In the 17 seasons LeBron James has played in the NBA, he’s finished in the top-three in MVP voting 10 times, and won the award four times. If James wins another MVP before his career ends, he’ll become just the fourth player in NBA history to win at least five MVP awards. Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Jordan are the others. James would also join Karl Malone as the only other player aged 35 or older to win an MVP award.
All of these are hypothetical scenarios, but they’re relevant because James, at the age of 35, is a legitimate candidate for MVP.