Bill Russell 1963
Bill Russell 1962
Bill Russell 1961

Defensive Player of the Year
Draymond Green 2017
Kevin Garnett 2008
Hakeem Olajuwon 1994

Sixth Man of the Year
Toni Kukoc 1996
Bill Walton 1986
Kevin McHale 1984
Bobby Jones 1983

Most Improved Player
Pascal Siakam 2019

Rookie of the Year
Tommy Heinsohn 1957

Coach of the Year
Gregg Popovich 2014
Phil Jackson 1996
Red Auerbach 1965
Bill Sharman 1972

Homer38 · Post #3 » by **Homer38** » Mon May 16, 2022 8:18 pm

Pop also won the coach of the year in 2003

Owly · Post #4 » by **Owly** » Mon May 16, 2022 8:18 pm

Doctor MJ wrote:Adding to the list guys with bold.

Most Valuable Player

Stephen Curry 2015
LeBron James 2013
LeBron James 2012
Tim Duncan 2003
Shaquille O'Neal 2000
Michael Jordan 1998
Michael Jordan 1996
Hakeem Olajuwon 1994
Michael Jordan 1992
Michael Jordan 1991
Magic Johnson 1987
Larry Bird 1986
Larry Bird 1984
Moses Malone 1983
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1980
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1971
Willis Reed 1970
Julius Erving 1976 (ABA)
Julius Erving 1974 (ABA)
Connie Hawkins 1968 (ABA)
Wilt Chamberlain 1967
Bill Russell 1965
Bill Russell 1963
Bill Russell 1962
Bill Russell 1961

Defensive Player of the Year
Draymond Green 2017
Kevin Garnett 2008
Hakeem Olajuwon 1994

Sixth Man of the Year
Toni Kukoc 1996
Bill Walton 1986
Kevin McHale 1984
Bobby Jones 1983

Most Improved Player
Pascal Siakam 2019

Rookie of the Year
Tommy Heinsohn 1957

Coach of the Year
Gregg Popovich 2014
Phil Jackson 1996
Red Auerbach 1965
Bill Sharman 1972

Haven't checked closely but think this still misses at least '57 Cousy (MVP).

Post #5 » by **penbeast0** » Mon May 16, 2022 8:19 pm

Anyone want to correlate championships for the yearly leader in: Points/game, Rebounds/game, Assists/game, Blocks/game, Steals/game?

falcolombardi · Post #6 » by **falcolombardi** » Mon May 16, 2022 8:23 pm

Doctor MJ wrote:Adding to the list guys with bold.

Most Valuable Player

Stephen Curry 2015
LeBron James 2013
LeBron James 2012
Tim Duncan 2003
Shaquille O'Neal 2000
Michael Jordan 1998
Michael Jordan 1996
Hakeem Olajuwon 1994
Michael Jordan 1992
Michael Jordan 1991
Magic Johnson 1987
Larry Bird 1986
Larry Bird 1984
Moses Malone 1983
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1980
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1971
Willis Reed 1970
Julius Erving 1976 (ABA)
Julius Erving 1974 (ABA)
Connie Hawkins 1968 (ABA)
Wilt Chamberlain 1967
Bill Russell 1965
Bill Russell 1963
Bill Russell 1962
Bill Russell 1961

Defensive Player of the Year
Draymond Green 2017
Kevin Garnett 2008
Hakeem Olajuwon 1994
dennis rodman 1990
mochael cooper 1987

Sixth Man of the Year
Toni Kukoc 1996
Bill Walton 1986
Kevin McHale 1984
Bobby Jones 1983

Most Improved Player
Pascal Siakam 2019

Rookie of the Year
Tommy Heinsohn 1957

Coach of the Year
Gregg Popovich 2014
Phil Jackson 1996
Red Auerbach 1965
Bill Sharman 1972

rodman 1990 and cooper 1987 won the ring as dpoy

ben wallace funnily enough won 4 dpoys in 5 years and won the ring the only year he missed on dpoy, even though it was detroit best defense year (to artest/mwp)

Homer38 · Post #7 » by **Homer38** » Mon May 16, 2022 8:29 pm

penbeast0 wrote:Anyone want to correlate championships for the yearly leader in: Points/game, Rebounds/game, Assists/game, Blocks/game, Steals/game?

For points per game only Jordan,6 times and Shaq in 2000 won the scoring title and title in the same year since at least 1980

For assist per game,I know for LeBron in 2020...maybe also magic a few time?

70sFan · Post #8 » by **70sFan** » Mon May 16, 2022 8:40 pm

Homer38 wrote:
penbeast0 wrote:Anyone want to correlate championships for the yearly leader in: Points/game, Rebounds/game, Assists/game, Blocks/game, Steals/game?

For points per game only Jordan,6 times and Shaq in 2000 won the scoring title and title in the same year since at least 1980

For assist per game,I know for LeBron in 2020...maybe also magic a few time?

Kareem won the title in 1971 when he led the league in scoring. George Mikan won both in 1950 as well.

wojoaderge · Post #9 » by **wojoaderge** » Mon May 16, 2022 9:01 pm

Keith/Jamaal Wilkes ROY 1975

Post #10 » by **penbeast0** » Mon May 16, 2022 9:05 pm

Thanks but wanted to compare pts leaders v. reb v. ast in terms of titles and don't have the time to do the research tonight.

Rich Michmond · Post #11 » by **Rich Michmond** » Tue May 17, 2022 7:54 pm

Rick Barry led the league in steals in 1975.

Post #12 » by **tsherkin** » Wed May 18, 2022 7:28 am

penbeast0 wrote:Thanks but wanted to compare pts leaders v. reb v. ast in terms of titles and don't have the time to do the research tonight.

Bob Cousy led the league in assists for the 57, 59 and 60 Celtics. In 59, Russell also led the league in rebounding. He later led the league in rebounding during the 64 and 65 titles. Wilt led the league in rebounding for the 67 Philly title.

In the 70s, Kareem led the league in points for the 71 title Bucks. Wilt led the league in rebounding for the 72 Lakers title team. Rick Barry led the league in steals for the 75 title Warriors.

In the 80s, a Big 5 stat leader only won the title twice. In 1980, Kareem led the league in blocks, and in 1987, Magic led the league in assists. Both were part of Lakers title teams.

In the 90s, it happened 6 times over 7 categories. Jordan led the league in points for all 6 of his titles, and also led the league in steals in 93.

In 2000, Shaq led the league in points for the title Lakers. It otherwise didn't happen in the 2000s.

In the 2010s, Curry led the league in steals during the 2015 title run.

Lebron led the league in assists in 2020.

This year, all the league leaders in raw totals are out.

Post #13 » by **penbeast0** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:24 pm

tsherkin wrote:
penbeast0 wrote:Thanks but wanted to compare pts leaders v. reb v. ast in terms of titles and don't have the time to do the research tonight.

Bob Cousy led the league in assists for the 57, 59 and 60 Celtics. In 59, Russell also led the league in rebounding. He later led the league in rebounding during the 64 and 65 titles. Wilt led the league in rebounding for the 67 Philly title.

In the 70s, Kareem led the league in points for the 71 title Bucks. Wilt led the league in rebounding for the 72 Lakers title team. Rick Barry led the league in steals for the 75 title Warriors.

In the 80s, a Big 5 stat leader only won the title twice. In 1980, Kareem led the league in blocks, and in 1987, Magic led the league in assists. Both were part of Lakers title teams.

In the 90s, it happened 6 times over 7 categories. Jordan led the league in points for all 6 of his titles, and also led the league in steals in 93.

In 2000, Shaq led the league in points for the title Lakers. It otherwise didn't happen in the 2000s.

In the 2010s, Curry led the league in steals during the 2015 title run.

Lebron led the league in assists in 2020.

This year, all the league leaders in raw totals are out.

Thank you!

So, totaling these:
The leading scorer has won 8 titles (6 of them Jordan)
The leading rebounder has won 7 titles (3 Russell, 2 Wilt)
The leader in assists has won 5 titles (3 Cousy)
The leader in blocks has won only 1 title (didn't keep track before 1974 or Russell/Wilt probably would add some more)
The leader in steals has won 3 titles (3 different people and again, league didn't keep records before 1974)

Rich Michmond · Post #14 » by **Rich Michmond** » Wed May 18, 2022 3:03 pm

tsherkin wrote:
penbeast0 wrote:Thanks but wanted to compare pts leaders v. reb v. ast in terms of titles and don't have the time to do the research tonight.

In the 2010s, Curry led the league in steals during the 2015 title run.

He actually led the league in steals in 2016 but he did lead the NBA in total steals in 2015.

A name that strangely enough has not been mentioned yet: Dennis Rodman reeled off three straight rebounding titles while on the Bulls. Also, Moses Malone won the 1983 rebounding title while leading the Sixers to the title.

Post #15 » by **tsherkin** » Wed May 18, 2022 4:06 pm

Rich Michmond wrote:He actually led the league in steals in 2016 but he did lead the NBA in total steals in 2015.

Per penbeast, I was doing totals, not per-game average.

A name that strangely enough has not been mentioned yet: Dennis Rodman reeled off three straight rebounding titles while on the Bulls. Also, Moses Malone won the 1983 rebounding title while leading the Sixers to the title.

Again, didn't lead the league in total rebounds. In 96 and 97, it was David Robinson and Dikembe Mutombo.

I did screw up though, he did lead in total rebounds in 98! And I missed Moses in 83 for total rebounds, that is also correct!

Post #16 » by **tsherkin** » Wed May 18, 2022 4:07 pm

penbeast0 wrote: league didn't keep records before 1980)

I have them back to like 1974, actually. Kareem led in total blocks in 76 and 77, Elmore Smith the 2 years prior to that.

Also, mind with your totals, I missed Rodman in 98 and Moses in 83 for total rebounds, as Rich Michmond discovered.

Post #17 » by **penbeast0** » Wed May 18, 2022 5:34 pm

tsherkin wrote:
penbeast0 wrote: league didn't keep records before 1980)

I have them back to like 1974, actually. Kareem led in total blocks in 76 and 77, Elmore Smith the 2 years prior to that.

Also, mind with your totals, I missed Rodman in 98 and Moses in 83 for total rebounds, as Rich Michmond discovered.

Ah, you are correct, 74 was the year they started recording those in the NBA (they were already doing it in the ABA).

Post #18 » by **tsherkin** » Wed May 18, 2022 5:38 pm

penbeast0 wrote:
tsherkin wrote:
penbeast0 wrote: league didn't keep records before 1980)

I have them back to like 1974, actually. Kareem led in total blocks in 76 and 77, Elmore Smith the 2 years prior to that.

Also, mind with your totals, I missed Rodman in 98 and Moses in 83 for total rebounds, as Rich Michmond discovered.

Ah, you are correct, 74 was the year they started recording those in the NBA (they were already doing it in the ABA).

Still, it's neat to see who comes up most often. Jordan, obviously, was smashing points records all over the place. Kareem was everywhere: his name appears 9 times. Wilt appears 19 times. Jordan's there 14 times. Mutombo is there 9 times. Dwight Howard is there 8 times. Kevin Durant is there 5 times.