2018-19 NBA MVP Award Tracker
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The NBA MVP Award Tracker ranks
candidates based on a model built using previous voting results.
This list does not represent the opinion of this site. Rather, these are the players that the voters are likely to target (maximum two players per team).
This list does not represent the opinion of this site. Rather, these are the players that the voters are likely to target (maximum two players per team).
Top Candidates
| Rk | Player | Tm | W | L | W/L% | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | eFG% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | Prob% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | MIL | 60 | 22 | .732 | 72 | 72 | 32.8 | 10.0 | 17.3 | .578 | 0.7 | 2.8 | .256 | 9.3 | 14.5 | .641 | .599 | 6.9 | 9.5 | .729 | 2.2 | 10.3 | 12.5 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 27.7 | 48.1% | |
| 2 | James Harden | HOU | 53 | 29 | .646 | 78 | 78 | 36.8 | 10.8 | 24.5 | .442 | 4.8 | 13.2 | .368 | 6.0 | 11.3 | .528 | .541 | 9.7 | 11.0 | .879 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 36.1 | 29.3% | |
| 3 | Nikola Jokic | DEN | 54 | 28 | .659 | 80 | 80 | 31.3 | 7.7 | 15.1 | .511 | 1.0 | 3.4 | .307 | 6.7 | 11.7 | .569 | .545 | 3.6 | 4.4 | .821 | 2.9 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 20.1 | 3.9% | |
| 4 | Kawhi Leonard | TOR | 58 | 24 | .707 | 60 | 60 | 34.0 | 9.3 | 18.8 | .496 | 1.9 | 5.0 | .371 | 7.5 | 13.8 | .542 | .546 | 6.1 | 7.1 | .854 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 26.6 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Kevin Durant | GSW | 57 | 25 | .695 | 78 | 78 | 34.6 | 9.2 | 17.7 | .521 | 1.8 | 5.0 | .353 | 7.5 | 12.8 | .587 | .571 | 5.7 | 6.5 | .885 | 0.4 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 26.0 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Joel Embiid | PHI | 51 | 31 | .622 | 64 | 64 | 33.7 | 9.1 | 18.7 | .484 | 1.2 | 4.1 | .300 | 7.8 | 14.6 | .535 | .517 | 8.2 | 10.1 | .804 | 2.5 | 11.1 | 13.6 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 27.5 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Damian Lillard | POR | 53 | 29 | .646 | 80 | 80 | 35.5 | 8.5 | 19.2 | .444 | 3.0 | 8.0 | .369 | 5.6 | 11.1 | .499 | .522 | 5.9 | 6.4 | .912 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 25.8 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Stephen Curry | GSW | 57 | 25 | .695 | 69 | 69 | 33.8 | 9.2 | 19.4 | .472 | 5.1 | 11.7 | .437 | 4.0 | 7.7 | .525 | .604 | 3.8 | 4.2 | .916 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 27.3 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Paul George | OKC | 49 | 33 | .598 | 77 | 77 | 36.9 | 9.2 | 21.0 | .438 | 3.8 | 9.8 | .386 | 5.4 | 11.1 | .484 | .529 | 5.9 | 7.0 | .839 | 1.4 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 28.0 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Russell Westbrook | OKC | 49 | 33 | .598 | 73 | 73 | 36.0 | 8.6 | 20.2 | .428 | 1.6 | 5.6 | .290 | 7.0 | 14.5 | .481 | .468 | 4.1 | 6.2 | .656 | 1.5 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 22.9 | 1.8% |
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