1980-81 - Most Valuable Player

Last Update: Nov. 5, 2023, 10:48 p.m. Model Type: CatBoost Regression Model. Target: Vote share scaled to sum to 1 by season. Prediction: Vote share scaled to sum to 1.
Name Predicted Vote Share Actual Vote Share Actual Winner
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 0.249 0.159
Julius Erving 0.233 0.253
Moses Malone 0.204 0.101
Larry Bird 0.120 0.236
George Gervin 0.052 0.046
Magic Johnson 0.047 0.010
Adrian Dantley 0.032 0.008
Robert Parish 0.006 0.030
Jamaal Wilkes 0.006 0.011
Tiny Archibald 0.005 0.018
Marques Johnson 0.005 0.041
Dennis Johnson 0.002 0.028