Which NBA Player Has Won the Most MVPs?
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The answer may surprise you. Check out our list of the NBA players with the most MVPs.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan have called him the greatest basketball player of all time.
6-time NBA champion
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a former American professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two more as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. NBA coach Pat Riley and players LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal have called him the greatest basketball player of all time.
Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, and an author. In 2012, he was selected by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to be a U.S. cultural ambassador.
6-time NBA MVP
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was awarded the NBA Finals MVP Award. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time.
Abdul-Jabbar has also been an actor, a basketball coach, and a best-selling author. In 2012, he was selected by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to be a U.S. global cultural ambassador.
Michael Jordan
Since the NBA’s inception in 1947, there have only been three players to win the MVP award five times: Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James. Of those three, Jordan is the only player to win the award in consecutive seasons. He is also the only player to win the award in three different decades.
6-time NBA champion
Michael Jordan is widely considered to be the greatest basketball player of all time. He was a 6-time NBA champion, a 5-time NBA MVP, a 10-time NBA All-Star, and a 2-time Olympic gold medalist. His individual awards and accomplishments are too numerous to list here. Suffice it to say that he is one of the most decorated players in the history of the sport.
5-time NBA MVP
Michael Jordan is widely considered to be the greatest basketball player of all time. He was a dominant figure in the world of basketball during his time with the Chicago Bulls, winning six NBA Championships and five MVP Awards.
LeBron James
LeBron James has won the most MVPs in the NBA with four. He has also been to the most NBA Finals, with ten. He has also been an All-Star the most times, with sixteen.
3-time NBA champion
LeBron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest players in NBA history. James has won four NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards, four NBA Finals MVP Awards, two Olympic gold medals, an NBA Championship, and was named the 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year.
4-time NBA MVP
LeBron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players in NBA history. James has won four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, four NBA Finals MVP Awards, and two Olympic gold medals. He has also been selected to 14 NBA All-Star teams, 12 All-NBA teams, and six All-Defensive teams.
