Karl Malone has made the fewest baskets by an MVP in a season, with 393 made in 1998-99.

Interpreted as:

least fg by a player in an mvp year

	NAME	FGM	MVP	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	393	1	1998-99	UTA	49	37.4	23.8	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	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	1,164	463	201	62	28	162	134	+355
2	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	427	1	1968-69	BAL	82	36.2	13.8	18.2	2.6			10.9	47.6				3.4	5.6	60.5	51.5				2,970	1,131	1,491	213				276
3	Bill Russell B. Russell	429	1	1964-65	BOS	78	44.4	14.1	24.1	5.3			12.6	43.8				3.1	5.5	57.3	47.2				3,466	1,102	1,878	410				204
4	Steve Nash S. Nash	430	1	2004-05	PHX	75	34.3	15.5	3.3	11.5	1.0	0.1	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	1,165	249	861	74	6	245	136	+664
5	Bill Russell B. Russell	456	1	1957-58	BOS	69	38.3	16.6	22.7	2.9			15.0	44.2				3.3	6.4	51.9	46.5				2,640	1,142	1,564	202				181
6	Bill Walton B. Walton	460	1	1977-78	POR	58	33.3	18.9	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	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
7	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	478	1	1956-57	BOS	64	36.9	20.6	4.8	7.5			19.8	37.8				5.7	6.9	82.1	45.2				2,364	1,319	309	478				134
8	Bill Russell B. Russell	511	1	1962-63	BOS	78	44.9	16.8	23.6	4.5			15.2	43.2				3.7	6.6	55.5	46.4				3,500	1,309	1,843	348				189
9	Bill Russell B. Russell	532	1	1960-61	BOS	78	44.3	16.9	23.9	3.4			16.0	42.6				3.3	6.0	55.0	45.4				3,458	1,322	1,868	268				155
10	Steve Nash S. Nash	541	1	2005-06	PHX	79	35.4	18.8	4.2	10.5	0.8	0.2	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	1,489	333	826	61	12	276	120	+472
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	546	1	1989-90	LAL	79	37.2	22.3	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	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
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	575	1	1961-62	BOS	76	45.2	18.9	23.6	4.5			16.6	45.7				3.8	6.3	59.5	48.9				3,433	1,436	1,790	341				207
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	579	1	1988-89	LAL	77	37.5	22.5	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	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
14	LeBron James L. James	621	1	2011-12	MIA	62	37.5	27.1	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	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	1,683	492	387	115	50	213	96	+473
15	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	646	1	1955-56	STL	72	38.8	25.7	16.2	2.6			20.9	42.9				7.7	10.5	73.6	50.2				2,794	1,849	1,164	189				202
16	James Harden J. Harden	651	1	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	653	1	2014-15	GSW	80	32.7	23.8	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	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	1,900	341	619	163	16	249	158	+920
18	Moses Malone M. Malone	654	1	1982-83	PHI	78	37.5	24.5	15.3	1.3	1.1	2.0	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	1,908	1,194	101	89	157	264	206
19	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	673	1	2006-07	DAL	78	36.2	24.6	8.9	3.4	0.7	0.8	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	1,916	693	263	52	62	167	171	+623
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	683	1	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	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	1,909	504	977	138	36	300	168
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	685	1	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	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	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
22	Willis Reed W. Reed	702	1	1969-70	NYK	81	38.1	21.7	13.9	2.0			17.1	50.7				4.3	5.7	75.6	55.2				3,089	1,755	1,126	161				287
23	Derrick Rose D. Rose	711	1	2010-11	CHI	81	37.4	25.0	4.1	7.7	1.0	0.6	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	2,026	330	623	85	51	278	136	+498
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	714	1	2002-03	SAS	81	39.3	23.3	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	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	1,884	1,043	316	55	237	248	231	+557
25	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	716	1	1992-93	PHX	76	37.6	25.6	12.2	5.1	1.6	1.0	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	196