1984-85 NBA Awards Voting

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1983-84 Awards Voting 1985-86 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	Larry Bird	28	BOS	73.0	763.0	780	0.978	80	39.5	28.7	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	.522	.427	.882	15.7	.238
2	Magic Johnson	25	LAL	1.0	264.0	780	0.338	77	36.1	18.3	6.2	12.6	1.5	0.3	.561	.189	.843	12.7	.220
3	Moses Malone	29	PHI	0.0	218.0	780	0.279	79	37.4	24.6	13.1	1.6	0.8	1.6	.469	.000	.815	11.9	.193
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	37	LAL	0.0	206.0	780	0.264	79	33.3	22.0	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	.599	.000	.732	11.2	.204
5	Terry Cummings	23	MIL	2.0	138.0	780	0.177	79	34.5	23.6	9.1	2.9	1.5	0.8	.495	.000	.741	10.7	.189
6	Michael Jordan	21	CHI	2.0	134.0	780	0.172	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	.515	.173	.845	14.0	.213
7	Bernard King	28	NYK	0.0	70.0	780	0.090	55	37.5	32.9	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	.530	.100	.772	7.1	.166
8	Sidney Moncrief	27	MIL	0.0	65.0	780	0.083	73	37.5	21.7	5.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	.483	.273	.828	11.2	.197
9	Isiah Thomas	23	DET	0.0	63.0	780	0.081	81	38.1	21.2	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	.458	.257	.809	11.2	.173
10	Ralph Sampson	24	HOU	0.0	26.0	780	0.033	82	37.6	22.1	10.4	2.7	1.0	2.0	.502	.000	.676	6.2	.096
11	Calvin Natt	28	DEN	0.0	22.0	780	0.028	78	34.1	23.3	7.8	3.1	1.0	0.4	.546	.000	.793	10.2	.185
12T	Alex English	31	DEN	0.0	12.0	780	0.015	81	36.1	27.9	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	.518	.200	.829	8.9	.146
12T	Hakeem Olajuwon	22	HOU	0.0	12.0	780	0.015	82	35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	.538		.613	10.2	.168
14	Micheal Ray Richardson	29	NJN	0.0	11.0	780	0.014	82	38.1	20.1	5.6	8.2	3.0	0.3	.469	.252	.767	8.7	.134
15	Andrew Toney	27	PHI	0.0	5.0	780	0.006	70	32.0	17.8	2.5	5.2	0.9	0.3	.492	.371	.862	5.5	.118
16	Mark Eaton	28	UTA	0.0	4.0	780	0.005	82	34.3	9.7	11.3	1.5	0.4	5.6	.449		.712	5.4	.093
17T	Paul Pressey	26	MIL	0.0	3.0	780	0.004	80	36.0	16.1	5.4	6.8	1.6	0.7	.517	.350	.758	9.6	.160
17T	Jack Sikma	29	SEA	0.0	3.0	780	0.004	68	35.3	18.5	10.6	4.2	1.2	1.3	.489	.200	.852	8.3	.166
17T	Dominique Wilkins	25	ATL	0.0	3.0	780	0.004	81	37.3	27.4	6.9	2.5	1.7	0.7	.451	.309	.806	7.6	.121
20T	World B. Free	31	CLE	0.0	2.0	780	0.003	71	31.7	22.5	3.0	4.5	1.1	0.2	.459	.368	.749	6.0	.127
20T	Purvis Short	27	GSW	0.0	2.0	780	0.003	78	39.5	28.0	5.1	3.0	1.5	0.3	.460	.313	.817	6.2	.097
22T	Clyde Drexler	22	POR	0.0	1.0	780	0.001	80	31.9	17.2	6.0	5.5	2.2	0.9	.494	.216	.759	7.5	.141
22T	Julius Erving	34	PHI	0.0	1.0	780	0.001	78	32.5	20.0	5.3	3.0	1.7	1.4	.494	.214	.765	7.6	.144

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	Michael Jordan	21	CHI	57.5	57.5	78	0.737	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	.515	.173	.845	14.0	.213
2	Hakeem Olajuwon	22	HOU	20.5	20.5	78	0.263	82	35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	.538		.613	10.2	.168

Defensive Player of the Year

Sixth Man of the Year

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