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Candace Parker

NBA on Prime 2026WarnerMedia 2024–2025Turner 2020–2021
Ballots cast
33
Seasons
5
2020–2026
Mean similarity
0.82
field 0.77 (+0.06)
No-overlap ballots
0
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
2026 Most Improved Player — ranked Deni Avdija, then Jalen Duren, then Jaden McDaniels, similarity 0.39. The award went to Nickeil Alexander-Walker, 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 Naz Reid
0.56
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Anthony Edwards,
  3. 3 Luka Doncic
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  2. 2 Mitch Johnson,
  3. 3 Joe Mazzulla
0.50
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Ausar Thompson
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Deni Avdija,
  2. 2 Jalen Duren,
  3. 3 Jaden McDaniels
0.39
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Victor Wembanyama,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Jaylen Brown
0.96
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 De'Andre Hunter,
  3. 3 Malik Beasley
0.72
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jalen Brunson,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Anthony Edwards
1.00
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 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Evan Mobley,
  3. 3 Dyson Daniels
0.50
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Austin Reaves,
  2. 2 Dyson Daniels,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
0.39
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 Stephon Castle,
  2. 2 Zaccharie Risacher,
  3. 3 Zach Edey
0.89

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 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 DeMar Derozan,
  3. 3 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
1.00
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 Anthony Davis
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 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.91
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Brandon Miller
1.00

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jordan Clarkson,
  2. 2 Joe Ingles,
  3. 3 Tim Hardaway Jr.
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Tom Thibodeau,
  2. 2 Monty Williams,
  3. 3 Quin Snyder
1.00
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 Jerami Grant,
  3. 3 Michael Porter Jr.
1.00
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Stephen Curry,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid,
  4. 4 Chris Paul,
  5. 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.85
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 Lou Williams,
  3. 3 Dennis Schroder
0.83
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Billy Donovan,
  3. 3 Frank Vogel
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Anthony Davis,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.67
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Bam Adebayo,
  2. 2 Brandon Ingram,
  3. 3 Devonte' Graham
0.56
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 James Harden,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Damian Lillard
0.96
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Kendrick Nunn,
  3. 3 Zion Williamson
1.00

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