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Duane Rankin

Arizona Republic 2019–2026
Ballots cast
52
Seasons
8
2019–2026
Mean similarity
0.72
field 0.77 (-0.04)
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
2025 Most Improved Player — ranked Christian Braun, then Cade Cunningham, then Amen Thompson, similarity 0.11. 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 Tyrese Maxey
0.61
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  2. 2 Mark Daigneault,
  3. 3 Jordan Ott
0.28
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 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Victor Wembanyama,
  4. 4 Cade Cunningham,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
0.95
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 Naz Reid
0.72
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jalen Brunson,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Stephen Curry
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 Luguentz Dort,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Christian Braun,
  2. 2 Cade Cunningham,
  3. 3 Amen Thompson
0.11
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Anthony Edwards
0.96
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Stephon Castle,
  2. 2 Zaccharie Risacher,
  3. 3 Alex Sarr
0.89

2024

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Malik Monk,
  2. 2 Naz Reid,
  3. 3 Russell Westbrook
0.56
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 DeMar Derozan
0.83
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mark Daigneault,
  2. 2 Joe Mazzulla,
  3. 3 Michael Malone
0.61
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 Jalen Williams,
  3. 3 Coby White
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Luka Doncic,
  4. 4 Jalen Brunson,
  5. 5 Jayson Tatum
0.91
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 Immanuel Quickley,
  2. 2 Malcolm Brogdon,
  3. 3 Malik Monk
0.56
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeAaron Fox,
  2. 2 Jalen Brunson,
  3. 3 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
0.61
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Brown,
  2. 2 Mike Budenholzer,
  3. 3 Joe Mazzulla
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Brook Lopez,
  2. 2 Jr. Jaren Jackson,
  3. 3 Evan Mobley
0.67
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Lauri Markkanen,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Mikal Bridges
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Joel Embiid,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Donovan Mitchell
0.86
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 Jordan Clarkson,
  3. 3 Cameron Johnson
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Taylor Jenkins,
  3. 3 Ime Udoka
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Mikal Bridges,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.28
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Tyrese Maxey,
  2. 2 Darius Garland,
  3. 3 Jordan Poole
0.11
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Joel Embiid,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Devin Booker,
  4. 4 Nikola Jokic,
  5. 5 Ja Morant
0.59
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Scottie Barnes,
  2. 2 Cade Cunningham,
  3. 3 Evan Mobley
0.83

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jordan Clarkson,
  2. 2 Derrick Rose,
  3. 3 Bobby Portis
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Tom Thibodeau,
  3. 3 Doc Rivers
0.56
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Ben Simmons,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.67
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Julius Randle,
  2. 2 Michael Porter Jr.,
  3. 3 Mikal Bridges
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Joel Embiid,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Chris Paul,
  4. 4 Stephen Curry,
  5. 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.68
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 LaMelo Ball,
  2. 2 Tyrese Haliburton,
  3. 3 Anthony Edwards
0.83

2020

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Montrezl Harrell,
  2. 2 Dennis Schroder,
  3. 3 Lou Williams
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Mike Budenholzer,
  3. 3 Frank Vogel
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Anthony Davis,
  2. 2 Ben Simmons,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.39
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Brandon Ingram,
  2. 2 Bam Adebayo,
  3. 3 Jayson Tatum
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard,
  4. 4 Anthony Davis,
  5. 5 James Harden
0.79
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Zion Williamson,
  3. 3 Brandon Clarke
0.72

2019

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Derrick Rose,
  3. 3 Domantas Sabonis
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Nate McMillan,
  3. 3 Mike Malone
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Paul George,
  3. 3 Myles Turner
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Pascal Siakam,
  2. 2 D'Angelo Russell,
  3. 3 Thomas Bryant
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard,
  4. 4 Russell Westbrook,
  5. 5 Stephen Curry
0.75
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Trae Young,
  3. 3 Deandre Ayton
1.00

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