Before 2006-07, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the most MVP awards, with 6.

Interpreted as:

most mvps by a player before 2007

	NAME	MVP	GP	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	6	1,560	36.8	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
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5	1,072	38.3	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
3	Bill Russell B. Russell	5	963	42.3	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
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	4	1,045	45.8	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
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	3	897	38.4	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
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3	906	36.7	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
7	Moses Malone M. Malone	3	1,329	33.9	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
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2	666	37.9	22.1	12.0	3.1	0.8	2.5	8.4	16.7	50.5	0.0	0.2	20.4	5.2	7.5	68.5	55.1	3.2	8.8	2.9	25,240	14,689	8,020	2,092	529	1,650	1,928	1,833	+4841
9	Steve Nash S. Nash	2	703	30.0	13.5	2.8	7.1	0.8	0.1	4.9	10.2	47.7	1.3	3.1	42.1	2.5	2.7	89.6	59.1	0.6	2.2	2.4	21,065	9,495	1,983	5,006	569	50	1,702	1,308	+2826
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	2	1,476	37.2	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
11	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	2	792	38.8	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
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1	682	41.7	28.0	4.0	6.1	2.3	0.2	9.8	23.3	42.1	1.3	4.1	31.0	7.1	9.2	77.5	51.2	0.9	3.0	3.7	28,441	19,115	2,706	4,174	1,593	131	2,539	1,439	+535
13	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1	851	38.2	20.4	11.2	4.5	1.4	1.7	8.2	16.5	49.3	0.2	0.6	29.7	3.9	5.0	77.3	54.3	2.8	8.4	2.6	32,540	17,337	9,567	3,833	1,193	1,450	2,182	2,171	+2444
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1	941	37.0	26.3	11.8	2.8	0.7	2.5	10.4	18.0	58.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.5	10.4	52.8	58.4	3.8	7.9	2.9	34,791	24,764	11,082	2,622	619	2,377	2,705	3,237	+4416
15	David Robinson D. Robinson	1	987	34.7	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
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1	1,073	36.7	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
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1	1,238	35.7	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
18	Julius Erving J. Erving	1	836	34.3	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
19	Bill Walton B. Walton	1	468	28.3	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
20	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	1	852	33.2	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
21	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	1	766	38.6	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
22	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	1	984	36.4	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
23	Willis Reed W. Reed	1	650	35.5	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
24	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	1	1,040	42.2	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
25	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	1	924	35.3	18.4	5.2	7.5			6.7	17.8	37.5				5.0	6.2	80.3	44.6				30,165	16,960	4,786	6,955				2,242