Since the NBA started making media members’ award votes public in 2015, there have been far fewer outlier ballots, which makes a lot of sense since vote-shaming is a real phenomenon. However, there are still somewhat significant discrepancies between the votes of each media personality, and we delved deep into that. We looked into the voters who had a say in each of the seasons in which Player X received MVP votes, then ranked them by the points they awarded to said player.
Here are the results for the biggest superstars in the last decade.
1: Vince Goodwill (47 points)
2: Kevin O’Connor (46 points)
3: Chris Broussard (45 points)
4: Howard Beck (44 points)
4: Brian Windhorst (44 points)
6: John Schuhmann (43 points)
7: Sam Amick (42 points)
8: Kurt Helin (41 points)
9: Jeff Zillgitt (40 points)
10: Steve Aschburner (38 points)
10: Jared Greenberg (38 points)
10: Matt Winer (38 points)
13: Ric Bucher (37 points)
13: Justin Termine (37 points)
15: Keith Pompey (36 points)
15: Jeff McDonald (36 points)
17: Tim Reynolds (35 points)
18: Steve Smith (33 points)
19: Ramona Shelburne (32 points)
19: Frank Isola (32 points)
21: Marc Kestecher (31 points)
21: Dennis Scott (31 points)
21: Bill Simmons (31 points)
24: Michael Wilbon (29 points)
25: Gary Washburn (26 points)
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1: Howard Beck (34 points)
2: Gary Washburn (32 points)
3: Ramona Shelburne (30 points)
4: Frank Isola (27 points)
4: Jeff McDonald (27 points)
6: Bill Simmons (26 points)
6: Keith Pompey (26 points)
6: Michael Wilbon (26 points)
9: Jeff Zillgitt (24 points)
10: Doris Burke (23 points)
10: Matt Winer (23 points)
10: Ric Bucher (23 points)
13: Brian Windhorst (21 points)
13: Chris Broussard (21 points)
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1: Marc Berman (13 points)
2: Brian Windhorst (11 points)
2: Keith Pompey (11 points)
2: Kevin Arnovitz (11 points)
5: Bill Simmons (10 points)
5: Frank Isola (10 points)
7: Doris Burke (8 points)
7: Jeff McDonald (8 points)
7: Jeff Zillgitt (8 points)
7: Ramona Shelburne (8 points)
11: Ernie Johnson (7 points)
11: Matt Winer (7 points)
13: Chris Broussard (6 points)
13: Howard Beck (6 points)
13: Jon Barry (6 points)
13: Michael Wilbon (6 points)
13: Mike Breen (6 points)
18: Ric Bucher (2 points)
19: Gary Washburn (0 points)
1: Greg Anthony (17 points)
2: Chris Broussard (16 points)
3: Joe Vardon (15 points)
4: Antoni Daimiel (14 points)
4: Ric Bucher (14 points)
4: Shaun Powell (14 points)
4: Kevin O’Connor (14 points)
4: Anthony Chiang (14 points)
4: Chris Mannix (14 points)
10: Yoko Miyaji (12 points)
10: Jared Greenberg (12 points)
10: Adam Himmelsbach (12 points)
10: Chris Fedor (12 points)
10: Sam Amick (12 points)
15: Brian Windhorst (11 points)
15: Kelly Iko (11 points)
15: Tim Bontemps (11 points)
15: Shams Charania (11 points)
15: Howard Beck (11 points)
15: Dave McMenamin (11 points)
15: Dave Pasch (11 points)
22: Steve Smith (10 points)
22: Kurt Helin (10 points)
22: Marc Kestecher (10 points)
22: Frank Isola (10 points)
26: Jeff McDonald (9 points)
26: Matt Winer (9 points)
26: Steve Aschburner (9 points)
26: Cassidy Hubbarth (9 points)
26: Stephen A. Smith (9 points)
26: Justin Termine (9 points)
32: Vince Goodwill (8 points)
32: Tim Reynolds (8 points)
32: Dan Devine (8 points)
32: Dennis Scott (8 points)
36: Bill Simmons (7 points)
37: Seerat Sohi (6 points)
37: John Schuhmann (6 points)
37: Kevin Pelton (6 points)
37: Jeff Zillgitt (6 points)
37: Gary Washburn (6 points)
38: Doug Smith (6 points)
38: Zach Harper (6 points)
44: Keith Pompey (5 points)
44: Ernie Johnson (5 points)
44: Duane Rankin (5 points)
47. Ramona Shelburne (4 points)
47: Michael Wilbon (4 points)
1: Anthony Slater (7 points)
2: Ric Bucher (6 points)
3: Howard Beck (4 points)
4: Keith Pompey (3 points)
4: Jeff Zillgitt (3 points)
6: Brian Windhorst (2 points)
6: Sam Amick (2 points)
8: Frank Isola (1 point)
8: Jeff McDonald (1 point)
8: Tim Reynolds (1 point)
11: Gary Washburn (0 points)
11: Bill Simmons (0 points)
11: Chris Broussard (0 points)
11: Matt Winer (0 points)
11: Michael Wilbon (0 points)
11: Ramona Shelburne (0 points)
11: Steve Aschburner (0 points)
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1: Keith Pompey (32 points)
2: Greg Anthony (31 points)
3: Brian Windhorst (27 points)
3: Cassidy Hubbarth (27 points)
3: Mark Jackson (27 points)
3: Steve Aschburner (27 points)
7: Gary Washburn (26 points)
7: Ramona Shelburne (26 points)
9: Ric Bucher (25 points)
10: Bill Simmons (24 points)
10: Chris Mannix (24 points)
10: Dennis Scott (24 points)
10: Doris Burke (24 points)
10: Jalen Rose (24 points)
10: Jeff McDonald (24 points)
10: Marc Kestecher (24 points)
10: Steve Smith (24 points)
10: Zach Lowe (24 points)
19: Anthony Slater (22 points)
19: Brian Mahoney (22 points)
19: Jared Greenberg (22 points)
19: John Schuhmann (22 points)
19: Kevin O’Connor (22 points)
19: Michael Grange (22 points)
19: Vince Goodwill (22 points)
26: Dave McMenamin (21 points)
26: Matt Winer (21 points)
26: Michael Wilbon (21 points)
29: Chris Broussard (20 points)
29: Howard Beck (20 points)
29: Kurt Helin (20 points)
32: Jeff Zillgitt (19 points)
32: Rob Mahoney (19 points)
32: Tim Reynolds (19 points)
35: Frank Isola (17 points)
36: Justin Termine (15 points)
36: Sam Amick (15 points)
38: Kevin Pelton (14 points)
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1: Matt Winer (42 points)
2: Howard Beck (39 points)
2: Jon Barry (39 points)
2: Michael Wilbon (39 points)
5: Ric Bucher (37 points)
6: Doris Burke (36 points)
6: Gary Washburn (36 points)
6: Ramona Shelburne (36 points)
9: Chris Broussard (35 points)
10: Bill Simmons (34 points)
10: Brian Windhorst (34 points)
10: Jeff McDonald (34 points)
10: Kevin Arnovitz (34 points)
14: Jeff Zillgitt (33 points)
15: Frank Isola (31 points)
16: Keith Pompey (29 points)
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1: Jeff Zillgitt (34 points)
2: Ramona Shelburne (32 points)
3: Doris Burke (31 points)
3: Gary Washburn (31 points)
5: Ric Bucher (30 points)
6: Brian Windhorst (29 points)
6: Chris Broussard (29 points)
8: Keith Pompey (28 points)
9: Matt Winer (27 points)
10: Frank Isola (25 points)
10: Howard Beck (25 points)
10: Jeff McDonald (25 points)
13: Michael Wilbon (23 points)
14: Kevin Arnovitz (22 points)
15: Bill Simmons (20 points)
1: Bill Simmons (45 points)
2: Matt Winer (43 points)
3: John Schuhmann (42 points)
3: Steve Aschburner (42 points)
3: Dennis Scott (42 points)
6: Jared Greenberg (40 points)
6: Steve Smith (40 points)
6: Marc Kestecher (40 points)
6. Kevin Pelton (40 points)
6. Kevin O’Connor (40 points)
6. Justin Termine (40 points)
6: Joe Vardon (40 points)
6: Jeff Zillgitt (40 points)
6: Jeff McDonald (40 points)
15. Doug Smith (39 points)
16. Anthony Chiang (38 points)
16: Frank Isola (38 points)
18: Howard Beck (37 points)
18: Keith Pompey (37 points)
18: Kurt Helin (37 points)
18: Chris Broussard (37 points)
22. Sam Amick (36 points)
23. Zach Harper (35 points)
23: Tim Bontemps (35 points)
23: Vince Goodwill (35 points)
23: Cassidy Hubbarth (35 points)
27: Chris Mannix (34 points)
27: Kelly Iko (34 points)
29: Dave Pasch (33 points)
30: Gary Washburn (32 points)
30: Tim Reynolds (32 points)
30: Brian Windhorst (32 points)
33: Michael Wilbon (31 points)
33: Ric Bucher (31 points)
35: Ramona Shelburne (30 points)
36: Dave McMenamin (29 points)
37: Duane Rankin (25 points)
38: Greg Anthony (22 points)
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1: Jeff McDonald (20 points)
2: Bill Simmons (17 points)
2: Doug Smith (17 points)
2: Kevin Arnovitz (17 points)
5: Michael Wilbon (15 points)
6: Howard Beck (14 points)
7: Ramona Shelburne (13 points)
8: Matt Winer (12 points)
9: Brian Windhorst (11 points)
9: Jeff Zillgitt (11 points)
11: Chris Broussard (10 points)
11: Ric Bucher (10 points)
13: Doris Burke (9 points)
14: Frank Isola (8 points)
15: Keith Pompey (5 points)
16: Gary Washburn (4 points)
16: Jon Barry (4 points)
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1: Gary Washburn (10 points)
2: Bill Simmons (6 points)
3: Brian Mahoney (5 points)
3: Jon Barry (5 points)
3: Kevin Arnovitz (5 points)
3: Zach Lowe (5 points)
7: Frank Isola (4 points)
7: Jeff McDonald (4 points)
7: Steve Aschburner (4 points)
10: Brian Windhorst (3 points)
10: Dave McMenamin (3 points)
10: Marv Albert (3 points)
10: Michael Wilbon (3 points)
10: Ramona Shelburne (3 points)
10: Ric Bucher (3 points)
10: Sam Amick (3 points)
17: Doris Burke (2 points)
17: Howard Beck (2 points)
17: Jeff Zillgitt (2 points)
17: Keith Pompey (2 points)
17: Matt Winer (2 points)
22: Chris Broussard (1 point)
22: Tim Reynolds (1 point)
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1: Bill Simmons (9 points)
2: Michael Wilbon (8 points)
3: Doug Smith (7 points)
3: Frank Isola (7 points)
3: Matt Winer (7 points)
6: Chris Broussard (6 points)
6: Kevin Arnovitz (6 points)
6: Mark Medina (6 points)
9: Howard Beck (5 points)
9: Ramona Shelburne (5 points)
11: Doris Burke (4 points)
11: Ric Bucher (4 points)
13: Jeff McDonald (2 points)
14: Brian Windhorst (1 point)
14: Ernie Johnson (1 point)
14: Jeff Zillgitt (1 point)
14: Keith Pompey (1 point)
18: Gary Washburn (0 points)
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1: Keith Pompey (25 points)
2: Gary Washburn (23 points)
2: Jon Barry (23 points)
4: Frank Isola (22 points)
5: Michael Wilbon (21 points)
6: Chris Broussard (19 points)
7: Ric Bucher (18 points)
8: Brian Windhorst (16 points)
9: Ramona Shelburne (14 points)
10: Matt Winer (13 points)
11: Jeff McDonald (12 points)
11: Jeff Zillgitt (12 points)
13: Doris Burke (11 points)
14: Bill Simmons (8 points)
14: Kevin Arnovitz (8 points)
15: Howard Beck (6 points)
