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USBWA MVP Award (and voting) Added to Basketball Reference

In modern times, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) is an organization for journalists covering college basketball. However, many decades ago writers covering the pro game were also part of the USBWA. The organization for journalists covering professional basketball is the Professional Basketball Writers Association (PBWA). But the PBWA wasn't formed until the 1970s. It has voted for many major NBA honors since 1980-81. Before this, however, the NBA MVP was determined by a player vote. Players could not vote for teammates and, thus, it was impossible to be a unanimous MVP. However, from 1958-59 through 1965-66, the USBWA pulled double duty and, in addition to voting for collegiate honors, handed out its own NBA MVP award, which was voted on by three scribes from each NBA city.

Basketball Reference is thrilled to announce that we have added this award (and full voting tallies!) to our database. This voting provides an interesting peek at what modern award voting methods would have rewarded in some vintage NBA seasons.

Here is a year-by-year look at the award and how it compared to the voting for the official NBA award done by the players at the time:

1958-59:

NBA MVP:

Most Valuable Player (Michael Jordan Trophy) Table
1	Bob Pettit	26	STL	59	317	410	0.773
2	Bill Russell	24	BOS	10	144	410	0.351
3	Elgin Baylor	24	MNL	2	88	410	0.215
4	Bob Cousy	30	BOS	4	71	410	0.173
5	Paul Arizin	30	PHW	1	39	410	0.095
6	Dolph Schayes	30	SYR	1	26	410	0.063
7	Larry Costello	27	SYR	3	15	410	0.037
8	Kenny Sears	25	NYK	1	12	410	0.029
9	Cliff Hagan	27	STL	1	11	410	0.027
10	Jack Twyman	24	CIN	0	7	410	0.017
11T	Tom Gola	26	PHW	0	3	410	0.007
11T	Richie Guerin	26	NYK	0	3	410	0.007
11T	Dick McGuire	33	DET	0	3	410	0.007
14T	Al Bianchi	26	SYR	0	1	410	0.002
14T	Gene Shue	27	DET	0	1	410	0.002

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Generated 10/24/2024.

USBWA MVP:

USBWA Most Valuable Player Table
1	Bob Pettit	26	STL	21	273	288	0.948
2	Elgin Baylor	24	MNL	2	142	288	0.493
3	Bob Cousy	30	BOS	1	121	288	0.420
4	Bill Russell	24	BOS	0	109	288	0.378
5	Dolph Schayes	30	SYR	0	65	288	0.226
6	Jack Twyman	24	CIN	0	52	288	0.181
7	Paul Arizin	30	PHW	0	48	288	0.167
8	Kenny Sears	25	NYK	0	32	288	0.111
9	Richie Guerin	26	NYK	0	30	288	0.104
10	Cliff Hagan	27	STL	0	28	288	0.097
11	Gene Shue	27	DET	0	15	288	0.052
12	Red Kerr	26	SYR	0	13	288	0.045
13T	Larry Costello	27	SYR	0	5	288	0.017
13T	Bill Sharman	32	BOS	0	5	288	0.017
15T	Tom Gola	26	PHW	0	4	288	0.014
15T	Slater Martin	33	STL	0	4	288	0.014
17T	Dick McGuire	33	DET	0	2	288	0.007
17T	Frank Ramsey	27	BOS	0	2	288	0.007

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Generated 10/24/2024.

As you can see, Bob Pettit is the winner of both awards. In the media polling, he was nearly unanimous, taking home 21 of the 24 first-place votes (3 voters from each of the NBA's 8 cities as the time). While Bill Russell was easily second in the player voting, he finished in just fourth place in the media vote, with no first place votes.

1959-60:

NBA MVP

Most Valuable Player (Michael Jordan Trophy) Table
1	Wilt Chamberlain	23	PHW	49	270	395	0.684
2	Bill Russell	25	BOS	15	186	395	0.471
3	Bob Pettit	27	STL	3	106	395	0.268
4	Bob Cousy	31	BOS	8	66	395	0.167
5	Elgin Baylor	25	MNL	2	40	395	0.101
6	Jack Twyman	25	CIN	0	8	395	0.020
7	Gene Shue	28	DET	0	7	395	0.018
8T	Tom Gola	27	PHW	1	6	395	0.015
8T	Dolph Schayes	31	SYR	0	6	395	0.015
10	Tom Heinsohn	25	BOS	1	5	395	0.013
11	Walter Dukes	29	DET	0	4	395	0.010
12T	Richie Guerin	27	NYK	0	3	395	0.008
12T	Willie Naulls	25	NYK	0	3	395	0.008
14	Cliff Hagan	28	STL	0	1	395	0.003

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Generated 10/24/2024.

USBWA MVP

USBWA Most Valuable Player Table
1	Wilt Chamberlain	23	PHW	19	255	288	0.885
2	Bill Russell	25	BOS	2	126	288	0.438
3	Bob Pettit	27	STL	0	124	288	0.431
4	Bob Cousy	31	BOS	3	116	288	0.403
5	Elgin Baylor	25	MNL	0	95	288	0.330
6	Jack Twyman	25	CIN	0	66	288	0.229
7	Gene Shue	28	DET	0	55	288	0.191
8	Dolph Schayes	31	SYR	0	42	288	0.146
9	Tom Heinsohn	25	BOS	0	22	288	0.076
10	Richie Guerin	27	NYK	0	20	288	0.069
11	Tom Gola	27	PHW	0	15	288	0.052
12	Cliff Hagan	28	STL	0	9	288	0.031
13	Larry Costello	28	SYR	0	6	288	0.021
14	George Yardley	31	SYR	0	5	288	0.017
15	Walter Dukes	29	DET	0	4	288	0.014
16	Kenny Sears	26	NYK	0	2	288	0.007

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Generated 10/24/2024.

In 1959-60 the order of the top seven is identical. Wilt Chamberlain's win in the media vote is more dominant, which is no surprise since in the player vote his teammates could not vote for him.

1960-61:

NBA MVP:

Most Valuable Player (Michael Jordan Trophy) Table
1	Bill Russell	26	BOS	35	213	380	0.561
2	Bob Pettit	28	STL	14	125	380	0.329
3	Elgin Baylor	26	LAL	10	116	380	0.305
4	Wilt Chamberlain	24	PHW	3	81	380	0.213
5	Oscar Robertson	22	CIN	7	70	380	0.184
6	Bob Cousy	32	BOS	2	17	380	0.045
7	Tom Heinsohn	26	BOS	3	15	380	0.039
8	Dolph Schayes	32	SYR	1	12	380	0.032
9	Bailey Howell	24	DET	1	9	380	0.024
10	Gene Shue	29	DET	0	8	380	0.021
11	Jack Twyman	26	CIN	0	6	380	0.016
12	Jerry West	22	LAL	1	5	380	0.013
13	Clyde Lovellette	31	STL	0	4	380	0.011
14	Cliff Hagan	29	STL	0	3	380	0.008
15	Richie Guerin	28	NYK	0	2	380	0.005
16T	Paul Arizin	32	PHW	0	1	380	0.003
16T	Willie Naulls	26	NYK	0	1	380	0.003
16T	Kenny Sears	27	NYK	0	1	380	0.003

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Generated 10/24/2024.

USBWA MVP:

USBWA Most Valuable Player Table
1	Bill Russell	26	BOS	12	215	288	0.747
2	Wilt Chamberlain	24	PHW	4	158	288	0.549
3	Elgin Baylor	26	LAL	5	155	288	0.538
4	Bob Pettit	28	STL	1	126	288	0.438
5	Oscar Robertson	22	CIN	1	125	288	0.434
6	Dolph Schayes	32	SYR	1	51	288	0.177
7	Bob Cousy	32	BOS	0	46	288	0.160
8	Gene Shue	29	DET	0	29	288	0.101
9	Willie Naulls	26	NYK	0	17	288	0.059
10	Clyde Lovellette	31	STL	0	6	288	0.021
11	Tom Gola	28	PHW	0	5	288	0.017
12T	Paul Arizin	32	PHW	0	4	288	0.014
12T	Larry Costello	29	SYR	0	4	288	0.014
14T	Tom Heinsohn	26	BOS	0	3	288	0.010
14T	Jack Twyman	26	CIN	0	3	288	0.010
16T	Richie Guerin	28	NYK	0	2	288	0.007
16T	Jerry West	22	LAL	0	2	288	0.007
18T	Frank Ramsey	29	BOS	0	1	288	0.003
18T	Kenny Sears	27	NYK	0	1	288	0.003

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Generated 10/24/2024.

1960-61 once again has the same winner of both awards: Bill Russell. While Bob Pettit was runner-up in the player vote, he finished fourth in the media vote. Elgin Baylor was third in both votes, while Wilt Chamberlain was fourth in the player vote and second in the media vote.

1961-62:

NBA MVP:

Most Valuable Player (Michael Jordan Trophy) Table
1	Bill Russell	27	BOS	51	297	425	0.699
2	Wilt Chamberlain	25	PHW	9	152	425	0.358
3	Oscar Robertson	23	CIN	13	135	425	0.318
4	Elgin Baylor	27	LAL	3	82	425	0.193
5	Jerry West	23	LAL	6	60	425	0.141
6	Bob Pettit	29	STL	2	31	425	0.073
7	Richie Guerin	29	NYK	1	5	425	0.012
8	Bob Cousy	33	BOS	0	3	425	0.007

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Generated 10/24/2024.

USBWA MVP:

USBWA Most Valuable Player Table
1	Bill Russell	27	BOS	19	283	324	0.873
2	Wilt Chamberlain	25	PHW	5	174	324	0.537
3	Oscar Robertson	23	CIN	3	160	324	0.494
4	Jerry West	23	LAL	0	123	324	0.380
5	Elgin Baylor	27	LAL	0	113	324	0.349
6	Bob Pettit	29	STL	0	72	324	0.222
7	Walt Bellamy	22	CHP	0	46	324	0.142
8	Richie Guerin	29	NYK	0	28	324	0.086
9	Bob Cousy	33	BOS	0	24	324	0.074
10	Red Kerr	29	SYR	0	19	324	0.059
11	Tom Heinsohn	27	BOS	0	10	324	0.031
12T	Hal Greer	25	SYR	0	6	324	0.019
12T	Gene Shue	30	DET	0	6	324	0.019
14	Bailey Howell	25	DET	0	5	324	0.015
15T	Tom Gola	29	PHW	0	3	324	0.009
15T	Sam Jones	28	BOS	0	3	324	0.009
17	Lenny Wilkens	24	STL	0	2	324	0.006
18T	Wayne Embry	24	CIN	0	1	324	0.003
18T	Cliff Hagan	30	STL	0	1	324	0.003
18T	Don Ohl	25	DET	0	1	324	0.003

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Generated 10/24/2024.

1961-62 is one of the most intriguing MVP votes of all-time. Wilt Chamberlain averaged an all-time record 50.4 PPG and finished second in the player vote. Turns out he also finished second in the media vote. Oscar Robertson averaged a triple-double (though the term hadn't yet been invented) and finished third in the player vote. Turns out he also finished third in the media vote. Bill Russell once again won both awards. Lakers teammates Jerry West and Elgin Baylor finished 4/5 (swapping places) in both.

1962-63:

NBA MVP:

Most Valuable Player (Michael Jordan Trophy) Table
1	Bill Russell	28	BOS	56	341	505	0.675
2	Elgin Baylor	28	LAL	19	221	505	0.438
3	Oscar Robertson	24	CIN	19	191	505	0.378
4	Bob Pettit	30	STL	3	84	505	0.166
5	Jerry West	24	LAL	2	19	505	0.038
6	Red Kerr	30	SYR	1	13	505	0.026
7	Wilt Chamberlain	26	SFW	0	9	505	0.018
8T	Terry Dischinger	22	CHZ	1	5	505	0.010
8T	Bob Cousy	34	BOS	0	5	505	0.010
10	John Havlicek	22	BOS	0	3	505	0.006
11T	John Barnhill	24	STL	0	1	505	0.002
11T	Walt Bellamy	23	CHZ	0	1	505	0.002

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Generated 10/24/2024.

USBWA MVP:

USBWA Most Valuable Player Table
1	Bill Russell	28	BOS	16	256	324	0.790
2	Elgin Baylor	28	LAL	5	196	324	0.605
3	Oscar Robertson	24	CIN		156	324	0.481
4	Bob Pettit	30	STL		126	324	0.389
5	Wilt Chamberlain	26	SFW		86	324	0.265
6	Jerry West	24	LAL		67	324	0.207
7	Bob Cousy	34	BOS		38	324	0.117
8	Walt Bellamy	23	CHZ		35	324	0.108
9	Bailey Howell	26	DET		33	324	0.102
10	Red Kerr	30	SYR		20	324	0.062
11	Hal Greer	26	SYR		16	324	0.049
12	Richie Guerin	30	NYK	0	10	324	0.031
13	Lee Shaffer	23	SYR	0	9	324	0.028
14	Don Ohl	26	DET	0	7	324	0.022
15	Terry Dischinger	22	CHZ	0	6	324	0.019
16T	Larry Costello	31	SYR	0	5	324	0.015
16T	Tom Heinsohn	28	BOS	0	5	324	0.015
18	John Havlicek	22	BOS	0	3	324	0.009
19T	Sam Jones	29	BOS	0	2	324	0.006
19T	Guy Rodgers	27	SFW	0	2	324	0.006
21T	Wayne Embry	25	CIN	0	1	324	0.003
21T	Johnny Green	29	NYK	0	1	324	0.003

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Generated 10/24/2024.

Bill Russell, for the third straight season, swept both awards in 1962-63. Baylor, Robertson and Pettit finished 2-3-4, respectively in each poll. In our search we were only able to discovered 21 of the 27 first place votes for the USBWA in this season.

1963-64:

NBA MVP:

Most Valuable Player (Michael Jordan Trophy) Table
1	Oscar Robertson	25	CIN	60	362	480	0.754
2	Wilt Chamberlain	27	SFW	19	215	480	0.448
3	Bill Russell	29	BOS	11	167	480	0.348
4	Bob Pettit	31	STL	4	69	480	0.144
5	Jerry West	25	LAL	2	39	480	0.081
6T	Elgin Baylor	29	LAL	0	3	480	0.006
6T	Hal Greer	27	PHI	0	3	480	0.006
6T	Gus Johnson	25	BAL	0	3	480	0.006
9T	Wayne Embry	26	CIN	0	1	480	0.002
9T	Sam Jones	30	BOS	0	1	480	0.002
9T	Jerry Lucas	23	CIN	0	1	480	0.002

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Generated 10/24/2024.

USBWA MVP:

USBWA Most Valuable Player Table
1	Wilt Chamberlain	27	SFW	14	253	324	0.781
2	Oscar Robertson	25	CIN	9	225	324	0.694
3	Bill Russell	29	BOS	4	186	324	0.574
4	Bob Pettit	31	STL	0	109	324	0.336
5	Jerry West	25	LAL	0	108	324	0.333
6	Hal Greer	27	PHI	0	50	324	0.154
7	Elgin Baylor	29	LAL	0	45	324	0.139
8	Jerry Lucas	23	CIN	0	44	324	0.136
9	Walt Bellamy	24	BAL	0	24	324	0.074
10	John Havlicek	23	BOS	0	11	324	0.034
11	Tom Heinsohn	29	BOS	0	4	324	0.012
12T	Terry Dischinger	23	BAL	0	3	324	0.009
12T	Bailey Howell	27	DET	0	3	324	0.009
12T	Nate Thurmond	22	SFW	0	3	324	0.009
15T	Richie Guerin	31	TOT	0	2	324	0.006
15T	Don Ohl	27	DET	0	2	324	0.006
15T	Guy Rodgers	28	SFW	0	2	324	0.006
18T	Wayne Embry	26	CIN	0	1	324	0.003
18T	Darrall Imhoff	25	DET	0	1	324	0.003

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Oscar Robertson won his lone career MVP in 1963-64. However, if the media was voting for the award at the time, it appears it never would have happened. Robertson finished second in the USBWA voting, while Wilt Chamberlain took home the award for the first time since his rookie season in 1960, ending Bill Russell's three-season reign. 1963-64 voting totals also produced a nice laugh: Darrall Imhoff received a fifth-place MVP vote. Imhoff averaged 4.8 PPG and 4.9 RPG in 15.0 MPG for a 23-57 Pistons team. Sometimes you have to just shrug your shoulders and laugh.

1964-65:

NBA MVP:

Most Valuable Player (Michael Jordan Trophy) Table
1	Bill Russell	30	BOS	53	53	99	0.535
2	Oscar Robertson	26	CIN	21	21	99	0.212
3	Jerry West	26	LAL	20	20	99	0.202
4	Sam Jones	31	BOS	4	4	99	0.040
5	Wilt Chamberlain	28	TOT	1	1	99	0.010

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Generated 10/24/2024.

USBWA MVP:

USBWA Most Valuable Player Table
1	Bill Russell	30	BOS	23	283	288	0.983
2	Jerry West	26	LAL	1	156	288	0.542
3	Oscar Robertson	26	CIN	0	155	288	0.538
4	Sam Jones	31	BOS	0	69	288	0.240
5	Wilt Chamberlain	28	TOT	0	60	288	0.208
6	Elgin Baylor	30	LAL	0	56	288	0.194
7	Dave DeBusschere	24	DET	0	41	288	0.142
8	Bob Pettit	32	STL	0	39	288	0.135
9	Jerry Lucas	24	CIN	0	26	288	0.090
10	Walt Bellamy	25	BAL	0	13	288	0.045
11	Bailey Howell	28	BAL	0	12	288	0.042
12	John Havlicek	24	BOS	0	8	288	0.028
13T	Hal Greer	28	PHI	0	7	288	0.024
13T	Gus Johnson	26	BAL	0	7	288	0.024
13T	Nate Thurmond	23	SFW	0	7	288	0.024
16	Willis Reed	22	NYK	0	6	288	0.021
17T	Zelmo Beaty	25	STL	0	5	288	0.017
17T	Richie Guerin	32	STL	0	5	288	0.017
19	Lenny Wilkens	27	STL	0	3	288	0.010
20T	Don Ohl	28	BAL	0	1	288	0.003
20T	Guy Rodgers	29	SFW	0	1	288	0.003

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Generated 10/24/2024.

After a one-year hiatus, Bill Russell was back on top, winning both awards. What is interesting is how close he was to a unanimous MVP in the media voting, where he took 23 of the 24 first-place votes.

1965-66:

NBA MVP:

Most Valuable Player (Michael Jordan Trophy) Table
1	Wilt Chamberlain	29	PHI	48	181	267	0.678
2	Jerry West	27	LAL	16	101	267	0.378
3	Oscar Robertson	27	CIN	14	93	267	0.348
4	Bill Russell	31	BOS	7	69	267	0.258
5T	Sam Jones	32	BOS	2	11	267	0.041
5T	Jerry Lucas	25	CIN	2	11	267	0.041

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Generated 10/24/2024.

USBWA MVP:

USBWA Most Valuable Player Table
1	Wilt Chamberlain	29	PHI	20	265	288	0.920
2	Jerry West	27	LAL	3	163	288	0.566
3	Bill Russell	31	BOS	0	148	288	0.514
4	Oscar Robertson	27	CIN	1	142	288	0.493
5	Jerry Lucas	25	CIN	0	61	288	0.212
6	Sam Jones	32	BOS	0	42	288	0.146
7	Rick Barry	21	SFW	0	40	288	0.139
8	Hal Greer	29	PHI	0	19	288	0.066
9	Guy Rodgers	30	SFW	0	17	288	0.059
10	Don Ohl	29	BAL	0	13	288	0.045
11	Zelmo Beaty	26	STL	0	10	288	0.035
12	Lenny Wilkens	28	STL	0	9	288	0.031
13T	John Havlicek	25	BOS	0	7	288	0.024
13T	Nate Thurmond	24	SFW	0	7	288	0.024
15T	Dave DeBusschere	25	DET	0	4	288	0.014
15T	Richie Guerin	33	STL	0	4	288	0.014
17T	Elgin Baylor	31	LAL	0	2	288	0.007
17T	Walt Bellamy	26	TOT	0	2	288	0.007
17T	Eddie Miles	25	DET	0	2	288	0.007
20T	Johnny Egan	27	TOT	0	1	288	0.003
20T	K.C. Jones	33	BOS	0	1	288	0.003
20T	Kevin Loughery	25	BAL	0	1	288	0.003

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Wilt Chamberlain took home his 3rd USBWA MVP (and 2nd NBA MVP) in 1965-66. His USBWA win was nearly unanimous, taking home 20 of the 24 first-place votes. His future teammate, Jerry West, was runner-up in both votes. Unfortunately, this was the last season in which the USBWA awarded an NBA MVP. It would have been interesting to see if Chamberlain was a unanimous MVP in 1966-67 when he led the 76ers to a 68-13 record and an NBA title.

Another interesting component of this research is seeing how it impacts the overall share of voting points that players received. Since there was no cap on the number of votes a player could receive from the USBWA and because voters ranked players 1-5 rather than 1-3, there were simply more voting points to go around. At Basketball-Reference we calculate something called MVP Award Shares, which shows how many 'shares' of MVP awards each player has won. If you're a unanimous MVP, you get 1.0 share. If you get 50% of the max vote points, you get 0.5 shares, etc. Because of the way voting worked from 1955-56 through 1979-80, this system is necessarily biased against players from pre-1980. 1980 is right around the time NBA Entertainment was formed and so history is biased against these players in other ways, as well, as far fewer highlight exist of these players. Russell (6th) and Chamberlain (7th) are the only two players whose entire careers were played before 1980 who rank in the top 20 in career MVP Award Shares (please note that Mel Daniels ranks 19th, but all of those award shares came when he was in the ABA, which is not apples to apples).

NBA/ABA Table
1.	LeBron James	8.815
2.	Michael Jordan*	8.115
3.	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	6.105
4.	Larry Bird*	5.612
5.	Magic Johnson*	5.104
6.	Bill Russell*	4.852
7.	Wilt Chamberlain*	4.423
8.	Shaquille O'Neal*	4.380
9.	Karl Malone*	4.296
10.	Tim Duncan*	4.278
11.	Kobe Bryant*	4.202
12.	Giannis Antetokounmpo	3.705
13.	Nikola Jokić	3.673
14.	James Harden	3.656
15.	Julius Erving*	3.551
16.	Kevin Durant	3.211
17.	David Robinson*	3.123
18.	Moses Malone*	2.854
19.	Mel Daniels*	2.795
20.	Kevin Garnett*	2.753
21.	Bob Pettit*	2.671
22.	Stephen Curry	2.664
23.	Oscar Robertson*	2.621
24.	Hakeem Olajuwon*	2.610
25.	Charles Barkley*	2.437
26.	Steve Nash*	2.429
27.	Joel Embiid	2.254
28.	Jerry West*	2.173
29.	Rick Barry*	1.821
30.	Connie Hawkins*	1.819

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Generated 10/24/2024.

If you replace award share numbers from 1958-59 through 1965-66 with USBWA votes, what would happen?

NBA MVP AWARD SHARES IF YOU SWAPPED OUT PLAYER VOTE WITH MEDIA VOTE FROM 1958-59 THROUGH 1965-66:

NBA/ABA Table
1.	LeBron James	8.815
2.	Michael Jordan*	8.115
3.	Bill Russell*	6.251
4.	Wilt Chamberlain*	6.160
5.	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	6.105
6.	Larry Bird*	5.612
7.	Magic Johnson*	5.104
8.	Shaquille O'Neal*	4.380
9.	Karl Malone*	4.296
10.	Tim Duncan*	4.278
11.	Kobe Bryant*	4.202
12.	Bob Pettit*	3.818
13.	Giannis Antetokounmpo	3.705
14.	Nikola Jokić	3.673
15.	James Harden	3.656
16.	Oscar Robertson*	3.560
17.	Julius Erving*	3.551
18.	Jerry West*	3.355
19.	Kevin Durant	3.211
20.	David Robinson*	3.123
21.	Elgin Baylor	3.017
22.	Moses Malone*	2.854
23.	Mel Daniels*	2.795
24.	Kevin Garnett*	2.753
25.	Stephen Curry	2.664
26.	Hakeem Olajuwon*	2.610
27.	Charles Barkley*	2.437
28.	Steve Nash*	2.429
29.	Joel Embiid	2.254
30.	Rick Barry*	1.821

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/24/2024.

As you can see, even swapping in media voting for this limited stretch of eight seasons makes a big impact on the all-time MVP Award Shares leaderboard. Russell and Chamberlain dart into third and fourth places, respectively. Additionally, if media voting was used, Chamberlain would have won MVP in 1964, giving him five MVPs (matching Russell and Jordan), rather than four. Russell played five seasons with no USBWA voting and Chamberlain had seven such seasons, so it's possible with more seasons of data that they'd be inching on LeBron James and Michael Jordan on the MVP Award Shares leaderboard. Bob Pettit moves from 21st place to 12th place, even though his whole career isn't covered. Oscar Robertson, even though he would lose his lone MVP by moving from player voting to media voting, moves from 23rd to 16th, nonetheless. Jerry West moves from 28th to 18th. And Elgin Baylor moves from 34th place to 21st place. Again, these eight seasons of voting do not constitute all of any of these players careers, and so they'd all likely move up even further with more voting data. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar moves from 3rd place to 5th place, but since his best seasons were before 1979-80, it is likely he would move up with more data, as well.

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