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San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson won five IBM Awards. David Robinson spurs (cropped).jpg
San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson won five IBM Awards.

The IBM Award was an award given out to National Basketball Association players from 1984 to 2002. The award was sponsored and calculated by technology company IBM and was determined by a computer formula, which measured a player's statistical contribution to his team. The player with the best contribution to his team in the league received the award. [1] The first recipient was Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers, and the final recipient was Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs.

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Most of the players who won the award have been forwards or centers; many finished near the top in rebounding the year they won. [2] The award was given out nineteen times, six times to players on the San Antonio Spurs, three times each to players on the Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers, and twice each to players on the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons. [2] David Robinson won five IBM Awards, Charles Barkley won three, and Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal won two each. [2]

As of Tim Duncan's selection to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020, all IBM Award winners have been inducted. [3] [4] Jordan, Robinson, Barkley, Johnson, Duncan, Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone, and Hakeem Olajuwon also won NBA Most Valuable Player awards during their career; Robinson, O'Neal and Duncan won both awards in the same season. [5] Jordan, Robinson, Olajuwon, Dennis Rodman and Dikembe Mutombo have won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award; Olajuwon is the only player to win both in the same season. [6] Grant Hill is the only winner of the IBM Award who did not win an NBA MVP or Defensive Player of the Year Award sometime in his career. [7] O'Neal is the only player to win an IBM Award and an NBA title in the same season; he did this in both the 1999–00 and 2000–01 NBA seasons. [2] Jordan and Robinson are the only players to win the IBM Award during their respective rookie seasons, both also won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in those years. [8] Two of the award winners were born outside the United States: Olajuwon (Nigeria) and Mutombo (Zaire). [9] [10] Duncan was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands. [10] The award was discontinued in 2002. With Tim Duncan's retirement following the 2015-16 NBA season, there are no more IBM Award winners currently playing in the NBA.

The IBM Award was originally named the Pivotal Player Award and was sponsored by the Schick razor company. [11]

Winners

Philadelphia 76ers forward Charles Barkley won three consecutive IBM Awards. Barkley Lipofsky.jpg
Philadelphia 76ers forward Charles Barkley won three consecutive IBM Awards.
*Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Player (#)Denotes the number of times the player won the IBM Award
Team (#)Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
List of IBM Award Winners
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityTeam
1983–84 Magic Johnson * Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Lakers
1984–85 Michael Jordan * Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Bulls
1985–86 Charles Barkley * Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Philadelphia 76ers
1986–87 Charles Barkley * (2) Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Philadelphia 76ers (2)
1987–88 Charles Barkley * (3) Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Philadelphia 76ers (3)
1988–89 Michael Jordan * (2) Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Bulls (2)
1989–90 David Robinson * Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Spurs
1990–91 David Robinson * (2) Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Spurs (2)
1991–92 Dennis Rodman * Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Detroit Pistons
1992–93 Hakeem Olajuwon * b Center Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria [c] Houston Rockets
1993–94 David Robinson * (3) Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Spurs (3)
1994–95 David Robinson * (4) a Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Spurs (4)
1995–96 David Robinson * (5) Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Spurs (5)
1996–97 Grant Hill * Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Detroit Pistons (2)
1997–98 Karl Malone * Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Utah Jazz
1998–99 Dikembe Mutombo * Center Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Zaire [d] Atlanta Hawks
1999–00 Shaquille O'Neal * a Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Lakers (2)
2000–01 Shaquille O'Neal * (2) Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Lakers (3)
2001–02 Tim Duncan * a e Forward-center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Antonio Spurs (6)

Formula

The IBM Award was calculated with the following formula: [12]

IBM Award formula

In the formula, plyr stands for player, PTS stands for points, FGA stands for field goal attempts, REB stands for rebounds, AST stands for assists, STL stands for steals, BLK stands for blocks, PF stands for personal fouls, and TO stands for turnovers. The award was given to the player with the highest total.

The formula bears some resemblance to player efficiency rating, and many winners of the IBM award were calculated to have finished at or near the top in player efficiency rating in their award-winning seasons. [13]

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References

General (for list of winners and their teams)

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  2. "Association for Professional Basketball Research FAQ". Association for Professional Basketball Research. November 1, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2011.

Specific

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  8. ↑ "Rookie of the Year Award Winners". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Hakeem Olajuwon Bio: 1984–2002". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
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