Curry's back-to-back MVP awards in 2015 and 2016, including the first unanimous MVP in NBA history, are testaments to his dominance during that period.

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So which players are going to put their name in the NBA history book? Will another international player win MVP? Does Victor Wembanyama begin a lengthy streak of Defensive Player of the Year awards?

Thirty-six different players have won the NBA MVP award. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the all-time leader, having won it six times, while Michael Jordan and Bill Russell each won five.

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Wembanyama's absence created perhaps the most open Defensive Player of the Year race we've ever seen. The absence of Wembanyama-level prospect has done the same for Rookie of the Year.