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Which Hornets players have received MVP votes?

By James Mastrucci

Oct 29, 2014; Charlotte, NC, USA; The basketball court for the Charlotte Hornets sports the new logo before the opening home game against the Milwaukee Bucks at Time Warner Cable Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sam Sharpe-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 29, 2014; Charlotte, NC, USA; The basketball court for the Charlotte Hornets sports the new logo before the opening home game against the Milwaukee Bucks at Time Warner Cable Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sam Sharpe-USA TODAY Sports /
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Which members of the Charlotte Hornets franchise have received MVP votes going back to when the organization was founded back in 1988?

HornetsAl Jefferson Bobcats
Apr 26, 2014; Charlotte, NC, USA;Charlotte Bobcats center Al Jefferson (25) shoots the ball over Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem (40) during the second half in game three of the first round of the 2014 NBA Playoffs at Time Warner Cable Arena. The Heat defeated the Bobcats 98-85. Mandatory Credit: Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports /

Al Jefferson – 2014

This goes back to the time when the Hornets were known as the Bobcats from 2004-14. Al Jefferson is the most recent player in the history of the Hornets/Bobcats to receive any sort of MVP vote consideration.

Jefferson finished the 2013-14 season averaging 21.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.1 blocks while making just under 51% of his field goal attempts (50.9) on 18.8 attempts per game. Even with an impressive season, Jefferson was not remotely close to being a Top MVP candidate. Jefferson would finish in eighth place with 34 points and zero first-place votes. The 2013-14 MVP, Kevin Durant, would come away with 1,232 points and 119 out of a possible 125 first-place votes.

This Top-10 MVP finish in his first season in Charlotte was the final year which saw him average more than 20 points and nine rebounds per game. Jefferson would play one more season in Charlotte as part of the rebranded Hornets before playing his final two NBA seasons with the Pacers from 2016-18.