least amount of points for an mvp since 1980

Since 1979-80, Karl Malone has dropped the fewest points by an MVP in a season, with 1,164 points in 1998-99.

Interpreted as:

least amount of points for an mvp in a regular season by a player since 1980

	NAME	PTS	MVP	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,164	1	1998-99	UTA	49	37.4	23.8	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	8.0	16.3	49.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	9.8	78.8	57.7	2.2	7.3	3.3	1,832	463	201	62	28	162	134	+355
2	Steve Nash S. Nash	1,165	1	2004-05	PHX	75	34.3	15.5	3.3	11.5	1.0	0.1	5.7	11.4	50.2	1.3	2.9	43.1	2.8	3.2	88.7	60.6	0.8	2.6	3.3	2,573	249	861	74	6	245	136	+664
3	Steve Nash S. Nash	1,489	1	2005-06	PHX	79	35.4	18.8	4.2	10.5	0.8	0.2	6.8	13.4	51.2	1.9	4.3	43.9	3.3	3.5	92.1	63.2	0.6	3.6	3.5	2,796	333	826	61	12	276	120	+472
4	LeBron James L. James	1,683	1	2011-12	MIA	62	37.5	27.1	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	10.0	18.9	53.1	0.9	2.4	36.2	6.2	8.1	77.1	60.5	1.5	6.4	3.4	2,326	492	387	115	50	213	96	+473
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,730	1	1988-89	LAL	77	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	607	988	138	22	312	172
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,765	1	1989-90	LAL	79	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	522	907	132	34	289	167
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1,857	1	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,884	1	2002-03	SAS	81	39.3	23.3	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	8.8	17.2	51.3	0.1	0.3	27.3	5.6	7.8	71.0	56.4	3.2	9.7	3.1	3,181	1,043	316	55	237	248	231	+557
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1,898	1	2020-21	DEN	72	34.5	26.4	10.8	8.3	1.3	0.7	10.2	18.0	56.6	1.3	3.3	38.8	4.8	5.5	86.8	64.7	2.8	8.0	3.1	2,487	780	599	95	48	222	192	+384
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1,900	1	2014-15	GSW	80	32.7	23.8	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	8.2	16.8	48.7	3.6	8.1	44.3	3.9	4.2	91.4	63.8	0.7	3.6	3.1	2,613	341	619	163	16	249	158	+920
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,908	1	1983-84	BOS	79	38.3	24.2	10.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	9.6	19.5	49.2	0.2	0.9	24.7	4.7	5.3	88.8	55.2	2.3	7.8	3.0	3,028	796	520	144	69	237	197
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,908	1	1982-83	PHI	78	37.5	24.5	15.3	1.3	1.1	2.0	8.4	16.7	50.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	10.1	76.1	57.8	5.7	9.6	3.4	2,922	1,194	101	89	157	264	206
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,909	1	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	8.5	16.4	52.2	0.1	0.5	20.5	6.7	7.9	84.8	60.2	1.5	4.8	3.8	2,904	504	977	138	36	300	168
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,916	1	2006-07	DAL	78	36.2	24.6	8.9	3.4	0.7	0.8	8.6	17.2	50.2	0.9	2.2	41.6	6.4	7.1	90.4	60.5	1.6	7.3	2.1	2,820	693	263	52	62	167	171	+623
15	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1,944	1	1992-93	PHX	76	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	928	385	119	74	233	196
16	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,987	1	2003-04	MIN	82	39.4	24.2	13.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	9.8	19.6	49.9	0.1	0.5	25.6	4.5	5.7	79.1	54.7	3.0	10.9	2.6	3,231	1,139	409	120	178	212	202	+614
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1,994	1	2018-19	MIL	72	32.8	27.7	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	10.0	17.3	57.8	0.7	2.8	25.6	6.9	9.5	72.9	64.4	2.2	10.3	3.7	2,358	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,004	1	2021-22	DEN	74	33.4	27.1	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	10.3	17.7	58.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	5.1	6.3	81.0	66.1	2.8	11.0	3.8	2,475	1,019	584	109	63	281	191	+442
19	Julius Erving J. Erving	2,014	1	1980-81	PHI	82	35.0	24.6	8.0	4.4	2.1	1.8	9.7	18.6	52.1	0.0	0.2	22.2	5.1	6.5	78.7	57.2	3.0	5.0	3.2	2,874	657	364	173	147	266	233
20	Derrick Rose D. Rose	2,026	1	2010-11	CHI	81	37.4	25.0	4.1	7.7	1.0	0.6	8.8	19.7	44.5	1.6	4.8	33.2	5.9	6.9	85.8	55.0	1.0	3.1	3.4	3,026	330	623	85	51	278	136	+498
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,034	1	1979-80	LAL	82	38.3	24.8	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	10.2	16.9	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.8	76.5	63.9	2.3	8.5	3.6	3,143	886	371	81	280	297	216
22	LeBron James L. James	2,036	1	2012-13	MIA	76	37.9	26.8	8.0	7.3	1.7	0.9	10.1	17.8	56.5	1.4	3.3	40.6	5.3	7.0	75.3	64.0	1.3	6.8	3.0	2,877	610	551	129	67	226	110	+720
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,085	1	2023-24	DEN	79	34.6	26.4	12.4	9.0	1.4	0.9	10.4	17.9	58.3	1.1	2.9	35.9	4.5	5.5	81.7	65.0	2.8	9.5	3.0	2,737	976	708	108	68	238	195	+684
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2,089	1	2001-02	SAS	82	40.6	25.5	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	9.3	18.3	50.8	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.8	8.5	79.9	57.6	3.3	9.4	3.2	3,329	1,042	307	61	203	263	217	+563
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	2,115	1	1985-86	BOS	82	38.0	25.8	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	9.7	19.6	49.6	1.0	2.4	42.3	5.4	6.0	89.6	58.0	2.3	7.5	3.2	3,113	805	557	166	51	266	182