List of National Basketball Association awards
The National Basketball Association presents 12 annual awards to recognize its teams, players, and coaches for their accomplishments. This does not include the NBA championship trophy which is given to the winning team of the NBA Finals.
The NBA's championship trophy made its first appearance after the inaugural NBA Finals in 1947. In 1964, it was named after Walter A. Brown who was instrumental in merging the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League into the NBA. The Brown Trophy design remained the same until 1977 when the current trophy design was first introduced although it retained the Walter A. Brown title. In 1984, the trophy was renamed to honor former NBA commissioner Larry O'Brien.
The NBA's first individual awards were the Rookie of the Year and the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, both of which were introduced in. The only individual award of the postseason is the Bill Russell Finals MVP. The Executive of the Year is the only award not presented by the NBA. It is named annually by Sporting News but is officially recognized by the NBA.
Through the 2015–16 season, each individual award, with the exception of the Finals MVP, was awarded at the end of the regular season while the NBA Playoffs were ongoing. This procedure was different from the other major professional sports leagues, which have long handed out individual awards after their postseasons have concluded. The 2016–17 season was the first in which the NBA held an awards show after the completion of the Finals, during which the winners of all season-long individual awards are announced except for the winner of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, which continued to be announced during the playoffs until 2017 and in 2018 was announced after the playoffs but before the awards show.
Aside from these annual awards, the league also has weekly and monthly honors during the regular season for its players and coaches.
Team trophies
| Image | Award | Created | Description | Most recent winner | Notes |
| Larry O'Brien Trophy | 1977 | The NBA's championship trophy; awarded to the winning team of the NBA Finals. | Toronto Raptors | ||
| Walter A. Brown Trophy | 1947 | The NBA's first championship trophy which was awarded to the winning team of the NBA Finals until it was replaced with the Larry O'Brien Trophy. | N/A; trophy retired after 1977 |
Honors
Individual awards
| Award | Created | Description | Most recent winner | Notes |
| All-Star Game MVP | 1951 | Awarded to the best performing player of the annual NBA All-Star Game as voted by a panel of media members. | Kawhi Leonard | |
| Rookie of the Year | 1953 | Awarded to the top rookie of the NBA regular season as voted by a panel of sportswriters throughout the United States and Canada. | Luka Doncic | |
| Most Valuable Player | 1956 | Awarded to the best performing player of the NBA regular season as voted by a panel of sportswriters and media members. | Giannis Antetokounmpo | |
| Coach of the Year | 1963 | Awarded to the best coach of the NBA regular season as voted by a panel of sportswriters and media members. | Mike Budenholzer | |
| NBA Finals Most Valuable Player | 1969 | Named after Bill Russell; awarded to the best performing player of the NBA Finals as voted by a panel of nine media members. | Kawhi Leonard | |
| Executive of the Year | 1973 | Awarded to the NBA's top front office executive as voted by the executives from the league's 30 teams. | Jon Horst | |
| Citizenship Award | 1975 | Named after J. Walter Kennedy; awarded to a team member who showed "great service and dedication to the community" as voted by the PBWA. | Damian Lillard | |
| Defensive Player of the Year | 1983 | Awarded to the top defensive player of the NBA regular season as voted by a panel of sportswriters throughout the United States and Canada. | Rudy Gobert | |
| Sixth Man of the Year | 1983 | Awarded to the best performing player as a substitute during the NBA regular season as voted by a panel of sportswriters. | Lou Williams | |
| Most Improved Player | 1986 | Awarded to the most improved player in the NBA as voted by a panel of sportswriters throughout the United States and Canada. | Pascal Siakam | |
| Sportsmanship Award | 1996 | Awarded to the player who most displays "the ideals of sportsmanship on the court with ethical behavior, fair play and integrity" as voted by NBA players. | Mike Conley Jr. | |
| Teammate of the Year | 2013 | Awarded to the "ideal teammate" who exemplifies "selfless play and commitment and dedication to his team" as voted by NBA players. | Mike Conley Jr. | |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | 2017 | Awarded to the NBA player who has had a lifetime of achievement in the NBA. | Magic Johnson and Larry Bird |