Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has won the most career MVP awards, with 6.

which nba player has won the most mvp awards

NAME	MVP	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	+/-
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	6	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	2.7	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
Michael Jordan	5	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.7	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
Bill Russell	5	963	42.3	15.1	22.5	4.3				5.9	13.4	44.0				3.3	5.8	56.1	40,726	14,522	21,620	4,100				2,592
LeBron James	4	1,492	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.6	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	56,598	40,474	11,185	11,009	2,275	1,111	5,211	2,682	+7443
Wilt Chamberlain	4	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4				12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
Larry Bird	3	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	3.1	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
Magic Johnson	3	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
Moses Malone	3	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	3.1	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	45,071	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
Nikola Jokic	2	675	31.2	20.9	10.7	6.9	1.2	0.7	2.9	8.1	14.5	55.7	1.0	2.9	35.0	3.8	4.6	82.7	21,071	14,139	7,249	4,667	822	491	1,947	1,836	+3477
Giannis Antetokounmpo	2	792	32.8	23.4	9.8	4.9	1.1	1.2	3.0	8.5	15.6	54.5	0.7	2.3	28.6	5.7	8.1	70.2	25,945	18,502	7,732	3,855	903	986	2,380	2,376	+2682
Stephen Curry	2	956	34.2	24.8	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.2	3.1	8.5	17.9	47.3	3.9	9.2	42.6	3.9	4.3	91.0	32,724	23,668	4,509	6,119	1,473	235	2,987	2,215	+5878
Tim Duncan	2	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	2.4	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
Steve Nash	2	1,217	31.3	14.3	3.0	8.5	0.7	0.1	2.9	5.2	10.6	49.0	1.4	3.2	42.8	2.5	2.8	90.4	38,069	17,387	3,642	10,335	899	102	3,478	1,982	+5043
Karl Malone	2	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
Bob Pettit	2	792	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0				9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	30,690	20,880	12,849	2,369				2,529
Joel Embiid	1	433	32.0	27.9	11.2	3.6	0.9	1.7	3.4	9.2	18.2	50.4	1.2	3.4	34.1	8.3	10.1	82.6	13,835	12,071	4,832	1,573	397	720	1,485	1,327	+2547
James Harden	1	1,072	34.7	24.1	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	3.7	7.1	16.2	44.1	2.7	7.5	36.4	7.1	8.3	86.1	37,222	25,885	6,017	7,629	1,597	600	3,919	2,695	+4262
Derrick Rose	1	723	30.5	17.4	3.2	5.2	0.7	0.3	2.4	6.8	14.9	45.6	0.8	2.6	31.6	3.0	3.6	83.1	22,054	12,573	2,324	3,770	536	242	1,746	887	+450
Russell Westbrook	1	1,162	33.6	21.7	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.3	3.9	7.8	17.8	43.8	1.1	3.6	30.4	5.0	6.5	77.6	39,080	25,211	8,307	9,468	1,849	369	4,587	2,969	+3061
Kevin Durant	1	1,061	36.7	27.3	7.0	4.4	1.1	1.1	3.2	9.4	18.7	50.1	1.9	4.9	38.7	6.6	7.5	88.4	38,972	28,924	7,454	4,645	1,123	1,196	3,363	2,033	+4774
Dirk Nowitzki	1	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.6	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
Kobe Bryant	1	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
Allen Iverson	1	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	3.6	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
Kevin Garnett	1	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	2.2	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
Shaquille O'Neal	1	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	2.7	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887