According to league media, the voting results for the 2022 Most Valuable Player (MVP) award have been released, referring to the Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic being elected to the award, and the final voting results are expected to be released this week. And the official announcement of the award was issued.

It is worth mentioning that Jokic has already won the league MVP award last season, this is his second consecutive year to win the most valuable player award, and beat the other two finalists are the Milwaukee Bucks forward Gian. Nice Antetokounmpo (Brother Giannis) and Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid.

Jokic appeared in 74 regular-season games for the Nuggets this season, averaging 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds, 7.9 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.9 blocks per game in 33.5 minutes per game. The overall shooting percentage is as high as 58.3%, and the three-point shooting percentage is 33.7%. Jokic ranks sixth in the league in points per game, second in rebounds, and eighth in assists. Jokic helped the Nuggets achieve a 48-34 regular season record this season, ranking sixth in the Western Conference to advance to the playoffs.

Jokic averaged 31.3 points, 11.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.8 blocks per game in the seven-game series against the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the playoffs. The Nuggets were eventually eliminated from the Western Conference semifinals by the Warriors in Game 5 of the series as the Nuggets were without two key players on the injured list this season. Although the Nuggets were tragically eliminated in the first round of the playoffs this season. But under Jokic's leadership, the Nuggets once reached the Western Conference finals in 2020 and advanced to the semifinals in 2019 and 2021.

With this honor, Jokic becomes the 15th player in league history to win multiple MVP awards and the 13th player to win the award in consecutive seasons. Jokic, 27, has been with the Nuggets for seven years since 2015, and his contract will continue until the end of next season. It is reported that the Nuggets are preparing to offer a 5-year contract worth about $254 million to keep the general. The two sides are expected to reach an agreement on a contract extension during the offseason.