By Tim Bontemps | ESPN, 2026-02-20 20:00:00
尽管本赛季围绕NBA球星伤病和出勤率的风波不断，但最有价值球员（MVP）竞赛的领跑梯队并未因此发生改变。
至少目前如此。
在ESPN本周进行的2025-26赛季第二次MVP模拟投票中——这是一份由100名地方、全美及国际媒体成员参与的实时选情调查——俄克拉荷马城雷霆队后卫谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 扩大了对丹佛掘金队中锋尼古拉·约基奇 (Nikola Jokic) 的领先优势。吉尔杰斯-亚历山大揽获了78张第一顺位选票，并且是唯一一位出现在全部100张选票上的球员。
这位现任MVP（指模拟投票领先者）正处于又一个辉煌的赛季，他场均贡献31.8分和6.4次助攻，投篮命中率达55.4%，率领雷霆队高居西部第一。
尽管自12月中旬发布首期模拟投票以来，这支卫冕冠军球队的势头有所下滑，但亚历山大的领先优势依然在扩大。雷霆曾一度保持着单赛季70胜以上的胜率，但伤病让他们回到了现实；在赛季初期打出24胜1负的火热开局后，他们近期的战绩为17胜13负。这其中包括了吉尔杰斯-亚历山大最近的腹部伤势，他已经因此缺席了7场比赛。球队周四宣布，他将在一周后重新接受评估，这意味着他还将至少缺席几场比赛。
这种状态的起伏本该为亚历山大的顶级竞争对手打开大门，但正如本赛季的主旋律一样，伤病戏剧性地改变了奖项的竞争格局。
约基奇保留了第二名的位置（18张第一顺位选票），但他因12月下旬遭遇的骨挫伤缺阵近一个月，这显然阻碍了他的MVP竞选进程。
这当然不意味着约基奇毫无胜算。他场均28.7分、12.7个篮板和10.7次助攻的数据，以及59%的总命中率、42%的三分命中率和84%的罚球命中率，无疑提供了强力支撑，尽管他的容错空间已经缩窄。如果约基奇再缺席两场比赛，他将失去争夺MVP以及所有赛季末奖项的资格。若果真如此，他连续五个赛季在MVP投票中位列前二的纪录也将就此终结，距离比尔·拉塞尔 (Bill Russell) 和拉里·伯德 (Larry Bird) 并列保持的历史最长纪录仅差一个赛季。
在“65场出勤准线”的边缘，约基奇并不孤单。圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在本次投票中从12月的第八位跃升至第四位，获得了3张第一顺位选票，并出现在75张选票上。但文班亚马已经缺席了13场比赛（实际上他缺席了14场，但由于NBA杯决赛不计入常规赛统计，他获得了一场出勤豁免），这意味着他在剩余赛季中只能再缺席4场。
但在其职业生涯的第三个赛季，这位法国天才再度展现出惊人的统治力，场均贡献24.4分、11.1个篮板以及领跑全联盟的2.7次盖帽。如果他能保持健康，且圣安东尼奥能抹平目前落后雷霆3个胜场的差距并登顶西部，文班亚马或许能复刻2022-23赛季的剧情——当时费城76人队中锋乔尔·恩比德 (Joel Embiid) 凭借赛季末的强势冲刺，从约基奇手中夺走了MVP。
与此同时，在本次投票中排名第五的洛杉矶湖人队后卫卢卡·东契奇 (Luka Doncic) 已经缺席了12场比赛。另外两名得票者——洛杉矶快船队前锋科怀·伦纳德 (Kawhi Leonard)（缺席13场）和明尼苏达森林狼队后卫安东尼·爱德华兹 (Anthony Edwards)（缺席10场）——如果再次遭遇伤病，其参评资格也将面临威胁。这还不包括已经因达不到65场要求而提前出局的扬尼斯·阿德托昆博 (Giannis Antetokounmpo) 或勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James)。（金州勇士队后卫斯蒂芬·库里 (Stephen Curry) 在本次模拟投票中没有获得任何选票，且距离失去奖项评选资格仅差两场缺阵。）
不过，顶端球星的大面积伤病也为其他球员创造了机会。底特律活塞队后卫凯德·坎宁安 (Cade Cunningham) 获得了一张第一顺位选票，总排名第三。他是活塞队这个惊艳赛季的核心引擎，目前活塞高居分区榜首，并有望自2008年以来首次获得季后赛首轮主场优势。
而在杰森·塔图姆 (Jayson Tatum) 仍因去年季后赛遭遇的跟腱撕裂缺阵之际（尽管可能复出在即），凯尔特人队前锋杰伦·布朗 (Jaylen Brown) 延续了他的出色表现，在模拟投票中位列第六。考虑到布朗在12月的投票中仅排在第九，排位的提升既是对他个人精彩发挥的肯定，也是对人手短缺的凯尔特人队以东部第二身份进入全明星周末的褒奖。
选票名单的最后部分由三位东部全明星组成：克利夫兰骑士队后卫多诺万·米切尔 (Donovan Mitchell)（总计11票，总分27分，排名第七）、纽约尼克斯队后卫杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson)（总计7票，总分17分，排名第九）以及76人队后卫泰瑞斯·马克西 (Tyrese Maxey)（总计4票，总分10分，排名第十）。
NBA MVP模拟投票完整结果
| 姓名 | 第一顺位 | 第二顺位 | 第三顺位 | 第四顺位 | 第五顺位 | 总选票数 | 总分 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 | 78 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 930 |
| 尼古拉·约基奇 | 18 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 98 | 700 |
| 凯德·坎宁安 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 8 | 93 | 382 |
| 维克托·文班亚马 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 75 | 242 |
| 卢卡·东契奇 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 59 | 177 |
| 杰伦·布朗 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 87 |
| 多诺万·米切尔 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 科怀·伦纳德 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 杰伦·布伦森 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 泰瑞斯·马克西 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 安东尼·爱德华兹 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
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NBA MVP straw poll: Why every game counts for SGA, Jokic, more stars
Despite all the drama surrounding NBA star injuries and availability this season, it hasn’t changed the top of the Most Valuable Player race.
For now.
In ESPN’s second MVP straw poll of the 2025-26 season – a current snapshot of the race using a panel of 100 local, national and international media members surveyed this week – Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander increased his lead over Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic. Gilgeous-Alexander claimed 78 first-place votes and was the only player named to all 100 ballots.
The reigning MVP, who also secured 20 second-place and two third-place votes, is in the midst of another stellar season, averaging 31.8 points and 6.4 assists while shooting 55.4% from the field for the Western Conference-leading Thunder.
SGA’s lead has grown despite the defending champions slipping since our first straw poll was released in mid-December. The Thunder once were on pace to win 70-plus games, but injuries have brought them back to earth; they have gone 17-13 after a blistering 24-1 start to the season. That has included a recent abdominal injury to Gilgeous-Alexander, who has already missed seven games and will miss at least a few more after the team announced Thursday he’ll be re-evaluated in a week.
Such a dip in form would’ve opened the door for Gilgeous-Alexander’s top competition, but in what has been a theme of this season, injuries have dramatically changed the awards landscape.
Jokic kept his second-place spot (18 first-place votes), but the bone bruise he suffered in late December that knocked him out for nearly a month has clearly stalled his MVP candidacy.
It certainly doesn’t mean Jokic has no chance of winning. His stat line – 28.7 points, 12.7 rebounds and 10.7 assists per game while shooting 59% overall, 42% from 3 and 84% from the free throw line – certainly helps, though his margin for error has shrunk. If Jokic misses two more games, he will be ineligible for MVP and all end-of-season awards. That would end a streak of five consecutive top-two finishes in MVP voting, one short of Boston Celtics legends Bill Russell and Larry Bird for the most all time.
Jokic has plenty of company in the 65-game watch. San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama jumped from eighth in December’s poll to fourth with three first-place votes and landed on 75 ballots. But Wembanyama has missed 13 games (he actually has missed 14 but gets credit for the NBA Cup title game), meaning he can miss only four the rest of the season.
But in his third season, the French phenom has again been tremendous, averaging 24.4 points, 11.1 rebounds and a league-leading 2.7 blocks per game. If he remains healthy, and if San Antonio can make up the three games it currently sits behind OKC for first in the West, Wembanyama could replicate the 2022-23 race, when Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid’s late charge won him the MVP over Jokic.
Meanwhile, the fifth-place finisher in the poll, Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic, has already missed 12 games. Two other vote-getters – LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard (13 missed games) and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (10 missed games) – could see their eligibility put in peril with another injury. And that doesn’t count either Giannis Antetokounmpo or LeBron James, who have each already fallen below the 65-game requirement. (Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry didn’t receive any straw poll votes and is two missed games away from not being award eligible.)
But all the injuries at the top have created opportunities for other players. Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham, who finished third with one first-place vote, has been the engine behind Detroit’s remarkable season that has the Pistons atop the conference and headed for home-court advantage in the first round for the first time since 2008.
And with Jayson Tatum still sidelined – though potentially nearing a return – from the Achilles tear he suffered in last year’s playoffs, Celtics forward Jaylen Brown has continued his remarkable campaign, finishing sixth in the straw poll. Considering Brown was ninth in December’s poll, his jump is a nod to both his impressive play and the short-handed Celtics hitting the All-Star break in second place in the East.
Rounding out the ballot was a trio of East All-Stars: Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (11 total votes, 27 total points, seventh place), New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (seven total votes, 17 total points, ninth place) and 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey (four total votes, 10 total points, 10th place).
Full NBA MVP straw poll results
| Name | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Total votes | Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 78 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 930 |
| Nikola Jokic | 18 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 98 | 700 |
| Cade Cunningham | 1 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 8 | 93 | 382 |
| Victor Wembanyama | 3 | 3 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 75 | 242 |
| Luka Doncic | 0 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 59 | 177 |
| Jaylen Brown | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 87 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| Jalen Brunson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Tyrese Maxey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Anthony Edwards | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
By Tim Bontemps | ESPN, via ESPN