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David Aldridge

The Athletic 2022–2026Turner 2017–2018TNT 2015–2016
Ballots cast
58
Seasons
9
2015–2026
Mean similarity
0.78
field 0.77 (+0.01)
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
2016 Most Improved Player — ranked Stephen Curry, then Giannis Antetokounmpo, then CJ McCollum, similarity 0.22.

Every ballot

2026

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Keldon Johnson,
  2. 2 Jaime Jaquez Jr.,
  3. 3 Tim Hardaway Jr.
1.00
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Luka Doncic,
  3. 3 Jalen Brunson
0.61
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  2. 2 Joe Mazzulla,
  3. 3 Mitch Johnson
0.67
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Ausar Thompson
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker,
  2. 2 Reed Sheppard,
  3. 3 Ryan Rollins
0.61
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 Kon Knueppel,
  2. 2 Cooper Flagg,
  3. 3 VJ Edgecombe
0.67

2025

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Payton Pritchard,
  2. 2 Ty Jerome,
  3. 3 Malik Beasley
0.83
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jalen Brunson,
  2. 2 Trae Young,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Ime Udoka,
  2. 2 Kenny Atkinson,
  3. 3 J.B. Bickerstaff
0.50
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Dyson Daniels,
  2. 2 Amen Thompson,
  3. 3 Evan Mobley
0.39
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Cade Cunningham,
  2. 2 Dyson Daniels,
  3. 3 Amen Thompson
0.39
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Jayson Tatum,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Donovan Mitchell
0.93
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Stephon Castle,
  2. 2 Zaccharie Risacher,
  3. 3 Jaylen Wells
1.00

2024

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Malik Monk,
  2. 2 Naz Reid,
  3. 3 Norman Powell
0.56
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeMar Derozan,
  2. 2 Kyrie Irving,
  3. 3 Stephen Curry
0.39
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mark Daigneault,
  2. 2 Chris Finch,
  3. 3 Jamahl Mosley
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Victor Wembanyama,
  3. 3 Jrue Holiday
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Coby White,
  2. 2 Alperen Sengun,
  3. 3 Jalen Suggs
0.39
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Luka Doncic,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Jayson Tatum
0.96
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Dereck Lively II
0.89

2023

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Bobby Portis,
  3. 3 Malik Monk
0.72
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeAaron Fox,
  2. 2 Jimmy Butler,
  3. 3 Jalen Brunson
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Brown,
  2. 2 Michael Malone,
  3. 3 J.B. Bickerstaff
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 Lauri Markkanen,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Jalen Brunson
1.00
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Joel Embiid,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Donovan Mitchell
0.96
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Paolo Banchero,
  2. 2 Jalen Williams,
  3. 3 Walker Kessler
1.00

2022

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Tyler Herro,
  2. 2 Luke Kennard,
  3. 3 Cameron Johnson
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Taylor Jenkins,
  3. 3 Jason Kidd
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Marcus Smart,
  2. 2 Mikal Bridges,
  3. 3 Jaren Jackson Jr.
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Dejounte Murray,
  3. 3 Darius Garland
1.00
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Devin Booker,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
1.00
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Evan Mobley,
  2. 2 Scottie Barnes,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
0.67

2018

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Eric Gordon,
  3. 3 Nikola Mirotic
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Dwane Casey,
  2. 2 Nate McMillan,
  3. 3 Brett Brown
0.61
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Robert Covington
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Jamal Murray,
  3. 3 E'Twaun Moore
0.61
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis,
  4. 4 Kevin Durant,
  5. 5 Russell Westbrook
0.91
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 Andre Iguodala,
  2. 2 Eric Gordon,
  3. 3 Lou Williams
0.67
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 James Johnson,
  3. 3 Gordon Hayward
0.61
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Russell Westbrook,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard,
  4. 4 LeBron James,
  5. 5 Kevin Durant
0.96
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Dario Saric,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
1.00

2016

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Enes Kanter,
  2. 2 Andre Iguodala,
  3. 3 Jamal Crawford
0.50
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Steve Kerr,
  2. 2 Dwane Casey,
  3. 3 Terry Stotts
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Kawhi Leonard,
  2. 2 DeAndre Jordan,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 CJ McCollum
0.22
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 Russell Westbrook,
  4. 4 LeBron James,
  5. 5 Kevin Durant
0.93
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Karl-Anthony Towns,
  2. 2 Kristaps Porzingis,
  3. 3 Jahlil Okafor
0.89

2015

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Jamal Crawford,
  3. 3 Isaiah Thomas
0.83
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Steve Kerr,
  3. 3 Jason Kidd
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 Andrew Bogut
0.56
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Jimmy Butler,
  3. 3 George Hill
0.39
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 Stephen Curry,
  3. 3 LeBron James,
  4. 4 Anthony Davis,
  5. 5 Russell Westbrook
0.75
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Andrew Wiggins,
  2. 2 Nikola Mirotic,
  3. 3 Nerlens Noel
1.00

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