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One in regular season and two in the NBA Finals
He was awarded the NBA MVP Award in the 2007-2008 Regular Season.
At the end of the regular season. Post season success and even qualifying for the playoffs has no bearing on winning awards like those.
Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry won the 2015 NBA regular season MVP.
Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series MVP award in 1979. He also won the regular season MVP and NLCS MVP awards that year. He is the only player to have won the regular season league MVP, championship series MVP and World Series MVP awards in the same season.
Once. Terry Bradshaw was voted the MVP for the 1978 season.
Ernie Banks was the last Cub to win Back-to-back National League MVP awards in 1958, and 1959.