which nba player has won the most mvp awards

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

	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	1,552	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.7	1.6	4.7	35.0	5.5	7.5	73.6	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	58,690	41,965	11,673	11,515	2,330	1,146	5,444	2,768	+7373
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	737	31.7	21.6	10.9	7.2	1.3	0.7	8.3	14.9	55.9	1.1	3.0	35.8	3.9	4.7	82.5	63.7	2.7	8.3	2.9	23,331	15,945	8,045	5,304	931	534	2,150	1,979	+3976
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	851	32.8	23.8	9.9	4.9	1.1	1.2	8.7	15.9	55.0	0.6	2.2	28.4	5.7	8.3	69.3	61.0	1.9	8.1	3.0	27,948	20,286	8,440	4,205	953	1,058	2,569	2,520	+2921
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	1,016	34.1	24.7	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	3.9	9.3	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.1	62.5	0.7	4.0	3.1	34,652	25,117	4,770	6,481	1,537	261	3,164	2,297	+6089
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	452	31.9	27.7	11.0	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.1	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	10.0	82.8	61.3	2.2	8.8	3.4	14,408	12,523	4,987	1,658	411	738	1,547	1,369	+2490
17	James Harden J. Harden	1	1,140	34.7	24.0	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.3	86.1	60.7	0.8	4.9	3.7	39,609	27,416	6,413	8,220	1,698	645	4,221	2,836	+4508
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	1,228	33.3	21.2	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.4	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.6	4.8	6.3	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	40,936	26,083	8,640	9,879	1,943	403	4,802	3,141	+3035
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1	1,120	36.7	27.2	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	2.0	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,149	30,507	7,814	4,903	1,170	1,271	3,547	2,133	+4791
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