(Originally posted on on Friday, 13 April 2018; changed on 27 May 2018)
All the statistical data I used I found on this site:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/
I described my way of calculating the MVP value in this post:
Comparing NBA MVPs
According to the data from the whole 2017-2018 season the final NBA 2018 MVP race list is this (TW means “Team Wins”):
1. James Harden (2017-18): 2390.8 (TW: 65)
2. LeBron James (2017-18): 2049.2 (TW: 50)
3. Kevin Durant (2017-18): 1834.6 (TW: 58)
4. Anthony Davis (2017-18): 1823.8 (TW: 48)
5. Russell Westbrook (2017-18): 1707.9 (TW: 48)
6. Karl-Anthony Towns (2017-18): 1666.6 (TW: 47)
7. DeMar DeRozan (2017-18): 1615.2 (TW: 59)
8. Damian Lillard (2017-18): 1546.5 (TW: 49)
9. Giannis Antetokounmpo (2017-18): 1541.0 (TW: 44)
10. Kyle Lowry (2017-18): 1525.3 (TW: 59)
11. Clint Capela (2017-18): 1475.1 (TW: 65)
12. Chris Paul (2017-18): 1435.1 (TW: 65)
13. Ben Simmons (2017-18): 1402.3 (TW: 52)
14. Nikola Jokic (2017-18): 1375.0 (TW: 46)
15. Stephen Curry (2017-18): 1373.3 (TW: 58)
16. Victor Oladipo (2017-18): 1338.2 (TW: 48)
17. Paul George (2017-18): 1327.1 (TW: 48)
18. LaMarcus Aldridge (2017-18): 1323.0 (TW: 47)
19. Klay Thompson (2017-18): 1303.3 (TW: 58)
20. Jrue Holiday (2017-18): 1279.9 (TW: 48)
21. Kyrie Irving (2017-18): 1278.4 (TW: 55)
22. Joel Embiid (2017-18): 1263.7 (TW: 52)
23. C.J. McCollum (2017-18): 1221.8 (TW: 49)
24. Bradley Beal (2017-18): 1205.1 (TW: 43)
25. Khris Middleton (2017-18): 1177.6 (TW: 44)
26. Draymond Green (2017-18): 1177.0 (TW: 58)
27. Jonas Valanciunas (2017-18): 1150.0 (TW: 59)
28. Eric Gordon (2017-18): 1130.9 (TW: 65)
29. Al Horford (2017-18): 1129.2 (TW: 55)
30. Andre Drummond (2017-18): 1110.8 (TW: 39)
It seems that James Harden should win the MVP award this year. Russell Westbrook averaged triple-double again, but this year his MVP value is significantly lower than last year. LeBron James had a fantastic season individually, but his team won 15 games less than Harden's team.
Interestingly Ben Simmons (a rookie) finished at the 13th place, but I have to also point out that some very good players missed many games, most notably Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving and Joel Embiid.
Saturday 1 August 2015
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