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Fred Katz

The Athletic 2019–2026
Ballots cast
32
Seasons
5
2019–2026
Mean similarity
0.80
field 0.77 (+0.03)
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 Defensive Player of the Year — ranked Amen Thompson, then Evan Mobley, then Dyson Daniels, similarity 0.39.

Every ballot

2026

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Keldon Johnson,
  2. 2 Ayo Dosunmu,
  3. 3 Jaime Jaquez Jr.
0.72
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Anthony Edwards,
  3. 3 Jamal Murray
0.83
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Joe Mazzulla,
  2. 2 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  3. 3 Mitch Johnson
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Derrick White
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Jalen Duren,
  2. 2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker,
  3. 3 Ryan Rollins
0.56
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Luka Doncic,
  4. 4 Victor Wembanyama,
  5. 5 Cade Cunningham
0.93
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 Naz Reid,
  3. 3 Malik Beasley
0.72
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Jalen Brunson,
  3. 3 Darius Garland
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Kenny Atkinson,
  2. 2 Ime Udoka,
  3. 3 J.B. Bickerstaff
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Amen Thompson,
  2. 2 Evan Mobley,
  3. 3 Dyson Daniels
0.39
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Dyson Daniels,
  2. 2 Ivica Zubac,
  3. 3 Christian Braun
0.89
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 Jaylen Wells
1.00

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Joe Ingles,
  2. 2 Jalen Brunson,
  3. 3 Jordan Clarkson
0.39
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 Ben Simmons,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Julius Randle,
  2. 2 Jerami Grant,
  3. 3 Terry Rozier
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Stephen Curry,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Joel Embiid
0.74
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 Dennis Schroder,
  2. 2 Montrezl Harrell,
  3. 3 George Hill
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Mike Budenholzer,
  3. 3 Billy Donovan
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Ben Simmons,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Brandon Ingram,
  2. 2 Jayson Tatum,
  3. 3 Bam Adebayo
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 James Harden,
  4. 4 Kawhi Leonard,
  5. 5 Anthony Davis
0.91
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Brandon Clarke,
  3. 3 Kendrick Nunn
0.72

2019

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Domantas Sabonis,
  3. 3 Montrezl Harrell
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Doc Rivers,
  3. 3 Kenny Atkinson
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Paul George,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.83
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Pascal Siakam,
  2. 2 Danilo Gallinari,
  3. 3 D'Angelo Russell
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Paul George,
  4. 4 Kevin Durant,
  5. 5 Stephen Curry
0.91
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Trae Young,
  3. 3 Jaren Jackson Jr.
0.89

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