NBA MVP. Finals MVP. Champion.
Now, you can add one more honour to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's exemplary year.
The Oklahoma City Thunder star won the Northern Star Award as Canada's top athlete of 2025 on Tuesday, taking the honour for the second time in his career.
Gilgeous-Alexander, of Hamilton, Ont., also won the award, which is determined by a panel of Canadian sports journalists, in 2023.
Other finalists included swimming sensation Summer McIntosh, star curler Rachel Homan, rugby player Sophie de Goede and hammer-throw world champion Camryn Rogers.
But ultimately, it was Gilgeous-Alexander who stood above the rest after producing a season that ranks among the all-time greats.
The 27-year-old became just the fourth player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring and win MVP and Finals MVP in the same season, joining Michael Jordan (twice), Shaquille O'Neal and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
The shifty six-foot-six guard was a marvel for the Thunder, averaging 32.7 points, five rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.7 steals and one block per game while shooting 51.9 per cent from the field and 37.5 per cent from three-point range, all while guiding OKC to a 68-14 finish in the regular season.
Then, in the playoffs, he averaged 29.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6.5 assists to steer the Thunder through the Western Conference and past the Indiana Pacers in seven games to claim the franchise’s first NBA title since relocating to Oklahoma City.
He became the second Canadian MVP and first Canadian Finals MVP in NBA history.
His Thunder are currently riding a 15-game win streak while collecting victories in 23 of their first 24 games, dominating opponents and threatening the 2016 Golden State Warriors' 73-win record.
Gilgeous-Alexander became the 10th multi-time Northern Star Award winner with his second victory. Only Wayne Gretzky and figure skater Barbara Ann Scott have won it more than twice.
But if the star basketball player continues on his current trajectory, he could soon join those ranks.
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