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| Rank | Player | Eligible? | EFF | EFF × W% | GameSC | GameSC × W% | MVP Vote Share |
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NBA EFF: a box-score production total. Adds the good stats: PTS + REB + AST + STL + BLK, then subtracts the bad: missed FG + missed FT + TOV + PF. All stats are weighted equally — an assist counts as much as a point scored. Uses season totals rather than per-game averages, so missed games automatically reduce a player's score. Limitation: heavily skewed toward offensive production. Individual defense beyond steals and blocks — positioning, rotations, on-ball pressure — is invisible in box-score metrics.
EFF multiplied by the team's winning percentage. Rewards players whose big numbers come in service of winning basketball. A player on a .700 team scores 40% higher than the same stats on a .500 team. Uses team win% rather than personal win% to avoid rewarding players who only appear in easy games. Note: the win% multiplier indirectly rewards good defensive teams, but credits whoever has the highest offensive production on that team.
Hollinger Game Score: a weighted box-score production total. A more nuanced version of EFF where not all stats count equally: assists 0.7x (the teammate still had to make the shot), offensive rebounds 0.7x vs defensive rebounds only 0.3x, blocks 0.7x. Missed shots are penalized more heavily, reflecting the true cost of poor shooting. Generally considered a more accurate picture of individual production than raw EFF. Limitation: like EFF, skewed toward offensive production — individual defense beyond steals and blocks does not appear in box-score stats.
Game Score multiplied by team winning percentage — the headline metric of this table. Combines Hollinger's more nuanced stat weights with the team success multiplier. This is the stat which most closely models how MVP voters actually think: individual production (mostly offensive production) in service of team success. When this metric diverges from actual voting, the difference is usually explained by factors outside the box score — narrative, defense, and context that statistics alone can't capture.
MVP Eligibility: Since 2023-24, the NBA requires a player to appear in at least 65 games. Shows a checkmark if the player has reached 65, or if their team has enough games remaining that 65 is still mathematically possible. A dash means they are already eliminated.
MVP vote share, per official balloting by sportswriters and broadcasters. Each voter ranks five players: 1st place = 10 pts, 2nd = 7, 3rd = 5, 4th = 3, 5th = 1. In recent years, with the addition of a fan ballot, the maximum total points possible (if every voter ranked the player 1st) is 1010 points. 100.0% means unanimous. Source: Basketball Reference.