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1978-79 NBA Awards Voting

Most Valuable Player

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Voting Totals Shooting Per Game
Rank Player Age Tm First Pts Won Pts Max Share G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Moses Malone 23 HOU 112.0 112.0 215 0.521 82 3390 2031 1444 147 79 119 .540 .739 41.3 24.8 17.6 1.8 1.0 1.5
2 George Gervin 26 SAS 35.0 35.0 215 0.163 80 2888 2365 400 219 137 91 .541 .826 36.1 29.6 5.0 2.7 1.7 1.1
3 Elvin Hayes 33 WSB 28.0 28.0 215 0.130 82 3105 1789 994 143 75 190 .487 .654 37.9 21.8 12.1 1.7 0.9 2.3
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 31 LAL 15.0 15.0 215 0.070 80 3157 1903 1025 431 76 316 .577 .736 39.5 23.8 12.8 5.4 1.0 4.0
5 Bob Dandridge 31 WSB 7.0 7.0 215 0.033 78 2629 1589 447 365 71 57 .499 .825 33.7 20.4 5.7 4.7 0.9 0.7
6 World B. Free 25 SDC 5.0 5.0 215 0.023 78 2954 2244 301 340 111 35 .481 .756 37.9 28.8 3.9 4.4 1.4 0.4
7 Jack Sikma 23 SEA 4.0 4.0 215 0.019 82 2958 1281 1013 261 82 67 .460 .814 36.1 15.6 12.4 3.2 1.0 0.8
8 Phil Ford 22 KCK 3.0 3.0 215 0.014 79 2723 1260 182 681 174 6 .465 .813 34.5 15.9 2.3 8.6 2.2 0.1
8 David Thompson 24 DEN 3.0 3.0 215 0.014 76 2670 1825 274 225 70 82 .512 .753 35.1 24.0 3.6 3.0 0.9 1.1
10 Walter Davis 24 PHO 2.0 2.0 215 0.009 79 2437 1868 373 339 147 26 .561 .831 30.8 23.6 4.7 4.3 1.9 0.3