most mvp awards in nba history from 1979-80 to 2021-22

Between the 1979-80 and 2021-22 seasons, Michael Jordan won the most MVP awards, with 5.

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most mvp awards by a player in NBA history from 1979-80 to 2021-22

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	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	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
2	LeBron James L. James	4	1,366	38.2	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.6	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.5	1.6	4.5	34.6	5.7	7.8	73.4	58.8	1.2	6.3	3.5	52,140	37,062	10,210	10,045	2,136	1,041	4,788	2,516	+7009
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	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	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	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	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2	527	30.4	19.7	10.4	6.2	1.2	0.7	7.6	13.9	54.2	1.0	2.9	34.5	3.5	4.3	83.0	62.2	2.6	7.7	2.8	16,008	10,364	5,456	3,281	627	376	1,462	1,467	+2153
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2	656	32.6	21.8	9.4	4.6	1.2	1.3	7.9	14.8	53.5	0.7	2.4	28.8	5.3	7.4	71.8	60.4	1.7	7.7	2.9	21,354	14,321	6,149	3,020	764	856	1,884	1,969	+2000
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	826	34.3	24.3	4.6	6.5	1.7	0.2	8.3	17.6	47.3	3.8	8.8	42.8	3.9	4.3	90.8	62.4	0.7	4.0	3.1	28,360	20,064	3,838	5,388	1,367	187	2,598	1,981	+5421
8	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
9	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
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	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	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	2	1,106	33.5	20.9	11.6	1.4	0.8	1.2	7.2	14.7	48.7	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.6	8.5	77.8	56.8	4.8	6.8	2.9	37,068	23,151	12,810	1,529	895	1,357	3,258	2,399
12	James Harden J. Harden	1	942	34.6	24.9	5.6	6.8	1.5	0.5	7.3	16.6	44.2	2.8	7.6	36.1	7.5	8.7	86.0	61.0	0.8	4.8	3.8	32,617	23,477	5,294	6,397	1,449	512	3,539	2,456	+3698
13	Derrick Rose D. Rose	1	672	31.7	18.2	3.3	5.4	0.8	0.3	7.1	15.6	45.7	0.8	2.6	31.6	3.1	3.8	83.0	52.8	0.8	2.5	2.5	21,317	12,230	2,239	3,646	521	235	1,693	848	+511
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	1,021	34.7	22.8	7.4	8.4	1.7	0.3	8.2	18.6	43.8	1.1	3.7	30.5	5.4	6.9	78.3	52.7	1.7	5.7	4.1	35,425	23,298	7,541	8,611	1,699	313	4,188	2,686	+2980
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1	939	36.8	27.2	7.1	4.3	1.1	1.1	9.3	18.7	49.6	1.9	4.9	38.4	6.7	7.6	88.4	61.6	0.7	6.4	3.2	34,509	25,526	6,646	4,032	1,021	1,038	2,964	1,801	+4223
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	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	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	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	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1	787	32.6	20.6	7.6	2.8	0.7	2.0	8.5	14.9	57.2	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.6	4.9	74.3	60.6	2.0	5.6	2.6	25,675	16,246	5,980	2,220	584	1,594	2,037	2,258
25	Julius Erving J. Erving	1	602	34.1	22.0	6.4	3.8	1.8	1.6	8.7	17.0	51.1	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.4	56.2	2.5	3.9	2.9	20,506	13,263	3,861	2,282	1,081	983	1,770	1,621