Updating MVP Stats

Giannis wins MVP #1 last night, but he has a LOOOOOOONG way to go to reach these names:


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

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

 LeBron and Russell each had 11 year streaks finishing top 4.

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 consecutive years getting at least a vote of some sort:
Kareem 17
LeBron 16
Karl Malone 15
Tim Duncan 12


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)


Once basketball-reference.com gives Harden his 0.75 MVP Award Shares from last night (and LeBron and Durant their super small shares) , the Top 16 in MVP Award Shares Will look something like this:



 

1.            Michael Jordan*  8.115 MVP Award Shares

2. LeBron James  8.075

3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*  6.105

4. Larry Bird*  5.612

5. Magic Johnson*  5.104

6. Bill Russell*  4.748

7. Shaquille O'Neal*  4.380

8. Karl Malone*  4.296

9. Tim Duncan  4.278

10. Kobe Bryant  4.202

11. Wilt Chamberlain*  4.173

12. Julius Erving*  3.551

 

13. James Harden 3.278

14. Kevin Durant  3.200

15. David Robinson*  3.123

16. Moses Malone*  2.854