1958-59 NBA Awards Voting

Most Valuable Player

Most Valuable Player Table
				Voting					Per Game						Shooting			Advanced
Rank	Player	Age	Tm	First	Pts Won	Pts Max	Share	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	WS	WS/48
1	Bob Pettit	26	STL	59.0	317.0	410	0.773	72	39.9	29.2	16.4	3.1			.438		.759	14.8	.246
2	Bill Russell	24	BOS	10.0	144.0	410	0.351	70	42.6	16.7	23.0	3.2			.457		.598	12.9	.208
3	Elgin Baylor	24	MNL	2.0	88.0	410	0.215	70	40.8	24.9	15.0	4.1			.408		.777	9.8	.165
4	Bob Cousy	30	BOS	4.0	71.0	410	0.173	65	37.0	20.0	5.5	8.6			.384		.855	8.7	.174
5	Paul Arizin	30	PHW	1.0	39.0	410	0.095	70	40.0	26.4	9.1	1.7			.431		.813	13.0	.223
6	Dolph Schayes	30	SYR	1.0	26.0	410	0.063	72	36.7	21.3	13.4	2.5			.387		.864	9.4	.171
7	Larry Costello	27	SYR	3.0	15.0	410	0.037	70	39.3	15.8	5.2	5.4			.437		.802	8.5	.149
8	Kenny Sears	25	NYK	1.0	12.0	410	0.029	71	35.2	21.0	9.3	1.9			.490		.861	13.3	.256
9	Cliff Hagan	27	STL	1.0	11.0	410	0.027	72	37.5	23.7	10.9	3.4			.456		.774	11.7	.209
10	Jack Twyman	24	CIN	0.0	7.0	410	0.017	72	37.7	25.8	9.1	2.9			.420		.783	7.3	.129
11T	Tom Gola	26	PHW	0.0	3.0	410	0.007	64	36.5	14.1	11.1	4.2			.401		.787	7.4	.153
11T	Richie Guerin	26	NYK	0.0	3.0	410	0.007	71	36.0	18.2	7.3	5.1			.424		.802	8.4	.158
11T	Dick McGuire	33	DET	0.0	3.0	410	0.007	71	29.1	9.2	4.0	6.2			.427		.740	6.9	.160
14T	Al Bianchi	26	SYR	0.0	1.0	410	0.002	72	24.7	10.0	2.8	2.2			.377		.723	1.8	.048
14T	Gene Shue	27	DET	0.0	1.0	410	0.002	72	38.1	17.6	4.7	3.2			.388		.803	5.6	.098