who was the last player to win an mvp whilsst averaging less than 20 ppg

James Johnson won when putting up <20.0 points per game in Game 6 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals against the Knicks yesterday.

	NAME	DATE	W	MVP	PPG	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Johnson J. Johnson	5/31/2025	1	0	0.0	IND	vs	NYK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	-3
2	Myles Turner M. Turner	5/31/2025	1	0	11.0	IND	vs	NYK	21	11	2	0	0	0	4	6	66.7	2	3	66.7	1	1	100.0	85.4	0	2	1	5	+11
3	T.J. McConnell	5/31/2025	1	0	3.0	IND	vs	NYK	14	3	4	2	0	0	1	4	25.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		37.5	0	4	2	1	-4
4	Thomas Bryant T. Bryant	5/31/2025	1	0	11.0	IND	vs	NYK	13	11	3	0	0	1	3	5	60.0	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	93.5	1	2	0	1	+7
5	Obi Toppin O. Toppin	5/31/2025	1	0	18.0	IND	vs	NYK	25	18	6	0	0	3	7	11	63.6	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	75.8	1	5	1	2	-6
6	Aaron Nesmith A. Nesmith	5/31/2025	1	0	10.0	IND	vs	NYK	20	10	3	1	0	0	4	8	50.0	2	4	50.0	0	0		62.5	0	3	0	5	+13
7	Andrew Nembhard A. Nembhard	5/31/2025	1	0	14.0	IND	vs	NYK	37	14	3	8	6	1	6	12	50.0	2	5	40.0	0	0		58.3	0	3	1	2	+25
8	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	5/31/2025	1	0	4.0	IND	vs	NYK	9	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	69.4	1	0	1	2	-12
9	Ben Sheppard B. Sheppard	5/31/2025	1	0	0.0	IND	vs	NYK	20	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	2	0	2	+7
10	Jarace Walker J. Walker	5/31/2025	1	0	2.0	IND	vs	NYK	7	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	1	0	0	0	+1
11	Johnny Furphy J. Furphy	5/31/2025	1	0	0.0	IND	vs	NYK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	-3
12	Delon Wright D. Wright	5/29/2025	1	0	0.0	NYK	vs	IND	10	0	1	3	1	0	0	4	0.0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0.0	1	0	0	0	+4
13	OG Anunoby	5/29/2025	1	0	11.0	NYK	vs	IND	34	11	4	0	3	0	3	14	21.4	1	7	14.3	4	4	100.0	34.9	2	2	1	2	+15
14	Josh Hart J. Hart	5/29/2025	1	0	12.0	NYK	vs	IND	34	12	10	4	2	0	4	8	50.0	0	2	0.0	4	6	66.7	56.4	3	7	3	3	-1
15	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	5/29/2025	1	0	12.0	NYK	vs	IND	34	12	3	5	1	0	6	12	50.0	0	3	0.0	0	0		50.0	1	2	1	1	+13
16	Landry Shamet L. Shamet	5/29/2025	1	0	5.0	NYK	vs	IND	14	5	1	0	1	0	2	3	66.7	1	2	50.0	0	0		83.3	0	1	1	2	+4
17	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	5/29/2025	1	0	6.0	NYK	vs	IND	20	6	6	0	1	2	3	3	100.0	0	0		0	2	0.0	77.3	1	5	1	3	+3
18	Precious Achiuwa P. Achiuwa	5/29/2025	1	0	2.0	NYK	vs	IND	6	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	1	0.0	41.0	0	1	0	1	+6
19	Miles McBride M. McBride	5/29/2025	1	0	5.0	NYK	vs	IND	18	5	1	2	0	0	2	4	50.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		62.5	1	0	1	3	-3
20	Ariel Hukporti A. Hukporti	5/29/2025	1	0	2.0	NYK	vs	IND	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	5/28/2025	1	0	8.0	OKC	vs	MIN	24	8	3	3	4	0	1	5	20.0	0	3	0.0	6	6	100.0	52.4	1	2	0	5	+13
22	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	5/28/2025	1	0	8.0	OKC	vs	MIN	17	8	5	0	2	2	4	5	80.0	0	0		0	0		80.0	1	4	1	1	+11
23	Kenrich Williams K. Williams	5/28/2025	1	0	0.0	OKC	vs	MIN	7	0	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			1	3	0	0	+12
24	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	5/28/2025	1	0	12.0	OKC	vs	MIN	38	12	4	1	3	0	4	11	36.4	4	10	40.0	0	0		54.5	1	3	2	2	+24
25	Isaiah Joe I. Joe	5/28/2025	1	0	11.0	OKC	vs	MIN	6	11	1	0	0	0	4	4	100.0	3	3	100.0	0	0		137.5	0	1	0	0	-2