Warriors Guard Stephen Curry Named 2015‑16 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player

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      1 / 26Warriors guard Stephen Curry is the unanimous winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the 2015-16 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player.

      thumbnail-image: Warriors guard Stephen Curry is the unanimous winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the 2015-16 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player.
      thumbnail-image: Curry is the 11th player in NBA history to win the award in consecutive seasons (the first guard to do so since Steve Nash in 2004-05 and 2005-06) and the 39th player in the history of the four major professional sports to be named MVP in back-to-back campaigns.
      thumbnail-image: Curry, 28, led the Warriors to an NBA-record 73 wins in 2015-16 (73-9, .890) while establishing an NBA record with 402 three-point field goals, topping his own previous league record (286 set in 2014-15) by 116 threes.
      thumbnail-image: In 79 games (all starts), the seventh-year guard led the league in scoring with 30.1 points per game, becoming the first Warrior to lead the league in scoring since Rick Barry in 1966-67...
      thumbnail-image: ...And the first guard to average at least 30 points while shooting 50 percent or better from the floor since Michael Jordan in 1991-92.
      thumbnail-image: Curry also led the league in steals (2.14), becoming the first player to lead the league in both scoring and steals since Allen Iverson in 2001-02, to go with 6.7 assists and 5.4 rebounds in 34.2 minutes.
      thumbnail-image: The Davidson product hit 50.4 percent from the field and 45.4 percent from three-point range (third in the NBA) while leading the league in free throw percentage (.908).
      thumbnail-image: Curry hit a three-pointer in each of the 79 games he played in 2015-16, setting an NBA record by hitting at least one three-pointer in 152-straight regular-season games.
      thumbnail-image: Curry was named Western Conference Player of the Month for games played in both October/November and February, becoming the first player in club annals to win the award twice in a single season with his franchise-record fourth and fifth such honors.
      thumbnail-image: In addition to setting the single-season wins record, the Warriors established a new NBA-mark for single-season road wins with 34 and won their first 36 home games to give them an NBA-record 54-game regular-season home winning streak dating back to the 2014-15 season.
      thumbnail-image: Enjoy more photos of Stephen Curry during the 2015-16 season.
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