There have been 10 separate NBA players to win the regular season and Finals Most Valuable Player in the same season starting with Willis Reed in 1970. The Finals MVP was not introduced until the 68-69 season.
Michael Jordan has accomplished the feat four separate times, while Larry Bird and LeBron James each have done it twice.
1970: Willis Reed
1971: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1983: Moses Malone
1984, 1986: Larry Bird
1987: Magic Johnson
1991, 1992, 1996, 1998: Michael Jordan
1994: Hakeem Olajuwon
2000: Shaquille O’Neal
2003: Tim Duncan
2012, 2013: LeBron James
Regular Season MVP won the Tournament, but has not won the Finals MVP award in eight seasons (*for the season in which the MVP was not awarded):
1957: Bob Causey *
1961: Bill Russell*
1962: Bill Russell*
1963: Bill Russell*
1965: Bill Russell*
1967: Wilt Chamberlain*
1980: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2015: Stephen Curry
The regular season MVP was a finalist, but lost in 10 separate seasons:
1958: Bill Russell
1974: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1982: Moses Malone
1985: Larry Bird
1989: Magic Johnson
1993: Charles Barclay
1997: Karl Malone
2001: Ellen Iverson
2008: Kobe Bryant
2016: Stephen Curry