1988-89 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 | Magic Johnson | 29 | LAL | 42.5 | 664.5 | 850 | 0.782 | 77 | 37.5 | 22.5 | 7.9 | 12.8 | 1.8 | 0.3 | .509 | .314 | .911 | 16.1 | .267 |
| 2 | Michael Jordan | 25 | CHI | 27.5 | 598.8 | 850 | 0.704 | 81 | 40.2 | 32.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.9 | 0.8 | .538 | .276 | .850 | 19.8 | .292 |
| 3 | Karl Malone | 25 | UTA | 5.0 | 362.0 | 850 | 0.426 | 80 | 39.1 | 29.1 | 10.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | .519 | .313 | .766 | 15.2 | .233 |
| 4 | Patrick Ewing | 26 | NYK | 8.0 | 200.0 | 850 | 0.235 | 80 | 36.2 | 22.7 | 9.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 3.5 | .567 | .000 | .746 | 10.9 | .181 |
| 5 | Hakeem Olajuwon | 26 | HOU | 2.0 | 179.3 | 850 | 0.211 | 82 | 36.9 | 24.8 | 13.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.4 | .508 | .000 | .696 | 12.4 | .197 |
| 6 | Charles Barkley | 25 | PHI | 0.0 | 94.3 | 850 | 0.111 | 79 | 39.1 | 25.8 | 12.5 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | .579 | .216 | .753 | 16.1 | .250 |
| 7 | John Stockton | 26 | UTA | 0.0 | 28.0 | 850 | 0.033 | 82 | 38.7 | 17.1 | 3.0 | 13.6 | 3.2 | 0.2 | .538 | .242 | .863 | 15.6 | .236 |
| 8 | Kevin Johnson | 22 | PHO | 0.0 | 22.0 | 850 | 0.026 | 81 | 39.2 | 20.4 | 4.2 | 12.2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | .505 | .091 | .882 | 12.2 | .184 |
| 9 | Tom Chambers | 29 | PHO | 0.0 | 20.0 | 850 | 0.024 | 81 | 37.1 | 25.7 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | .471 | .326 | .851 | 9.2 | .146 |
| 10 | Mark Price | 24 | CLE | 0.0 | 18.0 | 850 | 0.021 | 75 | 36.4 | 18.9 | 3.0 | 8.4 | 1.5 | 0.1 | .526 | .441 | .901 | 11.3 | .199 |
| 11T | Brad Daugherty | 23 | CLE | 0.0 | 4.0 | 850 | 0.005 | 78 | 36.2 | 18.9 | 9.2 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | .538 | .333 | .737 | 9.6 | .164 |
| 11T | Robert Parish | 35 | BOS | 0.0 | 4.0 | 850 | 0.005 | 80 | 35.5 | 18.6 | 12.5 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | .570 | .719 | 10.5 | .177 | |
| 13T | Mark Eaton | 32 | UTA | 0.0 | 3.0 | 850 | 0.004 | 82 | 35.5 | 6.2 | 10.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 3.8 | .462 | .660 | 6.6 | .108 | |
| 13T | Moses Malone | 33 | ATL | 0.0 | 3.0 | 850 | 0.004 | 81 | 35.5 | 20.2 | 11.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | .491 | .000 | .789 | 10.7 | .178 |
| 13T | Chris Mullin | 25 | GSW | 0.0 | 3.0 | 850 | 0.004 | 82 | 37.7 | 26.5 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 0.5 | .509 | .230 | .892 | 10.6 | .165 |
| 13T | Larry Nance | 29 | CLE | 0.0 | 3.0 | 850 | 0.004 | 73 | 34.6 | 17.2 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 2.8 | .539 | .000 | .799 | 10.3 | .197 |
| 17T | Terry Cummings | 27 | MIL | 0.0 | 1.0 | 850 | 0.001 | 80 | 35.3 | 22.9 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | .467 | .467 | .787 | 7.7 | .131 |
| 17T | Joe Dumars | 25 | DET | 0.0 | 1.0 | 850 | 0.001 | 69 | 34.9 | 17.2 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | .505 | .483 | .850 | 7.0 | .140 |
| 17T | Isiah Thomas | 27 | DET | 0.0 | 1.0 | 850 | 0.001 | 80 | 36.6 | 18.2 | 3.4 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | .464 | .273 | .818 | 7.0 | .115 |
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 | Mitch Richmond | 23 | GSW | 80.0 | 80.0 | 85 | 0.941 | 79 | 34.4 | 22.0 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | .468 | .367 | .810 | 5.6 | .098 |
| 2 | Willie Anderson | 22 | SAS | 4.0 | 4.0 | 85 | 0.047 | 81 | 33.8 | 18.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 0.8 | .498 | .190 | .775 | 4.9 | .085 |
| 3 | Chris Morris | 23 | NJN | 1.0 | 1.0 | 85 | 0.012 | 76 | 27.6 | 14.1 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.8 | .457 | .366 | .717 | 2.8 | .064 |
Defensive Player of the Year