minutes per game for mvps

Bob Cousy played 35.3 minutes per game when winning the MVP award >0 times in his career.

Interpreted as:
minutes per game for mvps by a player
NAMEMPGMVPGPPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
35.3
1
855
18.6
5.0
7.7
6.7
17.9
37.6
5.1
6.3
80.7
44.9
30,165
15,882
4,312
6,614
2,057
2Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
38.8
2
792
26.4
16.2
3.0
9.3
21.3
43.6
7.8
10.3
76.1
51.1
30,690
20,880
12,849
2,369
2,529
3Bill Russell
B. Russell
42.3
5
963
15.1
22.5
4.3
5.9
13.4
44.0
3.3
5.8
56.1
47.1
40,726
14,522
21,620
4,100
2,592
4Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
45.8
4
1,045
30.1
22.9
4.4
12.1
22.5
54.0
5.8
11.4
51.1
54.7
47,859
31,419
23,924
4,643
2,075
5Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
42.2
1
1,040
25.7
7.5
9.5
1.1
0.1
9.1
18.9
48.5
7.4
8.8
83.8
56.4
1.0
3.0
43,886
26,710
7,804
9,887
77
4
2,931
6Willis Reed
W. Reed
35.5
1
650
18.7
12.9
1.8
0.6
1.1
7.5
15.7
47.6
3.8
5.1
74.7
52.3
2.5
4.9
23,073
12,183
8,414
1,186
12
21
2,411
7Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
36.4
1
984
10.8
14.0
3.9
1.1
0.6
4.4
8.7
50.9
0.0
0.0
50.0
1.9
3.0
63.3
53.7
3.5
8.4
1.9
35,832
10,624
13,769
3,822
628
367
579
2,762
8Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
36.8
6
1,560
24.6
11.2
3.6
0.9
2.6
10.2
18.1
55.9
0.0
0.0
5.6
4.3
6.0
72.1
59.2
2.4
7.6
2.7
57,446
38,387
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
2,527
4,657
9Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
38.6
1
766
17.6
13.6
3.8
1.1
0.9
7.5
16.3
46.0
0.0
0.1
7.1
2.6
3.4
78.3
49.6
3.0
9.8
2.2
29,565
13,516
10,444
2,910
599
488
543
2,920
10Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
33.2
1
852
22.1
9.4
2.3
1.0
1.5
8.7
17.3
50.3
0.0
0.1
8.1
4.6
6.1
75.4
55.1
2.4
7.1
2.6
28,327
18,787
8,048
1,951
751
1,147
1,223
2,726
11Bill Walton
B. Walton
28.3
1
468
13.3
10.5
3.4
0.8
2.2
5.5
10.5
52.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.4
3.6
66.0
55.1
2.4
8.2
2.7
13,250
6,215
4,923
1,590
380
1,034
865
1,298
12Julius Erving
J. Erving
34.3
1
836
22.0
6.7
3.9
1.8
1.5
8.7
17.1
50.7
0.1
0.3
26.1
4.6
5.9
77.7
55.8
2.5
4.2
3.1
28,677
18,364
5,601
3,224
1,508
1,293
2,323
2,286
13Moses Malone
M. Malone
33.9
3
1,329
20.6
12.2
1.4
0.8
1.3
7.1
14.5
49.1
0.0
0.1
10.0
6.4
8.3
76.9
56.9
5.1
7.1
3.1
45,071
27,409
16,212
1,796
1,089
1,733
3,804
3,076
14Larry Bird
L. Bird
38.4
3
897
24.3
10.0
6.3
1.7
0.8
9.6
19.3
49.6
0.7
1.9
37.6
4.4
5.0
88.6
56.4
2.0
8.0
3.1
34,443
21,791
8,974
5,695
1,556
755
2,816
2,279
15Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
36.7
3
906
19.5
7.2
11.2
1.9
0.4
6.9
13.2
52.0
0.4
1.2
30.3
5.5
6.5
84.8
61.0
1.8
5.5
3.9
33,245
17,707
6,559
10,141
1,724
374
3,506
2,050
16Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
36.7
1
1,073
22.1
11.7
3.9
1.5
0.8
7.9
14.5
54.1
0.5
1.9
26.6
5.9
8.1
73.5
61.2
4.0
7.7
3.1
39,330
23,757
12,546
4,215
1,648
888
3,376
3,287
+532
17Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
38.3
5
1,072
30.1
6.2
5.3
2.3
0.8
11.4
22.9
49.7
0.5
1.7
32.7
6.8
8.2
83.5
56.9
1.6
4.7
2.7
41,011
32,292
6,672
5,633
2,514
893
2,924
2,783
+1438
18Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
35.7
1
1,238
21.8
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
8.7
17.0
51.2
0.0
0.1
20.2
4.4
6.2
71.2
55.3
3.3
7.8
3.0
44,222
26,946
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
19Karl Malone
K. Malone
37.2
2
1,476
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
54,852
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
20David Robinson
D. Robinson
34.7
1
987
21.1
10.6
2.5
1.4
3.0
7.5
14.4
51.8
0.0
0.1
25.0
6.1
8.3
73.6
58.3
3.1
7.5
2.4
34,271
20,790
10,497
2,441
1,388
2,954
2,417
2,835
+2454
21Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
34.7
1
1,207
23.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
41,918
28,596
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
22Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
34.5
1
1,462
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.3
1.4
7.2
14.5
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.6
2.2
7.8
2.2
50,418
26,071
14,662
5,445
1,859
2,037
3,179
3,561
+4913
23Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
36.1
1
1,346
25.0
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.7
19.5
44.7
1.4
4.1
32.9
6.2
7.4
83.7
55.0
1.1
4.1
3.0
48,637
33,643
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
24Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
41.1
1
914
26.7
3.7
6.2
2.2
0.2
9.3
21.8
42.5
1.2
3.7
31.3
7.0
8.9
78.0
51.8
0.8
2.9
3.6
37,584
24,368
3,394
5,624
1,983
164
3,262
1,777
+799
25Steve Nash
S. Nash
31.3
2
1,217
14.3
3.0
8.5
0.7
0.1
5.2
10.6
49.0
1.4
3.2
42.8
2.5
2.8
90.4
60.5
0.5
2.5
2.9
38,069
17,387
3,642
10,335
899
102
3,478
1,982
+5043
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes per game going back to the 1951-52 season.

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RPG

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113.5

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36.3

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2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
40
13
.755
2
Celtics Celtics
35
19
.648
5.5
3
35
20
.636
6.0
4
34
21
.618
7.0
5
32
23
.582
9.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
2/19
@
10:00 PM
Sun
2/22
@
6:30 PM
Tue
2/24
@
9:00 PM
Wed
2/25
@
10:00 PM
Fri
2/27
@
7:30 PM
Last Game
CHI Bulls

24 - 31

105

Final

124

BOS Celtics

35 - 19

Wed 11 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
40
13
.755
2
35
19
.648
5.5
3
35
20
.636
6.0
4
34
21
.618
7.0
5
32
23
.582
9.0
6
30
24
.556
10.5
7
28
25
.528
12.0
8
29
27
.518
12.5
9
26
29
.473
15.0
10
26
30
.464
15.5
11
24
31
.436
17.0
12
22
30
.423
17.5
13
15
38
.283
25.0
14
15
40
.273
26.0
15
14
39
.264
26.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
42
13
.764
2
38
16
.704
3.5
3
35
20
.636
7.0
4
33
20
.623
8.0
5
34
22
.607
8.5
6
32
21
.604
9.0
7
32
23
.582
10.0
8
29
26
.527
13.0
9
26
28
.481
15.5
10
26
29
.473
16.0
11
20
33
.377
21.0
12
19
34
.358
22.0
13
18
37
.327
24.0
14
15
41
.268
27.5
15
12
44
.214
30.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
1/15
@
115-128
Fri
1/16
@
120-138
Fri
1/16
@
132-106
Fri
1/16
@
106-99
Fri
1/16
@
78-121

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
2/12
@
7:30 PM
Thu
2/12
@
9:00 PM
Thu
2/12
@
10:00 PM
Thu
2/19
@
7:00 PM
Thu
2/19
@
7:00 PM