An NBA MVP vote is finally unanimous, and Steph stands alone
A record 402 3-pointers, all 131 MVP first-place votes, and zero doubt.
The only intrigue surrounding the voting for this year's NBA MVP wasn't if the Golden State guard would win again — but if he would get every first-place vote.
[...] Curry enters a club all his own in the NBA, and a very rare club when combining the four prevalent major U.S. pro sports leagues.
Tom Brady is the only unanimous winner of The Associated Press NFL MVP award, getting that in 2010 — three years after falling one short vote of sweeping the balloting.
[...] Wayne Gretzky got all 63 first-place votes for the NHL's Hart Trophy in 1982, the only person in his sport to get every first-place nod.
Here's a look at some of the more memorable MVP voting results in NBA history:
Stephen Curry gets all 131 first-place votes to become the NBA's first unanimous MVP.
1998-99: A trio of big men emerged as the favorites, and Karl Malone got the award after pulling in 44 first-place votes — enough to narrowly edge Alonzo Mourning (36) and Tim Duncan (30).
Barkley got 38, Michael Jordan (21 first-place votes) finished third — and four other players got at least one first-place nod.
Larry Bird took 73 of the 78 first-place votes, the other five split between runner-up Magic Johnson (one), No. 5 Terry Cummings (two) and No. 6 Michael Jordan (two).
Chamberlain finished second overall, but still had fewer first-place picks (nine) than Russell and even third-place finisher Oscar Robertson (13).