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1979-80 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 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 32 LAL 147.0 147.0 221 0.665 82 3143 2034 886 371 81 280 .604 .000 .765 38.3 24.8 10.8 4.5 1.0 3.4
2 Julius Erving 29 PHI 31.5 31.5 221 0.143 78 2812 2100 576 355 170 140 .519 .200 .787 36.1 26.9 7.4 4.6 2.2 1.8
3 George Gervin 27 SAS 19.0 19.0 221 0.086 78 2934 2585 403 202 110 79 .528 .314 .852 37.6 33.1 5.2 2.6 1.4 1.0
4 Larry Bird 23 BOS 15.0 15.0 221 0.068 82 2955 1745 852 370 143 53 .474 .406 .836 36.0 21.3 10.4 4.5 1.7 0.6
5 Tiny Archibald 31 BOS 2.0 2.0 221 0.009 80 2864 1131 197 671 106 10 .482 .222 .830 35.8 14.1 2.5 8.4 1.3 0.1
5 Dennis Johnson 25 SEA 2.0 2.0 221 0.009 81 2937 1540 414 332 144 82 .422 .207 .780 36.3 19.0 5.1 4.1 1.8 1.0
5 Dan Roundfield 26 ATL 2.0 2.0 221 0.009 81 2588 1334 837 184 101 139 .499 .000 .710 32.0 16.5 10.3 2.3 1.2 1.7
8 Gus Williams 26 SEA 1.5 1.5 221 0.007 82 2969 1816 275 397 200 37 .482 .194 .788 36.2 22.1 3.4 4.8 2.4 0.5
9 Moses Malone 24 HOU 1.0 1.0 221 0.005 82 3140 2119 1190 147 80 107 .502 .000 .719 38.3 25.8 14.5 1.8 1.0 1.3