least amount of games played by a player to win mvp until 1997

Before 1997-98, Bill Walton had the fewest games by an MVP in a season, with 58 games in 1977-78.

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least amount of games played by a player to win mvp in a regular season until 1997

	NAME	GP	MVP	SEASON	TM	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	Bill Walton B. Walton	58	1	1977-78	POR	33.3	18.9	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	7.9	15.2	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
2	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	64	1	1956-57	BOS		20.6					7.5						5.7	6.9	82.5						1,319						134
3	Bill Russell B. Russell	69	1	1957-58	BOS		16.6					6.6						3.4	6.4	52.6						1,144						179
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	72	1	1959-60	PHI	46.4	37.6	27.0	2.3			14.8	32.1	46.1				8.0	13.7	58.3	49.3				3,338	2,707	1,941	163				150
5	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	72	1	1958-59	STL		29.2					10.0						9.3	12.2	76.1						2,105
6	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	72	1	1955-56	STL		25.7					9.0						7.7	10.5	73.5						1,847						203
7	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	76	1	1992-93	PHX	37.6	25.6	12.2	5.1	1.6	1.0	9.4	18.1	52.0	0.9	2.9	30.5	5.9	7.7	76.5	59.6	3.1	9.1	3.1	2,859	1,944	928	385	119	74	233	197
8	Bill Russell B. Russell	76	1	1961-62	BOS		18.9	23.5				7.6						3.8	6.3	59.5						1,436	1,789					207
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	77	1	1988-89	LAL	37.5	22.5	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	7.5	14.8	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
10	Moses Malone M. Malone	78	1	1982-83	PHI	37.5	24.5	15.3	1.3		2.0	8.4	16.7	50.1	0.0	0.0		7.7	10.1	76.1	57.8				2,923	1,908	1,194	101		157		206
11	Bill Russell B. Russell	78	1	1964-65	BOS		14.1	24.1				5.5						3.1	5.4	57.5						1,102	1,878
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	78	1	1962-63	BOS		16.8	23.6				6.6						3.7	6.6	55.4						1,309	1,843					187
13	Bill Russell B. Russell	78	1	1960-61	BOS		16.9	23.9				6.8						3.3	6.0	54.9						1,322	1,868					155
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	79	1	1989-90	LAL	37.2	22.3	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	6.9	14.4	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
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	79	1	1983-84	BOS	38.3	24.2	10.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	9.6	19.5	49.2	0.2	0.9	25.0	4.7	5.3	88.8	55.2	2.3	7.8	3.0	3,028	1,908	796	520	144	70	236	197
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	79	1	1965-66	PHI	47.2	33.5	24.6	5.2			13.6	25.2	54.0				6.3	12.4	51.3	54.7				3,730	2,649	1,943	414				171
17	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	79	1	1963-64	CIN		31.4	9.9	11.0			10.6	22.0	48.3				10.1	11.9	85.3	57.6					2,480	783	866				280
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	80	1	1993-94	HOU	41.0	27.3	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	11.2	21.2	52.8	0.1	0.2	42.1	4.9	6.8	71.6	56.5	2.9	9.1	3.4	3,277	2,184	955	287	128	297	271	289
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	80	1	1991-92	CHI	38.8	30.1	6.4	6.1	2.3	0.9	11.8	22.7	51.9	0.3	1.3	27.0	6.1	7.4	83.2	57.9	1.1	5.3	2.5	3,102	2,404	511	489	182	75	200	201
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	80	1	1986-87	LAL	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	8.5	16.3	52.3	0.1	0.5	20.5	6.7	7.9	84.8	60.3	1.5	4.8	3.8	2,904	1,909	504	977	138	36	300	168
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	80	1	1984-85	BOS	39.5	28.7	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	11.5	22.0	52.2	0.7	1.6	42.7	5.0	5.7	88.2	58.5	2.1	8.5	3.1	3,161	2,295	842	531	126	98	248	208
22	David Robinson D. Robinson	81	1	1994-95	SAS	38.0	27.6	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	9.7	18.4	53.0	0.1	0.2	30.0	8.1	10.5	77.4	60.2	2.9	7.9	2.9	3,074	2,238	877	236	134	262	233	230
23	Moses Malone M. Malone	81	1	1981-82	HOU	41.8	31.1	14.7	1.8		1.5	11.7	22.5	51.9	0.0			7.8	10.2	76.2	57.6				3,388	2,520	1,188	142		125		208
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	81	1	1973-74	MIL	43.8	27.0	14.5	4.8			11.7	21.7	53.9				3.6	5.2	70.2	56.4				3,548	2,191	1,178	386				238
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	81	1	1971-72	MIL		34.8	16.6	4.6			14.3						6.2	9.0	68.9						2,822	1,346	370