players to win an mvp in their first 3 seasons

Bob Pettit won the MVP award in 1955-56.

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players to win an mvp in a regular season in their first 3 seasons
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1Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
1
1955-56
72
38.8
25.7
16.2
2.6
9.0
20.9
42.9
7.7
10.5
73.6
50.2
2,794
1,849
1,164
189
202
2Bill Russell
B. Russell
1
1957-58
69
38.3
16.6
22.7
2.9
6.6
15.0
44.2
3.3
6.4
51.9
46.5
2,640
1,142
1,564
202
181
3Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1
1959-60
72
46.4
37.6
27.0
2.3
14.8
32.1
46.1
8.0
13.8
58.2
49.3
3,338
2,707
1,941
168
150
4Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
1
1968-69
82
36.2
13.8
18.2
2.6
5.2
10.9
47.6
3.4
5.6
60.5
51.5
2,970
1,131
1,491
213
276
5Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1
1970-71
82
40.1
31.7
16.0
3.3
13.0
22.5
57.7
5.7
8.3
69.0
60.6
3,288
2,596
1,311
272
264
6Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1
1971-72
81
44.2
34.8
16.6
4.6
14.3
24.9
57.4
6.2
9.0
68.9
60.3
3,583
2,822
1,346
370
235
7Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
1
1972-73
82
41.8
20.5
16.2
4.1
9.0
20.0
45.2
2.5
3.2
77.9
48.1
3,425
1,684
1,329
333
311
8Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
1
1974-75
82
43.2
34.5
14.1
2.2
1.1
2.1
13.4
26.1
51.2
7.8
9.7
80.5
56.9
3.7
10.3
3,539
2,831
1,155
179
92
174
278
9Moses Malone
M. Malone
1
1978-79
82
41.3
24.8
17.6
1.8
1.0
1.5
8.7
16.2
54.0
7.3
9.9
73.9
60.4
7.2
10.5
4.0
3,390
2,031
1,444
147
79
119
326
223
10Derrick Rose
D. Rose
1
2010-11
81
37.4
25.0
4.1
7.7
1.0
0.6
8.8
19.7
44.5
1.6
4.8
33.2
5.9
6.9
85.8
55.0
1.0
3.1
3.4
3,026
2,026
330
623
85
51
278
136
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22
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2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
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5
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62
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40.0
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19
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.232
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15
17
65
.207
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64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
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8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
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