Michael Jordan has the most points by an MVP in a season, with 2,868 points in 1987-88.

Interpreted as:

most mvp in a regular season point by a player total

	NAME	PTS	MVP	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,868	1	1987-88	CHI	82	3,311	449	485	259	131	1,069	1,998	53.5	7	53	13.2	723	860	84.1	60.3	139	310	252	270		40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	3.1
2	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	2,831	1	1974-75	BUF	82	3,539	1,155	179	92	174	1,095	2,138	51.2				641	796	80.5	56.9	307	848		278		43.2	34.5	14.1	2.2	1.1	2.1
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,822	1	1971-72	MIL	81	3,583	1,346	370			1,159	2,019	57.4				504	732	68.9	60.3				235		44.2	34.8	16.6	4.6
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	2,707	1	1959-60	PHI	72	3,338	1,941	168			1,065	2,311	46.1				577	991	58.2	49.3				150		46.4	37.6	27.0	2.3
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	2,649	1	1965-66	PHI	79	3,737	1,943	414			1,074	1,990	54.0				501	976	51.3	54.7				171		47.3	33.5	24.6	5.2
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,596	1	1970-71	MIL	82	3,288	1,311	272			1,063	1,843	57.7				470	681	69.0	60.6				264		40.1	31.7	16.0	3.3
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2,593	1	2013-14	OKC	81	3,122	598	445	103	59	849	1,688	50.3	192	491	39.1	703	805	87.3	63.5	58	540	285	174	+509	38.5	32.0	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	3.5
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,580	1	1990-91	CHI	82	3,034	492	453	223	83	990	1,837	53.9	29	93	31.2	571	671	85.1	60.5	118	374	202	229		37.0	31.5	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	2.5
9	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2,558	1	2016-17	OKC	81	2,802	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
10	Moses Malone M. Malone	2,520	1	1981-82	HOU	81	3,398	1,188	142	76	125	945	1,822	51.9	0	6	0.0	630	827	76.2	57.6	558	630	294	208		42.0	31.1	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	3.6
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,491	1	1995-96	CHI	82	3,090	543	352	180	42	916	1,850	49.5	111	260	42.7	548	657	83.4	58.2	148	395	197	195		37.7	30.4	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	2.4
12	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	2,480	1	1963-64	CIN	79	3,559	783	868			840	1,740	48.3				800	938	85.3	57.6				280		45.1	31.4	9.9	11.0
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,404	1	1991-92	CHI	80	3,102	511	489	182	75	943	1,818	51.9	27	100	27.0	491	590	83.2	57.9	91	420	200	201		38.8	30.1	6.4	6.1	2.3	0.9	2.5
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2,375	1	2015-16	GSW	79	2,700	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
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,357	1	1997-98	CHI	82	3,181	475	283	141	45	881	1,893	46.5	30	126	23.8	565	721	78.4	53.3	130	345	185	151	+598	38.8	28.7	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	2.3
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,344	1	1999-00	LAL	79	3,163	1,078	299	36	239	956	1,665	57.4	0	1	0.0	432	824	52.4	57.8	336	742	223	255	+706	40.0	29.7	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	2.8
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2,323	1	2007-08	LAL	82	3,192	517	441	151	40	775	1,690	45.9	150	415	36.1	623	742	84.0	57.6	94	423	257	227	+598	38.9	28.3	6.3	5.4	1.8	0.5	3.1
18	LeBron James L. James	2,304	1	2008-09	CLE	81	3,054	613	587	137	93	789	1,613	48.9	132	384	34.4	594	762	78.0	59.1	106	507	241	139	+870	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	3.0
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	2,295	1	1984-85	BOS	80	3,161	842	531	129	98	918	1,760	52.2	56	131	42.7	403	457	88.2	58.5	164	678	248	208		39.5	28.7	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	3.1
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,275	1	1975-76	LAL	82	3,379	1,383	413	119	338	914	1,728	52.9				447	636	70.3	56.7	272	1,111		292		41.2	27.7	16.9	5.0	1.5	4.1
21	LeBron James L. James	2,258	1	2009-10	CLE	76	2,966	554	651	125	77	768	1,528	50.3	129	387	33.3	593	773	76.7	60.4	71	483	261	119	+648	39.0	29.7	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	3.4
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,249	1	1996-97	UTA	82	2,998	809	368	113	48	864	1,571	55.0	0	13	0.0	521	690	75.5	60.0	193	616	233	217	+768	36.6	27.4	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	2.8
23	David Robinson D. Robinson	2,238	1	1994-95	SAS	81	3,074	877	236	134	262	788	1,487	53.0	6	20	30.0	656	847	77.4	60.2	234	643	233	230		38.0	27.6	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2,207	1	2000-01	PHI	71	2,979	273	325	178	20	762	1,813	42.0	98	306	32.0	585	719	81.4	51.8	50	223	237	147	+368	42.0	31.1	3.8	4.6	2.5	0.3	3.3
25	James Harden J. Harden	2,191	1	2017-18	HOU	72	2,551	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