The 2011 NBA MVP Award was a hotly-debated topic on the Internet, with Derrick Rose vs. Dwight Howard spurring a classic eye-test vs. stats debate that waged throughout the winter and early spring. As it turned out, though, the debate wasn't really much of a debate. Rose earned 113 of the 121 first-place votes (one ballot was for the fans), and had 1,182 points in total in winning MVP. Nobody even placed him lower than third on their ballot.
The other first-place votes went to LeBron James (4), Dwight Howard (3) and Kobe Bryant (1). Here is the full breakdown of the MVP voting, via an NBA press release.
| Player | Team | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Total |
| Derrick Rose | Chicago | 113 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 1182 |
| Dwight Howard | Orlando | 3 | 57 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 643 |
| LeBron James | Miami | 4 | 26 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 522 |
| Kobe Bryant | LA Lakers | 1 | 18 | 32 | 40 | 12 | 428 |
| Kevin Durant | Oklahoma City | - | 6 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 190 |
| Dirk Nowitzki | Dallas | - | 5 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 113 |
| Dwyane Wade | Miami | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 24 |
| Manu Ginobili | San Antonio | - | 2 | - | - | 6 | 20 |
| Amar'e Stoudemire | New York | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 9 |
| Blake Griffin | LA Clippers | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Rajon Rondo | Boston | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Tony Parker | San Antonio | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Chris Paul | New Orleans | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
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