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Kevin Pelton

ESPN 2019–2025ESPN.com 2018
Ballots cast
51
Seasons
8
2018–2025
Mean similarity
0.67
field 0.77 (-0.09)
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 Ivica Zubac, then Dyson Daniels, similarity 0.11. The award went to Evan Mobley, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2025

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Payton Pritchard,
  2. 2 Malik Beasley,
  3. 3 Ty Jerome
1.00
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jalen Brunson,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Kenny Atkinson,
  2. 2 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  3. 3 Tyronn Lue
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Amen Thompson,
  2. 2 Ivica Zubac,
  3. 3 Dyson Daniels
0.11
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Cade Cunningham,
  2. 2 Dyson Daniels,
  3. 3 Toumani Camara
0.39
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 Jaylen Wells,
  2. 2 Stephon Castle,
  3. 3 Zach Edey
0.39

2024

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Bogdan Bogdanovic,
  2. 2 Naz Reid,
  3. 3 Malik Monk
0.39
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeMar Derozan,
  2. 2 Stephen Curry,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mark Daigneault,
  2. 2 Chris Finch,
  3. 3 Joe Mazzulla
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Bam Adebayo,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Alperen Sengun,
  2. 2 Tyrese Maxey,
  3. 3 Jalen Williams
0.39
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Luka Doncic,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Jalen Brunson
1.00
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Brandin Podziemski
0.89

2023

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Immanuel Quickley,
  2. 2 Malcolm Brogdon,
  3. 3 Austin Reaves
0.56
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeAaron Fox,
  2. 2 Jimmy Butler,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Brown,
  2. 2 Mark Daigneault,
  3. 3 J.B. Bickerstaff
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Brook Lopez,
  2. 2 Jr. Jaren Jackson,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.56
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Lauri Markkanen,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Tyrese Haliburton
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
0.80
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Walker Kessler,
  2. 2 Paolo Banchero,
  3. 3 Jalen Williams
0.50

2022

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Kevin Love,
  2. 2 Cameron Johnson,
  3. 3 Tyler Herro
0.50
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Taylor Jenkins,
  3. 3 J.B. Bickerstaff
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Al Horford,
  3. 3 Bam Adebayo
0.11
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Dejounte Murray,
  2. 2 Ja Morant,
  3. 3 Darius Garland
0.67
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Stephen Curry
0.87
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Evan Mobley,
  2. 2 Scottie Barnes,
  3. 3 Herbert Jones
0.56

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Joe Ingles,
  2. 2 Jordan Clarkson,
  3. 3 Chris Boucher
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Tom Thibodeau,
  2. 2 Quin Snyder,
  3. 3 Doc Rivers
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Clint Capela,
  3. 3 Myles Turner
0.61
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Julius Randle,
  2. 2 Jordan Poole,
  3. 3 Zach LaVine
0.61
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Stephen Curry,
  3. 3 Damian Lillard,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Rudy Gobert
0.70
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 Montrezl Harrell,
  2. 2 Christian Wood,
  3. 3 Davis Bertans
0.61
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Nick Nurse,
  3. 3 Doc Rivers
0.56
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Brook Lopez
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Devonte' Graham,
  2. 2 Brandon Ingram,
  3. 3 Trae Young
0.28
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 Brandon Clarke,
  3. 3 Zion Williamson
0.72

2019

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Montrezl Harrell,
  3. 3 Andre Iguodala
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Nate McMillan,
  3. 3 Kenny Atkinson
0.61
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Paul George
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 De'Aaron Fox,
  2. 2 Nikola Vucevic,
  3. 3 D'Angelo Russell
0.22
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Paul George,
  4. 4 Damian Lillard,
  5. 5 Stephen Curry
0.71
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Trae Young,
  3. 3 Mitchell Robinson
0.89

2018

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Kelly Olynyk,
  3. 3 Fred VanVleet
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Brad Stevens,
  2. 2 Dwane Casey,
  3. 3 Terry Stotts
0.39
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Jusuf Nurkic
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Domantas Sabonis,
  3. 3 Terry Rozier
0.61
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Russell Westbrook
0.91
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ben Simmons,
  2. 2 Donovan Mitchell,
  3. 3 Jayson Tatum
1.00

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