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1980-81 NBA Awards Voting

Most Valuable Player

Voting Per Game Shooting Advanced
Rank Player Age Tm First Pts Won Pts Max Share G MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% WS WS/48
1 Julius Erving 30 PHI 28.0 454.0 690 0.658 82 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 82 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 80 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 80 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 82 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 76 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 82 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 79 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 80 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 81 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 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 80 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 66 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 81 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 80 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 82 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 71 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 79 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 82 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 82 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 79 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 82 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 67 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 81 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 78 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 82 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 81 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 82 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 75 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 82 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 81 32.6 7.2 10.0 1.5 0.7 1.7 .449 .767 5.5 .100