Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has won the most career MVP awards, with 6.

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most mvp awards by a player NBA

	NAME	MVP	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	6	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
3	Bill Russell B. Russell	5	963	42.3	15.1	22.5	4.3			5.9	13.4	44.0				3.3	5.8	56.1	47.1				40,726	14,522	21,620	4,100				2,592
4	LeBron James L. James	4	1,511	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.6	7.6	73.6	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	57,265	40,898	11,341	11,182	2,288	1,119	5,287	2,703	+7360
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	4	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	3	689	31.3	21.1	10.8	7.0	1.2	0.7	8.1	14.6	55.8	1.0	2.9	35.5	3.8	4.6	82.7	63.5	2.7	8.1	2.9	21,591	14,555	7,433	4,816	843	503	1,998	1,861	+3618
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	3	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
9	Moses Malone M. Malone	3	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	45,071	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2	808	32.8	23.5	9.8	4.9	1.1	1.2	8.6	15.7	54.7	0.7	2.3	28.6	5.7	8.2	69.9	61.0	1.8	8.0	3.0	26,504	19,020	7,923	3,957	912	1,009	2,432	2,422	+2679
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	970	34.2	24.7	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.3	3.9	9.2	42.6	3.9	4.3	91.0	62.6	0.7	4.1	3.1	33,139	23,982	4,584	6,210	1,495	243	3,037	2,233	+5996
12	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
13	Steve Nash S. Nash	2	1,217	31.3	14.3	3.0	8.5	0.7	0.1	5.2	10.6	49.0	1.4	3.2	42.8	2.5	2.8	90.4	60.5	0.5	2.5	2.9	38,069	17,387	3,642	10,335	899	102	3,478	1,982	+5043
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	2	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
15	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	2	792	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0			9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1				30,690	20,880	12,849	2,369				2,529
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1	437	31.9	27.8	11.1	3.6	0.9	1.7	9.2	18.2	50.3	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	10.1	82.7	61.4	2.2	8.9	3.4	13,959	12,150	4,862	1,587	399	724	1,498	1,338	+2516
17	James Harden J. Harden	1	1,093	34.7	24.1	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	44.0	2.7	7.5	36.3	7.1	8.3	86.1	60.9	0.8	4.9	3.7	37,941	26,337	6,166	7,813	1,633	616	4,011	2,736	+4303
18	Derrick Rose D. Rose	1	723	30.5	17.4	3.2	5.2	0.7	0.3	6.8	14.9	45.6	0.8	2.6	31.6	3.0	3.6	83.1	52.7	0.8	2.4	2.4	22,054	12,573	2,324	3,770	536	242	1,746	887	+449
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	1,179	33.5	21.6	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.3	7.7	17.7	43.8	1.1	3.6	30.5	5.0	6.4	77.5	52.6	1.6	5.5	3.9	39,499	25,418	8,377	9,569	1,874	379	4,631	3,010	+2984
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1	1,072	36.7	27.3	7.0	4.4	1.1	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.1	1.9	5.0	38.8	6.6	7.4	88.4	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	39,383	29,225	7,527	4,680	1,130	1,212	3,400	2,054	+4806
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
24	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887