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1978-79 NBA Awards Voting
Most Valuable Player
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| Rank | Player | Age | Tm | First | Pts Won | Pts Max | Share | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | WS | WS/48 |
| 1 | Moses Malone | 23 | HOU | 112.0 | 112.0 | 215 | 0.521 | 41.3 | 24.8 | 17.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | .540 | .739 | 14.1 | .200 | |
| 2 | George Gervin | 26 | SAS | 35.0 | 35.0 | 215 | 0.163 | 36.1 | 29.6 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | .541 | .826 | 11.4 | .189 | |
| 3 | Elvin Hayes | 33 | WSB | 28.0 | 28.0 | 215 | 0.130 | 37.9 | 21.8 | 12.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.3 | .487 | .654 | 9.4 | .146 | |
| 4 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 31 | LAL | 15.0 | 15.0 | 215 | 0.070 | 39.5 | 23.8 | 12.8 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 4.0 | .577 | .736 | 14.4 | .219 | |
| 5 | Bob Dandridge | 31 | WSB | 7.0 | 7.0 | 215 | 0.033 | 33.7 | 20.4 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | .499 | .825 | 8.7 | .158 | |
| 6 | World B. Free | 25 | SDC | 5.0 | 5.0 | 215 | 0.023 | 37.9 | 28.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | .481 | .756 | 10.1 | .164 | |
| 7 | Jack Sikma | 23 | SEA | 4.0 | 4.0 | 215 | 0.019 | 36.1 | 15.6 | 12.4 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | .460 | .814 | 8.8 | .143 | |
| 8T | Phil Ford | 22 | KCK | 3.0 | 3.0 | 215 | 0.014 | 34.5 | 15.9 | 2.3 | 8.6 | 2.2 | 0.1 | .465 | .813 | 5.7 | .101 | |
| 8T | David Thompson | 24 | DEN | 3.0 | 3.0 | 215 | 0.014 | 35.1 | 24.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .512 | .753 | 9.5 | .171 | |
| 10 | Walter Davis | 24 | PHO | 2.0 | 2.0 | 215 | 0.009 | 30.8 | 23.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | .561 | .831 | 9.4 | .184 | |