The 2009 Most Valuable Players

MVP defined in terms of Wins Produced

Percentage of Wins Produced from Top Player = Top Player’s Wins Produced divided by Team Wins Produced

Team Wins Produced if Top Player Became Average is determined by replacing the top player

with a player who posts a WP48 [Wins Produced per 48 minutes] of 0.100 (average productivity)

Original Data taken from Basketball-Reference.com

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Team

Wins

Team

Wins Produced

Top Player

MVP

Votes Points

Top Player's

Wins Produced

Percentage of

Wins Produced

from Top Player

Team Wins Produced

if Top Player

Became Average

New Orleans

49

44.9

Chris Paul*

192

29.4

65.4%

21.8

Cleveland

66

64.6

LeBron James*

1172

27.1

41.9%

43.9

Orlando

59

58.6

Dwight Howard*

328

24.6

41.9%

39.9

Miami

43

41.9

Dwyane Wade*

680

21.0

50.1%

27.3

Dallas

50

46.2

Jason Kidd

0

21.0

45.3%

31.3

Boston

62

61.1

Rajon Rondo

0

18.3

29.9%

48.3

Indiana

36

38.1

Troy Murphy

0

17.0

44.8%

26.2

LA Lakers

65

61.2

Pau Gasol

0

16.8

27.5%

50.6

New York

32

33.3

David Lee

0

16.4

49.3%

22.8

San Antonio

54

51.1

Tim Duncan

2

16.0

31.3%

40.4

Charlotte

35

37.8

Gerald Wallace*

0

15.7

41.6%

27.6

Portland

54

55.2

Brandon Roy*

7

14.5

26.4%

46.7

LA Clippers

19

17.7

Marcus Camby

0

13.9

78.6%

7.8

Houston

53

51.5

Yao Ming*

1

13.3

25.8%

43.6

Minnesota

24

27.6

Mike Miller

0

13.2

48.0%

19.3

Philadelphia

41

41.0

Andre Iguodala*

0

13.1

31.9%

34.7

Toronto

33

33.5

Jose Calderon

0

12.4

37.1%

25.9

Golden State

29

31.2

Andris Biedrins

0

12.3

39.3%

22.8

Phoenix

46

46.0

Steve Nash

0

12.0

26.0%

39.2

Utah

48

48.1

Deron Williams*

0

11.9

24.7%

41.5

Denver

54

51.8

Chauncey Billups

33

10.8

20.8%

46.7

Oklahoma

23

24.7

Kevin Durant*

0

10.5

42.6%

20.2

Atlanta

47

44.9

Al Horford

0

10.3

23.0%

39.3

Chicago

41

40.4

Joakim Noah

0

10.0

24.7%

34.5

Detroit

39

39.8

Antonio McDyess

0

9.5

23.7%

34.3

New Jersey

34

34.5

Vince Carter*

0

9.3

27.0%

31.3

Milwaukee

34

38.0

Ramon Sessions

0

9.2

24.2%

33.3

Memphis

24

26.4

Mike Conley

0

8.0

30.5%

23.6

Washington

19

20.9

Antawn Jamison*

0

7.9

37.6%

19.5

Sacramento

17

17.9

Brad Miller

0

4.0

22.6%

16.7

Non-Top Players

who received MVP votes

LA Lakers

65

61.2

Kobe Bryant*a

698

13.9

22.7%

53.4

Boston

62

61.1

Paul Pierce*a

21

10.2

16.6%

57.2

San Antonio

54

51.1

Tony Parker*a

9

9.5

18.6%

46.7

Dallas

50

46.2

Dirk Nowitzki*b

3

8.1

17.5%

44.5

* - leading scorer on team

a - Second most productive player on team

b - Third most productive player on team