The greatest NBA MVP's over the last 30 years

Over the last 30 years, some of the NBA's greatest players have left their mark in the history of the league with exceptional MVP-winning seasons.

Let's look at the best individual displays in recent times.

Allen Iverson's MVP season in 2001 remains remarkable, standing at 6ft, the guard averaged 31.1 points on the way to his second scoring title and helped the Philadelphia 76ers to the top of the Eastern Conference with 56 wins, according to Bleacher Report.

Iverson embodied what it took to be an MVP after singlehandedly taking the 76ers to the NBA finals. His closest teammate in scoring averaged 12.4 points a game, a staggering 18 points behind the MVP.

The king put everything together in his 2009 MVP season for the Cleveland Cavaliers, averaging 28.4 points, 7.2 assists, and 7.6 rebounds, ESPN reported.

He led an average Cavs team to the best record in the league, with 66 wins, and received his first All-Defensive First Team selection, as well as leading his team in every major statistical category.

Michael Jordan's first full season back from playing baseball was historic, after leading his Chicago Bulls team to a then record of 72 wins in the regular season and their fourth NBA title.

The 33-year-old at the time-averaged 30.4 points a game, 6.3 rebounds, and 4.3 assists, reports ESPN.com, reminding everyone why he's regarded as the greatest basketball player to ever live.

Shaquille O'Neal is regarded as the most dominant player to ever play in the NBA and inevitably showed the world that in the 1999/2000 season.

Shaq led his Lakers team to an NBA championship, averaging 29 points (the highest in the NBA) and 13 rebounds, finishing second and third in the league in rebounding and blocks, according to sportskeeda.com.

Russell Westbrook's MVP season was the second time in NBA history that a player averaged a triple-double over the entire regular season, averaging 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds, and 10.4 assists, according to ESPN.com.

Despite his incredible efforts, Westbrook only led the Thunder to 48 wins and a sixth-place finish in the Western Conference.

The only unanimous MVP in NBA history was Stephen Curry who won the award in 2016 after leading his team to the best regular season campaign, winning 73 games.

Curry led the league in scoring and steals, averaging 30.1 points and 2.1 steals. He also broke the record for the most three-pointers in a season with 402, as reported in sportskeeda.com.

'The King's' 2013 MVP season is one the greatest MVP seasons in terms of efficiency, recording 26.8 points a game off 57% shooting, 7.3 assists, and eight rebounds, reported by Bleacher Report.

James' extremely impressive efficiency, as well as the output from fellow stars Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, led Miami to a 66-16 regular season and an NBA Championship after defeating the San Antonio Spurs in seven games.

The most recent player to win an MVP award was Denver's Nikola Jokic, who had one of the greatest seasons an NBA center has ever had.

'The Joker' earned a player efficiency rating of 32.8 (the best NBA history) and averaged 27.1 points on 58% shooting, according to quintdaily.com. Despite that, his team was knocked out in the first round of the playoffs by eventual winners Golden State Warriors.

Widely regarded as one of the best three-level scorers in NBA history, Kevin Durant's only regular season MVP award came in 2014, playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Durant averaged 32 points a game, which is the most for an MVP since Michael Jordan's 35ppg in his 1988 MVP season, according to ESPN.com. He led his team to 59 wins but ultimately lost in the Conference Finals to the San Antonio Spurs 2-4.