The NBA MVP in 1976, 1977 and 1980 was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He won the award three times in total, also in 1971 and 1974.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a retired professional basketball player who played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. He is widely considered one of the greatest players in NBA history and is the all-time leading scorer with 38,387 points. He was a six-time NBA champion, a 19-time All-Star and a six-time NBA MVP. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995.