lowest career playoff plus minus per game by players with at least one mvp

Dirk Nowitzki has the lowest career +/- per game played in the playoffs when winning the MVP award 1+ time, with -4.33.

NAME+/-/GPMVP+/-GPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
1Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
-4.33
1
-26
6
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
2Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
-3.33
3
-90
27
37.0
29.5
12.7
6.8
1.1
0.8
11.5
21.4
53.6
1.4
4.6
31.5
5.1
5.9
86.8
61.5
3.6
9.1
3.3
998
797
343
183
31
22
88
75
3Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
-0.67
1
-6
9
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
4Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
0.05
1
+1
22
46.2
32.9
4.7
6.1
2.4
0.3
11.7
30.0
38.9
2.2
6.5
33.8
7.3
9.5
77.4
48.0
0.7
4.0
2.9
1,016
723
104
134
52
7
63
55
5Kevin Durant
K. Durant
0.63
1
+12
19
42.9
29.6
8.9
3.9
1.0
1.3
10.2
22.2
46.0
2.3
6.6
34.4
6.9
8.6
81.0
57.0
1.3
7.6
3.8
815
563
170
75
19
25
72
41
6Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
2.22
1
+40
18
43.5
24.3
14.6
5.1
1.3
2.3
9.3
20.7
45.2
0.3
0.9
31.3
5.4
6.9
77.6
51.3
2.2
12.4
4.2
783
438
263
92
24
41
75
57
7Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
3
1
+15
5
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
8Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
3.05
1
+64
21
41.1
30.1
5.7
5.6
1.7
0.4
10.6
22.0
47.9
1.5
5.0
30.2
7.5
9.2
80.9
57.7
0.9
4.8
3.3
863
633
119
117
35
8
70
59
9Steve Nash
S. Nash
3.91
2
+137
35
40.2
21.9
4.1
10.7
0.6
0.2
8.2
16.0
51.1
1.5
4.0
37.6
4.0
4.4
91.5
61.0
0.5
3.6
3.9
1,408
765
145
374
22
8
137
74
10James Harden
J. Harden
4.35
1
+74
17
36.5
28.6
5.2
6.8
2.2
0.6
9.3
22.6
41.0
3.1
10.2
29.9
6.9
7.8
88.7
54.8
0.8
4.4
3.8
621
486
89
116
38
11
65
46
11Karl Malone
K. Malone
4.39
2
+136
31
40.9
24.5
11.4
3.5
1.3
0.7
8.8
20.5
42.9
0.0
0.1
33.3
6.8
9.2
74.1
49.8
3.1
8.3
3.0
1,267
759
352
109
40
23
94
96
12Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
5
1
+115
23
43.5
30.7
15.4
3.1
0.6
2.4
12.4
22.0
56.6
0.0
0.0
5.9
12.9
45.6
55.6
5.2
10.3
2.4
1,000
707
355
71
13
55
56
67
13Derrick Rose
D. Rose
5.06
1
+81
16
40.6
27.1
4.3
7.7
1.4
0.7
9.3
23.5
39.6
1.6
6.3
24.8
6.9
8.4
82.8
49.9
1.3
3.1
3.7
649
434
69
123
22
11
59
33
14Stephen Curry
S. Curry
5.41
2
+211
39
36.9
26.8
5.2
5.8
1.7
0.2
8.9
19.9
44.8
4.6
11.0
41.4
4.4
5.1
86.9
60.5
0.9
4.4
4.0
1,440
1,046
204
227
65
8
157
86
15Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
5.75
2
+138
24
33.0
26.0
12.8
5.2
1.0
1.6
9.1
17.6
51.9
1.3
4.0
32.6
6.4
10.4
61.8
58.6
2.6
10.2
3.3
791
623
307
124
24
38
80
79
16LeBron James
L. James
7
4
+497
71
42.0
29.7
9.1
6.6
1.8
0.9
10.3
20.5
50.0
1.5
4.4
33.7
7.7
10.3
75.0
59.3
1.8
7.4
3.3
2,983
2,107
647
467
126
66
231
143
17Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
7.22
1
+166
23
37.0
29.9
5.3
6.5
1.7
0.9
10.1
21.9
46.2
1.4
4.9
28.3
8.3
9.4
87.6
57.4
1.0
4.3
2.6
851
688
123
150
38
20
60
65
18Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
7.24
2
+239
33
42.5
25.5
15.1
5.2
0.6
3.6
9.1
18.0
50.6
0.0
0.3
10.0
7.3
10.1
72.1
56.9
3.8
11.4
3.4
1,401
841
499
172
21
118
113
100
19Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
7.52
1
+158
21
41.5
32.4
5.1
3.5
1.5
0.6
11.6
25.0
46.2
0.6
2.0
30.2
8.6
10.6
81.2
54.5
1.6
3.5
2.1
872
680
107
74
32
12
45
47
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1
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.793
2
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.714
2.5
3
18
11
.621
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4
16
11
.593
6.0
5
17
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.464
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18
.379
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.310
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13
8
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.296
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14
6
23
.207
17.0
15
5
22
.185
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
26
3
.897
2
21
7
.750
4.5
3
21
7
.750
4.5
4
19
8
.704
6.0
5
19
10
.655
7.0
6
17
9
.654
7.5
7
15
13
.536
10.5
8
15
15
.500
11.5
9
13
16
.448
13.0
10
12
17
.414
14.0
11
11
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.367
15.5
12
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.357
15.5
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.267
18.5
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