NBA MVP Rankings - 7 Mar

The NBA season is half over, and nearly every team is still in the playoff hunt, which makes a clear MVP ranking hard, but there is one player who has quietly outplayed every other in the league for the first half of the season, so he is still my pick for the #1 spot at this point. Here are my full MVP rankings, along with my picks for Rookie of the Year and Sixth Man:

MVP

1. (1) Nikola Jokic - C - DEN

27.1 PTS (#8), 11.0 REB (#11), 8.6 AST (#7), 1.6 STL (#6), 0.6 BLK

.567 FG% (#12), .418 3P%, .881 FT%

2. (4) Giannis Antetokounmpo - PF - MIL

29.0 PTS (#5), 11.7 REB (#4), 5.9 AST, 1.3 STL, 1.4 BLK (#12)

.557 FG% (#15), .285 3P%, .661 FT%

3. (5) Joel Embiid - C - PHI

30.2 PTS (#2), 11.6 REB (#5), 3.3 AST, 1.2 STL, 1.4 BLK (#13)

.521 FG%, .416 3P%, .856 FT%

4. (NR) James Harden - PG - BKN

25.3 PTS (#13), 7.8 REB, 11.1 AST (#1), 1.2 STL, 0.7 BLK

.484 FG%, .401 3P%, .859 FT%

5. (2) LeBron James - PG - LAL

25.8 PTS (#11), 8.0 REB, 7.8 AST (#9), 1.1 STL, 0.6 BLK

.509 FG%, .358 3P%, .692 FT%

6. (9) Luka Doncic - PG - DAL

28.6 PTS (#7), 8.4 REB (#17), 9.0 AST (#4), 1.0 STL, 0.7 BLK

.478 FG%, .357 3P%, .757 FT%

7. (NR) Stephen Curry - PG - GSW

29.7 PTS (#4), 5.5 REB, 6.3 AST (#18), 1.3 STL, 0.1 BLK

.478 FG%, .411 3P%, .934 FT% (#6)

8. (NR) Damian Lillard - PG - POR

29.8 PTS (#3), 4.3 REB, 8.0 AST (#8), 1.0 STL, 0.3 BLK

.445 FG%, .384 3P%, .933 FT% (#7)

9. (NR) Nikola Vucevic - C - ORL

24.6 PTS (#18), 11.6 REB (#6), 3.7 AST, 1.0 STL, 0.6 BLK

.483 FG%, .412 3P%, .851 FT%

10. (8) Kawhi Leonard - SF - LAC

26.6 PTS (#9), 6.3 REB, 4.9 AST, 1.5 STL (#9), 0.5 BLK

.511 FG%, .387 3P%, .873 FT%

Honorable Mention: Trae Young - PG - ATL, Bradley Beal - SG - WAS, Kyrie Irving - PG - BKN, Zach LaVine - SG - CHI, Julius Randle - PF - NYK, Ruby Gobert - C - UTA, Zion Williamson - PF - NOP

Rookie of the Year

1. LaMelo Ball - PG - CHA

15.8 PTS, 6.0 REB, 6.3 AST, 1.6 STL, 0.4 BLK

.449 FG%, .378 3P%, .802 FT%

2. Tyrese Haliburton - PG - SAC

13.2 PTS, 3.6 REB, 5.4 AST, 1.4 STL, 0.6 BLK

.494 FG%, .433 3P%, .833 FT%

3. James Wiseman - C - GSW

11.8 PTS, 5.9 REB, 0.7 AST, 0.3 STL, 1.1 BLK

.510 FG%, .370 3P%, .629 FT%

Sixth Man of the Year

1. Chris Boucher - C - TOR

13.6 PTS, 6.5 REB, 1.0 AST, 0.6 STL, 1.9 BLK (#5)

.534 FG% (#20), .445 3P% (#10), .759 FT%

2. Montrezl Harrell - C - LAL

13.8 PTS, 6.4 REB, 1.1 AST, 0.6 STL, 0.7 BLK

.626 FG% (#4), .756 FT%

3. Jordan Clarkson - SG - UTA

17.9 PTS, 4.0 REB, 2.3 AST, 0.9 STL, 0.2 BLK

.447 FG%, .370 3P%, .967 FT% (#1)

4. Thaddeus Young - PF - CHI

12.1 PTS, 5.9 REB, 4.4 AST, 1.4 STL (#14), 0.6 BLK

.609 FG% (#6), .500 FT%

5. Bobby Portis - C - MIL

10.9 PTS, 7.1 REB, 1.0 AST, 0.8 STL, 0.4 BLK

.546 FG% (#16), .500 3P% (#2), .697 FT%