Moses Malone and Bill Walton are tied for the fewest games by an MVP in a single NBA playoff run, with 2 games.

Interpreted as:

least games by mvps by a player in playoffs by year

	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	Moses Malone M. Malone	2	1	1978-79	HOU	39.0	24.5	20.5	1.0	0.5	4.0	9.0	20.5	43.9				6.5	9.0	72.2	50.1	12.5	8.0	4.0	78	49	41	2	1	8	8	5
2	Bill Walton B. Walton	2	1	1977-78	POR	24.5	13.5	11.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	5.5	9.0	61.1				2.5	3.5	71.4	64.0	2.5	8.5	3.0	49	27	22	4	3	3	6	1
3	Moses Malone M. Malone	3	1	1981-82	HOU	45.3	24.0	17.0	3.3	0.7	0.7	9.7	22.3	43.3	0.0	0.0		4.7	5.0	93.3	48.9	9.3	7.7	2.0	136	72	51	10	2	2	6	8
4	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	4	1	1968-69	BAL	41.3	18.8	18.5	1.3			7.5	14.3	52.6				3.8	4.8	78.9	57.4				165	75	74	5				14
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5	1	2021-22	DEN	34.2	31.0	13.2	5.8	1.6	1.0	12.2	21.2	57.5	1.0	3.6	27.8	5.6	6.6	84.8	64.3	3.4	9.8	4.8	171	155	66	29	8	5	24	20	-44
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	5	1	2016-17	OKC	38.9	37.4	11.6	10.8	2.4	0.4	11.8	30.4	38.8	2.6	9.8	26.5	11.2	14.0	80.0	51.1	1.8	9.8	6.0	194	187	58	54	12	2	30	16	+15
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	5	1	1965-66	PHI	49.0	28.0	30.2	3.0			11.2	22.0	50.9				5.6	13.6	41.2	50.0				245	140	151	15				10
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	6	1	2006-07	DAL	39.8	19.7	11.3	2.3	1.8	1.3	6.0	15.7	38.3	0.7	3.2	21.1	7.0	8.3	84.0	50.9	4.2	7.2	2.3	239	118	68	14	11	8	14	20	-26
9	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	6	1	1958-59	STL		27.8	12.5				9.7	22.8	42.3				8.5	10.8	78.5	50.4					167	75					20
10	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	7	1	1974-75	BUF	46.7	37.4	13.4	1.4			14.9	30.9	48.1				7.7	10.4	74.0	52.8				327	262	94	10				29
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	9	1	2022-23	PHI	37.4	23.7	9.8	2.7	0.7	2.8	7.3	17.0	43.1	0.6	3.1	17.9	8.4	9.3	90.5	56.1	1.8	8.0	3.9	336	213	88	24	6	25	35	27	-6
12	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	9	1	2019-20	MIL	30.8	26.7	13.8	5.7	0.7	0.9	10.0	17.9	55.9	1.4	4.4	32.5	5.2	9.0	58.0	61.0	3.0	10.8	3.3	277	240	124	51	6	8	30	31	+27
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	9	1	2001-02	SAS	42.2	27.6	14.4	5.0	0.7	4.3	9.1	20.1	45.3	0.1	0.3	33.3	9.2	11.2	82.2	55.0	3.1	11.3	4.1	380	248	130	45	6	39	37	22	+58
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	9	1	1989-90	LAL	41.8	25.2	6.3	12.8	1.2	0.1	8.4	17.2	49.0	0.6	2.8	20.0	7.8	8.8	88.6	59.8	1.3	5.0	4.0	376	227	57	115	11	1	36	28
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	9	1	1959-60	PHI	46.2	33.2	25.8	2.1			13.9	28.0	49.6				5.4	11.8	46.2	50.1				416	299	232	19				17
16	Bill Russell B. Russell	9	1	1957-58	BOS	39.4	15.1	24.6				5.3	14.8	36.1				4.4	7.3	60.6	42.0				355	136	221					24
17	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	9	1	1955-56	STL		19.4					6.0						7.4	9.3	79.8						175						23
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	10	1	2020-21	DEN	34.5	29.8	11.6	5.0	0.6	0.9	11.6	22.8	50.9	2.0	5.3	37.7	4.6	5.5	83.6	59.1	3.7	7.9	2.4	345	298	116	50	6	9	24	23	-57
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	10	1	1987-88	CHI	42.7	36.3	7.1	4.7	2.4	1.1	13.8	26.0	53.1	0.1	0.3	33.3	8.6	9.9	86.9	59.8	2.3	4.8	3.9	427	363	71	47	24	11	39	38
20	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	10	1	1963-64	CIN		29.3	8.9	8.4			9.2	20.2	45.5				10.9	12.7	85.8	56.8					293	89	84				30
21	Bill Russell B. Russell	10	1	1960-61	BOS	46.2	19.1	29.9	4.8			7.3	17.1	42.7				4.5	8.6	52.3	45.7				462	191	299	48				24
22	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	10	1	1956-57	BOS	44.0	20.2	6.1	9.3			6.7	20.7	32.4				6.8	9.1	74.7	40.9				440	202	61	93				27
23	LeBron James L. James	11	1	2009-10	CLE	41.8	29.1	9.3	7.6	1.7	1.8	9.6	19.2	50.2	1.8	4.5	40.0	8.0	10.9	73.3	60.7	1.4	7.9	3.8	460	320	102	84	19	20	42	23	+44
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	11	1	1998-99	UTA	41.0	21.8	11.3	4.7	1.2	0.7	7.8	18.7	41.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.2	7.8	79.1	49.2	3.3	8.0	3.6	451	240	124	52	13	8	40	37	+34
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	11	1	1976-77	LAL	42.5	34.6	17.7	4.1	1.7	3.5	13.4	22.0	60.7				7.9	10.9	72.5	64.6	4.6	13.1		467	381	195	45	19	38		42