least minutes played total by mvp winner

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

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least minutes played total by mvp in a regular season by a player winner

	NAME	MIN	MVP	SEASON	TM	GP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,832	1	1998-99	UTA	49	1,164	463	201	62	28	393	797	49.3	0	1	0.0	378	480	78.8	57.7	107	356	162	134	+355	37.4	23.8	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	3.3
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1,917	1	2019-20	MIL	63	1,857	856	354	61	66	685	1,238	55.3	89	293	30.4	398	629	63.3	61.3	140	716	230	195	+682	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7
3	Bill Walton B. Walton	1,929	1	1977-78	POR	58	1,097	766	291	60	146	460	882	52.2				177	246	72.0	55.4	118	648	206	145		33.3	18.9	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	3.6
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2,284	1	2022-23	PHI	66	2,183	670	274	66	112	728	1,328	54.8	66	200	33.0	661	771	85.7	65.5	113	557	226	205	+424	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	3.4
5	LeBron James L. James	2,326	1	2011-12	MIA	62	1,683	492	387	115	50	621	1,169	53.1	54	149	36.2	387	502	77.1	60.5	94	398	213	96	+473	37.5	27.1	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	3.4
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2,358	1	2018-19	MIL	72	1,994	898	424	92	110	721	1,247	57.8	52	203	25.6	500	686	72.9	64.4	159	739	268	232	+654	32.8	27.7	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7
7	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	2,364	1	1956-57	BOS	64	1,319	309	478			478	1,264	37.8				363	442	82.1	45.2				134		36.9	20.6	4.8	7.5
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,475	1	2021-22	DEN	74	2,004	1,019	584	109	63	764	1,311	58.3	97	288	33.7	379	468	81.0	66.1	206	813	281	191	+442	33.4	27.1	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	3.8
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,487	1	2020-21	DEN	72	1,898	780	599	95	48	732	1,293	56.6	92	237	38.8	342	394	86.8	64.7	205	575	222	192	+384	34.5	26.4	10.8	8.3	1.3	0.7	3.1
10	James Harden J. Harden	2,551	1	2017-18	HOU	72	2,191	389	630	126	50	651	1,449	44.9	265	722	36.7	624	727	85.8	61.9	41	348	315	169	+527	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	4.4
11	Steve Nash S. Nash	2,573	1	2004-05	PHX	75	1,165	249	861	74	6	430	857	50.2	94	218	43.1	211	238	88.7	60.6	57	192	245	136	+664	34.3	15.5	3.3	11.5	1.0	0.1	3.3
12	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2,598	1	2024-25	OKC	76	2,484	379	486	131	77	860	1,656	51.9	163	435	37.5	601	669	89.8	63.7	67	312	183	164	+918	34.2	32.7	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	2.4
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2,613	1	2014-15	GSW	80	1,900	341	619	163	16	653	1,341	48.7	286	646	44.3	308	337	91.4	63.8	56	285	249	158	+920	32.7	23.8	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	3.1
14	Bill Russell B. Russell	2,640	1	1957-58	BOS	69	1,142	1,564	202			456	1,032	44.2				230	443	51.9	46.5				181		38.3	16.6	22.7	2.9
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2,700	1	2015-16	GSW	79	2,375	430	527	169	15	805	1,598	50.4	402	886	45.4	363	400	90.8	66.9	68	362	262	161	+1022	34.2	30.1	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	3.3
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,737	1	2023-24	DEN	79	2,085	976	708	108	68	822	1,411	58.3	83	231	35.9	358	438	81.7	65.0	223	753	238	195	+684	34.6	26.4	12.4	9.0	1.4	0.9	3.0
17	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	2,794	1	1955-56	STL	72	1,849	1,164	189			646	1,507	42.9				557	757	73.6	50.2				202		38.8	25.7	16.2	2.6
18	Steve Nash S. Nash	2,796	1	2005-06	PHX	79	1,489	333	826	61	12	541	1,056	51.2	150	342	43.9	257	279	92.1	63.2	47	286	276	120	+472	35.4	18.8	4.2	10.5	0.8	0.2	3.5
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2,802	1	2016-17	OKC	81	2,558	864	840	132	31	824	1,941	42.5	200	583	34.3	710	840	84.5	55.4	137	727	438	190	+251	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	5.4
20	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2,820	1	2006-07	DAL	78	1,916	693	263	52	62	673	1,341	50.2	72	173	41.6	498	551	90.4	60.5	122	571	167	171	+623	36.2	24.6	8.9	3.4	0.7	0.8	2.1
21	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	2,859	1	1992-93	PHX	76	1,944	928	385	119	74	716	1,376	52.0	67	220	30.5	445	582	76.5	59.6	237	691	233	196		37.6	25.6	12.2	5.1	1.6	1.0	3.1
22	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	2,873	1	1958-59	STL	72	2,105	1,182	221			719	1,640	43.8				667	879	75.9	51.9				200		39.9	29.2	16.4	3.1
23	Julius Erving J. Erving	2,874	1	1980-81	PHI	82	2,014	657	364	173	147	794	1,524	52.1	4	18	22.2	422	536	78.7	57.2	244	413	266	233		35.0	24.6	8.0	4.4	2.1	1.8	3.2
24	LeBron James L. James	2,877	1	2012-13	MIA	76	2,036	610	551	129	67	765	1,354	56.5	103	254	40.6	403	535	75.3	64.0	97	513	226	110	+720	37.9	26.8	8.0	7.3	1.7	0.9	3.0
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2,886	1	1988-89	LAL	77	1,730	607	988	138	22	579	1,137	50.9	59	188	31.4	513	563	91.1	62.5	111	496	312	172		37.5	22.5	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	4.1

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4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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Karl Malone has played the fewest minutes by an MVP in a season, with 1,832 minutes on the court in 1998-99.

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