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1980-81 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 Julius Erving 30 PHI 28.0 454.0 690 0.658 35.0 24.6 8.0 4.4 2.1 1.8 .521 .222 .787 13.8 .231
2 Larry Bird 24 BOS 20.0 423.0 690 0.613 39.5 21.2 10.9 5.5 2.0 0.8 .478 .270 .863 10.8 .160
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 33 LAL 8.0 286.0 690 0.414 37.2 26.2 10.3 3.4 0.7 2.9 .574 .000 .766 14.3 .230
4 Moses Malone 25 HOU 8.0 180.0 690 0.261 40.6 27.8 14.8 1.8 1.0 1.9 .522 .333 .757 13.7 .202
5 George Gervin 28 SAS 1.0 83.0 690 0.120 33.7 27.1 5.1 3.2 1.1 0.7 .492 .257 .826 10.5 .182
6 Marques Johnson 24 MIL 1.0 73.0 690 0.106 33.4 20.3 6.8 4.6 1.5 0.5 .552 .000 .706 11.2 .211
7 Robert Parish 27 BOS 0.0 53.0 690 0.077 28.0 18.9 9.5 1.8 1.0 2.6 .545 .000 .710 10.9 .228
8 Dennis Johnson 26 PHO 0.0 50.0 690 0.072 33.1 18.8 4.6 3.7 1.7 0.8 .436 .216 .820 8.4 .154
9 Tiny Archibald 32 BOS 0.0 32.0 690 0.046 35.3 13.8 2.2 7.7 0.9 0.2 .499 .000 .816 6.9 .118
10 Jamaal Wilkes 27 LAL 0.0 19.0 690 0.028 37.4 22.6 5.4 2.9 1.5 0.4 .526 .077 .758 8.5 .135
11 Magic Johnson 21 LAL 0.0 18.0 690 0.026 37.1 21.6 8.6 8.6 3.4 0.7 .532 .176 .760 6.4 .225
12T Adrian Dantley 24 UTA 1.0 15.0 690 0.022 42.7 30.7 6.4 4.0 1.4 0.2 .559 .286 .806 13.6 .191
12T Phil Ford 24 KCK 1.0 15.0 690 0.022 34.7 17.5 1.9 8.8 1.5 0.1 .478 .306 .831 5.2 .110
14 Bernard King 24 GSW 0.0 12.0 690 0.017 36.0 21.9 6.8 3.5 0.9 0.4 .588 .333 .703 9.1 .150
15T Kelvin Ransey 22 POR 1.0 11.0 690 0.016 30.4 15.2 2.4 6.9 1.1 0.1 .452 .097 .749 2.8 .056
15T Jack Sikma 25 SEA 0.0 11.0 690 0.016 35.6 18.7 10.4 3.0 1.0 1.1 .454 .000 .823 8.0 .132
17T Otis Birdsong 25 KCK 0.0 7.0 690 0.010 36.5 24.6 3.6 3.3 1.3 0.3 .544 .286 .697 8.2 .152
17T Micheal Ray Richardson 25 NYK 0.0 7.0 690 0.010 40.2 16.4 6.9 7.9 2.9 0.4 .469 .225 .663 6.9 .104
19T Truck Robinson 29 PHO 0.0 6.0 690 0.009 37.7 18.8 9.6 2.5 0.8 0.5 .505 .629 7.6 .119
19T Reggie Theus 23 CHI 0.0 6.0 690 0.009 34.4 18.9 3.5 5.2 1.5 0.2 .495 .200 .809 9.2 .156
21 Norm Nixon 25 LAL 0.0 5.0 690 0.007 37.5 17.1 2.9 8.8 1.8 0.1 .476 .167 .778 5.5 .089
22T Artis Gilmore 31 CHI 0.0 4.0 690 0.006 34.5 17.9 10.1 2.1 0.6 2.4 .670 .705 12.3 .208
22T Bob Lanier 32 MIL 0.0 4.0 690 0.006 26.2 14.3 6.2 2.7 1.1 1.2 .525 1.000 .751 6.8 .185
24T Michael Cooper 24 LAL 0.0 3.0 690 0.004 32.4 9.4 4.1 4.1 1.6 1.0 .491 .211 .785 5.0 .092
24T Walter Davis 26 PHO 0.0 3.0 690 0.004 28.0 18.0 2.6 3.9 1.2 0.2 .539 .412 .836 7.1 .157
24T George Johnson 32 SAS 0.0 3.0 690 0.004 23.6 5.0 7.3 1.1 0.6 3.4 .473 .734 4.5 .112
24T Bobby Jones 29 PHI 0.0 3.0 690 0.004 25.3 13.5 5.4 2.8 1.2 0.9 .539 .000 .813 9.2 .217
24T Mike Mitchell 25 CLE 0.0 3.0 690 0.004 39.0 24.5 6.1 1.7 0.8 0.6 .476 .444 .784 6.0 .091
24T James Silas 31 SAS 0.0 3.0 690 0.004 27.4 17.7 3.1 3.8 0.7 0.2 .477 .000 .850 7.0 .164
30T Quinn Buckner 26 MIL 0.0 1.0 690 0.001 29.1 13.3 3.6 4.7 2.4 0.0 .493 .167 .734 5.4 .108
30T Caldwell Jones 30 PHI 0.0 1.0 690 0.001 32.6 7.2 10.0 1.5 0.7 1.7 .449 .767 5.5 .100