Evaluating the Candidates for MVP and All-NBA in 2008

Players ranked in terms of WP48

WP48 = Wins Produced per 48 minutes

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Rank WP48

Player Name

Team

MVP

Voting

Points

All-NBA

Voting

Points

Rank

Wins Produced,

League

Wins

Produced

WP48

1

Chris Paul

New Orleans

889

629

1

25.4

0.406

2

Dwight Howard

Orlando

60

546

2

24.6

0.382

3

Kevin Garnett

Boston

670

612

7

17.9

0.370

4

Marcus Camby

Denver

 

59

4

21.0

0.365

5

Jason Kidd

Dallas-New Jersey

 

2

3

21.3

0.352

6

Tim Duncan

San Antonio

25

397

6

18.1

0.328

7

Manu Ginobili

San Antonio

9

123

14

15.5

0.324

8

LeBron James

Cleveland

438

610

5

20.2

0.321

9

Chauncey Billups

Detroit

 

38

13

16.0

0.304

10

Amare Stoudemire

Phoenix

27

412

11

16.3

0.291

11

Steve Nash

Phoenix

18

311

8

16.7

0.289

12

Tyson Chandler

New Orleans

 

18

10

16.3

0.281

13

Carlos Boozer

Utah

1

174

17

14.8

0.251

14

Kobe Bryant

LA Lakers

1105

635

9

16.4

0.247

15

Deron Williams

Utah

4

228

16

15.2

0.238

16

Yao Ming

Houston

 

71

42

9.9

0.232

17

Dirk Nowitzki

Dallas

5

189

20

13.3

0.231

18

Paul Pierce

Boston

1

151

22

13.2

0.220

19

Al Jefferson

Minnesota

 

14

21

13.2

0.217

20

Caron Butler

Washington

 

5

37

10.5

0.217

21

Pau Gasol

LA Lakers-Memphis

 

5

43

9.8

0.200

22

Chris Bosh

Toronto

 

11

40

9.9

0.197

23

Kevin Martin

Sacramento

 

4

53

8.4

0.183

24

Brandon Roy

Portland

 

1

34

10.6

0.182

25

Antawn Jamison

Washington

1

15

28

11.5

0.180

26

Baron Davis

Golden State

 

32

25

11.8

0.177

27

Andre Iguodala

Philadelphia

 

1

26

11.6

0.172

28

Andre Miller

Philadelphia

 

7

36

10.5

0.167

29

Tony Parker

San Antonio

 

1

63

7.6

0.157

30

Hedo Turkoglu

Orlando

 

3

41

9.9

0.157

31

Carmelo Anthony

Denver

3

89

46

9.1

0.156

32

Shaquille O'Neal

Miami-Phoenix

 

5

90

5.6

0.153

33

Ray Allen

Boston

 

4

59

8.1

0.148

34

Tayshaun Prince

Detroit

 

1

60

8.0

0.143

35

Rasheed Wallace

Detroit

1

22

71

7.0

0.142

36

Josh Howard

Dallas

 

2

58

8.1

0.141

37

Allen Iverson

Denver

 

116

45

9.5

0.134

38

Richard Hamilton

Detroit

 

2

78

6.6

0.131

39

Tracy McGrady

Houston

19

137

94

5.4

0.107

40

David West

New Orleans

 

24

80

6.3

0.105

41

Joe Johnson

Atlanta

 

8

72

6.9

0.100

42

Michael Redd

Milwaukee

 

1

105

4.9

0.087