Historical FMVP voting
Bill Simmons' erroneous claim that only five people voted on FMVP led me down a rabbit hole: how many people did vote each year? We know it's 11 now and has been since at least 2015, after which all votes have been made public as follows:
2026 Brunson 11-0
2025 SGA 11-0
2024 Brown 7, Tatum 4
2023 Jokic 11-0
2022 Curry 11-0
2021 Giannis 11-0
2020 LeBron 11-0
2019 Kawhi 10, FVV 1
2018 KD 7, Curry 4
2017 KD 11-0
2016 LeBron 11-0
2015 Iguodala 7, LeBron 4
But what about before that? Previously I'd found very little information. Now, thanks to the good folks at NBAstats.net, here's full-ish data back to 1978:
2014 Kawhi 10, ??? 1
2013 Lebron 11-0
2012 LeBron 9-0
2011 Dirk 9-0
2010 Kobe 7, Gasol 2
2009 Kobe 9-0
2008 Pierce 9-0
2007 Parker 9, Duncan 1
2006 Wade (unanimous)
2005 Duncan 6, Manu 4
2004 Billups (unanimous)
2003 Duncan (unanimous)
2002 Shaq (unanimous)
2001 Shaq (unanimous)
2000 Shaq (unanimous)
1999 Duncan (unanimous)
1998 MJ 11-0
1997 MJ (unanimous)
1996 MJ 6, Kemp 3, Rodman 2
1995 Hakeem (unanimous)
1994 Hakeem (unanimous)
1993 MJ 11-0
1992 MJ 11-0
1991 MJ 11-0
1990 Isiah 11-0
1989 Dumars 11-0
1988 Worthy 7, Magic 4
1987 Magic (unanimous)
1986 Bird 9, McHale 2
1985 Kareem 13-0
1984 Bird 11-0
1983 Moses (unanimous)
1982 Magic 5, McAdoo 3, Nixon 1
1981 Maxwell 6, Bird 1
1980 Magic 4, Kareem 3
1979 DJ 4, Sikma 3
1978 Unseld 3, Hayes 2
From this we can also construct FMVP shares (analogous to MVP shares), again updating my previous attempt:
| Player | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Jordan | 6 | 5.55 |
| LeBron James | 4 | 4.36 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 3 | 3.00 |
| Tim Duncan | 3 | 2.70 |
| Magic Johnson | 3 | 2.49 |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 2 | 2.43 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 2 | 2.00 |
| Willis Reed | 2 | 2.00 |
| Larry Bird | 2 | 1.96 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 2 | 1.82 |
| Kobe Bryant | 2 | 1.78 |
| Kevin Durant | 2 | 1.64 |
| Stephen Curry | 1 | 1.36 |
| Bill Walton | 1 | 1.00 |
| Chauncey Billups | 1 | 1.00 |
| Dirk Nowitzki | 1 | 1.00 |
| Dwyane Wade | 1 | 1.00 |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 1 | 1.00 |
| Isiah Thomas | 1 | 1.00 |
| Jalen Brunson | 1 | 1.00 |
| Jerry West | 1 | 1.00 |
| Jo Jo White | 1 | 1.00 |
| Joe Dumars | 1 | 1.00 |
| John Havlicek | 1 | 1.00 |
| Moses Malone | 1 | 1.00 |
| Nikola Jokić | 1 | 1.00 |
| Paul Pierce | 1 | 1.00 |
| Rick Barry | 1 | 1.00 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 1 | 1.00 |
| Wilt Chamberlain | 1 | 1.00 |
| Tony Parker | 1 | 0.90 |
| Cedric Maxwell | 1 | 0.86 |
| Andre Iguodala | 1 | 0.64 |
| James Worthy | 1 | 0.64 |
| Jaylen Brown | 1 | 0.64 |
| Wes Unseld | 1 | 0.60 |
| Dennis Johnson | 1 | 0.57 |
| Jack Sikma | 0 | 0.43 |
| Elvin Hayes | 0 | 0.40 |
| Manu Ginóbili | 0 | 0.40 |
| Jayson Tatum | 0 | 0.36 |
| Bob McAdoo | 0 | 0.33 |
| Shawn Kemp | 0 | 0.27 |
| Pau Gasol | 0 | 0.22 |
| Dennis Rodman | 0 | 0.18 |
| Kevin McHale | 0 | 0.18 |
| Norm Nixon | 0 | 0.11 |
| Fred VanVleet | 0 | 0.09 |
[I've assumed 1969-77 were unanimous until proven otherwise]
