1976-77 NBA Awards Voting

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1975-76 Awards Voting 1977-78 Awards Voting

Most Valuable Player

Most Valuable Player Table
				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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	29	LAL	159.0	159.0	247	0.644	82	36.8	26.2	13.3	3.9	1.2	3.2	.579		.701	17.8	.283
2	Bill Walton	24	POR	29.0	29.0	247	0.117	65	34.8	18.6	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	.528		.697	10.2	.215
3	Pete Maravich	29	NOJ	15.0	15.0	247	0.061	73	41.7	31.1	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	.433		.835	6.4	.101
4	Bob Lanier	28	DET	11.0	11.0	247	0.045	64	38.2	25.3	11.6	3.3	1.1	2.0	.534		.818	10.3	.203
5	Julius Erving	26	PHI	7.0	7.0	247	0.028	82	35.9	21.6	8.5	3.7	1.9	1.4	.499		.777	11.5	.188
6	Moses Malone	21	TOT	6.0	6.0	247	0.024	82	30.6	13.2	13.1	1.1	0.8	2.2	.480		.693	8.7	.167
7T	Elvin Hayes	31	WSB	5.0	5.0	247	0.020	82	41.0	23.7	12.5	1.9	1.1	2.7	.501		.687	12.1	.173
7T	David Thompson	22	DEN	5.0	5.0	247	0.020	82	36.6	25.9	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	.507		.766	10.7	.172
9	Maurice Lucas	24	POR	4.0	4.0	247	0.016	79	36.2	20.2	11.4	2.9	1.1	0.7	.466		.765	8.7	.147
10	Artis Gilmore	27	CHI	2.0	2.0	247	0.008	82	35.1	18.6	13.0	2.4	0.5	2.5	.522		.660	12.2	.203
11T	George Gervin	24	SAS	1.0	1.0	247	0.004	82	33.0	23.1	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	.544		.833	10.5	.187
11T	George McGinnis	26	PHI	1.0	1.0	247	0.004	79	35.1	21.4	11.5	3.8	2.1	0.5	.458		.681	8.6	.149
11T	Norm Van Lier	29	CHI	1.0	1.0	247	0.004	82	37.8	10.2	4.5	7.8	1.6	0.2	.412		.778	5.5	.085
11T	Jo Jo White	30	BOS	1.0	1.0	247	0.004	82	40.6	19.6	4.7	6.0	1.4	0.3	.429		.869	6.5	.094

Rookie of the Year

Rookie of the Year Table
				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	Adrian Dantley	20	BUF	44.0	44.0	66	0.667	77	36.6	20.3	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	.520		.818	9.8	.167
2	John Lucas	23	HOU	8.0	8.0	66	0.121	82	30.9	11.1	2.7	5.6	1.5	0.2	.477		.789	4.8	.091

More Awards Pages

Awards Index

Season Awards

Hall of Fame

NBA Weekly & Monthly Awards

NBA & ABA Season Honors

NBA & ABA Miscellaneous Honors

NBA & ABA All-Star Game

NBA Referee Awards

Greg Willard Spirit Award

NCAA Season Awards

NCAA Season Honors

AP All-America Teams

High School Season Honors

Olympic Team Selections

USA Olympic Basketball Team Rosters and Stats

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