Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has won the NBA's Most Valuable Player award for the 2022-23 season, the league announced on Tuesday.
Embiid, who finished second behind Nikola Jokic in the voting for the award each of the past two seasons, flipped the script this time around, finishing ahead of both Jokic and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo for the league's top individual honor.
The MVP was renamed after Michael Jordan this season as part of an overall overhaul of the league's awards.
The win for Embiid marks the third straight for a center after Jokic's wins the past two seasons, and the fifth straight overall for an international player dating back to Antetokounmkpo's victories in the 2019 and 2020 seasons.