1967-68 NBA & ABA Awards Voting
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1955-56 through 1979-1980: Voting was done by players.
Rules prohibited player from voting for himself or any teammate.
1980-81 to present: Voting conducted by media.
Voting tallies for seasons 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1970-71, and 1978-79 are incomplete.
NBA 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 | Wilt Chamberlain | 31 | PHI | 88.0 | 504.0 | 695 | 0.725 | 82 | 46.8 | 24.3 | 23.8 | 8.6 | .595 | .380 | 20.4 | .255 | |||
| 2 | Lenny Wilkens | 30 | STL | 26.0 | 216.0 | 695 | 0.311 | 82 | 38.6 | 20.0 | 5.3 | 8.3 | .438 | .768 | 10.1 | .153 | |||
| 3 | Elgin Baylor | 33 | LAL | 9.0 | 129.0 | 695 | 0.186 | 77 | 39.3 | 26.0 | 12.2 | 4.6 | .443 | .786 | 8.0 | .127 | |||
| 4 | Dave Bing | 24 | DET | 9.0 | 127.0 | 695 | 0.183 | 79 | 40.6 | 27.1 | 4.7 | 6.4 | .441 | .707 | 6.2 | .093 | |||
| 5 | Oscar Robertson | 29 | CIN | 7.0 | 112.0 | 695 | 0.161 | 65 | 42.5 | 29.2 | 6.0 | 9.7 | .500 | .873 | 12.3 | .214 | |||
ABA 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 | Connie Hawkins | 25 | PTP | 19.0 | 173.0 | 176 | 0.983 | 70 | 44.9 | 26.8 | 13.5 | 4.6 | .519 | .222 | .764 | 17.9 | .273 | ||
| 2 | Doug Moe | 29 | NOB | 3.0 | 150.0 | 176 | 0.852 | 78 | 39.9 | 24.2 | 10.2 | 2.6 | .413 | .136 | .795 | 9.4 | .144 | ||
| 3 | Mel Daniels | 23 | MNM | 0.0 | 120.0 | 176 | 0.682 | 78 | 37.7 | 22.2 | 15.6 | 1.4 | .408 | .200 | .575 | 9.2 | .150 | ||
| 4 | Larry Jones | 25 | DNR | 0.0 | 100.0 | 176 | 0.568 | 76 | 40.6 | 22.9 | 7.9 | 3.6 | .427 | .190 | .776 | 11.8 | .184 | ||
| 5 | Willie Somerset | 25 | HSM | 0.0 | 80.0 | 176 | 0.455 | 61 | 38.3 | 21.7 | 5.0 | 3.7 | .448 | .308 | .780 | 9.4 | .193 | ||
| 6 | Larry Brown | 27 | NOB | 0.0 | 60.0 | 176 | 0.341 | 78 | 36.0 | 13.4 | 3.2 | 6.5 | .366 | .213 | .813 | 6.6 | .112 | ||
| 7 | Roger Brown | 25 | INA | 0.0 | 40.0 | 176 | 0.227 | 76 | 39.1 | 19.6 | 8.5 | 4.3 | .423 | .259 | .754 | 7.3 | .118 | ||
| 8 | John Beasley | 23 | DLC | 0.0 | 20.0 | 176 | 0.114 | 77 | 36.9 | 19.7 | 12.8 | 1.5 | .492 | .000 | .842 | 8.9 | .150 | ||
| 9T | Cliff Hagan | 36 | DLC | 0.0 | 10.0 | 176 | 0.057 | 56 | 31.0 | 18.2 | 6.0 | 4.9 | .489 | .000 | .789 | 7.1 | .196 | ||
| 9T | Cincinnatus Powell | 25 | DLC | 0.0 | 10.0 | 176 | 0.057 | 77 | 32.8 | 18.3 | 9.0 | 1.4 | .489 | .250 | .692 | 8.1 | .154 | ||
| 11 | Art Heyman | 26 | TOT | 0.0 | 9.0 | 176 | 0.051 | 73 | 35.0 | 18.5 | 6.8 | 3.8 | .432 | .261 | .731 | 8.5 | .159 | ||
| 12 | Jim Hadnot | 28 | OAK | 0.0 | 8.0 | 176 | 0.045 | 77 | 39.0 | 17.5 | 12.2 | 1.8 | .467 | .000 | .668 | 6.2 | .099 | ||
Rookie of the Year
| 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 | Earl Monroe | 23 | BAL | 78.0 | 78.0 | 79 | 0.987 | 82 | 36.7 | 24.3 | 5.7 | 4.3 | .453 | .781 | 9.3 | .148 | |||
| 2 | Bill Bradley | 24 | NYK | 1.0 | 1.0 | 79 | 0.013 | 45 | 19.4 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | .416 | .731 | 1.1 | .058 | |||
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