2025-26 NBA Awards | NBA.com
The following awards will be announced this week: Monday: Kia Defensive Player of the Year Victor Wembanyama, Spurs; Tuesday: Kia Clutch Player of the ...
www.nba.comThe latest NBA Awards news is that the league has already announced finalists for the 2025-26 end-of-season awards, and the winners are being rolled out this week. Victor Wembanyama, Nikola Jokić, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headline the MVP race, and Wembanyama was named Defensive Player of the Year.[4][8]
What’s been announced
The NBA’s awards schedule shows announcements across the week: Defensive Player of the Year on Monday, Clutch Player of the Year on Tuesday, Sixth Man Award on Wednesday, Sportsmanship on Thursday, and Most Improved Player on Friday. The league’s awards hub also shows the 2024-25 season winners and related coverage from last season.[1][8][4]
Notable names
For MVP, the finalists are Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokić, and Victor Wembanyama. The finalists list also includes Cooper Flagg, VJ Edgecombe, and Kon Knueppel for Rookie of the Year.[4]
Ceremony status
There does not appear to be a single big televised “ceremony” like a typical awards show; instead, the NBA is releasing individual awards over several days during the playoffs window. That means the “latest news” is mostly about which awards have been finalized and which winners have been revealed.[7][8][4]