Derrick Rose was 22 years old when he won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2011. He received the honor for his outstanding 2010–11 regular season with the Chicago Bulls.
Rose was the first overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft and quickly became the centerpiece of his hometown team. In his MVP season, he averaged 25.0 points, 7.7 assists, and 4.1 rebounds per game, while leading Chicago to a 62–20 record and the best regular-season mark in the league.
His award was historically significant because Rose became the youngest MVP in NBA history at the time. He was 22 years and several months old, edging the previous record held by Wes Unseld, who had won at 23 during the 1968–69 season.
A common mix-up is treating the award as a playoff honor. The NBA MVP is a regular-season award; Rose and the Bulls later reached the Eastern Conference Finals, where they lost to the Miami Heat.