Karl Malone has played the fewest minutes by an MVP in a season, with 1,832 minutes on the court in 1998-99.

Interpreted as:

least minutes in a season by an mvp by a player

	NAME	MIN	MVP	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,832	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	1,164	463	201	62	28	162	134	+355
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1,917	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	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
3	Bill Walton B. Walton	1,929	1	1977-78	POR	58	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	1,097	766	291	60	146	206	145
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2,284	1	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
5	LeBron James L. James	2,326	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	1,683	492	387	115	50	213	96	+473
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2,358	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	1,994	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654
7	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	2,364	1	1956-57	BOS	64	36.9	20.6	4.8	7.5			7.5	19.8	37.8				5.7	6.9	82.1	45.2				1,319	309	478				134
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,475	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	2,004	1,019	584	109	63	281	191	+442
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,487	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	1,898	780	599	95	48	222	192	+384
10	James Harden J. Harden	2,551	1	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
11	Steve Nash S. Nash	2,573	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	1,165	249	861	74	6	245	136	+664
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2,613	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	1,900	341	619	163	16	249	158	+920
13	Bill Russell B. Russell	2,640	1	1957-58	BOS	69	38.3	16.6	22.7	2.9			6.6	15.0	44.2				3.3	6.4	51.9	46.5				1,142	1,564	202				181
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2,700	1	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	30.1	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	2,375	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,737	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	2,085	976	708	108	68	238	195	+684
16	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	2,794	1	1955-56	STL	72	38.8	25.7	16.2	2.6			9.0	20.9	42.9				7.7	10.5	73.6	50.2				1,849	1,164	189				202
17	Steve Nash S. Nash	2,796	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	1,489	333	826	61	12	276	120	+472
18	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2,802	1	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
19	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2,820	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	1,916	693	263	52	62	167	171	+623
20	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	2,859	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	1,944	928	385	119	74	233	196
21	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	2,873	1	1958-59	STL	72	39.9	29.2	16.4	3.1			10.0	22.8	43.8				9.3	12.2	75.9	51.9				2,105	1,182	221				200
22	Julius Erving J. Erving	2,874	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	2,014	657	364	173	147	266	233
23	LeBron James L. James	2,877	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	2,036	610	551	129	67	226	110	+720
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2,886	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	1,730	607	988	138	22	312	172
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2,904	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	1,909	504	977	138	36	300	168