Top 5 NBA MVP Candidates So Far

The NBA season is more than a quarter of the way through, and the front-runners for the prestigious Most Valuable Player award is looking very different than previous years.

Instead of the usual LeBron James or even Kevin Durant, this year's MVP Candidates are carrying their team's to extreme records or simply being inhumanly awesome.

Check out pictures for each player on the bottom right corner for each part under "MEDIA".

All stats relative of December 21, 2014 - BasketballReference.com and NBA.com