James Harden has been named the 17-18 NBA Most Valuable Player, beating out LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

Harden joins his fellow former first round picks of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, to win an MVP. Harden was runner-up in MVP voting in 2015 and 2017.

Harden is one of seven active players to win MVP, along with LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Dirk Nowitzki, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose.

Harden received 86 first place votes and 15 second place votes, followed by 15 first place votes for James to go with 79 second place votes and seven third place votes.

Davis received seven second place votes, 70 third place votes, 14 fourth place votes and four fifth place votes.

Damian Lillard and Russell Westbrook rounded out the top-5.