most nba mvps by player before 1983

Before 1982-83, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the most MVP awards, with 6.

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1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
6
1,011
40.1
27.8
13.7
4.3
1.1
3.3
11.4
20.5
55.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.9
6.9
71.5
59.0
2.9
9.8
3.3
40,567
28,088
13,826
4,308
779
2,310
1,266
3,083
2Bill 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
3Wilt 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
4Moses Malone
M. Malone
2
466
38.2
23.9
14.9
1.5
0.9
1.6
8.7
16.9
51.4
0.0
0.1
6.7
6.5
8.8
73.6
57.4
6.5
8.5
3.8
17,786
11,119
6,960
697
433
758
1,448
1,318
5Bob 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
6Julius Erving
J. Erving
1
475
35.0
23.6
7.4
4.2
2.0
1.6
9.3
18.1
51.4
0.0
0.2
22.4
4.9
6.3
78.1
56.4
2.6
4.8
3.4
16,646
11,189
3,530
1,980
931
738
1,317
1,335
7Bill 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
8Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
1
640
37.5
25.3
11.1
2.7
1.1
1.8
10.0
19.8
50.4
0.0
0.3
10.0
5.4
7.1
75.2
55.2
2.8
8.6
3.5
23,989
16,184
7,114
1,736
641
986
884
2,157
9Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
1
726
39.3
18.2
14.0
3.9
1.2
1.0
7.7
16.8
46.0
0.0
0.2
8.3
2.7
3.5
78.2
49.6
3.1
10.2
2.4
28,551
13,192
10,170
2,828
569
473
499
2,783
10Wes 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
11Willis 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
12Oscar 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
13Bob 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

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