Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic became the ninth player in NBA history to win a third NBA MVP award on Wednesday night.

Jokic joined a prestigious lineage of NBA greats to win the title three or more times in their career, cementing him as one of the all-time greats in the sport.

With Jokic’s honor, it’s worth looking back on all nine of the NBA players to win three or more MVP awards in their careers. All of these names will be ones you’d expect to see on here, as they’re all icons of the game who dominated on the court.

Let’s count them down, see how many MVP titles they won and in what years.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 6 MVP awards (1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980)

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Bill Russell: 5 MVP awards (1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965)

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Michael Jordan: 5 MVP awards (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)

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Wilt Chamberlain: 4 MVP awards (1960, 1966, 1967, 1968)

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LeBron James: 4 MVP awards (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)

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Moses Malone: 3 MVP awards (1979, 1982, 1983)

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Larry Bird: 3 MVP awards (1984, 1985, 1986)

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Magic Johnson: 3 MVP awards (1987, 1989, 1990)

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Nikola Jokic: 3 MVP awards (2021, 2022, 2024)

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