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1980-81 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 Julius Erving 30 PHI 28.0 454.0 690 0.658 82 2874 2014 657 364 173 147 .521 .222 .787 35.0 24.6 8.0 4.4 2.1 1.8
2 Larry Bird 24 BOS 20.0 423.0 690 0.613 82 3239 1741 895 451 161 63 .478 .270 .863 39.5 21.2 10.9 5.5 2.0 0.8
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 33 LAL 8.0 286.0 690 0.414 80 2976 2095 821 272 59 228 .574 .000 .766 37.2 26.2 10.3 3.4 0.7 2.9
4 Moses Malone 25 HOU 8.0 180.0 690 0.261 80 3245 2222 1180 141 83 150 .522 .333 .757 40.6 27.8 14.8 1.8 1.0 1.9
5 George Gervin 28 SAS 1.0 83.0 690 0.120 82 2765 2221 419 260 94 56 .492 .257 .826 33.7 27.1 5.1 3.2 1.1 0.7
6 Marques Johnson 24 MIL 1.0 73.0 690 0.106 76 2542 1541 518 346 115 41 .552 .000 .706 33.4 20.3 6.8 4.6 1.5 0.5
7 Robert Parish 27 BOS 0.0 53.0 690 0.077 82 2298 1552 777 144 81 214 .545 .000 .710 28.0 18.9 9.5 1.8 1.0 2.6
8 Dennis Johnson 26 PHO 0.0 50.0 690 0.072 79 2615 1486 363 291 136 61 .436 .216 .820 33.1 18.8 4.6 3.7 1.7 0.8
9 Tiny Archibald 32 BOS 0.0 32.0 690 0.046 80 2820 1106 176 618 75 18 .499 .000 .816 35.3 13.8 2.2 7.7 0.9 0.2
10 Jamaal Wilkes 27 LAL 0.0 19.0 690 0.028 81 3028 1827 435 235 121 29 .526 .077 .758 37.4 22.6 5.4 2.9 1.5 0.4
11 Magic Johnson 21 LAL 0.0 18.0 690 0.026 37 1371 798 320 317 127 27 .532 .176 .760 37.1 21.6 8.6 8.6 3.4 0.7
12 Adrian Dantley 24 UTA 1.0 15.0 690 0.022 80 3417 2452 509 322 109 18 .559 .286 .806 42.7 30.7 6.4 4.0 1.4 0.2
12 Phil Ford 24 KCK 1.0 15.0 690 0.022 66 2287 1153 128 580 99 6 .478 .306 .831 34.7 17.5 1.9 8.8 1.5 0.1
14 Bernard King 24 GSW 0.0 12.0 690 0.017 81 2914 1771 551 287 72 34 .588 .333 .703 36.0 21.9 6.8 3.5 0.9 0.4
15 Kelvin Ransey 22 POR 1.0 11.0 690 0.016 80 2431 1217 195 555 88 9 .452 .097 .749 30.4 15.2 2.4 6.9 1.1 0.1
15 Jack Sikma 25 SEA 0.0 11.0 690 0.016 82 2920 1530 852 248 78 93 .454 .000 .823 35.6 18.7 10.4 3.0 1.0 1.1
17 Otis Birdsong 25 KCK 0.0 7.0 690 0.010 71 2593 1747 258 233 93 18 .544 .286 .697 36.5 24.6 3.6 3.3 1.3 0.3
17 Micheal Ray Richardson 25 NYK 0.0 7.0 690 0.010 79 3175 1293 545 627 232 35 .469 .225 .663 40.2 16.4 6.9 7.9 2.9 0.4
19 Truck Robinson 29 PHO 0.0 6.0 690 0.009 82 3088 1543 789 206 68 38 .505 .629 37.7 18.8 9.6 2.5 0.8 0.5
19 Reggie Theus 23 CHI 0.0 6.0 690 0.009 82 2820 1549 287 426 122 20 .495 .200 .809 34.4 18.9 3.5 5.2 1.5 0.2
21 Norm Nixon 25 LAL 0.0 5.0 690 0.007 79 2962 1350 232 696 146 11 .476 .167 .778 37.5 17.1 2.9 8.8 1.8 0.1
22 Artis Gilmore 31 CHI 0.0 4.0 690 0.006 82 2832 1469 828 172 47 198 .670 .705 34.5 17.9 10.1 2.1 0.6 2.4
22 Bob Lanier 32 MIL 0.0 4.0 690 0.006 67 1753 961 413 179 73 81 .525 1.000 .751 26.2 14.3 6.2 2.7 1.1 1.2
24 Michael Cooper 24 LAL 0.0 3.0 690 0.004 81 2625 763 336 332 133 78 .491 .211 .785 32.4 9.4 4.1 4.1 1.6 1.0
24 Walter Davis 26 PHO 0.0 3.0 690 0.004 78 2182 1402 200 302 97 12 .539 .412 .836 28.0 18.0 2.6 3.9 1.2 0.2
24 George Johnson 32 SAS 0.0 3.0 690 0.004 82 1935 408 602 92 47 278 .473 .734 23.6 5.0 7.3 1.1 0.6 3.4
24 Bobby Jones 29 PHI 0.0 3.0 690 0.004 81 2046 1096 435 226 95 74 .539 .000 .813 25.3 13.5 5.4 2.8 1.2 0.9
24 Mike Mitchell 25 CLE 0.0 3.0 690 0.004 82 3194 2012 502 139 63 52 .476 .444 .784 39.0 24.5 6.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
24 James Silas 31 SAS 0.0 3.0 690 0.004 75 2055 1326 231 285 51 12 .477 .000 .850 27.4 17.7 3.1 3.8 0.7 0.2
30 Quinn Buckner 26 MIL 0.0 1.0 690 0.001 82 2384 1092 298 384 197 3 .493 .167 .734 29.1 13.3 3.6 4.7 2.4 0.0
30 Caldwell Jones 30 PHI 0.0 1.0 690 0.001 81 2639 584 813 122 53 134 .449 .767 32.6 7.2 10.0 1.5 0.7 1.7