Single-season MVP+scoring champion? There are only 7 people in the 21st century, KD Curry, Harden and Westbrook are on the list, Kobe and James are not a winner

Last season, Alexander was undoubtedly the biggest winner in the league, whether in the regular season or the playoffs. In the regular season, Alexander averaged 30+ per game for the third consecutive year, successfully won his first scoring title in his career, and also led the Thunder to play the best 68 wins in team history, defeating Jokic, who averaged triple-double, and won the regular season MVP.

In the playoffs, Alexander was still very outstanding, leading the Thunder to the finals all the way, and successfully won the team history championship, and won the FMVP without any suspense. Alexander won three personal awards, namely the scoring champion, MVP and FMVP in a single season, and became the fourth player in history to do this after Jabbar, Jordan and O'Neal.

Not considering the scoring champion, it is also a very amazing feat to win MVP and FMVP in a single season. James is the last one to do this. From the 21st century to the present, only three players, Duncan, James and Alexander, have done it. However, there are 7 players who have won the scoring champion and MVP in a single season in the 21st century, namely Iverson, Durant, Curry, Westbrook, Harden, Embiid and Alexander.

Iverson averaged 31 points per game in 2001, successfully won the scoring champion, was also elected as the MVP, and led 76ers into the playoffs. Unfortunately, he lost to the OK combination and failed to win the championship. After Iverson, Kobe and James were expected to do this, but Kobe only had one MVP and James only had one scoring champion, and neither of them was able to win the scoring champion and MVP in the same season.

Durant did not achieve this feat again until 2014, and won the fourth scoring champion in his career and the first MVP. Next, from 2016 to 2018, players have done this for three consecutive years, and they are all defenders, namely Curry, Westbrook and Harden.

Among them, Curry led the Warriors to a 73-win record in 2016 and also reached the finals. Unfortunately, he was reversed 1-3 by the Cavaliers and failed to win the championship. Westbrook averaged 30+ triple-double after Durant ran away in 2017, but was eliminated in the first round. Harden and Paul in 2018 achieved a team record of 65 wins, but unfortunately they lost to the Warriors in the tiebreak of the Western Conference Finals and missed the championship.

In 2023, while becoming the scoring leader, Embiid also successfully defeated Jokic and won the MVP. Unfortunately, in the playoffs, Embiid still failed to break through the semi-finals and never touched the floor of the Eastern Conference Finals. Then there is Alexander in 2025, not only won the scoring champion and MVP, but also won the championship and FMVP.

It is worth mentioning that Doncic has won the scoring champion in 2024 and has also led the team to the finals. In addition, Doncic has been a popular MVP selection in the past few years. If he can lead the Lakers to a prominent record next season and ranks at the forefront of the West, there is also great hope to win the scoring champion and MVP at the same time.