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Maria Taylor

NBA on NBC 2026ESPN 2020–2021
Ballots cast
19
Seasons
3
2020–2026
Mean similarity
0.75
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
2020 Most Improved Player — ranked Pascal Siakam, then Bam Adebayo, then Jayson Tatum, similarity 0.28. The award went to Brandon Ingram, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2026

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Keldon Johnson,
  2. 2 Tim Hardaway Jr.,
  3. 3 Naz Reid
0.72
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Anthony Edwards,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  2. 2 Mitch Johnson,
  3. 3 Joe Mazzulla
0.50
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 Jalen Duren
0.83
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham,
  4. 4 Jaylen Brown,
  5. 5 Victor Wembanyama
0.79
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Cooper Flagg,
  2. 2 Kon Knueppel,
  3. 3 VJ Edgecombe
1.00

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jordan Clarkson,
  2. 2 Joe Ingles,
  3. 3 Carmelo Anthony
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Tom Thibodeau,
  3. 3 Nate McMillan
0.56
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Ben Simmons,
  3. 3 Jrue Holiday
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Julius Randle,
  2. 2 Michael Porter Jr.,
  3. 3 Andrew Wiggins
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Stephen Curry,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Damian Lillard
0.96
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Anthony Edwards,
  2. 2 LaMelo Ball,
  3. 3 Tyrese Haliburton
0.67

2020

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Dennis Schroder,
  3. 3 George Hill
0.39
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Taylor Jenkins,
  3. 3 Mike Budenholzer
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Anthony Davis,
  3. 3 Ben Simmons
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Pascal Siakam,
  2. 2 Bam Adebayo,
  3. 3 Jayson Tatum
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 Zion Williamson,
  3. 3 Kendrick Nunn
0.83

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