Bob Pettit has the fewest wins by an MVP in wins in a season, with 33 wins in 1955-56.

Interpreted as:

shortest player to win mvp in a regular season NBA

	NAME	W	MVP	SEASON	TM	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	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	33	1	1955-56	STL	33		29.5					10.3						8.8	11.5	77.2						972						98
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	36	1	1998-99	UTA	36	36.4	24.3	9.1	4.3	1.2	0.6	8.3	16.3	51.1	0.0	0.0		7.7	9.6	79.5	59.2	2.3	6.9	3.1	1,310	874	329	153	43	20	112	94	+427
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	1	1975-76	LAL	40	40.9	28.0	18.2	5.5			11.3	19.9	56.5				5.5	7.9	70.1	59.9				1,636	1,120	728	220				146
4	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	41	1	1956-57	BOS	41		20.7					7.8						5.0	6.1	82.8						847						85
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	43	1	2022-23	PHI	43	34.3	33.8	10.2	4.4	1.0	1.9	11.3	20.0	56.3	1.1	3.1	37.1	10.1	11.7	86.5	67.1	1.7	8.4	3.2	1,474	1,453	437	190	43	81	139	127	+452
6	LeBron James L. James	45	1	2011-12	MIA	45	36.4	27.1	7.9	6.4	2.0	0.9	9.9	18.1	54.7	0.8	2.1	36.2	6.6	8.4	78.5	62.2	1.3	6.6	3.3	1,639	1,221	355	289	88	40	149	73	+583
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	46	1	2021-22	DEN	46	33.0	27.8	14.2	8.1	1.6	0.9	10.6	17.5	60.4	1.3	3.5	36.6	5.4	6.7	80.5	68.0	2.8	11.4	3.8	1,516	1,281	654	373	74	43	174	124	+585
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	46	1	2016-17	OKC	46	35.2	32.1	11.5	11.7	1.8	0.3	10.6	23.4	45.3	2.5	6.5	39.4	8.4	9.9	84.2	57.8	1.6	9.8	5.4	1,620	1,478	528	539	83	15	248	89	+526
9	Moses Malone M. Malone	46	1	1981-82	HOU	46	41.3	33.0	14.9	1.7		1.6	12.5	23.4	53.3	0.0			8.1	10.6	76.6	58.9				1,901	1,520	687	76		74		117
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	47	1	2020-21	DEN	47	33.9	25.8	11.6	8.4	1.3	0.7	10.1	17.1	58.7	1.0	2.7	38.1	4.7	5.4	87.0	66.2	3.1	8.5	2.9	1,594	1,214	546	395	62	32	138	116	+483
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	47	1	1978-79	HOU	47	40.9	25.8	18.4	2.1			9.1	16.2	56.5				7.5	9.9	75.7	62.8				1,923	1,212	866	99				131
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	47	1	1959-60	PHI	47	47.0	40.1	29.0	2.4			15.9	33.3	47.6				8.4	14.2	58.8	50.6				2,207	1,883	1,361	112				96
13	Bill Walton B. Walton	48	1	1977-78	POR	48	32.5	18.7	13.4	5.0	1.0	2.5	7.7	15.1	51.1				3.3	4.5	73.0	54.8	2.1	11.3	3.4	1,559	899	641	239	47	120	165	116
14	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	49	1	1974-75	BUF	49		34.8	15.0	2.5			13.5						7.8	9.6	81.2						1,703	737	121
15	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	49	1	1958-59	STL	49		30.4					10.5						9.3	12.4	75.6						1,490
16	Bill Russell B. Russell	49	1	1957-58	BOS	49		16.1					6.4						3.2	6.3	50.8						788						126
17	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	50	1	2000-01	PHI	50	41.8	31.7	4.0	4.9	2.8	0.3	11.0	25.1	43.7	1.3	4.0	32.3	8.4	10.4	81.1	53.3	0.7	3.3	3.3	2,088	1,584	199	247	142	17	163	108	+583
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	1	1987-88	CHI	50	39.6	36.3	6.0	6.0	3.4	1.8	13.4	24.0	56.0	0.1	0.5	15.4	9.3	11.0	84.7	62.9	1.8	4.2	2.7	1,980	1,814	300	302	171	88	135	161
19	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	51	1	2019-20	MIL	51	30.0	29.9	13.6	5.6	0.9	0.9	10.9	19.2	57.1	1.5	4.5	34.1	6.5	10.2	63.4	63.2	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,530	1,524	693	286	47	48	189	155	+758
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	53	1	1976-77	LAL	53	37.0	27.3	14.0	4.2			11.5	19.0	60.3				4.4	6.3	69.7	62.7				1,962	1,446	743	221				162
21	Steve Nash S. Nash	54	1	2005-06	PHX	54	34.5	18.7	4.2	10.6	0.9	0.1	6.8	12.7	53.1	1.9	4.1	45.0	3.3	3.6	93.2	65.3	0.6	3.6	3.3	1,861	1,009	229	574	47	7	180	70	+661
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	54	1	1988-89	LAL	54	36.6	22.8	8.1	13.6	1.7	0.4	7.6	14.4	52.9	0.9	2.6	36.7	6.6	7.1	91.9	64.8	1.3	6.8	3.9	1,979	1,231	437	737	92	19	210	111
23	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	54	1	1963-64	CIN	54		32.0	10.6	11.7			10.9	22.6	48.0				10.3	11.8	87.0	57.5					1,730	575	630				191
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	55	1	2023-24	DEN	55	34.1	26.5	12.5	9.3	1.4	1.0	10.5	17.1	61.4	1.0	2.5	38.8	4.5	5.5	83.1	68.0	2.7	9.8	2.8	1,874	1,456	687	509	78	54	154	132	+796
25	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	55	1	1965-66	PHI	55	47.2	34.2	25.2	5.8			14.0	25.3	55.3				6.2	12.2	51.3	55.8				2,598	1,879	1,385	317				115