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Most Valuable Shot Charts

Now that Stephen Curry has won back-to-back NBA MVP Awards — unanimously! — explore this interactive comparison of each MVP’s Shot Chart since the 1996–97 season.

Chad Shanks
The Cauldron
Published in
3 min readMay 10, 2016

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(Click each chart to open a hoverable, interactive view on StatMuse)

2015–16: Stephen Curry

50.4 FG%, 45.4 3P%, 63.0 eFG%, 66.9 TS%

2014–15: Stephen Curry

48.7 FG%, 44.3 3P%, 59.4 eFG%, 63.8 TS%

2013–14: Kevin Durant

50.3 FG%, 39.1 3P%, 56.0 eFG%, 63.5 TS%

2012–13: LeBron James

56.5 FG%, 40.6 3P%, 60.3 eFG%, 64.0 TS%

2011–12: LeBron James

53.1 FG%, 36.2 3P%, 55.4 eFG%, 60.5 TS%

2010–11: Derrick Rose

44.5 FG%, 33.2 3P%, 48.5 eFG%, 55.0 TS%

2009–10: LeBron James

50.3 FG%, 33.3 3P%, 54.5 eFG%, 60.4 TS%

2008–09: LeBron James

48.9 FG%, 34.4 3P%, 53.0 eFG%, 59.1 TS%

2007–08: Kobe Bryant

45.9 FG%, 36.1 3P%, 50.3 eFG%, 57.6 TS%

2006–07: Dirk Nowitzki

50.2 FG%, 41.6 3P%, 52.9 eFG%, 60.5 TS%

2005–06: Steve Nash

51.2 FG%, 43.9 3P%, 58.3 eFG%, 63.2 TS%

2004–05: Steve Nash

50.2 FG%, 43.1 3P%, 55.7 eFG%, 60.6 TS%

2003–04: Kevin Garnett

49.9 FG%, 25.6 3P%, 50.2 eFG%, 54.7 TS%

2002–03: Tim Duncan

51.3 FG%, 27.3 3P%, 51.5 eFG%, 56.4 TS%

2001–02: Tim Duncan

50.8 FG%, 10.0 3P%, 50.8 eFG%, 57.6 TS%

2000–01: Allen Iverson

42.0 FG%, 32.0 3P%, 44.7 eFG%, 51.8 TS%

1999–2000: Shaquille O’Neal

57.4 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 57.4 eFG%, 57.8 TS%

1998–99: Karl Malone

49.3 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 49.3 eFG%, 57.7 TS%

1997–98: Michael Jordan

46.5 FG%, 23.8 3P%, 47.3 eFG%, 53.3 TS%

1996–97: Karl Malone

55.0 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 55.0 eFG%, 60.0 TS%

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