Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the Kia Most Valuable Player award on May 21, 2025, and the repeat came with the kind of season that leaves no debate. The Thunder guard became only the 16th player to win multiple MVP honors since the award was introduced in the 1955-56 season, and just the 14th to do it in consecutive years.
He is now the seventh player this century to win back-to-back MVPs, a club that keeps shrinking once the numbers are laid out. Gilgeous-Alexander played in 68 games and scored 20 or more points in every one of them, then set the NBA record for the most consecutive 20-plus point games on March 12 with his 127th straight game against the Celtics.
He stretched that streak to 140 games through the end of the regular season. Along the way, he scored 30 or more points in 43 games, 40 or more in eight games and 50 or more in one. He finished second in the league in scoring at 31.1 points per game and became the only guard in NBA history to average more than 30 points while shooting better than 55 percent from the field.
That efficiency is what made the season stand out even more. Gilgeous-Alexander joined Michael Jordan as the only guards to average at least 30 points on 50 percent shooting or better in four consecutive seasons, and he surpassed 2,000 total points for the fourth consecutive season. He also led the league in total clutch points with 175 and won Kia Clutch Player of the Year.
The numbers get heavier the further they go. Gilgeous-Alexander recorded the league’s highest total plus/minus this season at 788, led in perimeter off-ball gravity at 20.1 and in points on drives at 14.0, and shot 59.2 percent on drives. He averaged 12.4 points in the paint per game, which ranked third among guards, a reminder that his production did not come from one spot or one script.
Over his last two MVP seasons, Gilgeous-Alexander totaled 92 games with 30-plus points, 21 games with 40-plus points and five games with 50-plus points. That is the shape of a stretch that has gone from elite to historic, especially for a player whose scoring has not dipped even as the stakes have risen.
Now the timing gets sharper. The Thunder are scheduled to face the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals on Monday at 8:30 ET on NBC/Peacock, and Gilgeous-Alexander will lead them into that series after taking home the league’s top individual award again. The question is no longer whether he belongs at the center of the league’s conversation. It is how far Oklahoma City can ride a player who has spent two seasons making the extraordinary look ordinary.
