most nl mvps by a player before turning 26

Johnny Bench and Stan Musial are tied for the most career NL MVP awards by a player younger than 26, with 2.

Interpreted as:
most nl mvps by a player before turning 26 years old
NAME NLMVP G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Johnny Bench
J. Bench
2
934
3,444
504
922
159
15
179
616
371
8
553
24
22
3,879
1,648
353
5
51
68
98
.268
.336
.479
.814
2 Stan Musial
S. Musial
2
611
2,323
439
812
185
64
52
356
299
12
104
30
2,655
1,281
301
21
34
.350
.426
.551
.978
3 Ronald Acuña Jr.
R. Acuña Jr.
1
673
2,626
543
767
137
11
161
402
341
47
666
180
46
3,029
1,409
309
0
15
17
38
.292
.381
.537
.918
4 Cody Bellinger
C. Bellinger
1
540
1,927
345
515
99
15
127
335
278
7
486
47
10
2,224
1,025
241
0
12
46
27
.267
.360
.532
.892
5 Kris Bryant
K. Bryant
1
457
1,711
319
492
104
12
94
274
247
42
481
28
14
2,014
902
210
0
14
10
18
.288
.388
.527
.915
6 Bryce Harper
B. Harper
1
927
3,306
610
922
183
18
184
521
585
23
834
75
31
3,957
1,693
385
9
34
70
66
.279
.388
.512
.900
7 Buster Posey
B. Posey
1
308
1,115
154
350
67
3
46
191
117
10
185
4
3
1,255
561
116
0
13
15
35
.314
.380
.503
.883
8 Albert Pujols
A. Pujols
1
790
2,954
629
982
227
11
201
621
401
44
344
29
15
3,428
1,834
439
1
28
70
94
.332
.416
.621
1.037
9 Jeff Bagwell
J. Bagwell
1
506
1,838
278
547
105
16
64
308
248
29
318
36
17
2,153
876
185
3
35
27
53
.298
.383
.477
.860
10 Barry Bonds
B. Bonds
1
650
2,378
427
631
146
26
101
293
335
9
414
148
45
2,740
1,132
273
3
15
50
23
.265
.356
.476
.832
11 Ryne Sandberg
R. Sandberg
1
618
2,455
411
707
123
32
57
254
186
11
357
150
40
2,690
1,065
212
21
17
14
31
.288
.339
.434
.773
12 Keith Hernandez
K. Hernandez
1
688
2,308
373
676
151
28
47
328
314
7
321
35
21
2,652
1,024
226
6
17
34
52
.293
.377
.444
.820
13 Steve Garvey
S. Garvey
1
484
1,606
203
462
80
9
46
223
88
7
195
11
11
1,720
698
135
2
17
13
33
.288
.324
.435
.759
14 Frank Robinson
F. Robinson
1
866
3,207
605
974
172
34
200
563
380
66
484
79
25
3,700
1,814
406
13
34
52
86
.304
.385
.566
.951
15 Hank Aaron
H. Aaron
1
886
3,524
613
1,137
205
46
179
617
281
13
315
20
9
3,866
1,971
430
18
30
59
108
.323
.372
.559
.931
16 Willie Mays
W. Mays
1
629
2,382
434
727
104
43
155
423
302
10
261
90
24
2,713
1,382
302
1
18
36
55
.305
.383
.580
.963
17 Joe Medwick
J. Medwick
1
788
3,224
573
1,101
258
65
110
634
155
14
291
22
3,406
1,819
433
13
.342
.374
.564
.939
18 Dizzy Dean
D. Dean
1
203
451
52
104
14
3
7
54
5
1
55
4
478
145
24
21
.231
.241
.322
.562
StatMuse has game-level data for NL MVP awards and player age going back to the 1908 season.
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