Karl Malone has the fewest attempted shots by an MVP in a season, with 797 attempts in 1998-99.

Interpreted as:

least amount of fga for a mvp in a regular season by a player

	NAME	FGA	MVP	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	797	1	1998-99	UTA	49	37.4	23.8	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	8.0	49.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	9.8	78.8	57.7	2.2	7.3	3.3	1,832	1,164	463	201	62	28	162	134	+355
2	Steve Nash S. Nash	857	1	2004-05	PHX	75	34.3	15.5	3.3	11.5	1.0	0.1	5.7	50.2	1.3	2.9	43.1	2.8	3.2	88.7	60.6	0.8	2.6	3.3	2,573	1,165	249	861	74	6	245	136	+664
3	Bill Walton B. Walton	882	1	1977-78	POR	58	33.3	18.9	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	7.9	52.2				3.1	4.2	72.0	55.4	2.0	11.2	3.6	1,929	1,097	766	291	60	146	206	145
4	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	897	1	1968-69	BAL	82	36.2	13.8	18.2	2.6			5.2	47.6				3.4	5.6	60.5	51.5				2,970	1,131	1,491	213				276
5	Bill Russell B. Russell	980	1	1964-65	BOS	78	44.4	14.1	24.1	5.3			5.5	43.8				3.1	5.5	57.3	47.2				3,466	1,102	1,878	410				204
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	1,032	1	1957-58	BOS	69	38.3	16.6	22.7	2.9			6.6	44.2				3.3	6.4	51.9	46.5				2,640	1,142	1,564	202				181
7	Steve Nash S. Nash	1,056	1	2005-06	PHX	79	35.4	18.8	4.2	10.5	0.8	0.2	6.8	51.2	1.9	4.3	43.9	3.3	3.5	92.1	63.2	0.6	3.6	3.5	2,796	1,489	333	826	61	12	276	120	+472
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,137	1	1988-89	LAL	77	37.5	22.5	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	7.5	50.9	0.8	2.4	31.4	6.7	7.3	91.1	62.5	1.4	6.4	4.1	2,886	1,730	607	988	138	22	312	172
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,138	1	1989-90	LAL	79	37.2	22.3	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	6.9	48.0	1.3	3.5	38.4	7.2	8.1	89.0	62.2	1.6	5.0	3.7	2,937	1,765	522	907	132	34	289	167
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1,150	1	1966-67	PHI	81	45.5	24.1	24.2	7.8			9.7	68.3				4.8	10.8	44.1	63.7				3,682	1,956	1,957	630				143
11	LeBron James L. James	1,169	1	2011-12	MIA	62	37.5	27.1	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	10.0	53.1	0.9	2.4	36.2	6.2	8.1	77.1	60.5	1.5	6.4	3.4	2,326	1,683	492	387	115	50	213	96	+473
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	1,182	1	1962-63	BOS	78	44.9	16.8	23.6	4.5			6.6	43.2				3.7	6.6	55.5	46.4				3,500	1,309	1,843	348				189
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1,238	1	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1,247	1	2018-19	MIL	72	32.8	27.7	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	10.0	57.8	0.7	2.8	25.6	6.9	9.5	72.9	64.4	2.2	10.3	3.7	2,358	1,994	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654
15	Bill Russell B. Russell	1,250	1	1960-61	BOS	78	44.3	16.9	23.9	3.4			6.8	42.6				3.3	6.0	55.0	45.4				3,458	1,322	1,868	268				155
16	Bill Russell B. Russell	1,258	1	1961-62	BOS	76	45.2	18.9	23.6	4.5			7.6	45.7				3.8	6.3	59.5	48.9				3,433	1,436	1,790	341				207
17	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	1,264	1	1956-57	BOS	64	36.9	20.6	4.8	7.5			7.5	37.8				5.7	6.9	82.1	45.2				2,364	1,319	309	478				134
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1,293	1	2020-21	DEN	72	34.5	26.4	10.8	8.3	1.3	0.7	10.2	56.6	1.3	3.3	38.8	4.8	5.5	86.8	64.7	2.8	8.0	3.1	2,487	1,898	780	599	95	48	222	192	+384
19	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,305	1	1982-83	PHI	78	37.5	24.5	15.3	1.3	1.1	2.0	8.4	50.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	10.1	76.1	57.8	5.7	9.6	3.4	2,922	1,908	1,194	101	89	157	264	206
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,308	1	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	8.5	52.2	0.1	0.5	20.5	6.7	7.9	84.8	60.2	1.5	4.8	3.8	2,904	1,909	504	977	138	36	300	168
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1,311	1	2021-22	DEN	74	33.4	27.1	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	10.3	58.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	5.1	6.3	81.0	66.1	2.8	11.0	3.8	2,475	2,004	1,019	584	109	63	281	191	+442
22	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,325	1	1978-79	HOU	82	41.3	24.8	17.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	8.7	54.0				7.3	9.9	73.9	60.4	7.2	10.5	4.0	3,390	2,031	1,444	147	79	119	326	223
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1,328	1	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1,341	1	2014-15	GSW	80	32.7	23.8	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	8.2	48.7	3.6	8.1	44.3	3.9	4.2	91.4	63.8	0.7	3.6	3.1	2,613	1,900	341	619	163	16	249	158	+920
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,341	1	2006-07	DAL	78	36.2	24.6	8.9	3.4	0.7	0.8	8.6	50.2	0.9	2.2	41.6	6.4	7.1	90.4	60.5	1.6	7.3	2.1	2,820	1,916	693	263	52	62	167	171	+623