NBA MVP Rankings - 8 Mar

The top 2 players in the MVP race have separated themselves from the pack, with 3-time MVP Nikola Jokic having the best season of his career, somehow, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the league in scoring while his team has the best record in the West by far. My guess is that it goes to SGA due to voter fatigue, but this is how I rank the top 10 current MVP candidates in the league (with career-high averages in bold), along with a few changes to my All-Time Top 100 rankings:

Most Valuable Player

1 (1) Nikola Jokic - C - DEN

28.9 Pts (#3), 12.9 Reb (#3), 10.6 Ast (#2), 1.8 Stl (#4), 0.6 Blk, .577 FG% (#10), .439 3P% (#6), .818 FT%

2 (2) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - PG - OKC

32.8 Pts (#1), 5.1 Reb, 6.2 Ast (#15), 1.8 Stl (#2), 1.0 Blk, .526 FG%, .378 3P%, .898 FT% (#8)

3 (3) Giannis Antetokounmpo - PF - MIL

30.8 Pts (#2), 12.1 Reb (#6), 5.9 Ast, 0.8 Stl, 1.2 Blk (#17), .605 FG% (#7), .190 3P%, .596 FT%

4 (9) LeBron James - SF - LAL

25.1 Pts (#12), 8.1 Reb, 8.5 Ast (#6), 0.9 Stl, 0.6 Blk, .518 FG%, .391 3P%, .779 FT%

5 (5) Trae Young - PG - ATL

23.6 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 11.6 Ast (#1), 1.2 Stl, 0.2 Blk, .403 FG%, .327 3P%, .866 FT%

6 (7) Jalen Brunson - PG - NYK

26.3 Pts (#7), 3.0 Reb, 7.4 Ast (#8), 1.0 Stl, 0.1 Blk, .490 FG%, .384 3P%, .825 FT%

7 (4) Darius Garland - PG - CLE

21.0 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 6.7 Ast (#11), 1.1 Stl, 0.2 Blk, .480 FG%, .420 3P% (#14), .876 FT%

8 (8) Jayson Tatum - PF - BOS

26.9 Pts (#5), 8.8 Reb (#17), 5.8 Ast, 1.1 Stl, 0.5 Blk, .455 FG%, .354 3P%, .803 FT%

9 (NR) Cade Cunningham - PG - DET

25.5 Pts (#11), 6.1 Reb, 9.4 Ast (#3), 1.0 Stl, 0.7 Blk, .461 FG%, .357 3P%, .855 FT%

10 (NR) Donovan Mitchell - SG - CLE

24.4 Pts (#15), 4.3 Reb, 4.7 Ast, 1.3 Stl, 0.2 Blk, .454 FG%, .388 3P%, .818 FT%

Honorable Mention: Karl-Anthony Towns - C - NYK, James Harden - PG - LAC, Damian Lillard - PG - MIL, Evan Mobley - PF - CLE, Stephen Curry - PG - GSW, Domantas Sabonis - C - SAC

All-Time Player Rank Changes

Stephen Curry has passed Julius Erving to move up to #15

Giannis Antetokounmpo has passed Tony Parker and Kevin Garnett to move up to #29

Luka Doncic has passed Sam Jones to move up to #67

Jayson Tatum has passed Rod Strickland, Cliff Hagan, and Walt Frazier to move up to #87