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Miami Heat’s LeBron James is 2012 NBA MVP: Players with the Most MVPs
LeBron James Wins His Third NBA MVP
The Miami Heat franchise has its first MVP: LeBron James.
James takes home the 2012 NBA MVP award; He won two back-to-back with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2009 and 2010. So LeBron has won three of the last four MVPs, with Derrick Rose in between in 2011.
LeBron is halfway to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‘s all-time leading six MVPs. The Chicago Bulls‘ Michael Jordan and Boston Celtics‘ Bill Russell have five apiece in second.
Here’s a list of all NBAers who won more than one MVP.
Want more NBA MVP knowledge? Check out previous posts, NBA MVPs by Team and Back-to-Back NBA MVPs, as well as my source basketball-reference.com, where you can see the chronological list of winners from Bob Pettit (the first in 1956) to today.
Check out the Top 5 in action in Video: Top 5 NBA Players with the Most MVPs!
Follow @VinGetz| 1. | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 6 | 1971, 1972, 1974 (Milwaukee Bucks); 1976, 1977, 1980 (L.A. Lakers) |
| 2. | Michael Jordan | 5 | 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998 (Chicago Bulls) |
| 2. | Bill Russell | 5 | 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965 (Boston Celtics) |
| 4. | Wilt Chamberlain | 4 | 1960 (Philadelphia Warriors); 1966, 1967, 1968 (Philadelphia 76ers) |
| 5. | Larry Bird | 3 | 1984, 1985, 1986 (Boston Celtics) |
| 5. | LeBron James | 3 | 2009, 2010 (Cleveland Cavaliers); 2012 (Miami Heat) |
| 5. | Magic Johnson | 3 | 1987, 1989, 1990 (L.A. Lakers) |
| 5. | Moses Malone | 3 | 1979, 1982 (Houston Rockets); 1983 (Philadelphia 76ers) |
| 9. | Tim Duncan | 2 | 2002, 2003 (San Antonio Spurs) |
| 9. | Karl Malone | 2 | 1997, 1999 (Utah Jazz) |
| 9. | Steve Nash | 2 | 2005, 2006 (Phoenix Suns) |
| 9. | Bob Pettit | 2 | 1956, 1959 (St. Louis Hawks) |
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