least minutes played for a mvp

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 played for a mvp in a regular season by a player
NAMEMINMVPSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Karl Malone
K. Malone
1,832
1
1998-99
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
2Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
1,917
1
2019-20
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
3Bill Walton
B. Walton
1,929
1
1977-78
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
4Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
2,259
1
2025-26
68
33.2
31.1
4.3
6.6
1.4
0.8
10.8
19.4
55.3
1.7
4.4
38.6
7.9
9.0
87.9
66.5
0.6
3.7
2.2
2,117
292
448
95
52
151
139
+788
5Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
2,284
1
2022-23
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
6LeBron James
L. James
2,326
1
2011-12
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
7Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
2,358
1
2018-19
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
8Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
2,364
1
1956-57
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
9Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
2,475
1
2021-22
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
10Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
2,487
1
2020-21
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
11James Harden
J. Harden
2,551
1
2017-18
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
12Steve Nash
S. Nash
2,573
1
2004-05
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
13Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
2,598
1
2024-25
76
34.2
32.7
5.0
6.4
1.7
1.0
11.3
21.8
51.9
2.1
5.7
37.5
7.9
8.8
89.8
63.7
0.9
4.1
2.4
2,484
379
486
131
77
183
164
+918
14Stephen Curry
S. Curry
2,613
1
2014-15
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
15Bill Russell
B. Russell
2,640
1
1957-58
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
16Stephen Curry
S. Curry
2,700
1
2015-16
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
17Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
2,737
1
2023-24
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
237
194
+684
18Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
2,794
1
1955-56
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
19Steve Nash
S. Nash
2,796
1
2005-06
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
20Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
2,802
1
2016-17
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
21Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
2,820
1
2006-07
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
22Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
2,859
1
1992-93
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
23Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
2,873
1
1958-59
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
24Julius Erving
J. Erving
2,874
1
1980-81
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
25LeBron James
L. James
2,877
1
2012-13
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
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32
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62
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2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
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53
29
.646
11.0
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52
30
.634
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22.0
10
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