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	1,569	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	59,274	42,297	11,764	11,637	2,350	1,152	5,484	2,791	+7401
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	768	31.8	22.0	11.0	7.3	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.1	1.1	3.1	36.2	4.0	4.8	82.5	64.1	2.7	8.3	2.9	24,442	16,881	8,423	5,636	980	554	2,257	2,060	+4294
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	485	33.1	24.8	4.8	5.2	1.4	0.8	8.6	17.2	50.4	1.4	3.8	36.1	6.2	7.2	86.3	61.2	0.7	4.0	2.3	16,058	12,048	2,320	2,510	699	386	1,111	1,090	+1590
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1	461	31.7	27.5	10.9	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.0	18.1	50.0	1.2	3.5	33.6	8.2	10.0	82.8	61.2	2.2	8.7	3.4	14,634	12,687	5,037	1,685	418	750	1,568	1,386	+2501
11	James Harden J. Harden	1	1,174	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	40,824	28,303	6,598	8,506	1,742	665	4,351	2,906	+4550
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	1,260	33.2	21.0	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	41,823	26,514	8,832	10,086	1,986	409	4,906	3,212	+2899
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1	1,142	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	41,907	31,051	7,919	4,982	1,192	1,285	3,607	2,184	+4899
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