1959-60 NBA Awards Voting

1958-59 Awards Voting 1960-61 Awards Voting

1955-56 through 1979-1980: Voting was done by players. Players were not permitted to vote for their teammates, so it was impossible to be a unanimous winner.
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 (Michael Jordan Trophy)

Most Valuable Player (Michael Jordan Trophy) 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	Wilt Chamberlain	23	PHW	49	270	395	0.684	72	46.4	37.6	27.0	2.3			.461		.582	17.0	.245
2	Bill Russell	25	BOS	15	186	395	0.471	74	42.5	18.2	24.0	3.7			.467		.612	13.8	.211
3	Bob Pettit	27	STL	3	106	395	0.268	72	40.2	26.1	17.0	3.6			.438		.753	11.5	.191
4	Bob Cousy	31	BOS	8	66	395	0.167	75	34.5	19.4	4.7	9.5			.384		.792	7.8	.145
5	Elgin Baylor	25	MNL	2	40	395	0.101	70	41.0	29.6	16.4	3.5			.424		.732	11.5	.192
6	Jack Twyman	25	CIN	0	8	395	0.020	75	40.3	31.2	8.9	3.5			.422		.785	8.3	.131
7	Gene Shue	28	DET	0	7	395	0.018	75	44.5	22.8	5.5	3.9			.413		.872	8.5	.122
8T	Tom Gola	27	PHW	1	6	395	0.015	75	38.3	15.0	10.4	5.5			.433		.794	9.9	.166
8T	Dolph Schayes	31	SYR	0	6	395	0.015	75	36.5	22.5	12.8	3.4			.401		.893	9.5	.167
10	Tom Heinsohn	25	BOS	1	5	395	0.013	75	32.3	21.7	10.6	2.3			.423		.733	7.7	.154
11	Walter Dukes	29	DET	0	4	395	0.010	66	32.4	15.2	13.4	1.2			.361		.740	3.9	.087
12T	Richie Guerin	27	NYK	0	3	395	0.008	74	32.8	21.8	6.8	6.3			.420		.773	7.4	.146
12T	Willie Naulls	25	NYK	0	3	395	0.008	65	34.6	21.4	14.2	2.1			.428		.836	5.3	.113
14	Cliff Hagan	28	STL	0	1	395	0.003	75	37.3	24.8	10.7	4.0			.464		.803	11.8	.203