RPOY Voters' Ballot Thread

[sp6r=underrated]

Good suggestion by Mystic about separate thread for these. Let's leave the discussion out of this thread and just posts our lists

2004
1. KG
2. TD
3. Shaq
4. Dirk
5. Kobe

2003
1. TD
2. KG
3. T-MAC
4. Kobe
5. Shaq

2002
1. Shaq
2. TD
3. KG
4. Dirk
5. Kobe

2001
1. Shaq
2. Kobe
3. AI
4. Duncan
5. KG

1997
1. Jordan
2. Malone
3. Hakeem
4. Ewing
5. Hill

1996
1. Jordan
2. Robinson
3. Malone
4. Penny
5. Kemp

1995
1. Hakeem
2. Shaq
3. Robinson
4. Malone
5. Barkley

1994
1. Hakeem
2. Ewing
3. Robinson
4. Shaq
5. Pippen

1993
1. Jordan
2. Hakeem
3. Barkley
4. Ewing
5. Robinson

1992
1. Jordan
2. Malone
3. Drexler
4. Ewing
5. Hakeem

1991
1. Jordan
2. Magic
3. Malone
4. Barkley
5. Robinson

1990
1. Jordan
2. Johnson
3. Barkley
4. Ewing
5. Robinson

1989
1. Jordan
2. Magic
3. Olajuwon
4. Barkley
5. Kevin Johnson

Ballot Point
It should be noted that I didn't vote for the first several years and missed the late 90s. Also my criteria has been influence by others and some of my early votes would probably be different. My mind is rarely certain on these votes and would be different even if my criteria remained fully the same. A large part of this is splitting hairs. Finally, RPOY =/= best player for me. It is obviously a large component but that is not all I'm voting on.

1. Jordan (70)
2. Shaq (36)
3. Hakeem (35)
4. Duncan (27)
5. Malone (27)
6. Garnett (23)
7. Magic (21)
7. Robinson (20)
8. Ewing (19)
9. Barkley (17)
10. Kobe (12)
11. Dirk (6)
12. Drexler (5)
13. Iverson (5)
14. T-MAC (5)
15. Penny (3)
16. Hill (1)
17. Kevin Johnson (1)
18. Kemp (1)
19. Pippen (1)

20.

[Doctor MJ]

Home team: Lakers

2008-09

1. LeBron James
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Dwyane Wade
4. Chris Paul
5. Dwight Howard

2007-08

1. Kobe Bryant
2. Chris Paul
3. LeBron James
4. Kevin Garnett
5. Steve Nash

2006-07

1. Tim Duncan
2. Steve Nash
3. LeBron James
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Dirk Nowitzki

2005-06

1. Dwyane Wade
2. LeBron James
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Dirk Nowitzki
5. Steve Nash

2004-05

1. Steve Nash
2. Dirk Nowitzki
3. Tim Duncan
4. Dwyane Wade
5. Kevin Garnett

2003-04

1. Kevin Garnett
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. Ben Wallace

2002-03

1. Tim Duncan
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Tracy McGrady
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Dirk Nowitzki

2001-02

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Jason Kidd
5. Kevin Garnett

2000-01

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Tim Duncan
4. Allen Iverson
5. Kevin Garnett

1999-00

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Karl Malone
4. Gary Payton
5. Alonzo Mourning

1998-99

1. Tim Duncan
2. Karl Malone
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Jason Kidd
5. David Robinson

1997-98

1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. Gary Payton
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. David Robinson

1996-97

1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. Grant Hill
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. Scottie Pippen

1995-96

1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. David Robinson
4. Anfernee Hardaway
5. Gary Payton

1994-95

1. Hakeem Olajuwon
2. David Robinson
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Karl Malone
5. Charles Barkley

1993-94

1. Hakeem Olajuwon
2. Karl Malone
3. David Robinson
4. Patrick Ewing
5. Scottie Pippen

1992-93

1. Michael Jordan
2. Hakeem Olajuwon
3. Charles Barkley
4. Patrick Ewing
5. David Robinson

1991-92

1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. Clyde Drexler
4. Patrick Ewing
5. Scottie Pippen

1990-91

1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Karl Malone
4. Charles Barkley
5. David Robinson

1989-90

1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Charles Barkley
4. Patrick Ewing
5. David Robinson

1988-89

1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Charles Barkley
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. Kevin Johnson

1987-88

1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Larry Bird
4. Dominique Wilkins
5. Charles Barkley

1986-87

1. Magic Johnson
2. Larry Bird
3. Michael Jordan
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. Kevin McHale

1985-86

1. Larry Bird
2. Hakeem Olajuwon
3. Magic Johnson
4. Charles Barkley
5. Dominique Wilkins

[semi-sentient]

2009-10

1. Kobe Bryant
2. Dwyane Wade
3. LeBron James
4. Steve Nash
5. Dwight Howard

2008-09

1. LeBron James
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Dwyane Wade
4. Dwight Howard
5. Dirk Nowitzki

2007-08

1. Kobe Bryant
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Chris Paul
4. LeBron James
5. Dirk Nowitzki

2006-07

1. Tim Duncan
2. Kobe Bryant
3. LeBron James
4. Dirk Nowitzki
5. Steve Nash

2005-06

1. Kobe Bryant
2. Dwyane Wade
3. LeBron James
4. Steve Nash
5. Tim Duncan

2004-05

1. Tim Duncan
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Steve Nash
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. Dwyane Wade

2003-04

1. Kevin Garnett
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. Ben Wallace

2002-03

1. Tim Duncan
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Tracy McGrady
4. Kevin Garnett
5. Shaquille O'Neal

2001-02

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Tracy McGrady
5. Dirk Nowitzki

2000-01

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Kevin Garnett
5. Allen Iverson

1999-00

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Alonzo Mourning
3. Gary Payton
4. Karl Malone
5. Kobe Bryant

1998-99

1. Tim Duncan
2. Karl Malone
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Alonzo Mourning
5. Grant Hill

1997-98

1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. Gary Payton
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. Tim Duncan

1996-97

1. Michael Jordan
2. Hakeem Olajuwan
3. Karl Malone
4. Scottie Pippen
5. Gary Payton

1995-96

1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. Gary Payton
4. David Robinson
5. Penny Hardaway

1994-95

1. Hakeem Olajuwan
2. Shaquille O'Neal
3. David Robinson
4. Scottie Pippen
5. Karl Malone

1993-94

1. Hakeem Olajuwan
2. David Robinson
3. Scottie Pippen
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. Patrick Ewing

1992-93

1. Michael Jordan
2. Hakeem Olajuwan
3. Charles Barkley
4. David Robinson
5. Patrick Ewing

1991-92

1. Michael Jordan
2. Clyde Drexler
3. Karl Malone
4. Scottie Pippen
5. David Robinson

1990-91

1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. David Robinson
4. Karl Malone
5. Scottie Pippen

1989-90

1. Magic Johnson
2. Michael Jordan
3. Charles Barkley
4. Patrick Ewing
5. Hakeem Olajuwon

1988-89

1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Charles Barkley
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. Patrick Ewing

1987-88

1. Magic Johnson
2. Michael Jordan
3. Larry Bird
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. Dominique Wilkins

1986-87

1. Magic Johnson
2. Larry Bird
3. Michael Jordan
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. Kevin McHale

1985-86

1. Larry Bird
2. Magic Johnson
3. Hakeem Olajuwon
4. Charles Barkley
5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1984-85

1. Magic Johnson
2. Larry Bird
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Sidney Moncrief
5. Michael Jordan

1983-84

1. Larry Bird
2. Magic Johnson
3. Bernard King
4. Sidney Moncrief
5. Isiah Thomas

1982-83

1. Moses Malone
2. Magic Johnson
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Larry Bird
5. Sidney Moncrief

1981-82

1. Moses Malone
2. Magic Johnson
3. Julius Erving
4. Larry Bird
5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

[JordansBulls]

Reserved

[Silver Bullet]

My biases :

For:
Steve Nash
Shaquille O Neal
Kobe Bryant
Deron Williams
David Robinson
Scottie Pippen

Against
Hakeem Olajuwon
Micheal Jordan
Kevin Garnett
Chris Paul

2008-09
1. Lebron James (1)
2. Kobe Bryant (2)
3. Tim Duncan (NR)
4. Dwight Howard (5)
5. Chris Paul (4)

2007-08
1. Kobe Bryant
2. Lebron James
3. Chris Paul
4. Tim Duncan
5. Paul Pierce

2006-07
1. Steve Nash
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Dirk Nowitzki
4. Tim Duncan
5. Lebron James

2005-06
1. Kobe Bryant
2. Steve Nash
3. Dirk Nowitzki
4. Dwyane Wade
5. Lebron James

2004-05
1.Steve Nash
2. Shaq
3. Dirk Nowitzki
4. Ray Allen
5. Tim Duncan

2003-04
1.KG
2. Kobe
3. Shaq
4. Duncan
5. McGrady

2002-03
1.Duncan
2. Kobe
3. Shaq
4. T-Mac
5. KG

2001-02
1.Shaq
2. Kobe
3. Duncan
4. Dirk Nowitzki
5. Jason Kidd

2000-01
1.Shaq
2. Kobe
3. Duncan
4. Carter
5. Iverson

1999-00
1.Shaq
2. Iverson
3. Mourning
4. Duncan
5. Reggie Miller

1998-99
1.Shaq
2. Duncan
3. Malone
4. Robinson
5. Iverson

1997-98
1. Karl Malone
2. Micheal Jordan
3. Shaq
4. David Robinson
5. Gary Payton

1996-97
1. MJ
2. Pippen
3. Malone
4. Hakeem
5. Shaq

[Gongxi]

09-10

1- LeBron James
2- Dwyane Wade
3- Kobe Bryant
4- Kevin Durant
5- Dwight Howard

08-09

1- LeBron James
2- Dwyane Wade
3- Kobe Bryant
4- Chris Paul
5- Dwight Howard

07-08

1- LeBron James
2- Chris Paul
3- Kobe Bryant
4- Kevin Garnett
5- Dirk Nowitzki

06-07

1- Kobe Bryant
2- Dirk Nowitzki
3- Tim Duncan
4- LeBron James
5- Kevin Garnett

05-06

1- Dwayne Wade
2- Kobe Bryant
3- LeBron James
4- Dirk Nowitzki
5- Kevin Garnett

04-05

1- Kevin Garnett
2- Tim Duncan
3- Shaquille O'Neal
4- Steve Nash
5- Dirk Nowitzki

03-04

1- Kevin Garnett
2- Tim Duncan
3- Shaquille O'Neal
4- Kobe Bryant
5- Peja Stojakovic

02-03

1- Tracy McGrady
2- Tim Duncan
3- Kobe Bryant
4- Shaquille O'Neal
5- Kevin Garnett

01-02

1- Tim Duncan
2- Shaquille O'Neal
3- Tracy McGrady
4- Kobe Bryant
5- Jason Kidd

00-01

1- Shaquille O'Neal
2- Tim Duncan
3- Kevin Garnett
4- Kobe Bryant
5- Jason Kidd

99-00

1- Shaquille O'Neal
2- Karl Malone
3- Alonzo Mourning
4- Gary Payton
5- Kevin Garnett

98-99
1- Shaquille O'Neal
2- Karl Malone
3- Grant Hill
4- Jason Kidd
5- Tim Duncan

97-98

1- Karl Malone
2- Michael Jordan
3- Shaquille O'Neal
4- David Robinson
5- Grant Hill

96-97

1- Michael Jordan
2- Karl Malone
3- Grant Hill
4- Hakeem Olajuwon
5- Scottie Pippen

95-96

1- Michael Jordan
2- David Robinson
3- Karl Malone
4- Penny Hardaway
5- Hakeem Olajuwon

94-95

1- Shaquille O'Neal
2- Hakeem Olajuwon
3- David Robinson
4- Karl Malone
5- Scottie Pippen

93-94

1- David Robinson
2- Hakeem Olajuwon
3- Shaquille O'Neal
4- Scottie Pippen
5- Patrick Ewing

92-93

1- Michael Jordan
2- Hakeem Olajuwon
3- Charles Barkley
4- Patrick Ewing
5- Karl Malone

91-92

1- Michael Jordan
2- Karl Malone
3- Clyde Drexler
4- Patrick Ewing
5- Charles Barkley

90-91

1- Michael Jordan
2- Magic Johnson
3- David Robinson
4- Karl Malone
5- Charles Barkley

89-90

1- Michael Jordan
2- Magic Johnson
3- Charles Barkley
4- Patrick Ewing
5- Karl Malone

88-89

1- Michael Jordan
2- Magic Johnson
3- Hakeem Olajuwon
4- Charles Barkley
5- Karl Malone

87-88

1- Michael Jordan
2- Larry Bird
3- Magic Johnson
4- Charles Barkley
5- Hakeem Olajuwon

86-87

1- Magic Johnson
2- Michael Jordan
3- Larry Bird
4- Hakeem Olajuwon
5- Kevin McHale

85-86

1- Larry Bird
2- Magic Johnson
3- Isiah Thomas
4- Hakeem Olajuwon
5- Dominique Wilkins

84-85

1- Larry Bird
2- Magic Johnson
3- Michael Jordan
4- Moses Malone
5- Isiah Thomas

83-84

1- Larry Bird
2- Magic Johnson
3- Adrian Dantley
4- Bernard King
5- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

82-83

1- Moses Malone
2- Magic Johnson
3- Larry Bird
4- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5- Julius Erving

81-82

1- Moses Malone
2- Magic Johnson
3- Julius Erving
4- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5- Larry Bird

80-81

1- Julius Erving
2- Moses Malone
3- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4- Larry Bird
5- Adrian Dantley


Through 81-82 (to include 09-10), my personal POY votes by player shake out like this:

Michael Jordan 99
Magic Johnson 71
Shaquille O'Neal 70
Karl Malone 52
Larry Bird 51
Kobe Bryant 46
Tim Duncan 44
LeBron James 38
Hakeem Olajuwon 37
Kevin Garnett 32
Moses Malone 32
David Robinson 30
Dwyane Wade 24
Charles Barkley 18
Tracy McGrady 15
Julius Erving 14
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 12
Dirk Nowitzki 12
Grant Hill 11
Patrick Ewing 10
Chris Paul 10
Adrian Dantley 6
Isiah Thomas 6
Clyde Drexler 5
Jason Kidd 5
Alonzo Mourning 5
Scottie Pippen 5
Kevin Durant 3
Penny Hardaway 3
Bernard King 3
Steve Nash 3
Gary Payton 3
Dwight Howard 2
Kevin McHale 1
Peja Stojakovic 1
Dominique Wilkins 1

Hopefully there's no math problem there, but I didn't use a spreadsheet or anything and keeping track of what year you're adding up and such can get tough with the same names being thrown about in slightly different positions.

[Optimism Prime]

semi-sentient: Any way you can post an excel doc with the POY shares left blank? I'd be interested in plugging my votes in each year to see who's got how many points from me (without doing all the number crunching myself )



Home team: Rockets

09-10
1. Lebron James
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Dwyane Wade
4. Dwight Howard
5. Steve Nash

08-09
1. Lebron James
2. Dwyane Wade
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Chris Paul
5. Dirk Nowitzki

07-08
1. Kevin Garnett
2. Chris Paul
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Lebron James
5. Amare Stoudemire

06-07
1. Tim Duncan
2. Steve Nash
3. Dirk Nowitzki
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Lebron James

05-06
1. Dwyane Wade
2. Dirk Nowitzki
3. Kobe Bryant
4. LeBron James
5. Steve Nash

04-05
1. Steve Nash
2. Tim Duncan
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Kevin Garnett
5. Dirk Nowitzki

03-04
1. Kevin Garnett
2. Tim Duncan
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Andrei Kirilenko

02-03
1. Tim Duncan
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Tracy McGrady
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Shaquille O'Neal

01-02
1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kevin Garnett
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Dirk Nowitzki

00-01
1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Kevin Garnett
5. Vince Carter

99-00
1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Gary Payton
3. Alonzo Mourning
4. Karl Malone
5. Kevin Garnett

98-99
1. Tim Duncan
2. Karl Malone
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Alonzo Mourning
5. Jason Kidd

97-98
1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Gary Payton
5. Tim Duncan

96-97
1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. Hakeem Olajuwon
4. Grant Hill
5. Scottie Pippen

95-96
1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. David Robinson
4. Gary Payton
5. Penny Hardaway

94-95
1. Hakeem Olajuwon
2. Shaquille O'Neal
3. David Robinson
4. Charles Barkley
5. Karl Malone

93-94
1. Hakeem Olajuwon
2. Shaquille O'Neal
3. David Robinson
4. Patrick Ewing
5. Karl Malone

92-93
1. Michael Jordan
2. Charles Barkley
3. Hakeem Olajuwon
4. Patrick Ewing
5. David Robinson

91-92
1. Michael Jordan
2. Clyde Drexler
3. Karl Malone
4. Patrick Ewing
5. Kevin Johnson

90-91
1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Karl Malone
4. Charles Barkley
5. David Robinson

89-90
1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Charles Barkley
4. Karl Malone
5. Patrick Ewing

88-89
1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Patrick Ewing
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. Karl Malone

87-88
1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Larry Bird
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. Karl Malone

86-87
1. Magic Johnson
2. Michael Jordan
3. Larry Bird
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. Charles Barkley

85-86
1. Larry Bird
2. Magic Johnson
3. Hakeem Olajuwon
4. Dominique Wilkins
5. Charles Barkley

84-85
1. Larry Bird
2. Magic Johnson
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Michael Jordan
5. Isiah Thomas

83-84
1. Larry Bird
2. Magic Johnson
3. Moses Malone
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5. Isiah Thomas

82-83
1. Moses Malone
2. Larry Bird
3. Magic Johnson
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5. Julius Erving

81-82
1. Moses Malone
2. Magic Johnson
3. Julius Erving
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5. Larry Bird

80-81
1. Larry Bird
2. Moses Malone
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Julius Erving
5. George Gervin

79-80
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Julius Erving
3. Moses Malone
4. Larry Bird
5. George Gervin

78-79
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. George Gervin
3. Julius Erving
4. Moses Malone
5. Elvin Hayes

77-78
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Bill Walton
3. George Gervin
4. David Thompson
5. Bob McAdoo

76-77
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Bil Walton
3. Julius Erving
4. Bob Lanier
5. Pete Maravich


UPDATE:
I'll try to keep a running tally of my points... as long as I update it after each thread when I put my votes here, it'll be fine.

Prime's POY Points:

1 Michael Jordan 100
2 Magic Johnson 71
3 Shaquille O'Neal 65
4 Larry Bird 61
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 59
6 Tim Duncan 58
7 Karl Malone 48
8 Hakeem Olajuwon 44
9 Moses Malone 40
10 Kevin Garnett 39
10 Kobe Bryant 39

12 Julius Erving 31
13 Lebron James 27
14 Dwyane Wade 22
15 Charles Barkley 20
16 Steve Nash 19
17 David Robinson 18
18 Dirk Nowitzki 15
18 Patrick Ewing 15
20 Bill Walton 14
21 Gary Payton 13
22 Chris Paul 10
23 George Gervin 9
24 Alonzo Mourning 8
25 Clyde Drexler 7
26 Tracy McGrady 5
27 Grant Hill 3
27 Dominique Wilkins 3
27 Dwight Howard 3
27 David Thompson 3
31 Bob Lanier 3
32 Isiah Thomas 2
33 Amare Stoudemire 1
33 Andrei Kirilenko 1
33 Allen Iverson 1
33 Jason Kidd 1
33 Scottie Pippen 1
33 Penny Hardaway 1
33 Kevin Johnson 1
33 Bob McAdoo 1
33 Pete Maravich 1
33 Elvin Hayes 1


Top-5 by position:
C: Shaq, Kareem, Olajuwon, Malone, Robinson
PF: Duncan, Malone, Barkley, Garnett, Dirk
SF: Bird, Erving, Lebron, Gervin, Hill
SG: Jordan, Bryant, Wade, Drexler, McGrady
PG: Magic, Nash, Payton, Paul, Thomas


Note 1: As I'm writing this at the end of the 2000s, I think this is pretty accurate. Duncan had sustained excellence. Garnett was great, and occasionally transcendent. Kobe was great throughout. Shaq started strong but tapered off as the decade progressed. Nash had a couple fantastic years. Lebron and Wade are in prime position to get tons of votes in the '10s. Dirk has been a top-10 player most of the decade, but lack of playoff success has hurt him.

Note 2: And at the conclusion of the '87-'88 season (I'm out most of next week, see ballots above. Doctor MJ has my comments), Jordan has taken a commanding lead over Shaq. I can see how MVP voters got tired of voting for him, Lord knows I am, but he deserves it. I can't justify anyone else over him in the years I voted him first... which is pretty much every year he's played so far. I'm sure that'll change in the next couple years, but there it is. Jordan's at #1 easily right now. Malone is at 4 and probably won't be getting 10 points from me, so he's below Duncan and above Garnett, which I'm fine with. Olajuwon is at 6, and only 3 behind Garnett; I wouldn't be surprised if KG is leapfrogged. Kobe's ahead of Magic, but that'll change soon. Nash, Robinson, and Barkley are all tied right now--MVP caliber players who will always be seen as falling short.

[Optimism Prime]

Bumping this from the bottom of page 4--guys, anyone else want to list their running ballots here?

[Baller 24]

mine

[mysticbb]

2008-09

1. LeBron James
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Dwight Howard
4. Dwyane Wade
5. Chris Paul

2007-08

1. LeBron James
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Chris Paul
5. Dirk Nowitzki

2006-07

1. Tim Duncan
2. Dirk Nowitzki
3. LeBron James
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Steve Nash

2005-06

1. Dirk Nowitzki
2. Dwyane Wade
3. LeBron James
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Steve Nash

2004-05

1. Tim Duncan
2. Steve Nash
3. Dirk Nowitzki
4. Kevin Garnett
5. Manu Ginobili

2003-04

1. Kevin Garnett
2. Tim Duncan
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Chauncey Billups

2002-03

1. Tim Duncan
2. Dirk Nowitzki
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Kevin Garnett
5. Tracy McGrady

2001-02

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Jason Kidd
5. Dirk Nowitzki

2000-01

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Vince Carter
5. Ray Allen

1999-2000

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Alonzo Mourning
3. Karl Malone
4. Tim Duncan
5. Kevin Garnett

1998-99

1. Tim Duncan
2. Shaquille O'Neal
3. Karl Malone
4. Alonzo Mourning
5. Grant Hill

1997-98

1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Tim Duncan
5. David Robinson

1996-97

1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. John Stockton
4. Grant Hill
5. Hakeem Olajuwon

1995-96

1. Michael Jordan
2. David Robinson
3. Karl Malone
4. Anfernee Hardaway
5. Scottie Pippen

1994-95

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. David Robinson
3. Hakeem Olajuwon
4. John Stockton
5. Karl Malone

1993-94

1. Hakeem Olajuwon
2. David Robinson
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Karl Malone
5. Patrick Ewing

1992-93

1. Michael Jordan
2. Hakeem Olajuwon
3. Charles Barkley
4. David Robinson
5. Karl Malone

1991-92

1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. Clyde Drexler
4. David Robinson
5. Scottie Pippen

1990-91

1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. David Robinson
4. Charles Barkley
5. Scottie Pippen

1989-90

1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Charles Barkley
4. David Robinson
5. Karl Malone

1988-89

1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Charles Barkley
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. John Stockton

1987-88

1. Michael Jordan
2. Larry Bird
3. Magic Johnson
4. Charles Barkley
5. John Stockton

1986-87

1. Magic Johnson
2. Michael Jordan
3. Larry Bird
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. Charles Barkley

[TrueLAfan]

2009-2010
1. Wade
2. Kobe
3. LeBron
4. Nash
5. Durant

2008-2009
1. LeBron
2. Kobe
3. Wade
4. Howard
5. Paul

2007-2008
1. Kobe
2. Paul
3. LeBron
4. TD
5. Nash

2006-2007
1. TD
2. Nash
3. Kobe
4. Dirk
5. LeBron

2005-2006
1. Nash
2. Wade
3. Dirk
4. TD
5. LeBron

2004-2005
1. Nash
2. TD
3. Wade
4. Dirk
5. TMac

2003-2004
1 .KG
2. TD
3. Shaq
4. Kirilenko
5. Wallace

2002-2003
1. TD
2. KG
3. TMac
4. Shaq
5. Dirk

2001-2002
1. TD
2. Shaq
3. TMac
4. Kidd
5. Kobe

2000-2001
1 .Shaq
2. TD
3. Iverson
4. Kobe
5. KG

1999-2000
1. Shaq
2. Zo
3. Payton
4. Malone
5. KG

1998-1999
1. Duncan
2. Malone
3. Zo
4. AI
5. Shaq

1997-1998
1. MJ
2. Malone
3. Payton
4. TD
5. Tim Hardaway

1996-1997
1. MJ
2. Malone
3. Hill
4. Hakeem
5. Pippen

1995-1996
1. MJ
2. Malone
3. Drob
4. Payton
5. Penny

1994-1995
1. Hakeem
2. DRob
3. Malone
4. Shaq
5. Ewing

1993-1994
1. Hakeem
2. Shaq
3. DRob
4. Malone
5. Ewing

1992-1993
1. MJ
2. Barkley
3. Hakeem
4. Ewing
5. DRob

1991-1992
1. MJ
2. Drexler
3. Malone
4. Ewing
5. Drob

1990-1991
1. MJ
2. Magic
3.Malone
4.Barkley
5.Drob

1989-1990
1. Magic
2. MJ
3. Barkley
4. Ewing
5. Malone

1988-1989
1. MJ
2. Magic
3. Malone
4. Hakeem
5. Barkley

1987-1988
1. Magic
2. MJ
3. Bird
4. Nique
5. Malone

1986-1987
1. Magic
2. Bird
3. MJ
4. Nique
5. Hakeem

1985-1986
1. Bird
2. Magic
3. Hakeem
4. Nique
5. Moncrief

1984-1985
1. Bird
2. Magic
3. Kareem
4. MJ
5. Moncrief

1983-1984
1. Bird
2. King
3. Magic
4. Ruland
5. Kareem

1982-1983
1. Moses
2. Bird
3. Erving
4. Magic
5. Kareem

1981-1982
1. Erving
2. Magic
3. Moses
4. Gervin
5. Kareem

1980-1981
1. Bird
2. Kareem
3. Erving
4. Moses
5. Marques Johnson

1979-1980
1. Kareem
2. Erving
3. Bird
4. Gervin
5. Magic

1978-1979
1. Kareem
2. Gervin
3. Moses
4. Erving
5. Dandridge

1977-1978
1. Gervin
2. Walton
3. Kareem
4. Thompson
5. W. Davis

1976-1977
1. Kareem
2. Walton
3. Erving
4. Lanier
5. Hayes

1975-1976
1. Erving
2. Kareem
3. McAdoo
4. Cowens
5. Gilmore

1974-1975
1. McAdoo
2. Barry
3. McGinnis
4. Gilmore
5. Kareem

1973-1974
1. Kareem
2. Erving
3. Lanier
4. Frazier
5. McAdoo

1972-1973
1. Kareem
2. Frazier
3. Archibald
4. Erving
5. Havlicek

1971-1972
1. Kareem
2. Wilt
3. West
4. Havlicek
5. Frazier

1970-1971
1. Kareem
2. Frazier
3. West
4. Havlicek
5. Wilt

1969-1970
1. West
2. Alcindor/Kareem
3. Frazier
4. Haywood
5. Cunningham

1968-1969
1. West
2. Russell
3. Unseld
4. Wilt
5. Oscar

1967-1968
1. Wilt
2. Russell
3. Oscar
4. Connie Hawkins
5. Elgin

1966-1967
1. Wilt
2. Russell
3. Barry
4. Oscar
5. Nate Thurmond

1965-1966
1. Wilt
2. Russell
3. West
4. Oscar
5. Sam Jones

1964-1965
1. Russell
2. West
3. Oscar
4. Wilt
5. Sam Jones

1963-1964
1. Wilt
2. Russell
3. Oscar
4. West
5. Pettit

1962-1963
1. Russell
2. Oscar
3. Elgin
4. Pettit
5. Wilt

1961-1962
1. Wilt
2. Russell
3. Oscar
4. Pettit
5. West

1960-1961
1. Russell
2. Elgin
3. Wilt
4. Pettit
5. Oscar

1959-1960
1. Russell
2. Wilt
3. Pettit
4. Hagan
5. Elgin

1958-1959
1. Russell
2. Pettit
3. Elgin
4. Hagan
5. Arizin

1957-1958
1. Pettit
2. Russell
3. Schayes
4. Yardley
5. Johnston

1956-1957
1. Pettit
2. Russel
3. Johnston
4. Schayes
5. Arizin

1955-1956
1. Arizin
2. Pettit
3. Cousy
4. Johnston
5. Schayes





Running Point Totals (# of times in voting):

Bill Russell: 106 (13)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 105 (16)
Michael Jordan: 92 (11)
Wilt Chamberlain: 77 (12)
Magic Johnson: 74 (11)
Tim Duncan: 70 (10)
Larry Bird: 64 (8)
Karl Malone: 56 (12)
Julius Erving: 55 (9)
Shaquille O'Neal: 46 (8)
Jerry West: 46 (8)
Bob Pettit: 44 (9)
Hakeem Olajuwon: 37 (7)
Oscar Robertson: 35 (9)
Kobe Bryant: 33 (6)
Steve Nash: 31 (5)
Dwyane Wade: 27 (4)
LeBron James: 26 (5)
Moses Malone: 23 (4)
George Gervin : 23 (4)
Walt Frazier: 20 (4)
David Robinson: 20 (6)
Elgin Baylor: 19 (5)
Kevin Garnett: 19 (4)
Bob McAdoo: 16 (3)
Charles Barkley: 16 (4)
Bill Walton: 14 (2)
Gary Payton: 13 (3)
Dirk Nowizki: 12 (4)
Paul Arizin: 12 (3)
Alonzo Mourning: 12 (2)
Rick Barry: 12 (2)
Patrick Ewing: 11 (5)
Tracy McGrady: 11 (3)
Dominique Wilkins: 9 (3)
Dolph Schayes: 9 (3)
Neil Johnston: 9 (3)
Chris Paul: 8 (2)
Allan Iverson: 8 (2)
Bob Lanier: 8 (2)
John Havlicek: 7 (3)
Bernard King: 7 (1)
Clyde Drexler: 7 (1)
Cliff Hagan: 6 (2)
Grant Hill: 5 (1)
Nate Archibald: 5 (1)
George McGinnis: 5 (1)
Bob Cousy: 5 (1)
Wes Unseld: 5 (1)
Artis Gilmore: 4 (2)
David Thompson: 3 (1)
Dwight Howard: 3 (1)
Jason Kidd: 3 (1)
Andrei Kirilenko: 3 (1)
Jeff Ruland: 3 (1)
Dave Cowens: 3 (1)
Walt Frazier: 3 (1)
George Yardley: 3 (1)
Spencer Haywood: 3 (1)
Connie Hawkins: 3 (1)
Sidney Moncrief: 2 (2)
Sam Jones: 2 (2)
Kevin Durant: 1
Ben Wallace: 1
Scottie Pippen: 1
Penny Hardaway: 1
Tim Hardaway: 1
Marques Johnson: 1
Bob Dandridge: 1
Walter Davis: 1
Elvin Hayes: 1
Billy Cunningham: 1
Nate Thurmond: 1

[ElGee]

# League MVP
* Vote I would now swap

2010
1. LeBron James#
2. Dwyane Wade
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Dwight Howard
5. Steve Nash

2009
1. LeBron James#
2. Dwyane Wade
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Chris Paul
5. Dwight Howard

2008
1. LeBron James
2. Kobe Bryant#
3. Kevin Garnett
4. Chris Paul
5. Tim Duncan

2007
1. Tim Duncan
2. Steve Nash
3. Dirk Nowitzki#
4. Kobe Bryant
5. LeBron James

2006
1. Dwyane Wade
2. Dirk Nowitzki
3. Steve Nash#
4. LeBron James
5. Kevin Garnett

2005
1. Tim Duncan
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Steve Nash#
4. Dwyane Wade
5. Shaquille O'Neal

2004
1. Kevin Garnett#
2. Tim Duncan
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Dirk Nowitzki

2003
1. Tim Duncan#
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Tracy McGrady*
4. Shaquille O'Neal*
5. Kobe Bryant

2002
1. Tim Duncan#
2. Shaquille O'Neal
3. Kevin Garnett
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Dirk Nowitzki

2001
1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Kevin Garnett
5. Allen Iverson#

2000
1. Shaquille O'Neal#
2. Karl Malone
3. Gary Payton
4. Alonzo Mourning
5. Kevin Garnett

1999
1. Tim Duncan
2. Karl Malone#
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Alonzo Mourning
5. Allen Iverson

1998
1. Michael Jordan#
2. Karl Malone
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Gary Payton
5. David Robinson

1997
1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone#
3. Grant Hill
4. Scottie Pippen
5. Hakeem Olajuwon

1996
1. Michael Jordan#
2. Karl Malone
3. David Robinson
4. Anfernee Hardaway
5. Scottie Pippen

1995
1. Hakeem Olajuwon
2. Shaquille O'Neal
3. Karl Malone
4. David Robinson#
5. Scottie Pippen

1994
1. Hakeem Olajuwon#
2. David Robinson
3. Patrick Ewing
4. Scottie Pippen
5. Karl Malone

1993
1. Michael Jordan
2. Hakeem Olajuwon
3. Charles Barkley#
4. Patrick Ewing
5. David Robinson

1992
1. Michael Jordan#
2. Karl Malone
3. Patrick Ewing
4. Clyde Drexler
5. Scottie Pippen

1991
1. Michael Jordan#
2. Magic Johnson
3. Karl Malone
4. Charles Barkley
5. David Robinson

1990
1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson#
3. Charles Barkley
4. Patrick Ewing
5. Karl Malone

1989
1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson#
3. Hakeem Olajuwon
4. Charles Barkley
5. Karl Malone

1988
1. Michael Jordan#
2. Larry Bird
3. Magic Johnson
4. Charles Barkley
5. Hakeem Olajuwon

1987
1. Magic Johnson#
2. Larry Bird
3. Michael Jordan
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. Kevin McHale

1986
1. Larry Bird#
2. Magic Johnson
3. Hakeem Olajuwon
4. Isiah Thomas
5. Dominique Wilkins

1985
1. Larry Bird#
2. Magic Johnson
3. Michael Jordan
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5. Isiah Thomas

1984
1. Larry Bird#
2. Bernard King
3. Magic Johnson
4. Isiah Thomas
5. Sidney Moncrief

1983
1. Moses Malone*#
2. Larry Bird*
3. Magic Johnson
4. Sidney Moncrief
5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1982
1. Moses Malone#
2. Julius Erving
3. Larry Bird
4. Magic Johnson
5. George Gervin

1981
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Larry Bird
3. Moses Malone
4. Julius Erving#
5. Marques Johnson

1980
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar#
2. Julius Erving
3. Larry Bird
4. Moses Malone
5. Magic Johnson

POY Points 1980-2010
Jordan (100)
Bird (68)
Duncan (65)
Magic (64)
K. Malone (55)
Shaq (53)
Olajuwon (42)
Garnett (39)
LeBron (34)
Kobe (32)
Wade (27)
Kareem (24)
Barkley (19)
Robinson (18)
Nash (18)
Erving (17)
Ewing (16)
Dirk (14)
Pippen (9)
Payton (8)
Isiah (7)
King (7)
Paul (6)
Mourning (6)
McGrady (5)
Hill (5)
Howard (4)
Penny (3)
Drexler (3)
Iverson (2)
McHale (1)
Wilkins (1)
Gervin (1)
Mar Johnson (1)

Most Ballot Appearances
Jordan (11)
Magic (11)
K. Malone (11)
Bird (9)
Shaq (9)
Duncan (8)
Olajuwon (8)
KG (8)
Kobe (8)
Robinson (6)
LeBron (5)
Barkley (5)
Pippen (5)

My criteria was essentially "basketball player who gives a team the best chance of winning a championship" that season. Injuries mattered only if they were of considerable length or at a considerable time (eg missing the postseason). The playoffs typically mattered more, but to what degree, if at all, depended on sample size and circumstance.

The totals above are after the 1980 season, and I plan on leaving them and having a separate tally below. I've always drawn a line in the sand in 1980 -- the 3-point era -- and for the purposes of this project will do so again here. Only a small group of players even overlap (Kareem, Erving, Moses, Gervin, Marques Johnson).

There are a few things important to note about these numbers. First, the scoring simply mirrors MVP balloting used for the project (10-7-5-3-1) and assumes that relationship between players. In reality, there is not equal value between votes: an all-time No. 1 season and a No. 1 vote in a very weak year aren't qualitatively the same, but they are both counted as 10 points.

Second, an extension of the first point: competition matters. A lot. There are some players who could have had a string of top 5 finishes in the early 80s only never to make a ballot in the early 90s.

Third, environment matters. While I consider 1980-present the "modern" NBA and think there were considerably fewer changes in the game that from 1950-1980, it's still worth noting that some players benefitted or were hurt by some of those changes. The 3-point shot wasn't part of the game for a number of years. Isolation wasn't big part of the game in the early 80s. Defensive schemes were relatively simple -- there was really a defensive explosion starting in the late 80s with the Pistons.

Finally, rules affected certain individuals differently, for eg perimeter players were aided by the 2005 enforcement of perimeter contact.

1979
1. Kareem Adbul-Jabbar
2. Moses Malone#
3. Marques Johnson
4. Geroge Gervin
5. Bob Dandridge

1978
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. George Gervin
3. Julius Erving
4. David Thompson
5. Walter Davis

1977
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar#
2. Bill Walton
3. Julius Erving
4. Elvin Hayes
5. David Thompson

1976
1. Julius Erving#
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar#
3. Bob McAdoo
4. David Thompson
5. Rick Barry

1975
1. Bob McAdoo#
2. Rick Barry
3. Julius Erving#
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5. Artis Gilmore

1974
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar#
2. Julius Erving#
3. Bob Lanier
4. Rick Barry
5. Bob McAdoo

1973
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Walt Frazier
3. Julius Erving
4. Tiny Archibald
5. Dave Cowens#

1972
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar#
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Walt Frazier
4. John Havlicek
5. Jerry West

1971
1. Lew Alcindor#
2. Walt Frazier
3. Oscar Robertson
4. Dave Bing
5. John Havlicek

1970
1. Jerry West
2. Lew Alcindor
3. Willis Reed#
4. Walt Frazier
5. Billy Cunningham

1969
1. Bill Russell
2. Jerry West
3. Willis Reed
4. Oscar Robertson
5. Walt Frazier

1968
1. Wilt Chamberlain#
2. Bill Russell
3. Jerry West
4. Oscar Robertson
5. Elgin Baylor

1967
1. Wilt Chamberlain#
2. Bill Russell
3. Oscar Robertson
4. Nate Thurmond
5. Rick Barry

1966
1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain*#
3. Jerry West*
4. Oscar Robertson
5. Sam Jones

1965
1. Bill Russell
2. Jerry West
3. Oscar Robertson
4. Wilt Chamberlain
5. Sam Jones

Pre-1980 Points (#ballots)
Kareem 87 (10)
Russell 44 (5)
Erving 37 (6)
Wilt 37 (5)
West 35 (6)
Oscar 24 (6)
Frazier 23 (5)
McAdoo 16 (3)
Barry 12 (4)
Gervin 10 (2)
Reed 10 (2)
Thompson 7 (3)
Malone 7 (1)
Walton 7 (1)
Johnson 5 (1)
Lanier 5 (1)
Havlicek 4 (2)
Hayes 3 (1)
Archibald 3 (1)
Bing 3 (1)
Thurmond 3 (1)
S. Jones 2 (2)
Dandridge 1
Davis 1
Gilmore 1
Cowens 1
Baylor 1

[drza]

2009-10

2008-09

1. LeBron James
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Dwyane Wade
4. Dwight Howard
5. Dirk Nowitzki

2007-08

1. Kevin Garnett
2. LeBron James
3. Chris Paul
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Tim Duncan

2006-07

1. Tim Duncan
2. LeBron James
3. Kevin Garnett
4. Dirk Nowitzki
5. Kobe Bryant

2005-06

1. Dwyane Wade
2. Dirk Nowitzki
3. LeBron James
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Kevin Garnett

2004-05

1. Kevin Garnett
2. Tim Duncan
3. Manu Ginobili
4. Dwyane Wade
5. Steve Nash

2003-04

1. Kevin Garnett
2. Tim Duncan
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Ben Wallace

2002-03

1. Kevin Garnett
2. Tim Duncan
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Tracy McGrady
5. Dirk Nowitzki

2001-02

1. Tim Duncan
2. Shaquille O'Neal
3. Kevin Garnett
4. Dirk Nowitzki
5. Kobe Bryant

2000-01

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Tim Duncan
   
4. Kobe Bryant
   
5. Allen Iverson
   

1999-2000

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Alonzo Mourning
4. Gary Payton
5. Kobe Bryant

1998-1999

1. Tim Duncan
2. Shaquille O'Neal
3. David Robinson
4. Kevin Garnett
5. Karl Malone

1997-1998

1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
   
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. David Robinson
5. Tim Duncan

1996-1997

1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
   
3. Hakeem Olajuwon
4. Grant Hill
5. Scottie Pippen

1995-1996

1. Michael Jordan
2. David Robinson
3. Penny Hardaway
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. Karl Malone

1994-1995

1. Hakeem Olajuwon
2. David Robinson
3. Shaquille O’Neal
4. Karl Malone
5. Scottie Pippen

1993-1994

1. Hakeem Olajuwon
2. David Robinson
   
3. Scottie Pippen
4. Shaquille O’Neal
5. Patrick Ewing

1992-1993

1. Michael Jordan
2. Hakeem Olajuwon
   
3. Charles Barkley
4. David Robinson
5. Patrick Ewing

1991-1992

1. Michael Jordan
2. David Robinson
   
3. Hakeem Olajuwon
4. Karl Malone
5. Scottie Pippen

1990-1991

1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
   
3. Karl Malone
4. David Robinson
5. Charles Barkley

1989-1990

1. Magic Johnson
2. Michael Jordan
   
3. Charles Barkley
4. Patrick Ewing
5. David Robinson

1988-89

1987-88

1986-87

1985-86

1984-85

1. Magic Johnson
2. Larry Bird
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Michael Jordan
5. Isiah Thomas

1983-84

1. Larry Bird
2. Magic Johnson
3. Sidney Moncrief
4. Moses Malone
5. Isiah Thomas

1982-83

1. Mo Malone
2. Magic Johnson
3. Larry Bird
4. Julius Erving
5. Sidney Moncrief

1981-82

1980-81

1. Larry Bird
2. Julius Erving
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Mo Malone
5. Marques Johnson

1979-80

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Julius Erving
3. Magic Johnson
4. Larry Bird
5. Mo Malone

1978-79

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. George Gervin
3. Julius Erving
4. Mo Malone
5. Marques Johnson

1977-78

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Bill Walton
3. George Gervin
4. David Thompson
5. Julius Erving

1976-77

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Bill Walton
3. Julius Erving
4. Artis Gilmore
5. Elvin Hayes

1975-76

1. Julius Erving
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
3. Dave Cowens
4. Artis Gilmore
5. Bob McAdoo

1974-75

1. Rick Barry
2. Bob McAdoo
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Julius Erving
5. Artis Gilmore

1973-74

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Julius Erving
3. Bob Lanier
4. Artis Gilmore
5. Bob McAdoo

1972-73

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Walt Frazier
4. Julius Erving
5. Dave Cowens

1971-72

1. Lew Alcindor
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Oscar Robertson
4. Walt Frazier
5. Jerry West

1970-71

1969-70

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Jerry West
3. Willis Reed
4. Walt Frazier
5. Billy Cunningham

1968-69

1. Bill Russell
2. Oscar Robertson
3. Jerry West
4. Wilt Chamberlain
5. Wes Unseld

1967-68

1. Wilt Chamberlain
2. Bill Russell
3. Elgin Baylor
4. Oscar Robertson
5. John Havlicek

1966-67

1965-66

1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Oscar Robertson
4. Jerry West
5. Sam Jones

1964-65

1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Oscar Robertson
4. Jerry West
5. Sam Jones

1963-64

1. Wilt Chamberlain
2. Bill Russell
3. Oscar Robertson
4. Bob Pettit
5. Jerry West

1962-63

1. Bill Russell
2. Oscar Robertson
3. Wilt Chamberlain
4. Elgin Baylor
5. Bob Pettit

1961-62

1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Oscar Robertson
4. Elgin Baylor
5. Bob Pettit

1960-61

1. Bill Russell
2. Elgin Baylor
3. Wilt Chamberlain
4. Oscar Robertson
5. Bob Pettit

1959-60

1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Elgin Baylor
4. Bob Pettit
5. Dolph Schayes

1958-59

1. Bill Russell
2. Elgin Baylor
3. Bob Pettit
4. Cliff Hagan
5. Dolph Schayes

1957-58

1. Bill Russell
2. Dolph Schayes
3. Bob Pettit
4. Cliff Hagan
5. George Yardley

1956-57

1. Bob Pettit
2. Bill Russell
3. Dolph Schayes
4. Neil Johnston
5. Maurice Stokes

1955-56

1. Bob Pettit
2. Neil Johnston
3. Paul Arizin
4. Maurice Stokes
5. Dolph Schayes

1954-55

1. Dolph Schayes
2. Larry Foust
3. Neil Johnston
4. Bob Cousy
5. Bob Pettit

[NYK 455]

2009-10
1. LeBron James
2. Steve Nash
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Dwyane Wade
5. Kevin Durant

2008-09

1. LeBron James
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Dwyane Wade
4. Chris Paul
5. Dwight Howard


2007-08

1. LeBron James
2. Chris Paul
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Kevin Garnett
5. Steve Nash


2006-07

1. Tim Duncan
2. Steve Nash
3. LeBron James
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Dirk Nowitzki


2005-06

1. Steve Nash
2. LeBron James
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Dirk Nowitzki
5. Dwyane Wade


2004-05

1. Tim Duncan
2. Steve Nash
3. Dirk Nowitzki
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. Kevin Garnett


2003-04

1. Kevin Garnett
2. Tim Duncan
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Ben Wallace


2002-03

1. Tim Duncan
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Tracy McGrady
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. Kobe Bryant


2001-02

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kevin Garnett
4. Jason Kidd
5. Kobe Bryant


2000-01

1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kevin Garnett
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Allen Iverson

[shawngoat23]

2009-10
1. LeBron James
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Dwyane Wade
4. Dwight Howard
5. Kevin Durant

2008-09
1. LeBron James
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Dwight Howard
4. Dwyane Wade
5. Chris Paul

2007-08
1. Chris Paul
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Kobe Bryant
4. LeBron James
5. Tim Duncan

2006-07
1. Tim Duncan
2. Dirk Nowitzki
3-5. Steve Nash/LeBron James/Kobe Bryant (split)

2005-06
1. Dwyane Wade
2. Dirk Nowitzki
3. LeBron James
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Steve Nash

2004-05
1. Tim Duncan
2. Steve Nash
3. Dwyane Wade
4. Kevin Garnett
5. Shaquille O'Neal

2003-04
1. Kevin Garnett
2. Tim Duncan
3. Jermaine O'Neal
4. Ben Wallace
5. Kobe Bryant/Shaquille O'Neal (split)

2002-03
1. Tim Duncan
2. Tracy McGrady
3. Kevin Garnett
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Shaquille O'Neal

2001-02
1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kevin Garnett
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Tracy McGrady

2000-01
1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Tim Duncan
3. Kevin Garnett
4. Allen Iverson
5. Kobe Bryant

1999-00
1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Alonzo Mourning
3. Karl Malone
4. Tim Duncan
5. Kevin Garnett

1998-99
1. Tim Duncan
2. Karl Malone
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Alonzo Mourning
5. David Robinson

1997-98
1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. Gary Payton
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. Tim Duncan/David Robinson (split)

1996-97
1. Michael Jordan
2. Karl Malone
3. Grant Hill
4. Hakeem Olajuwon
5. Scottie Pippen

1995-96
1. Michael Jordan
2. David Robinson
3. Penny Hardaway
4. Karl Malone
5. Hakeem Olajuwon

1994-95
1. Hakeem Olajuwon
2. David Robinson
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Karl Malone
5. Patrick Ewing

1993-94
1. Hakeem Olajuwon
2. David Robinson
3. Scottie Pippen
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. Patrick Ewing

1992-93
1. Michael Jordan
2. Charles Barkley
3. Hakeem Olajuwon
4. Patrick Ewing
5. Karl Malone

1991-92
1. Michael Jordan
2. Clyde Drexler
3. Karl Malone
4. Patrick Ewing
5. Scottie Pippen

1990-91
1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. David Robinson
4. Charles Barkley
5. Karl Malone

1989-90
1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Charles Barkley
4. Isiah Thomas
5. Patrick Ewing

1988-89
1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Charles Barkley
4. Patrick Ewing
5. John Stockton/Karl Malone (split)

1987-88
1. Magic Johnson
2. Michael Jordan
3. Larry Bird
4. Charles Barkley
5. Dominique Wilkins

1986-87
1. Magic Johnson
2. Larry Bird
3. Michael Jordan
4. Kevin McHale
5. Dominique Wilkins

1985-86
1. Larry Bird
2. Hakeem Olajuwon
3. Magic Johnson
4. Kevin McHale
5. Charles Barkley

1984-85
1. Larry Bird
2. Magic Johnson
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Sidney Moncrief
5. Michael Jordan

1983-84
1. Larry Bird
2. Bernard King
3. Magic Johnson
4. Adrian Dantley
5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1982-83
1. Moses Malone
2. Sidney Moncrief
3. Julius Erving
4. Magic Johnson
5. Larry Bird

1981-82
1. Moses Malone
2. Julius Erving
3. Magic Johnson
4. Larry Bird
5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1980-81
1. Larry Bird
2. Moses Malone
3. Julius Erving
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5. Marques Johnson

1979-80
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Julius Erving
3. Larry Bird
4. Magic Johnson
5. Moses Malone

1978-79
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. George Gervin
3. Moses Malone
4. Julius Erving
5. Elvin Hayes

1977-78
1. George Gervin
2. Bill Walton
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Julius Erving
5. David Thompson

1976-77
1. Bill Walton
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
3. Julius Erving
4. Bob Lanier
5. Bobby Jones

1975-76
1. Julius Erving
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
3. Bob McAdoo
4. Dave Cowens
5. Artis Gilmore

1974-75
1. Rick Barry
2. Bob McAdoo
3. Julius Erving
4. Artis Gilmore
5. Elvin Hayes

1973-74
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Julius Erving
3. Bob McAdoo
4. Bob Lanier
5. John Havlicek

1972-73
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Walt Frazier
3. Nate Archibald
4. Billy Cunningham
5. Julius Erving

1971-72
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Jerry West
4. Walt Frazier
5. John Havlicek

1970-71
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Walt Frazier
3. Wilt Chamberlain
4. Jerry West
5. John Havlicek

1969-70
1. Jerry West
2. Walt Frazier
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Willis Reed
5. Billy Cunningham

1968-69
1. Jerry West
2. Bill Russell
3. Willis Reed
4. Wes Unseld
5. Wilt Chamberlain

1967-68
1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Oscar Robertson
4. John Havlicek
5. Jerry West

1966-67
1. Wilt Chamberlain
2. Bill Russell
3. Oscar Robertson
4. Nate Thurmond
5. Rick Barry

1965-66
1. Wilt Chamberlain
2. Bill Russell
3. Jerry West
4. Oscar Robertson
5. Sam Jones

1964-65
1. Bill Russell
2. Jerry West
3. Oscar Robertson
4. Wilt Chamberlain
5. Sam Jones

1963-64
1. Wilt Chamberlain
2. Bill Russell
3. Oscar Robertson
4. Bob Pettit
5. Jerry West

1962-63
1. Bill Russell
2. Oscar Robertson
3. Elgin Baylor
4. Wilt Chamberlain
5. Bob Pettit

1961-62
1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Oscar Robertson
4. Elgin Baylor
5. Jerry West

1960-61
1. Bill Russell
2. Elgin Baylor
3. Wilt Chamberlain
4. Bob Pettit
5. Oscar Robertson

1959-60
1. Wilt Chamberlain
2. Bill Russell
3. Bob Pettit
4. Elgin Baylor
5. Cliff Hagan

1958-59
1. Bill Russell
2. Bob Pettit
3. Elgin Baylor
4. Cliff Hagan
5. Kenny Sears

1957-58
1. Bob Pettit
2. Bill Russell
3. Cliff Hagan
4. Dolph Schayes
5. George Yardley

1956-57
1. Bob Pettit
2. Bill Russell
3. Neil Johnston
4. Bob Cousy
5. Dolph Schayes

1955-56
1. Paul Arizin
2. Bob Pettit
3. Bob Cousy
4. Neil Johnston
5. Dolph Schayes

1954-55
1. Dolph Schayes
2. Larry Foust
3. Neil Johnston
4. Bob Cousy
5. Bob Pettit

[Ojmayo]

2010
1.Kevin Durant
2.Lebron James
3.Dwyane Wade
4.Kobe Bryant
5.Dwight Howard


2009
1. LeBron James
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Dwyane Wade
4. Chris Paul
5. Dwight Howard

2008
1. Kobe Bryant
2. LeBron James
3. Kevin Garnett
4. Chris Paul
5. Tim Duncan

2007
1. Dirk Nowitzki
2. Steve Nash
3. Tim Duncan
4. Kobe Bryant
5. LeBron James

2006
1. Steve Nash
2. Dirk Nowitzki
3. Dwyane Wade
4. LeBron James
5. Tim Duncan

2005
1. Tim Duncan
2. Steve Nash
3. Kevin Garnett
4. Dwyane Wade
5. Shaquille O'Neal

2004
1. Kevin Garnett
2. Tim Duncan
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Dirk Nowitzki

2003
1. Kevin Garnett
2. Tim Duncan
3. Tracy McGrady
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. Kobe Bryant

2002
1. Tim Duncan
2. Shaquille O'Neal
3. Kevin Garnett
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Jason Kidd

2001
1. Allen Iverson
2. Tim Duncan
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Kevin Garnett

2000
1. Shaquille O'Neal
2. Karl Malone
3. Gary Payton
4. Tim Duncan
5. Kevin Garnett

[Sophie Hart]

Such a long list of balloting results. Guys I think it requires a lot of effort to decide who is best and who is not. Really its time consuming work but no doubt very interesting.

[Optimism Prime]

Such a long list of balloting results. Guys I think it requires a lot of effort to decide who is best and who is not. Really its time consuming work but no doubt very interesting.

Yeah, that's why we've been doing this for almost five months now. Each one of those ballots represents 3-5 days of work, and we don't even have a full list up there.