5 Players with most NBA All-Star Game MVP honors

#2 Bob Pettit - 4

Pettit was the first player on a losing team to be named MVP

Bob Pettit won the All-Star Game MVP hardware in 1956, 1958, 1959 (shared with Elgin Baylor) and 1962.

In 1956, he dropped 20 points and pulled a whopping 26 boards while repping the St. Louis Hawks. Even though his team lost in 1958, Pettit posted a monster stat line (28 points and 26 boards) good enough to land his second All-Star Game MVP trophy.

However, an argument can be made against him regarding his final MVP award. During the All-Star game in 1962, Wilt Chamberlain recorded 42 points and 24 rebounds for the losing squad, but Pettit was still chosen the MVP for his 25 points and 27 rebounds.

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#1 Kobe Bryant - 4

Kobe was as competitive as one could possibly imagine

Kobe Bryant had 18 All-Star selections when he decided to bid farewell to the game of basketball.

Bryant won his first All-Star MVP trophy in the year 2002 when he scored 31 points and wrote Mamba Mentality all over the exhibition game. His next one came in 2007, when he managed to pass the ball six times (as well as drop 31 points and record six steals). Kobe led the West to a blowout win that year and beat Amar’e Stoudemire (29 points) to the trophy.

After sharing his third MVP award with Shaq in 2009, Bryant won it back for himself in 2011 for the final time. He scored 37 points and added 14 rebounds, and joined Bob Pettit for the most All-Star Game MVPs with four.