NBA 2023 MVP race – final results

(Originally posted on Tuesday 26 December 2023)

For the sake of completeness I have to post these final lists for the season 2022-23.

All the statistical data I used I found on this site:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/

I described my way of calculating the MVP and the MFP values in these posts:
Comparing NBA MVPs
Most frustrated NBA players

The final NBA 2023 MVP race list is this:

1. Jayson Tatum:    2091.0    (team wins: 57)
2. Joel Embiid:    1990.9    (team wins: 54)
3. Nikola Jokic:    1982.0    (team wins: 53)
4. Giannis Antetokounmpo:    1826.5    (team wins: 58)
5. Domantas Sabonis:    1640.9    (team wins: 48)
6. Jaylen Brown:    1506.5    (team wins: 57)
7. Donovan Mitchell:    1505.9    (team wins: 51)
8. Julius Randle:    1500.6    (team wins: 47)
9. Brook Lopez:    1398.4    (team wins: 58)
10. De'Aaron Fox:    1380.2    (team wins: 48)
11. Jrue Holiday:    1369.9    (team wins: 58)
12. Luka Doncic:    1363.2    (team wins: 38)
13. James Harden:    1355.7    (team wins: 54)
14. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander:    1350.0    (team wins: 40)
15. Ja Morant:    1278.8    (team wins: 51)
16. Evan Mobley:    1272.2    (team wins: 51)
17. Darius Garland:    1259.1    (team wins: 51)
18. Anthony Edwards:    1241.0    (team wins: 42)
19. Trae Young:    1239.7    (team wins: 41)
20. Stephen Curry:    1238.4    (team wins: 44)

Jayson Tatum won the race, but his per-game value was not so special. Joel Embiid, the official MVP, was second on my race list, which means that my calculations once again were almost perfect.

I must admit that Embiid really surprised me this year – last year I thought that it was then the best opportunity ever to give him the MVP award and yet he came up with an even better season. Respect!

I have to point out that James Harden finished the race at the 13th place, but he played only in 58 games. Quite an achievement.


The final NBA 2023 MFP list is this:

1. Jalen Green:    854.9    (team wins: 22)
2. Alperen Sengun:    851.1    (team wins: 22)
3. Damian Lillard:    822.4    (team wins: 33)
4. Bojan Bogdanovic:    802.3    (team wins: 17)
5. Luka Doncic:    789.2    (team wins: 38)
6. Jaden Ivey:    762.6    (team wins: 17)
7. Keldon Johnson:    735.6    (team wins: 22)
8. Kevin Porter Jr.:    715.4    (team wins: 22)
9. KJ Martin:    698.9    (team wins: 22)
10. Jabari Smith Jr.:    678.4    (team wins: 22)
11. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander:    675.0    (team wins: 40)
12. Kristaps Porzingis:    671.5    (team wins: 35)
13. Tre Jones:    655.4    (team wins: 22)
14. Terry Rozier:    654.5    (team wins: 27)
15. Lauri Markkanen:    651.1    (team wins: 37)
16. Jalen Duren:    626.7    (team wins: 17)
17. P.J. Washington:    625.3    (team wins: 27)
18. Killian Hayes:    618.6    (team wins: 17)
19. Franz Wagner:    600.9    (team wins: 34)
20. Tyrese Haliburton:    594.5    (team wins: 35)

There were 2 players in the top-20 both on the MVP list and on the MFP list – Luka Doncic (12th and 5th) and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (14th and 12th).