1979-80 NBA Awards Voting

1978-79 Awards Voting 1980-81 Awards Voting

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.

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	32	LAL	147.0	147.0	221	0.665	82	38.3	24.8	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	.604	.000	.765	14.8	.227
2	Julius Erving	29	PHI	31.5	31.5	221	0.143	78	36.1	26.9	7.4	4.6	2.2	1.8	.519	.200	.787	12.5	.213
3	George Gervin	27	SAS	19.0	19.0	221	0.086	78	37.6	33.1	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	.528	.314	.852	10.6	.173
4	Larry Bird	23	BOS	15.0	15.0	221	0.068	82	36.0	21.3	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	.474	.406	.836	11.2	.182
5T	Tiny Archibald	31	BOS	2.0	2.0	221	0.009	80	35.8	14.1	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.1	.482	.222	.830	8.9	.148
5T	Dennis Johnson	25	SEA	2.0	2.0	221	0.009	81	36.3	19.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	.422	.207	.780	7.4	.120
5T	Dan Roundfield	26	ATL	2.0	2.0	221	0.009	81	32.0	16.5	10.3	2.3	1.2	1.7	.499	.000	.710	9.1	.169
8	Gus Williams	26	SEA	1.5	1.5	221	0.007	82	36.2	22.1	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	.482	.194	.788	11.6	.187
9	Moses Malone	24	HOU	1.0	1.0	221	0.005	82	38.3	25.8	14.5	1.8	1.0	1.3	.502	.000	.719	11.9	.183