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Brian Windhorst

ESPN 2019–2026ESPN.com 2015–2018
Ballots cast
76
Seasons
12
2015–2026
Mean similarity
0.78
field 0.77 (+0.01)
No-overlap ballots
2
shared no name with the top

Similarity is rank-biased overlap against each award's final order of finish — 1.00 is the consensus exactly, 0.00 shares no name with it. It measures how unusual a ballot was, not whether it was right: if the panel gets a season wrong, the voter who got it right scores as the outlier.

Least conventional ballot
2025 Most Improved Player — ranked Austin Reaves, then Tyler Herro, then Deni Avdija, similarity 0.00. The award went to Dyson Daniels, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2026

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jaime Jaquez Jr.,
  2. 2 Keldon Johnson,
  3. 3 Ajay Mitchell
0.56
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Cade Cunningham,
  3. 3 Anthony Edwards
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Joe Mazzulla,
  2. 2 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  3. 3 Charles Lee
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Jalen Duren,
  2. 2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker,
  3. 3 Deni Avdija
0.67
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Victor Wembanyama,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Cade Cunningham
0.90
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Cooper Flagg,
  2. 2 Kon Knueppel,
  3. 3 VJ Edgecombe
1.00

2025

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Payton Pritchard,
  2. 2 Malik Beasley,
  3. 3 De'Andre Hunter
0.89
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jalen Brunson,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Trae Young
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Kenny Atkinson,
  2. 2 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  3. 3 Ime Udoka
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Evan Mobley,
  2. 2 Ivica Zubac,
  3. 3 Luguentz Dort
0.61
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Austin Reaves,
  2. 2 Tyler Herro,
  3. 3 Deni Avdija
0.00
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Donovan Mitchell
1.00
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Zaccharie Risacher,
  2. 2 Stephon Castle,
  3. 3 Jaylen Wells
0.67

2024

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Malik Monk,
  2. 2 Naz Reid,
  3. 3 Bobby Portis
0.67
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeMar Derozan,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic
0.39
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mark Daigneault,
  2. 2 Jamahl Mosley,
  3. 3 Joe Mazzulla
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Victor Wembanyama,
  3. 3 Derrick White
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Tyrese Maxey,
  2. 2 Coby White,
  3. 3 Jalen Williams
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Luka Doncic,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Jalen Brunson
1.00
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Brandon Miller
1.00

2023

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Immanuel Quickley,
  3. 3 Norman Powell
0.89
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeAaron Fox,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Jimmy Butler
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Brown,
  2. 2 Michael Malone,
  3. 3 Mike Budenholzer
0.61
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jr. Jaren Jackson,
  2. 2 Brook Lopez,
  3. 3 Evan Mobley
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Lauri Markkanen,
  3. 3 Mikal Bridges
0.56
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
0.70
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Paolo Banchero,
  2. 2 Jalen Williams,
  3. 3 Bennedict Mathurin
0.89

2022

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Tyler Herro,
  2. 2 Cameron Johnson,
  3. 3 Kevin Love
0.83
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Erik Spoelstra,
  3. 3 Taylor Jenkins
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Bam Adebayo,
  2. 2 Marcus Smart,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.39
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Darius Garland,
  3. 3 Dejounte Murray
0.83
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Joel Embiid,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Jayson Tatum
0.71
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Evan Mobley,
  2. 2 Scottie Barnes,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
0.67

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jordan Clarkson,
  2. 2 Joe Ingles,
  3. 3 Derrick Rose
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Tom Thibodeau,
  2. 2 Quin Snyder,
  3. 3 Monty Williams
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Draymond Green,
  3. 3 Ben Simmons
0.83
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Julius Randle,
  2. 2 Michael Porter Jr.,
  3. 3 Jaylen Brown
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Stephen Curry,
  5. 5 Chris Paul
0.93
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 LaMelo Ball,
  2. 2 Anthony Edwards,
  3. 3 Tyrese Haliburton
1.00

2020

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Montrezl Harrell,
  2. 2 Dennis Schroder,
  3. 3 Christian Wood
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Billy Donovan,
  3. 3 Erik Spoelstra
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis
0.83
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Brandon Ingram,
  2. 2 Bam Adebayo,
  3. 3 Pascal Siakam
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Kawhi Leonard
0.84
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Kendrick Nunn,
  3. 3 Brandon Clarke
0.89

2019

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Montrezl Harrell,
  3. 3 Dwyane Wade
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Steve Clifford,
  3. 3 Mike Malone
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Paul George
0.67
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Pascal Siakam,
  2. 2 D'Angelo Russell,
  3. 3 Nikola Vucevic
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Paul George,
  4. 4 Joel Embiid,
  5. 5 Stephen Curry
0.91
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Trae Young,
  3. 3 Deandre Ayton
1.00

2018

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Eric Gordon,
  3. 3 Fred VanVleet
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Brad Stevens,
  2. 2 Quin Snyder,
  3. 3 Nate McMillan
0.39
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Al Horford
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Spencer Dinwiddie,
  3. 3 Andre Drummond
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis,
  4. 4 Damian Lillard,
  5. 5 Kevin Durant
0.96
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ben Simmons,
  2. 2 Donovan Mitchell,
  3. 3 Jayson Tatum
1.00

2017

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Eric Gordon,
  2. 2 Andre Iguodala,
  3. 3 Greg Monroe
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike D'Antoni,
  2. 2 Erik Spoelstra,
  3. 3 Gregg Popovich
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic
0.83
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Russell Westbrook,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 LeBron James,
  4. 4 Kawhi Leonard,
  5. 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.89
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Joel Embiid,
  2. 2 Malcolm Brogdon,
  3. 3 Dario Saric
0.50

2016

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Andre Iguodala,
  2. 2 Enes Kanter,
  3. 3 Jamal Crawford
0.50
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Gregg Popovich,
  2. 2 Terry Stotts,
  3. 3 Erik Spoelstra
0.39
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 Tony Allen
0.56
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Kawhi Leonard,
  2. 2 Stephen Curry,
  3. 3 Will Barton
0.00
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 LeBron James,
  4. 4 Russell Westbrook,
  5. 5 Kevin Durant
1.00
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Karl-Anthony Towns,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Kristaps Porzingis
0.83

2015

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Isaiah Thomas,
  3. 3 Tristan Thompson
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Steve Kerr,
  2. 2 Mike Budenholzer,
  3. 3 Gregg Popovich
0.56
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Kawhi Leonard,
  2. 2 Draymond Green,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Jimmy Butler,
  2. 2 Hassan Whiteside,
  3. 3 Kyrie Irving
0.61
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 Stephen Curry,
  3. 3 LeBron James,
  4. 4 Russell Westbrook,
  5. 5 Anthony Davis
0.80
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Andrew Wiggins,
  2. 2 Nikola Mirotic,
  3. 3 Elfrid Payton
0.89

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