Who has won an NBA regular season MVP?
The NBA regular season MVPs, in chronological order, are:
- Bob Pettit (1956, 1959)
- Bob Cousy (1957)
- Bill Russell (1958, 1961-63, 1965)
- Wilt Chamberlain (1960, 1966-68)
- Oscar Robertson (1964)
- Westley (Wes) Unseld (1969)
- Willis Reed (1970)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1971-72, 1974, 1976-77, 1980)
- Dave Cowens (1973)
- Bob McAdoo (1975)
- Bill Walton (1978)
- Moses Malone (1979, 1982-83)
- Julius Erving (1981)
- Larry Bird (1984-86)
- Magic Johnson (1987, 1989-90)
- Michael Jordan (1988, 1991-92, 1996, 1998)
- Charles Barkley (1993)
- Hakeem Olajuwon (1994)
- David Robinson (1995)
- Karl Malone (1997, 1999)
- Shaquille O'Neal (2000)
- Allen Iverson (2001)
- Tim Duncan (2002-03)
- Kevin Garnett (2004)
- Steve Nash (2005-06)
- Dirk Nowitzki (2007)
- Kobe Bryant (2008)
- LeBron James (2009-10, 2012-13)
- Derrick Rose (2011)
- Kevin Durant (2014)
- Stephen Curry (2015-16)
- Russell Westbrook (2017)
- James Harden (2018)
- Giannis Antetokounmpo (2019-20)
- Nikola Jokic (2021-22)
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Who has won an NBA regular season MVP?

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The NBA regular season MVPs, in chronological order, are:
- Bob Pettit (1956, 1959)
- Bob Cousy (1957)
- Bill Russell (1958, 1961-63, 1965)
- Wilt Chamberlain (1960, 1966-68)
- Oscar Robertson (1964)
- Westley (Wes) Unseld (1969)
- Willis Reed (1970)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1971-72, 1974, 1976-77, 1980)
- Dave Cowens (1973)
- Bob McAdoo (1975)
- Bill Walton (1978)
- Moses Malone (1979, 1982-83)
- Julius Erving (1981)
- Larry Bird (1984-86)
- Magic Johnson (1987, 1989-90)
- Michael Jordan (1988, 1991-92, 1996, 1998)
- Charles Barkley (1993)
- Hakeem Olajuwon (1994)
- David Robinson (1995)
- Karl Malone (1997, 1999)
- Shaquille O'Neal (2000)
- Allen Iverson (2001)
- Tim Duncan (2002-03)
- Kevin Garnett (2004)
- Steve Nash (2005-06)
- Dirk Nowitzki (2007)
- Kobe Bryant (2008)
- LeBron James (2009-10, 2012-13)
- Derrick Rose (2011)
- Kevin Durant (2014)
- Stephen Curry (2015-16)
- Russell Westbrook (2017)
- James Harden (2018)
- Giannis Antetokounmpo (2019-20)
- Nikola Jokic (2021-22)
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