Karl Malone is the oldest MVP in a season. He was 35 years old in 1998-99.

Interpreted as:

oldest player to win mvp in a regular season

NAME	AGE	MVP	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Karl Malone	35	1	1998-99	UTA	49	37.4	23.8	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	3.3	8.0	16.3	49.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	9.8	78.8	1,832	1,164	463	201	62	28	162	134	+355
Michael Jordan	34	1	1997-98	CHI	82	38.8	28.7	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	3,181	2,357	475	283	141	45	185	151	+598
Karl Malone	33	1	1996-97	UTA	82	36.6	27.4	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	2.8	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	8.4	75.5	2,998	2,249	809	368	113	48	233	217	+768
Michael Jordan	32	1	1995-96	CHI	82	37.7	30.4	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	2.4	11.2	22.6	49.5	1.4	3.2	42.7	6.7	8.0	83.4	3,090	2,491	543	352	180	42	197	195
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	32	1	1979-80	LAL	82	38.3	24.8	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	3.6	10.2	16.9	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.8	76.5	3,143	2,034	886	371	81	280	297	216
Steve Nash	31	1	2005-06	PHX	79	35.4	18.8	4.2	10.5	0.8	0.2	3.5	6.8	13.4	51.2	1.9	4.3	43.9	3.3	3.5	92.1	2,796	1,489	333	826	61	12	276	120	+472
Hakeem Olajuwon	31	1	1993-94	HOU	80	41.0	27.3	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	3.4	11.2	21.2	52.8	0.1	0.2	42.1	4.9	6.8	71.6	3,277	2,184	955	287	128	297	271	289
Wilt Chamberlain	31	1	1967-68	PHI	82	46.8	24.3	23.8	8.6				10.0	16.8	59.5				4.3	11.4	38.0	3,836	1,992	1,952	702				160
Steve Nash	30	1	2004-05	PHX	75	34.3	15.5	3.3	11.5	1.0	0.1	3.3	5.7	11.4	50.2	1.3	2.9	43.1	2.8	3.2	88.7	2,573	1,165	249	861	74	6	245	136	+664
Magic Johnson	30	1	1989-90	LAL	79	37.2	22.3	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	3.7	6.9	14.4	48.0	1.3	3.5	38.4	7.2	8.1	89.0	2,937	1,765	522	907	132	34	289	167
Julius Erving	30	1	1980-81	PHI	82	35.0	24.6	8.0	4.4	2.1	1.8	3.2	9.7	18.6	52.1	0.0	0.2	22.2	5.1	6.5	78.7	2,874	2,014	657	364	173	147	266	233
Wilt Chamberlain	30	1	1966-67	PHI	81	45.5	24.1	24.2	7.8				9.7	14.2	68.3				4.8	10.8	44.1	3,682	1,956	1,957	630				143
Bill Russell	30	1	1964-65	BOS	78	44.4	14.1	24.1	5.3				5.5	12.6	43.8				3.1	5.5	57.3	3,466	1,102	1,878	410				204
Kobe Bryant	29	1	2007-08	LAL	82	38.9	28.3	6.3	5.4	1.8	0.5	3.1	9.5	20.6	45.9	1.8	5.1	36.1	7.6	9.0	84.0	3,192	2,323	517	441	151	40	257	227	+598
David Robinson	29	1	1994-95	SAS	81	38.0	27.6	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9	9.7	18.4	53.0	0.1	0.2	30.0	8.1	10.5	77.4	3,074	2,238	877	236	134	262	233	230
Charles Barkley	29	1	1992-93	PHX	76	37.6	25.6	12.2	5.1	1.6	1.0	3.1	9.4	18.1	52.0	0.9	2.9	30.5	5.9	7.7	76.5	2,859	1,944	928	385	119	74	233	196
Magic Johnson	29	1	1988-89	LAL	77	37.5	22.5	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	4.1	7.5	14.8	50.9	0.8	2.4	31.4	6.7	7.3	91.1	2,886	1,730	607	988	138	22	312	172
Larry Bird	29	1	1985-86	BOS	82	38.0	25.8	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	3.2	9.7	19.6	49.6	1.0	2.4	42.3	5.4	6.0	89.6	3,113	2,115	805	557	166	51	266	182
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	29	1	1976-77	LAL	82	36.8	26.2	13.3	3.9	1.2	3.2		10.8	18.7	57.9				4.6	6.5	70.1	3,016	2,152	1,090	319	101	261		262
Wilt Chamberlain	29	1	1965-66	PHI	79	47.3	33.5	24.6	5.2				13.6	25.2	54.0				6.3	12.4	51.3	3,737	2,649	1,943	414				171
Joel Embiid	28	1	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	3.4	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
James Harden	28	1	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	4.4	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
Russell Westbrook	28	1	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	5.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
LeBron James	28	1	2012-13	MIA	76	37.9	26.8	8.0	7.3	1.7	0.9	3.0	10.1	17.8	56.5	1.4	3.3	40.6	5.3	7.0	75.3	2,877	2,036	610	551	129	67	226	110	+720
Dirk Nowitzki	28	1	2006-07	DAL	78	36.2	24.6	8.9	3.4	0.7	0.8	2.1	8.6	17.2	50.2	0.9	2.2	41.6	6.4	7.1	90.4	2,820	1,916	693	263	52	62	167	171	+623