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Joe Vardon

The Athletic 2019–2026Cleveland.com 2017
Ballots cast
58
Seasons
9
2017–2026
Mean similarity
0.76
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
2025 Most Improved Player — ranked Christian Braun, then Dyson Daniels, then Amen Thompson, similarity 0.28.

Every ballot

2026

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Keldon Johnson,
  2. 2 Jaime Jaquez Jr.,
  3. 3 Naz Reid
0.89
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Jamal Murray,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Joe Mazzulla,
  2. 2 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  3. 3 Tyronn Lue
0.89
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 Deni Avdija,
  3. 3 Reed Sheppard
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Victor Wembanyama,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic,
  4. 4 Cade Cunningham,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
0.85
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 Ty Jerome,
  2. 2 Payton Pritchard,
  3. 3 Malik Beasley
0.50
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jalen Brunson,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Trae Young
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 Dyson Daniels,
  3. 3 Ivica Zubac
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Christian Braun,
  2. 2 Dyson Daniels,
  3. 3 Amen Thompson
0.28
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 LeBron James
0.96
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Stephon Castle,
  2. 2 Jaylen Wells,
  3. 3 Zaccharie Risacher
0.83

2024

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Bobby Portis,
  2. 2 Malik Monk,
  3. 3 Norman Powell
0.39
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeMar Derozan,
  2. 2 Jalen Brunson,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic
0.28
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mark Daigneault,
  2. 2 Tom Thibodeau,
  3. 3 Jamahl Mosley
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Anthony Davis,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Victor Wembanyama
0.39
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 Luka Doncic,
  3. 3 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  4. 4 Jalen Brunson,
  5. 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.85
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 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Immanuel Quickley,
  3. 3 Bobby Portis
1.00
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeAaron Fox,
  2. 2 Donovan Mitchell,
  3. 3 Jimmy Butler
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Brown,
  2. 2 Mark Daigneault,
  3. 3 Taylor Jenkins
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Evan Mobley,
  2. 2 Brook Lopez,
  3. 3 Jr. Jaren Jackson
0.50
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 Walker Kessler,
  3. 3 Keegan Murray
0.72

2022

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Tyler Herro,
  2. 2 Jordan Clarkson,
  3. 3 Kelly Oubre Jr.
0.61
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Erik Spoelstra,
  3. 3 Taylor Jenkins
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Marcus Smart,
  2. 2 Jaren Jackson Jr.,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Darius Garland,
  3. 3 Miles Bridges
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Devin Booker
0.95
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Evan Mobley,
  2. 2 Scottie Barnes,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
0.67

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jordan Clarkson,
  2. 2 Jalen Brunson,
  3. 3 Derrick Rose
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Tom Thibodeau,
  2. 2 Monty Williams,
  3. 3 Steve Nash
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Ben Simmons,
  3. 3 Jimmy Butler
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Julius Randle,
  2. 2 Michael Porter Jr.,
  3. 3 Darius Garland
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Stephen Curry,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Joel Embiid,
  5. 5 Julius Randle
0.79
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 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Montrezl Harrell,
  3. 3 George Hill
0.39
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Billy Donovan,
  3. 3 Frank Vogel
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Marcus Smart
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Brandon Ingram,
  2. 2 Bam Adebayo,
  3. 3 Devonte' Graham
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Luka Doncic,
  4. 4 James Harden,
  5. 5 Anthony Davis
0.89
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 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Derrick Rose,
  3. 3 Dwyane Wade
0.61
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Doc Rivers,
  2. 2 Mike Malone,
  3. 3 Mike Budenholzer
0.50
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 Derrick Rose,
  3. 3 De'Aaron Fox
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Stephen Curry,
  4. 4 Nikola Jokic,
  5. 5 Paul George
0.88
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Trae Young,
  3. 3 Deandre Ayton
1.00

2017

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Eric Gordon,
  2. 2 Patty Mills,
  3. 3 Zach Randolph
0.61
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Erik Spoelstra,
  2. 2 Jason Kidd,
  3. 3 Brad Stevens
0.28
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.83
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Joe Ingles
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Russell Westbrook,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 LeBron James,
  4. 4 Kawhi Leonard,
  5. 5 Isaiah Thomas
0.93
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Dario Saric,
  2. 2 Malcolm Brogdon,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
0.67

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