The
National Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual
National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the player(s) voted best of the annual
All-Star Game. The award was established in
1953 when NBA officials decided to designate an MVP for each year's game. The league also re-honored players from the previous two All-Star Games.
Ed Macauley and
Paul Arizin were selected as the
1951 and
1952 MVP winners respectively. The voting is conducted by a panel of media members, who cast their vote after the conclusion of the game. The player(s) with the most votes or ties for the most votes wins the award. No All-Star Game MVP was named in 1999 since the game was canceled due to the league's
lockout.