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1982-83 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 27 PHI 69.0 720.0 750 0.960 78 2922 1908 1194 101 89 157 .501 .000 .761 37.5 24.5 15.3 1.3 1.1 2.0
2 Larry Bird 26 BOS 1.0 364.0 750 0.485 79 2982 1867 870 458 148 71 .504 .286 .840 37.7 23.6 11.0 5.8 1.9 0.9
3 Magic Johnson 23 LAL 2.0 304.5 750 0.406 79 2907 1326 683 829 176 47 .548 .000 .800 36.8 16.8 8.6 10.5 2.2 0.6
4 Sidney Moncrief 25 MIL 0.0 226.0 750 0.301 76 2710 1712 437 300 113 23 .524 .100 .826 35.7 22.5 5.8 3.9 1.5 0.3
5 Julius Erving 32 PHI 3.0 112.0 750 0.149 72 2421 1542 491 263 112 131 .517 .286 .759 33.6 21.4 6.8 3.7 1.6 1.8
6 Alex English 29 DEN 0.0 42.0 750 0.056 82 2988 2326 601 397 116 126 .516 .167 .829 36.4 28.4 7.3 4.8 1.4 1.5
7 Buck Williams 22 NJN 0.0 40.0 750 0.053 82 2961 1396 1027 125 91 110 .588 .000 .620 36.1 17.0 12.5 1.5 1.1 1.3
8 Artis Gilmore 33 SAS 0.0 33.0 750 0.044 82 2797 1479 984 126 40 192 .626 .000 .740 34.1 18.0 12.0 1.5 0.5 2.3
9 George Gervin 30 SAS 0.0 30.0 750 0.040 78 2830 2043 357 264 88 67 .487 .364 .853 36.3 26.2 4.6 3.4 1.1 0.9
10 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 35 LAL 0.0 15.0 750 0.020 79 2554 1722 592 200 61 170 .588 .000 .749 32.3 21.8 7.5 2.5 0.8 2.2
11 Jack Sikma 27 SEA 0.0 13.0 750 0.017 75 2564 1368 858 233 87 65 .464 .000 .837 34.2 18.2 11.4 3.1 1.2 0.9
12 Jeff Ruland 24 WSB 0.0 12.0 750 0.016 79 2862 1536 871 234 74 77 .552 .333 .689 36.2 19.4 11.0 3.0 0.9 1.0
13 Terry Cummings 21 SDC 0.0 10.0 750 0.013 70 2531 1660 744 177 129 62 .523 .000 .709 36.2 23.7 10.6 2.5 1.8 0.9
14 Maurice Lucas 30 PHO 0.0 9.0 750 0.012 77 2586 1269 799 219 56 43 .474 .333 .781 33.6 16.5 10.4 2.8 0.7 0.6
15 Alton Lister 24 MIL 0.0 5.0 750 0.007 80 1885 674 568 111 50 177 .529 .537 23.6 8.4 7.1 1.4 0.6 2.2
16 Bernard King 26 NYK 0.0 4.0 750 0.005 68 2207 1486 326 195 90 13 .528 .000 .722 32.5 21.9 4.8 2.9 1.3 0.2
16 Isiah Thomas 21 DET 0.0 4.0 750 0.005 81 3093 1854 328 634 199 29 .472 .288 .710 38.2 22.9 4.0 7.8 2.5 0.4
18 Larry Drew 24 KCK 0.0 3.0 750 0.004 75 2690 1510 207 610 126 10 .492 .125 .820 35.9 20.1 2.8 8.1 1.7 0.1
18 Gus Williams 29 SEA 0.0 3.0 750 0.004 80 2761 1600 205 643 182 26 .477 .047 .751 34.5 20.0 2.6 8.0 2.3 0.3
20 Dan Roundfield 29 ATL 0.0 2.0 750 0.003 77 2811 1464 880 225 60 115 .470 .185 .749 36.5 19.0 11.4 2.9 0.8 1.5
21 Marques Johnson 26 MIL 0.0 1.5 750 0.002 80 2853 1714 562 363 100 56 .509 .200 .735 35.7 21.4 7.0 4.5 1.3 0.7
22 Norm Nixon 27 LAL 0.0 1.0 750 0.001 79 2711 1191 205 566 104 4 .475 .000 .744 34.3 15.1 2.6 7.2 1.3 0.1
22 Kiki Vandeweghe 24 DEN 0.0 1.0 750 0.001 82 2909 2186 437 203 66 38 .547 .294 .875 35.5 26.7 5.3 2.5 0.8 0.5