Nikola Jokić has the best career true shooting percentage when winning the MVP award >0 times, at 63.8 percent.

Interpreted as:

best career ts% of previous mvp by a player

	NAME	TS%	MVP	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	63.8	3	745	31.7	21.8	10.9	7.2	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.0	1.1	3.0	36.0	3.9	4.8	82.4	2.7	8.3	2.9	23,639	16,210	8,141	5,383	949	536	2,177	1,996	+4071
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	62.5	2	1,026	34.1	24.7	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.3	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.1	0.7	4.0	3.1	34,974	25,386	4,819	6,540	1,553	265	3,187	2,310	+6177
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	62.0	1	1,123	36.7	27.2	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	2.0	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,236	30,571	7,828	4,908	1,173	1,273	3,553	2,137	+4732
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	61.3	1	452	31.9	27.7	11.0	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.1	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	10.0	82.8	2.2	8.8	3.4	14,408	12,523	4,987	1,658	411	738	1,547	1,369	+2490
5	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	61.2	1	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	61.1	2	859	32.9	23.9	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.1	0.6	2.2	28.4	5.8	8.3	69.3	1.9	8.1	3.0	28,233	20,538	8,530	4,288	961	1,064	2,586	2,531	+3014
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	61.0	3	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
8	James Harden J. Harden	60.8	1	1,151	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.1	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,011	27,687	6,473	8,316	1,715	655	4,260	2,857	+4610
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	60.7	1	462	33.1	24.4	4.8	5.1	1.4	0.8	8.5	17.0	50.1	1.3	3.7	35.5	6.0	7.0	86.2	0.8	4.0	2.3	15,291	11,294	2,211	2,362	666	370	1,072	1,044	+1274
10	Steve Nash S. Nash	60.5	2	1,217	31.3	14.3	3.0	8.5	0.7	0.1	5.2	10.6	49.0	1.4	3.2	42.8	2.5	2.8	90.4	0.5	2.5	2.9	38,069	17,387	3,642	10,335	899	102	3,478	1,982	+5043
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	59.2	6	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
12	LeBron James L. James	59.0	4	1,562	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	1.2	6.4	3.5	59,042	42,184	11,731	11,584	2,345	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	58.6	1	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
14	David Robinson D. Robinson	58.3	1	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	57.7	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	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	57.7	2	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	56.9	5	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
18	Moses Malone M. Malone	56.9	3	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	45,071	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	56.4	3	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
20	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	56.4	1	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	1.0	3.0		43,886	26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
21	Julius Erving J. Erving	55.8	1	836	34.3	22.0	6.7	3.9	1.8	1.5	8.7	17.1	50.7	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.7	2.5	4.2	3.1	28,677	18,364	5,601	3,224	1,508	1,293	2,323	2,286
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	55.3	1	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
23	Bill Walton B. Walton	55.1	1	468	28.3	13.3	10.5	3.4	0.8	2.2	5.5	10.5	52.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.6	66.0	2.4	8.2	2.7	13,250	6,215	4,923	1,590	380	1,034	865	1,298
24	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	55.1	1	852	33.2	22.1	9.4	2.3	1.0	1.5	8.7	17.3	50.3	0.0	0.1	8.1	4.6	6.1	75.4	2.4	7.1	2.6	28,327	18,787	8,048	1,951	751	1,147	1,223	2,726
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	55.1	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	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910