most mvps in first 5 years

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the most MVP awards by a player in his first 5 seasons, with 3.

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most mvps by a player in first 5 years
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1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
3
402
42.8
30.5
15.5
4.3
1.4
3.5
12.7
22.9
55.3
5.2
7.6
68.6
58.2
3.5
11.0
17,207
12,262
6,249
1,744
112
283
1,228
2Bill Russell
B. Russell
2
339
41.1
16.8
22.9
3.1
6.7
15.1
44.5
3.4
6.0
55.7
47.3
13,918
5,688
7,765
1,057
850
3Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
2
357
37.4
24.9
15.7
2.6
8.6
20.5
42.1
7.7
10.2
75.4
49.9
13,345
8,894
5,593
929
1,063
4Derrick Rose
D. Rose
1
289
36.6
20.8
3.8
6.8
0.9
0.4
8.0
17.4
46.0
0.8
2.6
31.2
4.0
4.9
81.5
53.2
1.0
2.9
2.9
10,583
6,017
1,103
1,954
248
125
850
424
+596
5Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
1
370
39.3
22.8
12.2
3.1
0.8
2.4
8.7
17.1
50.9
0.0
0.2
15.4
5.4
7.6
71.1
55.8
3.3
8.9
3.2
14,545
8,440
4,505
1,131
297
892
1,172
1,075
+2530
6Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
1
345
40.6
26.2
4.0
5.6
2.2
0.2
9.3
21.8
42.6
1.4
4.2
32.3
6.2
8.4
74.5
51.4
1.1
2.9
3.5
14,017
9,025
1,384
1,937
765
81
1,215
840
+155
7Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1
345
39.0
32.6
6.2
5.9
2.8
1.2
11.9
23.3
51.3
0.2
0.8
20.2
8.6
10.1
84.8
58.9
1.9
4.3
3.3
13,442
11,263
2,129
2,046
962
411
1,150
1,085
8Larry Bird
L. Bird
1
399
37.9
22.6
10.7
5.6
1.9
0.8
9.1
18.6
49.0
0.3
1.1
30.8
4.1
4.8
85.8
54.7
2.5
8.2
3.2
15,127
9,022
4,250
2,246
739
322
1,283
1,156
9Julius Erving
J. Erving
1
394
35.2
23.4
7.5
4.2
2.0
1.5
9.2
18.2
50.7
0.1
0.2
21.1
4.9
6.2
78.5
55.8
2.6
4.9
3.5
13,857
9,215
2,973
1,661
770
597
1,103
1,106
10Moses Malone
M. Malone
1
385
37.4
22.3
15.0
1.4
0.9
1.6
8.1
15.7
51.2
0.0
0.1
11.1
6.2
8.5
73.0
57.3
6.4
8.6
3.8
14,388
8,599
5,772
555
357
633
1,154
1,110
11Bill Walton
B. Walton
1
223
33.0
16.9
13.2
4.3
1.0
2.6
7.0
13.7
51.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
4.4
66.9
54.1
2.6
10.6
3.4
7,370
3,772
2,948
957
212
571
243
615
12Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
1
386
39.9
28.0
12.7
2.6
1.1
2.2
11.0
21.9
50.4
6.0
7.7
77.7
55.5
3.4
10.2
15,412
10,821
4,891
1,008
350
679
1,346
13Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
1
387
40.5
19.1
15.4
3.8
1.3
1.2
8.2
18.0
45.4
2.8
3.6
76.7
48.7
3.4
11.9
15,671
7,393
5,963
1,456
182
174
1,512
14Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
1
393
39.1
14.0
17.1
3.6
5.6
11.3
49.8
2.7
4.3
63.9
53.0
15,364
5,483
6,710
1,422
1,147
15Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
1
384
44.4
30.3
10.4
10.6
10.7
21.9
48.6
8.9
10.8
82.6
56.7
17,036
11,620
3,993
4,076
1,255
16Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1
391
47.3
41.7
25.3
3.0
16.8
33.2
50.6
8.0
14.2
56.8
52.8
18,488
16,303
9,875
1,186
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