Best NBA Players to Never Win MVP
These are the best NBA players to never win the MVP award.
Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. Best NBA Season: 2008-2009
30.2 points per game
5.0 rebounds per game
7.5 assists per game
1.3 blocks per game
2.2 steals per game
Team Record: 43-39
Jerry Alan West is an American retired basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. As one of the greatest long-range shooters in history, he achieved his amazing numbers before the 3-point shot was instituted. Its not unrealistic to assume he would have hit 2 or 3 "threes" per game, which would have made his career numbers on par with Chamberlain and Jordan.
Best NBA Season: 1969-1970
31.2 points per game
4.6 rebounds per game
7.5 assists per game
Team Record: 46-36
Somehow he averaged over 30 and did not win MVP.
John Joseph "Hondo" Havlicek is a retired American professional basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning eight NBA championships, four of them coming in his first four seasons. Best NBA Season: 1970-1971
28.9 points per game
9.0 rebounds per game
7.5 assists per game
Team Record: 44-38
He averaged a Double-Double. He had the most points averaged in a game that is not named Wilt Chamberlain. Instead Bill Russel wins with 18.9 points and 23.6 rebounds a game. That sounds good but both Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain had a Double-Double. (Wilt should have won with an INSANE 50.4 and 25.6 rebounds a game). Instead the NBA went with bill Russel which was a horrible pick in my opinion and you can argue that Elgin Baylor had better stats then Bill Russel. (And obviously Wilt Chamberlain).
In that 61-62 season, he had the highest season scoring average in history by any player not named Wilt Chamberlain. Yes, higher than Michael Jordan's best-ever season. Nobody ever remembers the guy who came in second.
Elvin Ernest Hayes is an American retired professional basketball player and radio analyst for his alma-mater Houston Cougars. Best NBA Season: 1970-1971
28.7 points per game
16.6 rebounds per game
2.3 assists per game
Team Record: 40-42
Isiah Lord Thomas III is an American former basketball player who played professionally for the Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association. Best NBA Season: 1984-1985
21.2 points per game
4.5 rebounds per game
13.9 assists per game
0.3 blocks per game
2.3 steals per game
Team Record: 46-36
John Houston Stockton is an American retired professional basketball player. He spent his entire professional playing career as a point guard for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association, from 1984 to 2003. Stockton is regarded as one of the best point guards of all time, holding the NBA... read more Best NBA Season: 1989-1990
17.2 points per game
2.6 rebounds per game
14.5 assists per game
0.2 blocks per game
2.7 steals per game
Team Record: 55-27
Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player and current head coach of the Georgetown University men's basketball team. Best NBA Season: 1989-1990
28.6 points per game
10.9 rebounds per game
2.2 assists per game
4.0 blocks per game
1.0 steals per game
Team Record: 45-37
Christopher Emmanuel Paul is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. Best NBA Season: 2008-2009
22.8 points per game
5.5 rebounds per game
11.0 assists per game
0.1 blocks per game
2.8 steals per game
Team Record: 49-33
Brian David Scalabrine is an American former professional basketball player who is currently a television analyst for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Mvp snub will be his 2nd worst behind hall of fame.
George Gervin, nicknamed "The Iceman," is an American retired professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association for the Virginia Squires, San Antonio Spurs, and Chicago Bulls. Best NBA Season: 1979-1980
33.1 points per game
5.2 rebounds per game
2.6 assists per game
1.0 blocks per game
1.4 steals per game
Christopher Wesson Bosh is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association.
Jacques Dominique Wilkins is an American retired professional basketball player who primarily played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association.
Paul Anthony Pierce is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. Best NBA season: 2002-03
26 points per game
7.3 rebounds per game
4.5 assists per game
2 steals per game
1 block per game
Tracy Lamar McGrady Jr. is an American retired professional basketball player who is best known for his career in the National Basketball Association, where he played as both a shooting guard and small forward. Best NBA season: 2002-03
32 Points per game
6.5 rebounds per game
5.5 assists per game
1.7 steals per game
1 block per game
Team record: 42-40
Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball executive and retired professional basketball player who played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association.
Clyde Austin "The Glide" Drexler is an American retired professional basketball player. During his career, he was a ten-time All-Star, and named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
Rajon Pierre Rondo is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Best NBA Season: 2011-12
12 points per game
5 rebounds per game
12 assists per game
2 steals per game
Team Record: 39-27 (lockout season)
in the playoffs he ramped it up!
17.3 points per game
7 rebounds per game
12 assists per game
2.4 steals per game Led The Celtics to being 1 win away from The 2012 Finals