Tim Duncan and Charles Barkley are tied for the most games by an MVP in a single NBA playoff run, with 24 games.

Interpreted as:

most games by mvps by a player in playoffs by year

	NAME	GP	MVP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24	1	2002-03	SAS	42.5	24.7	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	9.1	17.2	52.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	6.5	9.7	67.7	57.7	4.0	11.4	3.2	1,021	593	369	127	15	79	76	78	+181
2	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	24	1	1992-93	PHX	42.8	26.6	13.6	4.3	1.6	1.1	9.6	20.1	47.7	0.4	1.9	22.2	7.0	9.1	77.1	55.2	3.9	9.7	2.1	1,026	638	326	102	39	27	50	73
3	LeBron James L. James	23	1	2012-13	MIA	41.8	25.9	8.4	6.6	1.8	0.8	9.2	18.8	49.1	1.6	4.2	37.5	5.9	7.6	77.7	58.5	1.6	6.8	3.0	960	596	193	152	41	18	70	43	+132
4	LeBron James L. James	23	1	2011-12	MIA	42.8	30.3	9.7	5.6	1.9	0.7	10.9	21.8	50.0	1.0	3.7	25.9	7.5	10.2	73.9	57.6	2.3	7.4	3.5	983	697	224	129	43	16	81	47	+199
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23	1	1999-00	LAL	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	+115
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23	1	1993-94	HOU	43.0	28.9	11.0	4.3	1.7	4.0	11.6	22.3	51.9	0.1	0.2	50.0	5.6	7.0	79.5	56.8	2.4	8.7	3.6	989	664	254	98	40	92	83	82
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	23	1	1983-84	BOS	41.8	27.5	11.0	5.9	2.3	1.2	10.0	19.0	52.4	0.3	0.7	41.2	7.3	8.3	87.9	60.7	2.7	8.3	3.8	961	632	252	136	54	27	87	71
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	22	1	2000-01	PHI	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	+1
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22	1	1991-92	CHI	41.8	34.5	6.2	5.8	2.0	0.7	13.2	26.4	49.9	0.8	2.0	38.6	7.4	8.6	85.7	57.1	1.7	4.5	3.7	920	759	137	127	44	16	81	62
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	21	1	2014-15	GSW	39.3	28.3	5.0	6.4	1.9	0.1	9.5	20.9	45.6	4.7	11.0	42.2	4.6	5.5	83.5	60.7	1.0	4.0	3.9	826	594	105	134	39	3	82	47	+163
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	21	1	2007-08	LAL	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	+64
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	21	1	1997-98	CHI	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	+158
13	Steve Nash S. Nash	20	1	2005-06	PHX	39.9	20.4	3.7	10.2	0.4	0.3	7.3	14.6	50.2	1.6	4.4	36.8	4.2	4.6	91.2	61.5	0.5	3.2	3.4	798	407	73	204	8	5	67	38	+71
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	20	1	1996-97	UTA	40.8	26.0	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	9.4	21.5	43.5	0.1	0.1	50.0	7.2	10.0	72.0	50.1	3.0	8.4	2.7	816	519	228	57	27	15	54	59	+102
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	20	1	1984-85	BOS	40.8	26.0	9.1	5.8	1.7	1.0	9.8	21.3	46.1	0.4	1.3	28.0	6.1	6.8	89.0	53.6	2.7	6.5	2.9	815	520	182	115	34	19	57	54
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	19	1	2013-14	OKC	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	+12
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	18	1	2015-16	GSW	34.1	25.1	5.5	5.2	1.4	0.3	8.2	18.8	43.8	4.4	11.0	40.4	4.2	4.6	91.6	60.3	0.8	4.7	4.2	614	452	99	93	26	5	75	39	+48
18	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	18	1	2003-04	MIN	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	+40
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	18	1	1995-96	CHI	40.7	30.7	4.9	4.1	1.8	0.3	10.4	22.6	45.9	1.4	3.4	40.3	8.5	10.4	81.8	56.4	1.7	3.2	2.3	733	552	89	74	33	6	42	49
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18	1	1986-87	LAL	37.0	21.8	7.7	12.2	1.7	0.4	8.1	15.1	53.9	0.1	0.6	20.0	5.4	6.6	83.1	60.7	1.6	6.2	2.8	666	392	139	219	31	7	51	37
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	18	1	1985-86	BOS	42.8	25.9	9.3	8.2	2.1	0.6	9.5	18.4	51.7	1.3	3.1	41.1	5.6	6.1	91.8	61.4	1.9	7.4	2.6	770	466	168	148	37	11	47	55
22	Willis Reed W. Reed	18	1	1969-70	NYK	40.7	23.7	13.8	2.8			9.9	21.0	47.1				3.9	5.3	73.7	50.7				732	426	248	51				60
23	James Harden J. Harden	17	1	2017-18	HOU	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	+74
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	17	1	1990-91	CHI	40.5	31.1	6.4	8.4	2.4	1.4	11.6	22.1	52.4	0.6	1.5	38.5	7.4	8.7	84.5	60.0	1.1	5.3	2.5	689	529	108	142	40	23	43	53
25	Derrick Rose D. Rose	16	1	2010-11	CHI	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	+81