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Marc Kestecher

ESPN Radio 2017–2026ESPN 2019–2024
Ballots cast
64
Seasons
10
2017–2026
Mean similarity
0.86
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
2020 Most Improved Player — ranked Jayson Tatum, then Bam Adebayo, then Brandon Ingram, similarity 0.39.

Every ballot

2026

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jaime Jaquez Jr.,
  2. 2 Keldon Johnson,
  3. 3 Tim Hardaway Jr.
0.67
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 Joe Mazzulla,
  2. 2 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  3. 3 Mitch Johnson
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Scottie Barnes
0.89
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 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Victor Wembanyama,
  4. 4 Cade Cunningham,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
0.95
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 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 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  3. 3 Mark Daigneault
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Evan Mobley,
  2. 2 Dyson Daniels,
  3. 3 Amen Thompson
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Dyson Daniels,
  2. 2 Ivica Zubac,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
1.00
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 Zaccharie Risacher,
  3. 3 Jaylen Wells
1.00

2024

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Malik Monk,
  2. 2 Naz Reid,
  3. 3 Bogdan Bogdanovic
0.56
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 DeMar Derozan,
  3. 3 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mark Daigneault,
  2. 2 Joe Mazzulla,
  3. 3 Chris Finch
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Victor Wembanyama,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Tyrese Maxey,
  2. 2 Coby White,
  3. 3 Jalen Williams
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Luka Doncic,
  4. 4 Jalen Brunson,
  5. 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.95
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 Bobby Portis
0.67
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeAaron Fox,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Jimmy Butler
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Brown,
  2. 2 Michael Malone,
  3. 3 Mike Budenholzer
0.61
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jr. Jaren Jackson,
  2. 2 Brook Lopez,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Lauri Markkanen,
  3. 3 Jalen Brunson
0.67
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Joel Embiid,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
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 Kevin Love,
  3. 3 Jordan Clarkson
0.89
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 Marcus Smart,
  2. 2 Mikal Bridges,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Darius Garland,
  3. 3 Dejounte Murray
0.83
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Devin Booker,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
0.93
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Cade Cunningham,
  2. 2 Scottie Barnes,
  3. 3 Evan Mobley
0.50

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 Quin Snyder,
  2. 2 Monty Williams,
  3. 3 Tom Thibodeau
0.50
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Ben Simmons,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Julius Randle,
  2. 2 Michael Porter Jr.,
  3. 3 Jerami Grant
0.83
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Chris Paul,
  5. 5 Stephen Curry
0.88
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 Montrezl Harrell,
  2. 2 Lou Williams,
  3. 3 Dennis Schroder
0.83
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Mike Budenholzer,
  3. 3 Erik Spoelstra
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Anthony Davis,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Jayson Tatum,
  2. 2 Bam Adebayo,
  3. 3 Brandon Ingram
0.39
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 James Harden,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Anthony Davis
0.96
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 Domantas Sabonis,
  3. 3 Montrezl Harrell
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Doc Rivers,
  3. 3 Nate McMillan
0.89
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 D'Angelo Russell,
  3. 3 De'Aaron Fox
1.00
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Paul George,
  4. 4 Nikola Jokic,
  5. 5 Stephen Curry
0.80
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Trae Young,
  3. 3 Jaren Jackson Jr.
0.89

2018

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Eric Gordon,
  3. 3 Fred VanVleet
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Dwane Casey,
  2. 2 Quin Snyder,
  3. 3 Brad Stevens
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Paul George,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Clint Capela,
  3. 3 DeMar DeRozan
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis,
  4. 4 Damian Lillard,
  5. 5 Kevin Durant
0.96
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ben Simmons,
  2. 2 Donovan Mitchell,
  3. 3 Jayson Tatum
1.00

2017

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Eric Gordon,
  2. 2 Andre Iguodala,
  3. 3 Zach Randolph
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike D'Antoni,
  2. 2 Erik Spoelstra,
  3. 3 Steve Kerr
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
0.67
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Kawhi Leonard,
  2. 2 Russell Westbrook,
  3. 3 James Harden,
  4. 4 LeBron James,
  5. 5 Isaiah Thomas
0.70
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Jamal Murray
0.72

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