Worst Record Of An Mvp | StatMuse (2024)

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Who won the MVP with the worst record? ›

Since the 1975–76 season, only three players have been named MVP for a season in which their team failed to win at least 50 regular season games—Moses Malone (twice, 1978–79 and 1981–82), Russell Westbrook (2016–17) and Nikola Jokić (2021–22).

Wes Unseld has scored the fewest points per game by an MVP in a season, with 13.8 per game in his rookie season in 1968-69.

“Only 2 NBA MVP trophies have been awarded to a player on a team with losing regular season record: Bob Petitt in 1955-56 (first MVP ever awarded). His St. Louis Hawks tied 6th out of 8 teams with a record of 33–39 (. 458).

Since the NBA merger in 1976-77, only eight players have won MVP for a team seeded outside of the top two in the conference. Additionally, no player has won an MVP for a team seeded No. 7 or worse, and only three players (Jokic, Westbrook and Malone) have won MVP for a team that finished as the No.

In 1985, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the oldest to win at 38 years and 54 days old. Andre Iguodala is the only winner to have not started every game in the series. Jerry West, the first-ever awardee (1969), is the only person to win the award while being on the losing team.

Derrick Rose — a Chicago legend through-and-through. On this day 11 years ago, Derrick Rose became the youngest player to win the MVP award in NBA history at just 22-years-old.

Rising Chicago Bulls superstar, Derrick Rose wins the regular season MVP award at the age of 22 years old. He becomes the youngest player in history to receive the award after collecting 113 out of 120 possible first-place votes.

Who is the oldest ever NBA MVP winner? As for the oldest NBA MVP winner, that is Karl Malone, who was 35 years of age when he claimed the individual prize for his efforts with the Utah Jazz in 1998/99. Michael Jordan also won an NBA MVP at an old age, doing so aged 34 with the Chicago Bulls in the 1997/98 season.

However, only three have successfully achieved the MVP three-peat: Bill Russell: 1960-63. Wilt Chamberlain: 1965-68. Larry Bird: 1983-86.

What team has never had an MVP? ›

Six NFL franchises have not produced an MVP, the New York Jets (not counting Joe Namath's two AFL MVPs), Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago/St.

Sonny Gray named Twins MVP, Carlos Correa earns two team awards - The Athletic.

[OC] How Jokic's 6th seed MVP would compare to other MVP winners historically by Net Rating. : r/nba.

Coming to the Cowboys in a trade with the Chicago Bears in 1961 after once having given up on his NFL career, Chuck Howley became one of the greatest outside linebackers in Cowboys history and the only player to win Super Bowl MVP honors while on the losing team.

There have been a total of five NBA players who were selected as the MVP but ended up losing in the first round of the playoffs. Moses Malone holds the unwanted record of being the only player to be eliminated in the first round as an NBA MVP.