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Kelly Iko

Yahoo! Sports 2026The Athletic 2019–2025
Ballots cast
52
Seasons
8
2019–2026
Mean similarity
0.79
field 0.77 (+0.02)
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
2022 Most Improved Player — ranked Dejounte Murray, then Miles Bridges, then Jordan Poole, similarity 0.28. The award went to Ja Morant, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2026

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Keldon Johnson,
  2. 2 Jaime Jaquez Jr.,
  3. 3 Ajay Mitchell
0.89
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 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  2. 2 Charles Lee,
  3. 3 Mitch Johnson
0.39
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 Jalen Duren,
  3. 3 Deni Avdija
1.00
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Victor Wembanyama,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Jaylen Brown
0.86
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 Malik Beasley,
  3. 3 De'Andre Hunter
0.89
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 Ime Udoka,
  3. 3 Tyronn Lue
0.72
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 Cade Cunningham,
  3. 3 Amen Thompson
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Donovan Mitchell
1.00
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 Naz Reid,
  2. 2 Malik Monk,
  3. 3 Bogdan Bogdanovic
0.89
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeMar Derozan,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Stephen Curry
0.50
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mark Daigneault,
  2. 2 Ime Udoka,
  3. 3 Jamahl Mosley
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Bam Adebayo
0.67
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Alperen Sengun,
  2. 2 Tyrese Maxey,
  3. 3 Coby White
0.50
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Luka Doncic,
  4. 4 Jalen Brunson,
  5. 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.75
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 Norman Powell
0.56
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeAaron Fox,
  2. 2 Jalen Brunson,
  3. 3 Jimmy Butler
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Brown,
  2. 2 Mike Budenholzer,
  3. 3 Mark Daigneault
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jr. Jaren Jackson,
  2. 2 Brook Lopez,
  3. 3 Evan Mobley
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Jalen Brunson,
  2. 2 Lauri Markkanen,
  3. 3 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
0.50
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Joel Embiid,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Domantas Sabonis
0.96
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Paolo Banchero,
  2. 2 Jalen Williams,
  3. 3 Walker Kessler
1.00

2022

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Tyler Herro,
  2. 2 Cameron Johnson,
  3. 3 Kevin Love
0.83
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Taylor Jenkins,
  3. 3 Erik Spoelstra
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Bam Adebayo,
  2. 2 Mikal Bridges,
  3. 3 Marcus Smart
0.39
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Dejounte Murray,
  2. 2 Miles Bridges,
  3. 3 Jordan Poole
0.28
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Joel Embiid,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Ja Morant
0.71
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Scottie Barnes,
  2. 2 Evan Mobley,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
1.00

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jordan Clarkson,
  2. 2 Joe Ingles,
  3. 3 Tim Hardaway Jr.
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Tom Thibodeau,
  3. 3 Quin Snyder
0.67
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Draymond Green,
  3. 3 Ben Simmons
0.83
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Julius Randle,
  2. 2 Christian Wood,
  3. 3 Jerami Grant
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Stephen Curry,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Julius Randle
0.96
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 Dennis Schroder,
  2. 2 Montrezl Harrell,
  3. 3 Lou Williams
0.67
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 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis
0.83
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Brandon Ingram,
  2. 2 Bam Adebayo,
  3. 3 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 James Harden,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Damian Lillard
0.96
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Kendrick Nunn,
  3. 3 Brandon Clarke
0.89

2019

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Montrezl Harrell,
  3. 3 Domantas Sabonis
0.83
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 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Paul George
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 D'Angelo Russell,
  2. 2 Pascal Siakam,
  3. 3 De'Aaron Fox
0.67
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Damian Lillard,
  4. 4 Nikola Jokic,
  5. 5 Joel Embiid
0.60
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Trae Young,
  3. 3 Jaren Jackson Jr.
0.89

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