Disclaimer: The NBA MVP Award Tracker ranks candidates based on a model built using previous voting results. This list does not represent the opinion of this site. Rather, these are the players that the voters are likely to target.
| Rk | Player | Tm | W | L | W-L% | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Johnson | ATL | 11 | 2 | .846 | 13 | 13 | 38.5 | 8.8 | 19.3 | .454 | 1.5 | 4.6 | .333 | 4.2 | 4.8 | .871 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 23.2 |
| 2 | LeBron James | CLE | 9 | 4 | .692 | 13 | 13 | 37.8 | 9.6 | 18.6 | .517 | 1.6 | 4.5 | .362 | 8.4 | 10.6 | .790 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 29.2 |
| 3 | Dirk Nowitzki | DAL | 10 | 3 | .769 | 13 | 13 | 38.5 | 9.2 | 20.6 | .444 | 0.9 | 2.6 | .353 | 7.7 | 8.5 | .901 | 0.8 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 26.9 |
| 4 | Kobe Bryant | LAL | 9 | 3 | .750 | 12 | 12 | 38.1 | 11.3 | 23.8 | .474 | 0.4 | 2.2 | .192 | 7.3 | 8.4 | .861 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 30.2 |
| 5 | Josh Smith | ATL | 11 | 2 | .846 | 13 | 13 | 33.0 | 6.5 | 11.6 | .556 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.8 | 4.8 | .571 | 2.5 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 15.7 |
| 6 | Steve Nash | PHO | 10 | 3 | .769 | 13 | 13 | 33.3 | 6.1 | 12.0 | .506 | 1.7 | 3.8 | .440 | 3.0 | 3.2 | .929 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 11.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 16.8 |
| 7 | Al Horford | ATL | 11 | 2 | .846 | 13 | 13 | 34.0 | 5.8 | 10.0 | .577 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.000 | 2.4 | 3.2 | .756 | 2.7 | 7.3 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 14.0 |
| 8 | Brandon Jennings | MIL | 7 | 3 | .700 | 10 | 10 | 35.3 | 9.5 | 19.7 | .482 | 2.7 | 5.2 | .519 | 3.5 | 4.7 | .745 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 25.2 |
| 9 | Carmelo Anthony | DEN | 8 | 4 | .667 | 12 | 12 | 36.3 | 10.2 | 21.3 | .478 | 0.8 | 2.3 | .357 | 9.3 | 10.9 | .855 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 30.5 |
| 10 | Andrew Bynum | LAL | 9 | 3 | .750 | 10 | 10 | 37.8 | 8.0 | 13.9 | .576 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 4.8 | .708 | 3.5 | 7.9 | 11.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 19.4 |