2017-18 NBA MVP Award Tracker
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
- ( ) - actual vote share
| 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 | James Harden (1) | HOU | 65 | 17 | .793 | 72 | 72 | 35.4 | 9.0 | 20.1 | .449 | 3.7 | 10.0 | .367 | 5.4 | 10.1 | .531 | .541 | 8.7 | 10.1 | .858 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 8.8 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 30.4 | 68.1% | |
| 2 | LeBron James (2) | CLE | 50 | 32 | .610 | 82 | 82 | 36.9 | 10.5 | 19.3 | .542 | 1.8 | 5.0 | .367 | 8.6 | 14.3 | .603 | .590 | 4.7 | 6.5 | .731 | 1.2 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 27.5 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Chris Paul | HOU | 65 | 17 | .793 | 58 | 58 | 31.8 | 6.3 | 13.8 | .460 | 2.5 | 6.5 | .380 | 3.8 | 7.2 | .532 | .550 | 3.5 | 3.8 | .919 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 18.6 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Anthony Davis (3) | NOP | 48 | 34 | .585 | 75 | 75 | 36.4 | 10.4 | 19.5 | .534 | 0.7 | 2.2 | .340 | 9.7 | 17.3 | .558 | .552 | 6.6 | 8.0 | .828 | 2.5 | 8.6 | 11.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 28.1 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Kevin Durant (7) | GSW | 58 | 24 | .707 | 68 | 68 | 34.2 | 9.3 | 18.0 | .516 | 2.5 | 6.1 | .419 | 6.7 | 11.9 | .565 | .586 | 5.3 | 5.9 | .889 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 26.4 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Russell Westbrook (5) | OKC | 48 | 34 | .585 | 80 | 80 | 36.4 | 9.5 | 21.1 | .449 | 1.2 | 4.1 | .298 | 8.3 | 17.0 | .485 | .477 | 5.2 | 7.1 | .737 | 1.9 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 25.4 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Damian Lillard (4) | POR | 49 | 33 | .598 | 73 | 73 | 36.6 | 8.5 | 19.4 | .439 | 3.1 | 8.6 | .361 | 5.4 | 10.8 | .501 | .519 | 6.8 | 7.4 | .916 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 26.9 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Giannis Antetokounmpo (6) | MIL | 44 | 38 | .537 | 75 | 75 | 36.7 | 9.9 | 18.7 | .529 | 0.6 | 1.9 | .307 | 9.3 | 16.8 | .554 | .545 | 6.5 | 8.5 | .760 | 2.1 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 26.9 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Karl-Anthony Towns | MIN | 47 | 35 | .573 | 82 | 82 | 35.6 | 7.8 | 14.3 | .545 | 1.5 | 3.5 | .421 | 6.3 | 10.8 | .585 | .596 | 4.2 | 4.9 | .858 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 21.3 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Kyrie Irving | BOS | 55 | 27 | .671 | 60 | 60 | 32.2 | 8.9 | 18.1 | .491 | 2.8 | 6.8 | .408 | 6.1 | 11.3 | .541 | .568 | 3.9 | 4.4 | .889 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 24.4 | 1.1% |
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