most games played by a player to win mvp

13 players are tied for the most games by an MVP in a season, with 82 games. The first three are Kobe Bryant in 2007-08, Kevin Garnett in 2003-04 and Tim Duncan in 2001-02.

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most games played by a player to win mvp in a regular season

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	82	1	2007-08	LAL	38.9	28.3	6.3	5.4	1.8	0.5	9.5	20.6	45.9	1.8	5.1	36.1	7.6	9.0	84.0	57.6	1.1	5.2	3.1	3,192	2,323	517	441	151	40	257	227	+598
2	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	82	1	2003-04	MIN	39.4	24.2	13.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	9.8	19.6	49.9	0.1	0.5	25.6	4.5	5.7	79.1	54.7	3.0	10.9	2.6	3,231	1,987	1,139	409	120	178	212	202	+614
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	82	1	2001-02	SAS	40.6	25.5	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	9.3	18.3	50.8	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.8	8.5	79.9	57.6	3.3	9.4	3.2	3,329	2,089	1,042	307	61	203	263	217	+563
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	82	1	1997-98	CHI	38.8	28.7	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	53.3	1.6	4.2	2.3	3,181	2,357	475	283	141	45	185	151	+598
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	82	1	1996-97	UTA	36.6	27.4	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	8.4	75.5	60.0	2.4	7.5	2.8	2,998	2,249	809	368	113	48	233	217	+768
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	82	1	1995-96	CHI	37.7	30.4	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	11.2	22.6	49.5	1.4	3.2	42.7	6.7	8.0	83.4	58.2	1.8	4.8	2.4	3,090	2,491	543	352	180	42	197	195
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	82	1	1990-91	CHI	37.0	31.5	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	12.1	22.4	53.9	0.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	8.2	85.1	60.5	1.4	4.6	2.5	3,034	2,580	492	453	223	83	202	229
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	82	1	1987-88	CHI	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	130	252	270
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	82	1	1985-86	BOS	37.9	25.8	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	9.7	19.6	49.6	1.0	2.4	42.3	5.4	6.0	89.6	58.0	2.3	7.5	3.2	3,110	2,115	805	557	166	51	266	182
10	Julius Erving J. Erving	82	1	1980-81	PHI	35.0	24.6	8.0	4.4			9.7	18.6	52.1	0.0	0.2	22.2	5.1	6.5	78.7	57.2				2,874	2,014	657	364				233
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	82	1	1979-80	LAL	38.3	24.8	10.8	4.5		3.4	10.2	16.9	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.8	76.5	63.9				3,143	2,034	886	371		281		216
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	82	1	1978-79	HOU	41.3	24.7	17.6	1.8			8.7	16.2	54.0				7.3	9.9	74.0	60.3				3,390	2,029	1,444	147				223
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	82	1	1976-77	LAL	36.8	26.2	13.3	3.9			10.8	18.7	57.9				4.6	6.5	70.1	60.8				3,016	2,152	1,090	319				262
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	82	1	1975-76	LAL		27.7	16.9	5.0			11.1	21.1	52.9				5.5	7.8	70.3	56.7					2,275	1,383	413				292
15	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	82	1	1974-75	BUF		34.5	14.1	2.2			13.4						7.8	9.7	80.5						2,831	1,154	179
16	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	82	1	1972-73	BOS		20.5	16.2				9.0						2.5	3.2	77.5						1,683	1,329
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	82	1	1970-71	MIL		31.7	16.0				13.0	22.5	57.6				5.7	8.3	69.0	60.6					2,596	1,312					262
18	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	82	1	1968-69	BAL		13.8					5.2						3.4	5.6	60.5						1,131
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	82	1	1967-68	PHI	46.8	24.3	23.8	8.6			10.0	16.8	59.5				4.3	11.4	37.9	55.8				3,835	1,994	1,952	702				160
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	81	1	2016-17	OKC	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	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	81	1	2013-14	OKC	38.5	32.0	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	10.5	20.8	50.3	2.4	6.1	39.1	8.7	9.9	87.3	63.5	0.7	6.7	3.5	3,122	2,593	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
22	Derrick Rose D. Rose	81	1	2010-11	CHI	37.4	25.0	4.1	7.7	1.0	0.6	8.8	19.7	44.5	1.6	4.8	33.2	5.9	6.9	85.8	55.0	1.0	3.1	3.4	3,026	2,026	330	623	85	51	278	136	+498
23	LeBron James L. James	81	1	2008-09	CLE	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	81	1	2002-03	SAS	39.3	23.3	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	8.8	17.2	51.3	0.1	0.3	27.3	5.6	7.8	71.0	56.4	3.2	9.7	3.1	3,181	1,884	1,043	316	55	237	248	231	+557
25	David Robinson D. Robinson	81	1	1994-95	SAS	38.0	27.6	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	9.7	18.4	53.0	0.1	0.2	30.0	8.1	10.5	77.4	60.2	2.9	7.9	2.9	3,074	2,238	877	236	134	262	233	230