Wayne Gretzky won the award a record nine times during his career, eight consecutively. He has been named MVP more times than any other player in the history of the other three Major Professional Leagues (Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, and National Football League). Barry Bonds is second, having won the MVP award seven times in Major League Baseball and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is third, having won the MVP award six times in the NBA. Gretzky and his Edmonton Oilers teammate Mark Messier are the only players to win the Hart Trophy with more than one team.
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Chase Utley has never won the MVP award.
First baseman's have won the most mvp awards with a total of 34.
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Kobe Bryant won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award one time (2007-08 season). He also won the NBA Finals MVP two times.
Terry Bradshaw won three MVP awards during his career. He was the league MVP in 1978 and he also won two Super Bowl MVP awards (X & XIII).