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#3 Karl Malone - 33 years old
In the 1996-7 NBA season, Karl Malone won the first of his two NBA Most Valuable Player awards. The Utah Jazz power forward won his first MVP after averaging 27.4 points, 9.9 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game.
Malone beat Michael Jordan with 63 first-place votes over MJ's 52. Malone played the 82 regular-season games of the Utah Jazz and led the team to a 64-18 record.
Eventually, the Utah Jazz lost the 1997 NBA Finals against Jordan's Chicago Bulls.
Malone was about to turn 34 years of age on July 24th after winning his first MVP.
#2 Michael Jordan - 35 years old
After losing the MVP in the 1996-97 NBA season to Karl Malone, Michael Jordan won the award in the following year at 35 years of age.
Jordan played the entire regular season with the Bulls (82 games) and led the team to a 60-22 record to lead the Eastern Conference.
He averaged 28.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game.
Jordan turned 35 years of age a couple of months before the end of the regular season.
In what became his final season with the Bulls, MJ also won the MVP of the All-Star Game, and led the team to their sixth NBA championship. He won the Finals MVP award a record six times too.
#1 Karl Malone - 35 years old
Malone retook the regular-season MVP honors in 1999, but Jordan was not his rival anymore. In the shortened 1998-99 NBA season, Malone averaged 23.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game.
The Utah Jazz also tied with the San Antonio Spurs for the best record in the NBA, with 37 wins and 13 losses.
The season was shortened due to a lockout which was solved when the NBA and the Players' Association worked out a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
The Jazz did not have success in the 1999 postseason, as they lost to the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round.
Malone turned 36 years of age just a month after the NBA season ended. Moreover, he was playing in his 14th NBA season.
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