most mvps by a player in the nba from 1996-97 to 2015-16

Between the 1996-97 and 2015-16 seasons, LeBron James won the most MVP awards, with 4.

	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	987	39.0	27.2	7.2	6.9	1.7	0.8	9.8	19.7	49.8	1.4	4.0	34.0	6.2	8.3	74.4	58.1	1.2	6.0	3.4	38,478	26,833	7,067	6,815	1,657	773	3,316	1,843	+5696
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	495	34.9	22.4	4.3	6.9	1.8	0.2	7.9	16.6	47.7	3.2	7.3	44.4	3.4	3.7	90.2	61.5	0.7	3.6	3.2	17,259	11,089	2,149	3,393	886	104	1,579	1,258	+2526
3	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
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	2	578	36.4	23.5	9.1	4.2	1.4	0.7	8.4	16.9	50.1	0.0	0.1	24.7	6.6	8.5	77.7	57.1	1.9	7.2	2.9	21,051	13,585	5,235	2,433	781	389	1,693	1,582	+3010
5	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
6	Derrick Rose D. Rose	1	406	35.0	19.7	3.7	6.2	0.8	0.4	7.6	17.0	44.8	0.9	2.9	30.2	3.6	4.4	81.3	51.9	0.9	2.8	2.9	14,210	8,001	1,489	2,516	328	155	1,186	571	+552
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1	641	37.8	27.4	7.0	3.7	1.2	1.0	9.2	19.1	48.3	1.8	4.7	38.0	7.2	8.1	88.2	60.5	0.8	6.2	3.2	24,208	17,566	4,518	2,363	774	639	2,083	1,213	+1964
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1	1,340	35.3	22.0	7.9	2.5	0.8	0.9	7.8	16.4	47.4	1.3	3.3	38.1	5.2	5.9	87.9	58.0	1.1	6.8	1.8	47,249	29,491	10,540	3,414	1,128	1,180	2,374	3,266	+6677
9	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
10	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1	1,382	34.8	18.3	10.2	3.8	1.3	1.4	7.3	14.8	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.5	4.4	79.2	54.7	2.2	8.1	2.2	48,125	25,236	14,161	5,300	1,773	1,906	3,069	3,372	+4913
11	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
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	306	37.3	25.5	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.5	9.9	21.7	45.7	0.5	1.7	31.5	5.1	6.4	80.6	52.0	1.2	4.7	2.2	11,411	7,803	1,793	1,256	489	154	686	597	+1438
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1	912	33.7	22.6	10.3	2.5	0.5	2.1	8.9	15.3	58.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	9.1	52.1	58.5	3.3	7.1	2.7	30,754	20,577	9,408	2,310	496	1,908	2,422	3,093	+4887