The NBA Finals MVP has often also been the player to have the highest PER in the series, but there have been a number of years during the Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James era where that hasn't been the case.
- Finals MVP in parentheses
1991: Michael Jordan: 34.1 (Michael Jordan)
1992: Michael Jordan: 27.1 (Michael Jordan)
1993: Michael Jordan: 31.7 (Michael Jordan)
1994: Hakeem Olajuwon: 25.6 (Hakeem Olajuwon)
1995: Hakeem Olajuwon: 25.7 (Hakeem Olajuwon)
1996: Shawn Kemp: 27.5 (Michael Jordan)
1997: Michael Jordan: 29.3 (Michael Jordan)
1998: Michael Jordan: 28.7 (Michael Jordan)
1999: Tim Duncan: 28.0 (Tim Duncan)
2000: Shaquille O’Neal: 36.6 (Shaquille O’Neal)
2001: Shaquille O’Neal: 33.8 (Shaquille O’Neal)
2002: Shaquille O’Neal: 38.5 (Shaquille O’Neal)
2003: Tim Duncan: 30.4 (Tim Duncan)
2004: Chauncey Billups: 29.3 (Chauncey Billups)
2005: Chauncey Billups: 24.4 (Tim Duncan)
2006: Dwyane Wade: 30.5 (Dwyane Wade)
2007: Tony Parker: 25.4 (Tony Parker)
2008: Ray Allen: 20.6 (Paul Pierce)
2009: Kobe Bryant: 28.7 (Kobe Bryant)
2010: Pau Gasol: 25.3 (Kobe Bryant)
2011: Dwyane Wade: 32.6 (Dirk Nowitzki)
2012: Mike Miller: 33.7 (LeBron James)
2013: LeBron James: 29.2 (LeBron James)
2014: LeBron James: 32.6 (Kawhi Leonard)
2015: LeBron James: 27.5 (Andre Iguodala)
2016: LeBron James: 33.4 (LeBron James)
2017: Kevin Durant: 32.6 (Kevin Durant)
2018: Kevin Durant: 31.1 (Kevin Durant)