1977-78 NBA Awards Voting

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1976-77 Awards Voting 1978-79 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	Bill Walton	25	POR	96.0	96.0	238	0.403	58	33.3	18.9	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	.522		.720	8.4	.209
2	George Gervin	25	SAS	80.5	80.5	238	0.338	82	34.8	27.2	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	.536		.830	12.0	.201
3	David Thompson	23	DEN	28.5	28.5	238	0.120	80	37.8	27.2	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	.521		.778	12.7	.202
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	30	LAL	14.0	14.0	238	0.059	62	36.5	25.8	12.9	4.3	1.7	3.0	.550		.783	12.1	.257
5	Walter Davis	23	PHO	4.0	4.0	238	0.017	81	32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	.526		.830	10.1	.187
6T	Maurice Lucas	25	POR	3.0	3.0	238	0.013	68	31.2	16.4	9.1	2.5	0.9	0.8	.458		.767	5.8	.131
6T	Paul Westphal	27	PHO	3.0	3.0	238	0.013	80	31.0	25.2	2.1	5.5	1.7	0.4	.516		.813	9.8	.190
8T	Artis Gilmore	28	CHI	2.0	2.0	238	0.008	82	37.4	22.9	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	.559		.704	11.5	.180
8T	Truck Robinson	26	NOJ	2.0	2.0	238	0.008	82	44.4	22.7	15.7	2.1	0.9	1.0	.444		.640	6.5	.086
10T	Julius Erving	27	PHI	1.0	1.0	238	0.004	74	32.8	20.6	6.5	3.8	1.8	1.3	.502		.845	9.1	.179
10T	Marques Johnson	21	MIL	1.0	1.0	238	0.004	80	34.6	19.5	10.6	2.4	1.2	1.3	.522		.736	10.6	.185
10T	Bob Lanier	29	DET	1.0	1.0	238	0.004	63	36.7	24.5	11.3	3.4	1.3	1.5	.537		.772	10.1	.209
10T	Bob McAdoo	26	NYK	1.0	1.0	238	0.004	79	40.3	26.5	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	.520		.727	10.9	.165
10T	Marvin Webster	25	SEA	1.0	1.0	238	0.004	82	35.5	14.0	12.6	2.5	0.6	2.0	.502		.629	8.7	.143

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	Walter Davis	23	PHO	49.3	49.3	66	0.747	81	32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	.526		.830	10.1	.187
2	Marques Johnson	21	MIL	10.3	10.3	66	0.156	80	34.6	19.5	10.6	2.4	1.2	1.3	.522		.736	10.6	.185
3	Bernard King	21	NJN	5.3	5.3	66	0.080	79	39.1	24.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	.479		.677	5.9	.092
4	Jack Sikma	22	SEA	1.0	1.0	66	0.015	82	27.3	10.7	8.3	1.6	0.8	0.5	.455		.777	5.4	.115
5	Norm Nixon	22	LAL	0.3	0.3	66	0.005	81	34.3	13.7	3.0	6.8	1.7	0.1	.497		.714	4.5	.078

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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