1980-81 - Most Valuable Player

Last Update: Oct. 31, 2024, 12:04 a.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
Moses Malone 0.316 0.101
Julius Erving 0.298 0.253
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 0.147 0.159
Larry Bird 0.102 0.236
Magic Johnson 0.026 0.010
George Gervin 0.022 0.046
Robert Parish 0.018 0.030
Marques Johnson 0.018 0.041
Tiny Archibald 0.008 0.018
Dennis Johnson 0.005 0.028
Jamaal Wilkes 0.002 0.011