1985-86 NBA Awards Voting

1984-85 Awards Voting 1986-87 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	Larry Bird	29	BOS	73.0	765.0	780	0.981	82	38.0	25.8	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	.496	.423	.896	15.8	.244
2	Dominique Wilkins	26	ATL	5.0	407.0	780	0.522	78	39.1	30.3	7.9	2.6	1.8	0.6	.468	.186	.818	10.8	.170
3	Magic Johnson	26	LAL	0.0	205.0	780	0.263	72	35.8	18.8	5.9	12.6	1.6	0.2	.526	.233	.871	12.1	.226
4	Hakeem Olajuwon	23	HOU	0.0	193.0	780	0.247	68	36.3	23.5	11.5	2.0	2.0	3.4	.526		.645	9.5	.186
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	38	LAL	0.0	135.0	780	0.173	79	33.3	23.4	6.1	3.5	0.8	1.6	.564	.000	.765	10.8	.197
6	Charles Barkley	22	PHI	0.0	133.0	780	0.171	80	36.9	20.0	12.8	3.9	2.2	1.6	.572	.227	.685	10.8	.176
7	Sidney Moncrief	28	MIL	0.0	56.0	780	0.072	73	35.2	20.2	4.6	4.9	1.4	0.2	.489	.320	.859	11.7	.219
8	Alex English	32	DEN	0.0	55.0	780	0.071	81	37.3	29.8	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	.504	.200	.862	9.8	.156
9	Isiah Thomas	24	DET	0.0	28.0	780	0.036	77	36.2	20.9	3.6	10.8	2.2	0.3	.488	.310	.790	8.8	.151
10	Moses Malone	30	PHI	0.0	21.0	780	0.027	74	36.6	23.8	11.8	1.2	0.9	1.0	.458	.000	.787	8.9	.157
11	Terry Cummings	24	MIL	0.0	9.0	780	0.012	82	32.5	19.8	8.5	2.4	1.5	0.6	.474	.000	.656	7.4	.133
12	James Worthy	24	LAL	0.0	7.0	780	0.009	75	32.7	20.0	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	.579	.000	.771	9.5	.185
13T	Kevin McHale	28	BOS	0.0	3.0	780	0.004	68	35.3	21.3	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	.574		.776	11.0	.220
13T	Paul Pressey	27	MIL	0.0	3.0	780	0.004	80	33.8	14.3	5.0	7.8	2.1	0.9	.488	.182	.806	9.8	.174
13T	Alvin Robertson	23	SAS	0.0	3.0	780	0.004	82	35.1	17.0	6.3	5.5	3.7	0.5	.514	.276	.795	8.6	.143
16T	Adrian Dantley	29	UTA	0.0	2.0	780	0.003	76	36.1	29.8	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.1	.563	.091	.791	12.8	.223
16T	Buck Williams	25	NJN	0.0	2.0	780	0.003	82	37.4	15.9	12.0	1.6	0.9	1.2	.523	.000	.676	6.8	.106
18	Dennis Johnson	31	BOS	0.0	1.0	780	0.001	78	35.0	15.6	3.4	5.8	1.4	0.4	.455	.143	.818	6.7	.118

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	Patrick Ewing	23	NYK	36.0	36.0	78	0.462	50	35.4	20.0	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	.474	.000	.739	3.1	.084
2	Xavier McDaniel	22	SEA	16.5	16.5	78	0.212	82	33.0	17.1	8.0	2.4	1.2	0.5	.490	.200	.687	5.1	.091
3	Karl Malone	22	UTA	14.5	14.5	78	0.186	81	30.6	14.9	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	.496	.000	.481	1.9	.036
4	Spud Webb	22	ATL	4.0	4.0	78	0.051	79	15.6	7.8	1.6	4.3	1.0	0.1	.483	.182	.785	3.5	.137
5T	Manute Bol	23	WSB	3.0	3.0	78	0.038	80	26.1	3.7	6.0	0.3	0.4	5.0	.460	.000	.488	3.9	.089
5T	Charles Oakley	22	CHI	3.0	3.0	78	0.038	77	23.0	9.6	8.6	1.7	0.9	0.4	.519	.000	.662	3.3	.090
7	Benoit Benjamin	21	LAC	1.0	1.0	78	0.013	79	26.4	11.1	7.6	1.0	0.8	2.6	.490	.333	.746	4.0	.093