1959-60 NBA Awards Voting

1958-59 Awards Voting 1960-61 Awards Voting

1955-56 through 1979-1980: Official NBA MVP 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: Official NBA MVP voting conducted by media.

Official NBA MVP voting tallies for 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1970-71 and 1978-79 seasons 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