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Joe Cowley

Chicago Sun-Times 2015–2020
Ballots cast
17
Seasons
4
2015–2020
Mean similarity
0.69
field 0.77 (-0.08)
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
2020 Defensive Player of the Year — ranked Patrick Beverley, then Anthony Davis, then Giannis Antetokounmpo, similarity 0.39.

Every ballot

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 Erik Spoelstra,
  3. 3 Frank Vogel
0.61
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Patrick Beverley,
  2. 2 Anthony Davis,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.39
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Bam Adebayo,
  2. 2 Luka Doncic,
  3. 3 Brandon Ingram
0.50
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 LeBron James,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Luka Doncic,
  4. 4 Jimmy Butler,
  5. 5 James Harden
0.64
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Zion Williamson,
  2. 2 Ja Morant,
  3. 3 Kendrick Nunn
0.50

2018

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Will Barton,
  3. 3 Eric Gordon
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike D'Antoni,
  2. 2 Quin Snyder,
  3. 3 Brad Stevens
0.39
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Jrue Holiday,
  3. 3 Robert Covington
0.61
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Clint Capela,
  3. 3 Jaylen Brown
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 LeBron James,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Jimmy Butler,
  4. 4 Anthony Davis,
  5. 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.60
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ben Simmons,
  2. 2 Donovan Mitchell,
  3. 3 Jayson Tatum
1.00

2016

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jamal Crawford,
  2. 2 Andre Iguodala,
  3. 3 Enes Kanter
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Kawhi Leonard,
  2. 2 Hassan Whiteside,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.83
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Russell Westbrook,
  4. 4 Kawhi Leonard,
  5. 5 Draymond Green
0.79

2015

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Hassan Whiteside,
  2. 2 Jimmy Butler,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.39
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Andrew Wiggins,
  2. 2 Nikola Mirotic,
  3. 3 Nerlens Noel
1.00

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