most mvps in first 8 years

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the most MVP awards by a player in his first 8 seasons, with 5.

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most mvps by a player in first 8 years
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1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
5
631
41.8
29.5
15.3
4.3
1.3
3.5
12.2
22.3
54.8
5.1
7.3
69.7
57.9
3.3
11.4
26,349
18,638
9,634
2,740
397
1,094
1,987
2Bill Russell
B. Russell
4
571
42.6
16.8
23.3
3.7
6.7
15.1
44.3
3.4
6.1
56.1
47.2
24,333
9,601
13,328
2,116
1,436
3Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
3
589
38.7
32.3
6.3
6.0
2.7
1.1
12.0
23.2
51.9
0.3
1.2
28.4
7.8
9.3
84.7
59.2
1.7
4.6
3.1
22,775
19,000
3,697
3,507
1,594
623
1,799
1,756
4Larry Bird
L. Bird
3
635
38.4
24.4
10.4
6.1
1.8
0.9
9.7
19.3
50.0
0.6
1.5
36.8
4.6
5.2
87.4
56.5
2.3
8.1
3.2
24,406
15,508
6,579
3,900
1,169
541
2,037
1,731
5Moses Malone
M. Malone
3
615
37.9
23.8
14.8
1.5
1.0
1.7
8.5
16.7
50.9
0.0
0.1
5.0
6.8
9.1
74.1
57.4
6.2
8.6
3.7
23,321
14,636
9,104
894
593
1,025
1,962
1,712
6Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
3
624
46.8
37.6
24.8
4.0
15.2
29.2
52.2
7.1
13.3
53.7
53.6
29,208
23,442
15,448
2,480
1,181
7Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
2
530
33.1
25.3
4.7
5.3
1.4
0.8
8.8
17.3
50.8
1.4
3.8
36.0
6.3
7.3
86.4
61.6
0.7
4.0
2.3
17,550
13,411
2,503
2,810
761
422
1,223
1,183
+2062
8Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
2
596
30.8
20.2
10.5
6.6
1.2
0.7
7.8
14.0
55.3
1.0
2.9
34.8
3.7
4.5
82.9
63.2
2.6
7.9
2.9
18,331
12,054
6,273
3,959
714
423
1,709
1,641
+2793
9Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
2
589
32.5
20.9
9.1
4.5
1.2
1.3
7.6
14.4
53.2
0.6
2.2
28.7
5.0
7.0
71.7
60.0
1.7
7.4
2.8
19,150
12,319
5,371
2,632
692
765
1,665
1,757
+1603
10Stephen Curry
S. Curry
2
574
34.7
22.8
4.4
6.8
1.8
0.2
8.0
16.8
47.6
3.3
7.6
43.8
3.5
3.9
90.1
61.6
0.7
3.7
3.2
19,897
13,088
2,502
3,917
1,028
121
1,818
1,441
+3541
11LeBron James
L. James
2
627
40.1
27.7
7.1
7.0
1.7
0.8
9.8
20.6
47.9
1.4
4.2
32.9
6.6
8.9
74.4
56.6
1.2
5.9
3.3
25,171
17,362
4,451
4,364
1,079
532
2,086
1,233
+2936
12Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
2
586
38.3
22.5
12.2
3.1
0.8
2.5
8.6
17.0
50.7
0.0
0.2
19.4
5.3
7.7
69.2
55.4
3.3
8.9
3.0
22,456
13,204
7,139
1,839
459
1,488
1,730
1,614
+4322
13Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
2
583
38.7
26.3
16.8
3.0
9.2
21.4
43.1
7.8
10.4
75.2
50.5
22,550
15,325
9,813
1,737
1,780
14Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
1
433
31.9
27.9
11.2
3.6
0.9
1.7
9.2
18.2
50.4
1.2
3.4
34.1
8.3
10.1
82.6
61.5
2.2
8.9
3.4
13,834
12,071
4,832
1,573
397
720
1,485
1,327
+2547
15Derrick Rose
D. Rose
1
470
34.7
19.5
3.7
6.0
0.8
0.4
7.6
16.8
45.1
0.8
2.6
29.8
3.5
4.3
82.0
52.1
0.9
2.8
2.8
16,292
9,155
1,735
2,799
372
172
1,333
655
+386
16Kevin Durant
K. Durant
1
569
38.0
27.3
6.9
3.5
1.2
1.0
9.2
19.1
48.1
1.7
4.4
37.9
7.3
8.3
88.1
60.1
0.8
6.1
3.2
21,630
15,537
3,929
2,002
705
554
1,833
1,076
+1317
17Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
1
535
41.4
27.0
4.1
5.7
2.4
0.2
9.5
22.9
41.7
1.3
4.2
31.0
6.6
8.7
75.8
50.5
1.0
3.1
3.6
22,164
14,436
2,175
3,046
1,273
112
1,947
1,178
+526
18Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
1
534
37.7
27.5
12.4
2.7
0.7
2.7
11.0
19.1
57.7
0.0
0.0
5.9
5.4
10.1
53.4
58.3
4.0
8.3
2.9
20,148
14,687
6,615
1,430
400
1,436
1,554
1,836
+1848
19David Robinson
D. Robinson
1
563
37.9
25.5
11.7
3.1
1.7
3.6
9.0
17.2
52.5
0.0
0.2
26.1
7.4
9.9
74.6
59.2
3.4
8.3
2.9
21,353
14,366
6,614
1,726
940
2,012
1,634
1,710
+21
20Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
1
567
36.9
19.1
7.5
10.9
2.1
0.5
7.0
13.1
53.9
0.1
0.4
19.1
4.9
6.0
81.8
60.7
2.0
5.5
3.9
20,894
10,805
4,247
6,179
1,212
275
2,219
1,366
21Julius Erving
J. Erving
1
624
34.9
23.2
7.3
4.1
1.9
1.6
9.1
17.8
51.4
0.1
0.2
26.0
4.8
6.3
77.5
56.4
2.6
4.7
3.2
21,750
14,458
4,553
2,552
1,184
1,008
1,743
1,754
22Bill Walton
B. Walton
1
378
30.7
14.8
11.5
3.7
0.9
2.4
6.1
11.8
51.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.9
65.4
54.6
2.5
9.0
3.1
11,592
5,581
4,348
1,416
341
918
699
1,065
23Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
1
583
39.3
26.8
11.8
2.9
1.2
1.9
10.6
20.9
50.6
0.1
0.4
12.5
5.7
7.5
75.4
55.5
3.0
9.3
4.1
22,922
15,627
6,888
1,674
602
937
801
2,010
24Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
1
592
40.3
18.8
15.2
4.0
1.2
1.0
7.9
17.3
45.8
2.9
3.7
78.0
49.5
3.5
11.5
2.8
23,875
11,125
8,984
2,380
424
361
217
2,304
25Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
1
600
38.2
12.1
15.6
3.8
1.2
0.7
4.9
9.8
50.1
2.2
3.5
63.8
53.1
3.6
9.1
22,917
7,233
9,340
2,282
255
143
1,651

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