2022-23 NBA MVP Award Tracker
The NBA MVP Award Tracker ranks candidates based on a model built using previous voting results. Players must have played in at least 70% of the league-wide average for team games to qualify.
Top Candidates
Rk | Player | Team | 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% | |
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1 | Nikola Jokić | DEN | 35 | 16 | .686 | 44 | 44 | 33.6 | 9.5 | 15.1 | .631 | 0.9 | 2.3 | .388 | 8.6 | 12.8 | .676 | .661 | 5.2 | 6.3 | .825 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 25.1 | 68.0% | |
2 | Joel Embiid | PHI | 33 | 17 | .660 | 38 | 38 | 34.8 | 11.2 | 21.0 | .534 | 1.2 | 3.3 | .355 | 10.1 | 17.7 | .567 | .561 | 9.9 | 11.6 | .855 | 1.9 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 33.5 | 8.9% | |
3 | Luka Dončić | DAL | 27 | 25 | .519 | 46 | 46 | 36.8 | 11.2 | 22.4 | .501 | 2.8 | 7.8 | .355 | 8.5 | 14.6 | .581 | .564 | 8.2 | 11.2 | .730 | 0.9 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 33.4 | 6.8% | |
4 | Jayson Tatum | BOS | 37 | 15 | .712 | 49 | 49 | 37.3 | 10.1 | 21.7 | .468 | 3.3 | 9.4 | .357 | 6.8 | 12.3 | .552 | .545 | 7.5 | 8.6 | .869 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 31.1 | 4.5% | |
5 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | MIL | 34 | 17 | .667 | 40 | 40 | 33.4 | 11.2 | 21.0 | .536 | 0.8 | 3.0 | .275 | 10.4 | 18.0 | .579 | .555 | 8.5 | 13.2 | .646 | 2.4 | 9.8 | 12.2 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 31.8 | 4.3% | |
6 | Domantas Sabonis | SAC | 29 | 21 | .580 | 48 | 48 | 34.5 | 7.1 | 11.5 | .615 | 0.4 | 1.2 | .368 | 6.6 | 10.3 | .643 | .634 | 4.2 | 5.7 | .746 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 7.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 18.8 | 2.3% | |
7 | Kevin Durant | BRK | 31 | 20 | .608 | 39 | 39 | 36.0 | 10.5 | 18.8 | .559 | 1.8 | 4.8 | .376 | 8.7 | 14.0 | .622 | .607 | 6.8 | 7.3 | .934 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 29.7 | 1.9% | |
8 | Damian Lillard | POR | 25 | 26 | .490 | 39 | 39 | 36.0 | 9.3 | 20.0 | .464 | 4.1 | 11.1 | .372 | 5.2 | 8.9 | .579 | .567 | 8.0 | 8.8 | .907 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 7.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 30.7 | 1.4% | |
9 | Ja Morant | MEM | 32 | 19 | .627 | 43 | 43 | 32.7 | 9.7 | 20.7 | .465 | 1.7 | 5.3 | .322 | 8.0 | 15.5 | .514 | .506 | 6.4 | 8.5 | .749 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 27.4 | 1.0% | |
10 | Jimmy Butler | MIA | 29 | 23 | .558 | 37 | 37 | 33.9 | 7.3 | 13.9 | .521 | 0.6 | 1.9 | .300 | 6.7 | 12.1 | .556 | .542 | 6.9 | 8.2 | .838 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 22.0 | 1.0% |
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