NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Combined (Regular Season + Playoffs) Leaders and Records for Value Over Replacement Player

Active players are listed in bold
* Indicates member of the Hall of Fame.
BPM (OBPM/DBPM) and VORP are calculated for seasons 1973-74 until present

Table
Season Lg Player Tot VORP Reg VORP Play VORP Tm
2025-26 NBA Nikola Jokić 9.80 9.19 .60 DEN
2024-25 NBA Nikola Jokić 11.65 9.85 1.80 DEN
2023-24 NBA Nikola Jokić 12.40 10.59 1.81 DEN
2022-23 NBA Nikola Jokić 11.75 8.79 2.95 DEN
2021-22 NBA Nikola Jokić 10.36 9.81 .55 DEN
2020-21 NBA Nikola Jokić 9.75 8.81 .94 DEN
2019-20 NBA James Harden 8.57 7.29 1.28 HOU
2018-19 NBA James Harden 10.42 9.35 1.08 HOU
2017-18 NBA LeBron James 11.62 8.22 3.40 CLE
2016-17 NBA Russell Westbrook 9.84 9.26 .58 OKC
2015-16 NBA Stephen Curry 10.89 9.49 1.40 GSW
2014-15 NBA Stephen Curry 10.14 7.89 2.25 GSW
2013-14 NBA Kevin Durant 11.33 9.61 1.71 OKC
2012-13 NBA LeBron James 12.87 9.88 2.99 MIA
2011-12 NBA LeBron James 10.70 7.58 3.12 MIA
2010-11 NBA LeBron James 9.90 7.78 2.11 MIA
2009-10 NBA LeBron James 11.91 10.34 1.58 CLE
2008-09 NBA LeBron James 14.65 11.79 2.86 CLE
2007-08 NBA LeBron James 11.47 9.78 1.69 CLE
2006-07 NBA LeBron James 10.34 8.10 2.24 CLE
2005-06 NBA LeBron James 10.81 9.38 1.43 CLE
2004-05 NBA Kevin Garnett* 9.09 9.09 .00 MIN
2003-04 NBA Kevin Garnett* 11.65 9.97 1.69 MIN
2002-03 NBA Tim Duncan* 10.80 7.66 3.15 SAS
2001-02 NBA Tim Duncan* 9.31 8.02 1.29 SAS
2000-01 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 8.55 7.11 1.44 LAL
1999-00 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 11.61 9.04 2.57 LAL
1998-99 NBA Tim Duncan* 4.82 3.22 1.60 SAS
1997-98 NBA Michael Jordan* 9.50 7.09 2.41 CHI
1996-97 NBA Michael Jordan* 11.03 8.61 2.42 CHI
1995-96 NBA Michael Jordan* 12.14 9.79 2.35 CHI
1994-95 NBA David Robinson* 9.93 8.67 1.26 SAS
1993-94 NBA David Robinson* 11.66 11.36 .30 SAS
1992-93 NBA Michael Jordan* 12.90 10.24 2.66 CHI
1991-92 NBA Michael Jordan* 11.98 9.20 2.78 CHI
1990-91 NBA Michael Jordan* 13.67 10.77 2.89 CHI
1989-90 NBA Michael Jordan* 13.29 10.61 2.68 CHI
1988-89 NBA Michael Jordan* 13.97 11.43 2.54 CHI
1987-88 NBA Michael Jordan* 14.01 12.47 1.54 CHI
1986-87 NBA Michael Jordan* 11.06 10.58 .48 CHI
1985-86 NBA Larry Bird* 10.71 8.41 2.30 BOS
1984-85 NBA Larry Bird* 10.31 8.66 1.65 BOS
1983-84 NBA Larry Bird* 10.25 7.30 2.95 BOS
1982-83 NBA Magic Johnson* 8.22 6.78 1.44 LAL
1981-82 NBA Julius Erving* 8.77 6.80 1.97 PHI
1980-81 NBA Julius Erving* 7.89 6.86 1.02 PHI
1979-80 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 9.00 7.30 1.71 LAL
1978-79 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 8.57 7.66 .91 LAL
1977-78 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 6.67 6.47 .19 LAL
1976-77 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 10.36 8.67 1.69 LAL
1975-76 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 9.04 9.04 .00 LAL
1975-76 ABA Julius Erving* 12.48 10.30 2.19 NYA
1974-75 NBA Rick Barry* 7.32 5.66 1.66 GSW
1974-75 ABA Julius Erving* 9.25 9.00 .25 NYA
1973-74 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 10.80 8.56 2.24 MIL
1973-74 ABA Julius Erving* 10.42 8.99 1.43 NYA