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Jackie MacMullan

ESPN 2019–2021ESPN.com 2017–2018
Ballots cast
30
Seasons
5
2017–2021
Mean similarity
0.81
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
2021 Coach of the Year — ranked Monty Williams, then Quin Snyder, then Tom Thibodeau, similarity 0.50.

Every ballot

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Joe Ingles,
  2. 2 Jordan Clarkson,
  3. 3 Montrezl Harrell
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Quin Snyder,
  3. 3 Tom Thibodeau
0.50
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Ben Simmons,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Julius Randle,
  2. 2 Michael Porter Jr.,
  3. 3 Christian Wood
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 Lou Williams
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Billy Donovan,
  3. 3 Mike Budenholzer
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Ben Simmons
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Brandon Ingram,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  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 Luka Doncic
0.95
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Zion Williamson,
  3. 3 Kendrick Nunn
0.83

2019

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Domantas Sabonis,
  2. 2 Lou Williams,
  3. 3 Spencer Dinwiddie
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Mike Malone,
  3. 3 Doc Rivers
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Paul George
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Pascal Siakam,
  2. 2 D'Angelo Russell,
  3. 3 De'Aaron Fox
1.00
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Paul George,
  4. 4 Stephen Curry,
  5. 5 Nikola Jokic
0.95
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 Will Barton
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Brad Stevens,
  2. 2 Quin Snyder,
  3. 3 Dwane Casey
0.50
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Jamal Murray,
  3. 3 Fred VanVleet
0.61
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Kevin Durant
0.87
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 Erik Spoelstra,
  2. 2 Mike D'Antoni,
  3. 3 Gregg Popovich
0.67
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 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Myles Turner
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 Russell Westbrook,
  4. 4 LeBron James,
  5. 5 Anthony Davis
0.66
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Joel Embiid,
  2. 2 Malcolm Brogdon,
  3. 3 Dario Saric
0.50

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