33 players won the MVP award once in their careers. The first three are Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski and Hank Aaron.

Interpreted as:

most times to win a mvp by a player

	NAME	MVP	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Pete Rose P. Rose	1	3,562	14,053	2,165	4,256	746	135	160	1,314	1,566	107	1,143	198	149	15,861	5,752	1,041	56	79	167	247	.303	.375	.409	.784	2190	480.1	.354	121	368.7
2	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	1	3,308	11,988	1,816	3,419	646	59	452	1,844	1,845	40	1,393	168	116	13,991	5,539	1,157	13	105	190	323	.285	.379	.462	.841	2155	643.2	.375	130	469.8
3	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	1	3,298	12,364	2,174	3,771	624	98	755	2,297	1,402	32	1,383	240	73	13,940	6,856	1,477	21	121	293	328	.305	.374	.555	.928	2453	936.4	.403	153	858.5
4	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	1	3,081	10,961	2,295	3,055	510	66	297	1,115	2,190	98	1,694	1,406	335	13,346	4,588	873	30	67	61	172	.279	.401	.419	.820	2074	509.6	.372	132	507.9
5	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	3	3,080	11,421	1,914	3,384	686	16	703	2,218	1,373	123	1,404	117	43	13,041	6,211	1,405	1	123	316	426	.296	.374	.544	.918	2233	685	.385	141	673
6	Stan Musial S. Musial	3	3,026	10,972	1,949	3,630	725	177	475	1,951	1,599	53	696	78	31	12,712	6,134	1,377	35	53	127	243	.331	.417	.559	.976	2474	1,032.5	.435	158	896.7
7	Cal Ripken Jr. C. Ripken Jr.	2	3,001	11,551	1,647	3,184	603	44	431	1,695	1,129	66	1,305	36	39	12,883	5,168	1,078	10	127	107	350	.276	.340	.447	.788	1734	219.3	.346	111	175.1
8	Willie Mays W. Mays	2	2,992	10,881	2,062	3,283	523	140	660	1,903	1,464	44	1,526	338	103	12,493	6,066	1,323	13	91	192	251	.302	.384	.557	.941	2266	894.8	.409	154	802.7
9	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	7	2,986	9,847	2,227	2,935	601	77	762	1,996	2,558	106	1,539	514	141	12,606	5,976	1,440	4	91	688	165	.298	.444	.607	1.051	2663	1,143.3	.435	172	1,142
10	Brooks Robinson B. Robinson	1	2,896	10,654	1,232	2,848	482	68	268	1,357	860	53	990	28	22	11,782	4,270	818	101	114	120	297	.267	.322	.401	.723	1355	88	.322	104	55.5
11	Robin Yount R. Yount	2	2,856	11,008	1,632	3,142	583	126	251	1,406	966	48	1,350	271	105	12,249	4,730	960	104	123	95	217	.285	.342	.430	.772	1603	229.2	.343	113	193.9
12	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	1	2,820	9,864	1,551	2,584	463	49	563	1,702	1,375	96	2,597	228	115	11,416	4,834	1,075	13	68	164	183	.262	.356	.490	.846	1749	503	.374	139	497.6
13	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	2	2,808	10,006	1,829	2,943	528	72	586	1,812	1,420	198	1,532	204	77	11,743	5,373	1,186	17	102	218	270	.294	.389	.537	.926	2083	807.2	.404	153	717.1
14	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera	2	2,797	10,356	1,551	3,174	627	17	511	1,881	1,258	74	2,105	40	21	11,796	5,368	1,155	5	103	238	364	.306	.382	.518	.901	1981	585.3	.382	139	547.8
15	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	3	2,784	10,566	2,021	3,115	548	31	696	2,086	1,338	176	2,287	329	76	12,207	5,813	1,275	16	111	97	261	.295	.380	.550	.930	2178	690.1	.395	141	629.5
16	George Brett G. Brett	1	2,707	10,349	1,583	3,154	665	137	317	1,596	1,096	33	908	201	97	11,624	5,044	1,119	26	120	229	235	.305	.369	.487	.857	1799	496.2	.374	132	436.3
17	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	1	2,671	9,801	1,662	2,781	524	38	630	1,836	1,312	81	1,779	184	69	11,304	5,271	1,192	8	102	246	199	.284	.370	.538	.907	1892	521.1	.384	132	453.4
18	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	1	2,653	9,934	1,420	3,089	362	96	117	780	647	55	1,080	509	117	10,734	3,994	575	50	48	181	92	.311	.355	.402	.757	1322	46.3	.328	104	61.4
19	Joe Morgan J. Morgan	2	2,649	9,277	1,650	2,517	449	96	268	1,133	1,865	40	1,015	689	162	11,329	3,962	813	51	96	76	105	.271	.392	.427	.819	1717	490	.372	135	447.2
20	Andre Dawson A. Dawson	1	2,627	9,927	1,373	2,774	503	98	438	1,591	589	111	1,509	314	109	10,769	4,787	1,039	24	118	143	217	.279	.323	.482	.806	1471	247.5	.350	117	211.8
21	Willie McCovey W. McCovey	1	2,588	8,197	1,229	2,211	353	46	521	1,555	1,345	69	1,550	26	22	9,686	4,219	920	5	70	260	176	.270	.374	.515	.889	1594	551.5	.388	145	497.9
22	Ivan Rodriguez I. Rodriguez	1	2,543	9,592	1,354	2,844	572	51	311	1,332	513	58	1,474	127	64	10,270	4,451	934	31	76	67	337	.296	.334	.464	.798	1383	124.8	.344	104	63.1
23	Ernie Banks E. Banks	2	2,528	9,421	1,305	2,583	407	90	512	1,636	763	70	1,236	50	53	10,395	4,706	1,009	45	96	198	229	.274	.330	.500	.830	1496	354.6	.359	118	228.9
24	Chipper Jones C. Jones	1	2,499	8,984	1,619	2,726	549	38	468	1,623	1,512	18	1,409	150	46	10,614	4,755	1,055	3	97	177	253	.303	.401	.529	.930	1904	598.1	.397	141	563
25	Rod Carew R. Carew	1	2,469	9,315	1,424	3,053	445	112	92	1,015	1,018	25	1,028	353	187	10,550	3,998	649	128	64	144	216	.328	.393	.429	.822	1576	435.7	.369	132	379.9