NBA MVP Rankings - 7 Mar

The top 4 contenders in the MVP rankings remained in the same spots since my last update in January, but the healthy return of Victor Wembanyama caused him to surge from outside the top 10 into the top 5, as the big man has the Spurs just 2.5 games behind Oklahoma City for the league's best record with just over a month to go in the regular season. Here are my full current MVP rankings:

Most Valuable Player

1 (1) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - PG - OKC

31.7 Pts (#2), 4.4 Reb, 6.5 Ast (#15), 1.4 Stl, 0.8 Blk, .551 FG% (#15), .384 3P%, .893 FT% (#10)

2 (2) Nikola Jokic - C - DEN

28.8 Pts (#5), 12.5 Reb (#1), 10.3 Ast (#1), 1.4 Stl, 0.8 Blk, .574 FG% (#11), .391 3P%, .832 FT%

3 (3) Cade Cunningham - PG - DET

25.2 Pts (#12), 5.8 Reb, 9.8 Ast (#2), 1.5 Stl (#14), 0.9 Blk, .455 FG%, .334 3P%, .812 FT%

4 (4) Luka Doncic - PG - LAL

32.5 Pts (#1), 7.8 Reb, 8.5 Ast (#3), 1.5 Stl (#15), 0.5 Blk, .475 FG%, .362 3P%, .773 FT%

5 (NR) Victor Wembanyama - C - SAS

23.8 Pts (#19), 11.2 Reb (#5), 2.9 Ast, 1.0 Stl, 3.0 Blk (#1), .502 FG%, .349 3P%, .815 FT%

6 (7) Donovan Mitchell - SG - CLE

28.5 Pts (#7), 4.5 Reb, 5.8 Ast, 1.6 Stl (#7), 0.3 Blk, .483 FG%, .369 3P%, .852 FT%

7 (10) Jaylen Brown - SF - BOS

28.8 Pts (#6), 7.2 Reb, 5.1 Ast, 1.0 Stl, 0.4 Blk, .481 FG%, .348 3P%, .777 FT%

8 (6) Tyrese Maxey - PG - PHI

28.9 Pts (#4), 4.2 Reb, 6.7 Ast (#12), 2.0 Stl (#2), 0.8 Blk, .460 FG%, .372 3P%, .892 FT% (#11)

9 (5) Jamal Murray - PG - DEN

25.5 Pts (#11), 4.3 Reb, 7.2 Ast (#9), 0.9 Stl, 0.4 Blk, .484 FG%, .431 3P% (#10), .876 FT% (#19)

10 (9) Jalen Brunson - PG - NYK

26.2 Pts (#9), 3.4 Reb, 6.5 Ast (#14), 0.7 Stl, 0.1 Blk, .464 FG%, .378 3P%, .842 FT%

Honorable Mention: James Harden - PG - CLE; Jalen Johnson - SF - ATL; Jalen Duren - C - DET; Anthony Edwards - SG - MIN; Chet Holmgren - PF - OKC; Alperen Sengun - C - HOU; Karl-Anthony Towns - C - NYK; Kevin Durant - SF - HOU

All-Time Player Rank Changes

Nikola Jokic has passed Larry Bird to move up to #21

Luka Doncic has passed George Gervin to move up to #58

Jrue Holiday has passed Rod Strickland, Cliff Hagan, Walt Frazier, and Ray Allen to move up to #87

DeMar DeRozan has passed Amare Stoudemire to move up to #99