Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has won the most career MVP awards, with 6.

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most mvps by a player in NBA history

	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	LeBron James L. James	4	1,562	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	59,042	42,184	11,731	11,584	2,345	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
5	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
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	3	750	31.8	21.7	11.0	7.2	1.3	0.7	8.4	14.9	56.0	1.1	3.0	35.8	3.9	4.8	82.4	63.8	2.7	8.3	2.9	23,813	16,312	8,213	5,437	958	540	2,192	2,011	+4139
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2	864	32.9	24.0	10.0	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.1	0.6	2.2	28.5	5.8	8.3	69.3	61.2	1.9	8.1	3.0	28,396	20,709	8,597	4,324	965	1,070	2,600	2,544	+3054
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	1,033	34.1	24.8	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.2	62.5	0.6	4.0	3.1	35,190	25,572	4,844	6,571	1,564	269	3,208	2,322	+6186
12	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
13	Steve Nash S. Nash	2	1,217	31.3	14.3	3.0	8.5	0.7	0.1	5.2	10.6	49.0	1.4	3.2	42.8	2.5	2.8	90.4	60.5	0.5	2.5	2.9	38,069	17,387	3,642	10,335	899	102	3,478	1,982	+5043
14	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
15	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
16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1	468	33.1	24.6	4.8	5.1	1.4	0.8	8.6	17.1	50.1	1.3	3.8	35.4	6.1	7.0	86.2	60.7	0.8	4.0	2.3	15,513	11,499	2,245	2,396	673	378	1,084	1,055	+1316
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1	456	31.8	27.6	11.0	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.1	50.1	1.2	3.5	34.0	8.3	10.0	82.8	61.3	2.2	8.8	3.4	14,497	12,592	5,008	1,672	413	742	1,558	1,377	+2483
18	James Harden J. Harden	1	1,156	34.8	24.0	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,177	27,796	6,497	8,362	1,722	656	4,280	2,866	+4623
19	Derrick Rose D. Rose	1	723	30.5	17.4	3.2	5.2	0.7	0.3	6.8	14.9	45.6	0.8	2.6	31.6	3.0	3.6	83.1	52.7	0.8	2.4	2.4	22,054	12,573	2,324	3,770	536	242	1,746	887	+449
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	1,243	33.2	21.1	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.3	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.6	4.8	6.2	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,328	26,276	8,706	9,954	1,963	407	4,840	3,171	+3041
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1	1,128	36.7	27.2	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	2.0	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.1	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,411	30,707	7,855	4,917	1,179	1,278	3,564	2,154	+4782
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
25	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913