who is won the most nba mvp awards since 1998

Since 1997-98, LeBron James has won the most MVP awards, with 4.

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	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	1,622	37.6	26.8	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.8	19.4	50.7	1.6	4.7	34.8	5.5	7.4	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	61,031	43,440	12,095	12,016	2,417	1,185	5,650	2,862	+7508
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	3	810	32.0	22.2	11.1	7.5	1.3	0.7	8.5	15.2	56.1	1.1	3.2	36.2	4.1	5.0	82.5	64.1	2.7	8.4	3.0	25,904	18,009	8,977	6,080	1,041	589	2,419	2,168	+4626
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2	530	33.1	25.3	4.7	5.3	1.4	0.8	8.8	17.3	50.8	1.4	3.8	36.0	6.3	7.3	86.4	61.6	0.7	4.0	2.3	17,550	13,411	2,503	2,810	761	422	1,223	1,183	+2062
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2	895	32.7	24.1	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.4	0.6	2.2	28.5	5.8	8.4	69.1	61.3	1.9	8.0	3.0	29,272	21,531	8,882	4,484	995	1,088	2,701	2,617	+3110
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	1,069	34.0	24.8	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.2	4.0	4.3	91.2	62.6	0.6	4.0	3.1	36,303	26,528	4,973	6,743	1,602	282	3,308	2,385	+6266
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	Steve Nash S. Nash	2	1,152	32.5	14.9	3.1	8.9	0.8	0.1	5.4	11.0	49.1	1.4	3.4	42.8	2.6	2.9	90.5	60.5	0.5	2.6	3.0	37,385	17,174	3,579	10,197	879	102	3,415	1,890	+5153
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1	490	31.9	27.6	10.8	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.0	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	9.9	83.0	61.3	2.2	8.6	3.4	15,609	13,544	5,280	1,808	432	784	1,656	1,451	+2645
9	James Harden J. Harden	1	1,221	34.8	24.0	5.6	7.3	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.4	7.1	8.2	86.3	60.8	0.7	4.8	3.7	42,449	29,339	6,809	8,873	1,794	683	4,505	2,994	+4709
10	Derrick Rose D. Rose	1	723	30.5	17.4	3.2	5.2	0.7	0.3	6.8	14.9	45.6	0.8	2.6	31.6	3.0	3.6	83.1	52.7	0.8	2.4	2.4	22,054	12,573	2,324	3,770	536	242	1,746	887	+449
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	1,301	33.1	20.9	6.9	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.8	1.1	3.7	30.8	4.7	6.1	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	43,025	27,176	9,025	10,351	2,038	418	5,038	3,304	+2583
12	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1	1,201	36.7	27.1	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.6	50.3	2.0	5.1	39.2	6.4	7.3	88.2	62.2	0.7	6.2	3.2	44,076	32,597	8,254	5,280	1,235	1,344	3,799	2,279	+5072
13	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
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	1,275	37.3	26.0	5.4	4.9	1.5	0.5	9.1	20.2	44.8	1.4	4.2	32.8	6.5	7.7	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.3	3.1	47,534	33,104	6,915	6,215	1,895	617	3,898	3,251	+4093
15	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1	1,305	34.6	18.3	10.4	3.9	1.3	1.3	7.4	14.8	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.4	3.5	4.4	79.3	54.8	2.2	8.2	2.2	45,130	23,927	13,543	5,064	1,668	1,743	2,894	3,173	+4797
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1	838	41.2	26.9	3.7	6.0	2.2	0.2	9.4	22.0	42.6	1.1	3.5	30.9	7.2	9.1	78.6	51.9	0.8	2.9	3.5	34,539	22,581	3,082	5,057	1,826	140	2,925	1,544	+1238
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	224	37.1	24.0	5.9	4.0	1.6	0.5	9.4	21.2	44.5	0.3	1.0	23.9	4.9	6.2	79.4	50.2	1.1	4.7	2.3	8,305	5,372	1,311	904	349	110	520	441	+620
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	1	496	36.4	22.9	8.9	4.2	1.3	0.7	8.1	16.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	30.0	6.6	8.5	78.0	56.5	1.8	7.1	2.9	18,053	11,336	4,426	2,065	668	341	1,460	1,365	+2242
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1	861	33.5	22.3	10.2	2.5	0.5	2.0	8.8	15.0	58.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	9.1	52.3	58.7	3.2	7.0	2.6	28,813	19,241	8,768	2,151	450	1,761	2,276	2,913	+4619

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More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0