NBA Executive of the Year Award
The National Basketball Association's Executive of the Year Award is an annual award given since the 1972–73 NBA season, to the league's best general manager. Before 2009, the Executive of the Year was presented annually by Sporting News, but was officially recognized by the NBA. Since 2009, the award has been awarded by the NBA. Voting is conducted by executives from the league's 30 teams. The person with the most votes wins the award.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 28 different general managers. Jerry Colangelo, the first general manager for the Phoenix Suns, is the only person to win the award four times. Bob Bass, R. C. Buford, Wayne Embry, Bob Ferry, Stan Kasten, Jerry Krause, Bob Myers, Geoff Petrie, Jerry West, as well as Jerry Colangelo's son Bryan Colangelo have all won the award twice. All of the award winners were born in the United States until then–Denver Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri, who was born in England, won the award in 2013. Larry Bird, Frank Layden and Pat Riley join Red Auerbach as the only recipients to have also received NBA Coach of the Year. Bird is also the only winner to receive the NBA Most Valuable Player in addition to either of the Coach or Executive of the Year awards.
Winners
| ^ | Denotes executive who is still active in the NBA |
| * | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| *^ | Active executive who has been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame |
| Bold | Winning executive's team won the NBA Finals the same season |
| Person | Denotes the number of times the executive has won the award |
| Season | Executive | Nationality | Team |
| United States | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | ||
| United States | Buffalo Braves | ||
| United States | Golden State Warriors | ||
| * | United States | Phoenix Suns | |
| United States | Houston Rockets | ||
| United States | San Antonio Spurs | ||
| United States | Washington Bullets | ||
| * | United States | Boston Celtics | |
| * | United States | Phoenix Suns | |
| United States | Washington Bullets | ||
| United States | Seattle SuperSonics | ||
| United States | Utah Jazz | ||
| United States | Denver Nuggets | ||
| United States | Atlanta Hawks | ||
| United States | Atlanta Hawks | ||
| * | United States | Chicago Bulls | |
| * | United States | Phoenix Suns | |
| United States | San Antonio Spurs | ||
| United States | Portland Trail Blazers | ||
| * | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| * | United States | Phoenix Suns | |
| United States | Seattle SuperSonics | ||
| * | United States | Los Angeles Lakers | |
| * | United States | Chicago Bulls | |
| United States | Charlotte Hornets | ||
| * | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| United States | Sacramento Kings | ||
| United States | Orlando Magic | ||
| United States | Sacramento Kings | ||
| * | United States | New Jersey Nets | |
| * | United States | Detroit Pistons | |
| * | United States | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| United States | Phoenix Suns | ||
| * | United States | Los Angeles Clippers | |
| United States | Toronto Raptors | ||
| ^ | United States | Boston Celtics | |
| United States | Denver Nuggets | ||
| ^ | United States | Milwaukee Bucks | |
| *^ | United States | Miami Heat | |
| United States | Chicago Bulls | ||
| * | United States | Indiana Pacers | |
| ^ | Denver Nuggets | ||
| ^ | United States | San Antonio Spurs | |
| ^ | United States | Golden State Warriors | |
| ^ | United States | San Antonio Spurs | |
| ^ | United States | Golden State Warriors | |
| ^ | United States | Houston Rockets | |
| ^ | United States | Milwaukee Bucks |