Some National Basketball Association (or ABA) MVP Stats.

There is no basketball on tonight, so I did some work on NBA (or ABA) MVP Awards and top 2, 3, 4 and 5 finishes.  I will assume LeBron finishes second in 2017-18.  Here goes.

Most Wins
Kareem 6
Bill Russell and Michael Jordan 5
LeBron, Wilt 4
Dr.J 4 (counting ABA also).

Most 2nd places
Bird 4
West 4
Durant 3
James 3
Jordan 3

Most 3rd Places
Magic 4
Oscar, Kobe, LeBron 3

Most 4th places
Kareem 4
Pettit, Kobe, Karl Malone 3

Most 5th Places
West, Kobe, Oscar 3.

Most Top 5 finishes (finish 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5).
Kareem 15
LeBron 13
Kobe and Russell 11
Jordan and Wilt 10
Oscar, Magic, Doc, Karl Malone, Duncan 9

Most Top 4 Finishes
Kareem 13
LeBron 12
Russell 11
Jordan 10
Bird, Wilt, Magic 9

If LeBron finishes 2nd this year, as I believe he will, he will tie Bill Russell for the longest Top 4 run in NBA history (11 years).

Russell starting in 1958
1 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 4 3 4.

James starting in 2008
4 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 3 4 2

Most Top 3 Finishes
Jordan 10
LeBron 10
Russell, Kareem, Magic 9
Bird 8.

Most Top 2 Finishes
Jordan 8 (5+3)
Kareem 7 (6+1)
Russell 7 (5+2)
LeBron 7 (4+3)
Bird 7 (3+4)
Wilt 6 (4+2)
Doc 6 (4+2 includes ABA)