LeBron James and Wilt Chamberlain have won the MVP award 4 times in their careers.

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most times to finish 3rd in mvp by a player

	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	1,562	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	1,237	33.3	21.2	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.4	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.5	4.8	6.3	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,172	26,205	8,677	9,925	1,955	406	4,829	3,157	+3039
11	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
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
13	James Harden J. Harden	1	1,151	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	86.1	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,011	27,687	6,473	8,316	1,715	655	4,260	2,857	+4610
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1	1,123	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	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,236	30,571	7,828	4,908	1,173	1,273	3,553	2,137	+4732
15	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
16	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
17	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
18	Oscar 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
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	1,026	34.1	24.7	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.3	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.1	62.5	0.7	4.0	3.1	34,975	25,386	4,819	6,540	1,553	265	3,187	2,310	+6177
20	David Robinson D. Robinson	1	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
21	Wes 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
22	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
23	Bob 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
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	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