nba least career games started by a player with 1+ mvp

Joel Embiid has the fewest career starts with 1+ MVP award, with 66 starts.

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Assumption:Threshold per season
Data note: Games Started: player season data complete from 1981-82

	NAME	GS	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	66	1	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	71	1	71	42.0	31.1	3.8	4.6	2.5	0.3	10.7	25.5	42.0	1.4	4.3	32.0	8.2	10.1	81.4	51.8	0.7	3.1	3.3	2,979	2,207	273	325	178	20	237	147	+368
3	James Harden J. Harden	72	1	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
4	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	76	1	76	37.6	25.6	12.2	5.1	1.6	1.0	9.4	18.1	52.0	0.9	2.9	30.5	5.9	7.7	76.5	59.6	3.1	9.1	3.1	2,859	1,944	928	385	119	74	233	196
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	78	1	78	36.2	24.6	8.9	3.4	0.7	0.8	8.6	17.2	50.2	0.9	2.2	41.6	6.4	7.1	90.4	60.5	1.6	7.3	2.1	2,820	1,916	693	263	52	62	167	171	+623
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	79	1	79	40.0	29.7	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	12.1	21.1	57.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	10.4	52.4	57.8	4.3	9.4	2.8	3,163	2,344	1,078	299	36	239	223	255	+706
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	80	1	80	41.0	27.3	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	11.2	21.2	52.8	0.1	0.2	42.1	4.9	6.8	71.6	56.5	2.9	9.1	3.4	3,277	2,184	955	287	128	297	271	289
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	81	1	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	81	1	81	38.5	32.0	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	10.5	20.8	50.3	2.4	6.1	39.1	8.7	9.9	87.3	63.5	0.7	6.7	3.5	3,122	2,593	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
10	Derrick Rose D. Rose	81	1	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	+498
11	David Robinson D. Robinson	81	1	81	38.0	27.6	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	9.7	18.4	53.0	0.1	0.2	30.0	8.1	10.5	77.4	60.2	2.9	7.9	2.9	3,074	2,238	877	236	134	262	233	230
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	82	1	82	38.9	28.3	6.3	5.4	1.8	0.5	9.5	20.6	45.9	1.8	5.1	36.1	7.6	9.0	84.0	57.6	1.1	5.2	3.1	3,192	2,323	517	441	151	40	257	227	+598
13	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	82	1	82	39.4	24.2	13.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	9.8	19.6	49.9	0.1	0.5	25.6	4.5	5.7	79.1	54.7	3.0	10.9	2.6	3,231	1,987	1,139	409	120	178	212	202	+614
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	131	2	131	36.9	26.1	9.7	4.3	1.3	0.6	9.6	18.1	53.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.9	8.9	76.8	59.2	2.3	7.4	3.0	4,830	3,413	1,272	569	175	76	395	351	+1123
15	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	135	2	135	31.7	28.5	13.0	5.8	1.1	1.3	10.4	18.4	56.6	1.0	3.7	28.4	6.7	9.7	68.3	62.9	2.2	10.8	3.7	4,275	3,851	1,754	778	153	176	498	427	+1336
16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	144	2	144	33.7	32.0	4.7	6.5	1.6	0.9	11.0	20.7	53.4	1.9	5.1	37.9	7.9	8.9	88.9	65.0	0.7	3.9	2.3	4,857	4,601	671	934	226	129	334	303	+1706
17	Steve Nash S. Nash	154	2	154	34.9	17.2	3.8	11.0	0.9	0.1	6.3	12.4	50.8	1.6	3.6	43.6	3.0	3.4	90.5	62.0	0.7	3.1	3.4	5,369	2,654	582	1,687	135	18	521	256	+1136
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	159	2	159	33.4	26.9	4.8	7.2	2.1	0.2	9.2	18.5	49.6	4.3	9.6	44.9	4.2	4.6	91.0	65.5	0.8	4.1	3.2	5,313	4,275	771	1,146	332	31	511	319	+1942
19	Moses Malone M. Malone	159	2	159	39.7	27.8	15.0	1.5	1.0	1.8	10.1	19.7	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	10.2	76.2	57.7	6.3	8.7	3.5	6,320	4,428	2,382	243	165	282	558	414
20	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	163	2	163	39.9	24.4	12.8	3.8	0.7	2.7	9.1	17.8	51.0	0.0	0.2	21.9	6.2	8.2	75.7	57.0	3.2	9.6	3.1	6,510	3,973	2,085	623	116	440	511	448	+1120
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	225	3	225	34.2	26.6	12.3	8.4	1.4	0.8	10.3	17.8	57.7	1.2	3.4	36.0	4.8	5.8	83.0	65.3	2.8	9.5	3.3	7,699	5,987	2,775	1,891	312	179	740	577	+1510
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	235	3	241	38.6	26.2	10.1	6.7	1.8	0.9	10.3	20.4	50.4	0.6	1.7	39.2	5.1	5.7	88.9	57.3	2.2	7.9	3.1	9,302	6,318	2,443	1,608	439	218	751	587
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	236	3	236	37.0	22.9	6.9	12.2	1.7	0.4	7.7	15.2	50.5	0.7	2.1	34.4	6.8	7.8	88.2	61.6	1.5	5.4	3.8	8,727	5,404	1,633	2,872	408	92	901	507
24	LeBron James L. James	295	4	295	38.0	28.1	7.7	7.4	1.7	1.0	10.0	19.2	52.0	1.4	4.0	35.6	6.7	8.7	76.9	60.9	1.2	6.4	3.2	11,223	8,281	2,269	2,176	506	287	941	464	+2711
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	408	5	408	38.5	31.1	6.1	5.1	2.4	0.9	11.8	23.0	51.1	0.5	1.5	32.3	7.1	8.6	82.8	58.1	1.5	4.5	2.5	15,718	12,700	2,470	2,062	985	376	1,036	1,046	+598

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More 76ers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.8

Maxey

RPG

9.7

Embiid

APG

5.7

Embiid

Team Rankings

ORTG

105.4

29th

DRTG

102.5

4th

NETRTG

2.9

13th

3P%

31.7

22nd

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	3	1	.750
2	76ers	3	1	.750
3	Hornets	3	1	.750
4	Celtics	3	1	.750
5	Raptors	2	1	.667	0.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM
Fri 10/30	NYK	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Sat 10/31	PHI	@	CHA	6:00 PM
Mon 11/2	CHI	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 11/4	PHI	@	DET	7:00 PM

Last Game

Pistons

3 - 0

106

Final

76ers

3 - 1

Sun 25 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

36.0

Dončić

33.3

Edwards

29.8

Jerome

RPG Leaders

16.5

Sabonis

14.3

Gobert

14.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Young

9.5

Haliburton

8.7

Jokić

SPG Leaders

3.7

Flagg

3.5

Daniels

3.3

Dunn

BPG Leaders

4.3

Wembanyama

3.0

Holmgren

2.8

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.3

Dončić

4.5

Edwards

4.3

Camara

TS% Leaders

91.1

Camara

86.7

Carter

81.7

Reaves

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

128.7

126.7

121.1

119.4

118.1

118.0

DRtg Rankings

98.8

101.4

101.7

102.5

107.2

NetRtg Rankings

18.6

16.4

10.6

9.8

9.5

Tank Leaderboard

0-4

0-3

0-4

1-3

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

223.9

Dončić

209.1

Wembanyama

198.3

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

241.8

Dončić

211

Sabonis

204

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.5

Dončić

37.7

Edwards

35.4

Antetokounmpo

MPG Leaders

38.7

Murray

38.0

Jokić

37.8

Maxey

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.71

Wembanyama

1.58

Dončić

1.53

Johnson

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.70

Dončić

1.65

Wembanyama

1.61

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-0

3-0

4-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4

0-3

1-3

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	3	1	.750
2	76ers	3	1	.750
3	Hornets	3	1	.750
4	Celtics	3	1	.750
5	Raptors	2	1	.667	0.5
6	Cavaliers	2	1	.667	0.5
7	Hawks	2	2	.500	1.0
8	Wizards	2	2	.500	1.0
9	Pacers	2	2	.500	1.0
10	Magic	1	2	.333	1.5
11	Bulls	1	3	.250	2.0
12	Bucks	1	3	.250	2.0
13	Knicks	1	3	.250	2.0
14	Heat	0	4	.000	3.0
15	Nets	0	4	.000	3.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Rockets	4	0	1.000
2	Thunder	4	0	1.000
3	Grizzlies	4	0	1.000
4	Trail Blazers	3	0	1.000	0.5
5	Lakers	3	1	.750	1.0
6	Timberwolves	3	1	.750	1.0
7	Spurs	2	2	.500	2.0
8	Mavericks	2	2	.500	2.0
9	Clippers	1	2	.333	2.5
10	Nuggets	1	2	.333	2.5
11	Suns	1	2	.333	2.5
12	Warriors	1	3	.250	3.0
13	Jazz	1	3	.250	3.0
14	Pelicans	0	3	.000	3.5
15	Kings	0	4	.000	4.0