1979-80 NBA Awards Voting
Most Valuable Player
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| 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 |
Rookie of the Year
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| Rank | Player | Age | Tm | First | Pts Won | Pts Max | Share | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | WS | WS/48 |
| 1 | Larry Bird | 23 | BOS | 63.0 | 63.0 | 66 | 0.955 | 82 | 36.0 | 21.3 | 10.4 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 | .474 | .406 | .836 | 11.2 | .182 |
| 2 | Magic Johnson | 20 | LAL | 3.0 | 3.0 | 66 | 0.045 | 77 | 36.3 | 18.0 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 0.5 | .530 | .226 | .810 | 10.5 | .180 |
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