1981-82 - 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 0.346 0.285
Larry Bird 0.256 0.228
Julius Erving 0.123 0.114
Magic Johnson 0.080 0.038
Robert Parish 0.051 0.074
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 0.038 0.017
Sidney Moncrief 0.023 0.057
George Gervin 0.023 0.062
Jack Sikma 0.021 0.019
Gus Williams 0.015 0.065