The Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry, who led the team to the best regular-season record in NBA history, has won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the second year in a row, the NBA announced Tuesday.
He is the first unanimous winner in the award's 61-season history. Curry, the 11th player to win back-to-back MVP awards, joins Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and Steve Nash as the only guards to earn the honor in consecutive seasons.
Curry swept all 131 first-place votes (1,310 points), including 130 from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters in the United States and Canada, and one from the MVP fan vote. The San Antonio Spurs' Kawhi Leonard finished second with 634 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James was third with 631 points.
The 28-year-old Curry helped the Warriors finish a historic 73-9 by leading the NBA in scoring (30.1 ppg), three-pointers made (an NBA-record 402), free throw percentage (90.8) and steals (2.14 spg), along with averaging 6.7 assists and a career-high 5.4 rebounds in 79 games. He shot a career-high 50.4 percent from the field, the NBA's highest mark among guards, and made 45.4 percent from three-point range, good for second in the league.
Curry became the seventh qualifying player in NBA history to shoot at least 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from beyond the arc and 90 percent from the foul line.
Voting results
NBA 2015-16 MVP RESULTS| P. | Player | Team | Total Points |
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| 1. | STEPHEN CURRY | Golden State | 1310 |
| 2. | Kawhi Leonard | San Antonio | 634 |
| 3. | LeBron James | Cleveland | 631 |
| 4. | Russell Westbrook | Oklahoma City | 486 |
| 5. | Kevin Durant | Oklahoma City | 147 |
| 6. | Chris Paul | L.A. Clippers | 107 |
| 7. | Draymond Green | Golden State | 50 |
| 8. | Damian Lillard | Portland | 26 |
| 9. | James Harden | Houston | 9 |
| 10. | Kyle Lowry | Toronto | 6 |