Since 1996-97, LeBron James has won the most MVP awards, with 4.

Interpreted as:

most NBA mvps by a player since 1997

	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	LeBron James L. James	4	1,570	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	1.1	6.4	3.5	59,310	42,316	11,779	11,645	2,350	1,155	5,487	2,793	+7385
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	3	768	31.8	22.0	11.0	7.3	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.1	1.1	3.1	36.2	4.0	4.8	82.5	64.1	2.7	8.3	2.9	24,442	16,881	8,423	5,636	980	554	2,257	2,060	+4294
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2	876	32.8	24.0	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.2	0.6	2.2	28.6	5.8	8.3	69.2	61.2	1.9	8.0	3.0	28,728	21,030	8,702	4,392	977	1,080	2,642	2,578	+3109
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	1,042	34.0	24.8	4.7	6.3	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	35,471	25,832	4,878	6,604	1,574	274	3,237	2,345	+6205
5	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
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	2	578	36.4	23.5	9.1	4.2	1.4	0.7	8.4	16.9	50.1	0.0	0.1	24.7	6.6	8.5	77.7	57.1	1.9	7.2	2.9	21,051	13,585	5,235	2,433	781	389	1,693	1,582	+3010
7	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
8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1	486	33.1	24.8	4.8	5.2	1.4	0.8	8.6	17.1	50.4	1.4	3.8	36.1	6.2	7.2	86.3	61.2	0.7	4.0	2.3	16,085	12,076	2,322	2,518	701	387	1,115	1,090	+1633
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1	461	31.7	27.5	10.9	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.0	18.1	50.0	1.2	3.5	33.6	8.2	10.0	82.8	61.2	2.2	8.7	3.4	14,634	12,687	5,037	1,685	418	750	1,568	1,386	+2501
10	James Harden J. Harden	1	1,174	34.8	24.1	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	40,824	28,303	6,598	8,506	1,742	665	4,351	2,906	+4550
11	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
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	1,261	33.2	21.0	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.3	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.7	4.8	6.2	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,864	26,538	8,844	10,100	1,988	410	4,909	3,214	+2892
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1	1,142	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	1.9	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,907	31,051	7,919	4,982	1,192	1,285	3,607	2,184	+4899
14	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
15	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
16	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1	1,382	34.8	18.3	10.2	3.8	1.3	1.4	7.3	14.8	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.5	4.4	79.2	54.7	2.2	8.1	2.2	48,125	25,236	14,161	5,300	1,773	1,906	3,069	3,372	+4913
17	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
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	306	37.3	25.5	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.5	9.9	21.7	45.7	0.5	1.7	31.5	5.1	6.4	80.6	52.0	1.2	4.7	2.2	11,411	7,803	1,793	1,256	489	154	686	597	+1438
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1	912	33.7	22.6	10.3	2.5	0.5	2.1	8.9	15.3	58.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	9.1	52.1	58.5	3.3	7.1	2.7	30,754	20,577	9,408	2,310	496	1,908	2,422	3,093	+4887