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NBA MVP Award Tracker

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.

Top Candidates

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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