Since 1989-90, LeBron James and Michael Jordan are tied for the most MVP awards, with 4.

Interpreted as:

most mvps by a player since 1989-90

	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	1,568	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	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	59,239	42,268	11,757	11,631	2,349	1,151	5,482	2,790	+7400
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4	727	37.9	28.9	6.2	4.9	2.1	0.7	11.1	22.7	48.9	0.7	2.1	35.1	6.0	7.3	82.7	55.8	1.4	4.8	2.4	27,569	21,029	4,543	3,587	1,552	482	1,774	1,698	+1438
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	3	766	31.8	21.9	11.0	7.3	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.1	1.1	3.1	36.3	4.0	4.8	82.5	64.1	2.7	8.3	2.9	24,371	16,813	8,405	5,617	978	553	2,251	2,057	+4303
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2	876	32.8	24.0	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.2	0.6	2.2	28.6	5.8	8.3	69.2	61.2	1.9	8.0	3.0	28,728	21,030	8,702	4,392	977	1,080	2,642	2,578	+3109
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	1,042	34.0	24.8	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.2	62.5	0.6	4.0	3.1	35,471	25,832	4,878	6,604	1,574	274	3,237	2,345	+6205
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	1,217	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	60.5	0.5	2.5	2.9	38,069	17,387	3,642	10,335	899	102	3,478	1,982	+5043
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	2	1,151	37.5	25.5	10.0	3.9	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.9	51.7	0.1	0.2	28.6	7.0	9.2	76.1	58.2	2.2	7.8	3.0	43,196	29,352	11,556	4,436	1,615	921	3,398	3,378	+3010
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1	484	33.1	24.8	4.8	5.2	1.4	0.8	8.6	17.2	50.3	1.4	3.8	36.0	6.2	7.2	86.3	61.1	0.7	4.0	2.3	16,030	12,015	2,315	2,504	699	385	1,109	1,086	+1566
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1	460	31.7	27.5	10.9	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.1	50.1	1.2	3.5	33.7	8.2	10.0	82.8	61.3	2.2	8.7	3.4	14,603	12,671	5,030	1,683	417	749	1,568	1,385	+2490
11	James Harden J. Harden	1	1,172	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	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,749	28,251	6,591	8,493	1,738	663	4,343	2,898	+4560
12	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
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	1,259	33.2	21.1	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.3	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.7	4.8	6.2	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,792	26,502	8,831	10,076	1,982	409	4,900	3,209	+2880
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1	1,140	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	1.9	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,843	30,996	7,914	4,971	1,190	1,284	3,601	2,181	+4882
15	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
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
17	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
18	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	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	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
20	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1	684	36.6	22.1	11.5	4.1	1.5	0.6	7.9	15.1	52.2	0.6	2.2	27.7	5.7	7.8	73.2	59.6	3.6	7.9	2.8	25,033	15,141	7,886	2,838	1,035	409	1,937	1,861	+532
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1	190	35.9	19.8	6.6	11.1	1.4	0.3	6.0	12.7	47.7	1.1	3.1	35.6	6.6	7.4	89.2	62.1	1.4	5.2	3.7	6,828	3,764	1,256	2,116	260	64	706	365
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1	852	35.5	21.2	10.6	2.7	1.7	3.1	8.5	16.8	50.9	0.0	0.1	22.9	4.1	5.6	73.6	55.2	2.7	7.9	2.9	30,232	18,063	9,071	2,278	1,414	2,629	2,492	2,821	+564
23	David Robinson D. Robinson	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	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454