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Law Murray

The Athletic 2025–2026
Ballots cast
14
Seasons
2
2025–2026
Mean similarity
0.71
field 0.77 (-0.06)
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 Ivica Zubac, then Amen Thompson, then Dyson Daniels, similarity 0.11. The award went to Evan Mobley, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2026

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jaime Jaquez Jr.,
  2. 2 Keldon Johnson,
  3. 3 Naz Reid
0.56
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Kawhi Leonard,
  3. 3 Anthony Edwards
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Joe Mazzulla,
  2. 2 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  3. 3 Mitch Johnson
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Scottie Barnes,
  3. 3 Cason Wallace
0.61
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker,
  2. 2 Deni Avdija,
  3. 3 Amen Thompson
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 Cooper Flagg,
  2. 2 Kon Knueppel,
  3. 3 VJ Edgecombe
1.00

2025

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Payton Pritchard,
  2. 2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker,
  3. 3 Malik Beasley
0.72
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jalen Brunson,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Darius Garland
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  2. 2 Kenny Atkinson,
  3. 3 Tyronn Lue
0.56
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Ivica Zubac,
  2. 2 Amen Thompson,
  3. 3 Dyson Daniels
0.11
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Christian Braun,
  2. 2 Ivica Zubac,
  3. 3 Deni Avdija
0.28
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Jayson Tatum,
  4. 4 Donovan Mitchell,
  5. 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.88
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Stephon Castle,
  2. 2 Zaccharie Risacher,
  3. 3 Jaylen Wells
1.00

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