2021 MVP race is not close.

[Mike G]

Listing those in b-r.com's mvp tracker and a few other category leaders.

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mvp?      min   TS%   PER  ws/48  BPM  On-Off
Haslem      3  1.00   54.7  .477  31.1  +66.7
Jokic    2445  .648   31.1  .300  11.6   +6.2
Giannis  1979  .635   29.4  .247   9.0   +6.1
Embiid   1563  .637   30.6  .269   7.4  +12.7
Kawhi    1773  .622   26.0  .240   6.7  +12.4

Butler   1745  .607   26.5  .256   7.5  +11.0
Lillard  2367  .622   25.6  .208   4.7   +5.8
Doncic   2207  .589   25.4  .165   6.8   +3.9
Gobert   2132  .684   23.4  .244   4.4  +17.5
Kyrie    1828  .612   24.4  .187   5.2   +0.4

mvp?      min   TS%   PER  ws/48  BPM  On-Off
Paul     2175  .597   21.3  .199   4.6   +1.8
Curry    2112  .656   26.3  .203   8.1   +8.8
Vucevic  2318  .563   23.2  .135   5.3   -3.2
Zion     2026  .649   27.1  .206   3.8   +5.3
Harden   1584  .619   24.6  .207   6.7   +6.1

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Here is my how my junk stat rankings have the MVP race. As MikeG posted, it is not close. I factor playing time, winning and traditional stats.

200 + HOF-type season
180-200 MVP/All-NBA type season
155-180 All-Star type season

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PLAYER	                             TEAM	AGE	GP	W	L	MIN	   Total
Nikola Jokic	                     DEN        26    	72	47	25	34.6	   210
Giannis Antetokounmpo                MIL	26	61	40	21	33.0       188
Stephen Curry                        GSW	33	63	37	26	34.2       185
Luka Doncic	                     DAL	22	66	40	26	34.3       183
Joel Embiid                          PHI	27	51	39	12	31.1       181
Damian Lillard	                     POR	30	67	39	28	35.8	   181
Chris Paul	                     PHX	36	70	49	21	31.4       180
Rudy Gobert	                     UTA	28	71	52	19	30.8       178
Julius Randle	                     NYK	26	71	40	31	37.6	   177
Devin Booker	                     PHX	24	67	48	19	33.9	   176
Russell Westbrook	             WAS	32	65	30	35	36.4	   168
Khris Middleton	                     MIL	29	68	45	23	33.4	   166
Kyrie Irving	                     BKN	29	54	36	18	34.9       164
Kawhi Leonard	                     LAC	29	52	36	16	34.1	   164
Tobias Harris	                     PHI	28	62	44	18	32.5	   163
Paul George	                     LAC	31	54	38	16	33.7	   163
LeBron James	                     LAL	36	45	30	15	33.4       162
Bojan Bogdanovic	             UTA	32	72	52	20	30.8	   161
Bradley Beal	                     WAS	27	60	32	28	35.8	   161
Donovan Mitchell	             UTA	24	53	39	14	33.4	   160
James Harden	                     BKN	31	44	31	13	36.6	   160
Jordan Clarkson	                     UTA	28	68	49	19	26.7	   159
Trae Young	                     ATL	22	63	36	27	33.7	   159
Jimmy Butler	                     MIA	31	52	33	19	33.6	   158
Jayson Tatum	                     BOS	23	64	34	30	35.8	   158

[glwall3]

For comparison this is the 2019-2020 season results.

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PLAYER	                 TEAM	AGE	GP	W	L	Total
Giannis Antetokounmpo	  MIL	25	63	51	12	219
LeBron James	          LAL	35	67	50	17	215
James Harden	          HOU	30	68	43	25	208
Anthony Davis	          LAL	27	62	46	16	190
Kawhi Leonard	          LAC	29	57	41	16	182
Nikola Jokic	          DEN	25	73	46	27	181
Luka Doncic	          DAL	21	61	36	25	176
Damian Lillard	          POR	29	66	33	33	171
Pascal Siakam	          TOR	26	60	46	14	171
Russell Westbrook	  HOU	31	57	36	21	171
Jayson Tatum	          BOS	22	66	46	20	170
Chris Paul	          OKC	35	70	44	26	168
Khris Middleton	          MIL	28	62	46	16	168
Donovan Mitchell	  UTA	23	69	43	26	162
Kyle Lowry	          TOR	34	58	41	17	161
Jimmy Butler	          MIA	30	58	38	20	160
Bam Adebayo        	  MIA	22	72	44	28	160
Tobias Harris	          PHI	27	72	43	29	158
Rudy Gobert	          UTA	28	68	42	26	158
Lou Williams	          LAC	33	65	44	21	157
Eric Bledsoe	          MIL	30	61	48	13	156
Domantas Sabonis	  IND	24	62	37	25	154
Montrezl Harrell	  LAC   26	63	44	19	154
Devin Booker	          PHX   23	70	34	36	153
Joel Embiid	          PHI   26	51	32	19	153

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2018-2019 Season

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PLAYER	              TEAM	AGE	GP	W	L	Total
James Harden	      HOU	29	78	51	27	222
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL	24	72	56	16	214
Kevin Durant	      GSW	30	78	54	24	197
Stephen Curry	      GSW	31	69	52	17	190
Nikola Jokic	      DEN	24	80	53	27	188
Damian Lillard	      POR	28	80	51	29	186
Russell Westbrook     OKC	30	73	44	29	184
Paul George	      OKC	29	77	46	31	184
Joel Embiid	      PHI	25	64	43	21	182
LaMarcus Aldridge     SAS	33	81	48	33	176
Eric Bledsoe	      MIL	29	78	59	19	172
Klay Thompson	      GSW	29	78	55	23	171
Khris Middleton	      MIL	27	77	56	21	169
Nikola Vucevic        ORL	28	80	41	39	168
Kawhi Leonard	      TOR	28	60	41	19	168
Rudy Gobert	      UTA	27	81	50	31	168
Pascal Siakam	      TOR	25	80	57	23	166
Ben Simmons	      PHI	22	79	50	29	164
DeMar DeRozan	      SAS	29	77	44	33	163
Donovan Mitchell      UTA	22	77	49	28	161
Blake Griffin	      DET	30	75	39	36	161
Kemba Walker	      CHA	29	82	39	43	161
Lou Williams	      LAC	32	75	47	28	160
Serge Ibaka	      TOR	29	74	53	21	157
Brook Lopez	      MIL	31	81	60	21	156

[Mike G]

These lists all look very plausible.
Have you considered converting your "Total" stat to something tangible like "wins" (or Win%) generated?