NBA MVP Winners: Ranking the 10 Greatest MVP seasons EVER

#2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 1971-72

Season Averages: 34.8 points (led the league), 16.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 57.4% shooting

If you though the previous MVP season of Kareem's (1970-71), the center did one better the next year. There's a clear jump in all of the major stat categories - points, rebounds, and assists from the previous season. He not only the league in points per game, he also was at the front in categories like PER, offensive win shares and win shares per 48 minutes.

And it's the final stat that helps Kareem rank so high on this list is his win shares per 48 minutes: an NBA record - .340.

And note, he was putting up such insane numbers while still going up against some healthy Hall of Fame competition in Wilt Chamberlain, Wes Unseld, Nate Thurmond and Elvin Hayes.

The 1971-72 year was when Kareen registered a career-high in points per game for a season. Scoring seemed quite simple for him courtesy of his unstoppable move - the skyhook. On the back of that and some craft moves in the post, he went on to become the league's all-time scoring leader (38,387).