1981-82 - 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
Larry Bird 0.321 0.228
Moses Malone 0.270 0.285
Julius Erving 0.108 0.114
Magic Johnson 0.063 0.038
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 0.037 0.017
Robert Parish 0.031 0.074
Gus Williams 0.029 0.065
George Gervin 0.027 0.062
Adrian Dantley 0.025 0.004
Jack Sikma 0.021 0.019
Sidney Moncrief 0.012 0.057