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Royce Young

ESPN 2017–2021ESPN.com 2016–2018
Ballots cast
34
Seasons
6
2016–2021
Mean similarity
0.73
field 0.77 (-0.03)
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 Defensive Player of the Year — ranked Bam Adebayo, then Giannis Antetokounmpo, then Ben Simmons, similarity 0.28.

Every ballot

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jordan Clarkson,
  2. 2 Tim Hardaway Jr.,
  3. 3 Joe Ingles
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Tom Thibodeau,
  2. 2 Monty Williams,
  3. 3 Quin Snyder
1.00
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 Jerami Grant,
  3. 3 Lonzo Ball
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Chris Paul,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Damian Lillard
0.84
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 Dennis Schroder,
  2. 2 Montrezl Harrell,
  3. 3 Goran Dragic
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Billy Donovan,
  3. 3 Erik Spoelstra
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Bam Adebayo,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Ben Simmons
0.28
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Brandon Ingram,
  2. 2 Bam Adebayo,
  3. 3 Markelle Fultz
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard,
  4. 4 Anthony Davis,
  5. 5 Pascal Siakam
0.75
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 Doc Rivers,
  2. 2 Mike Budenholzer,
  3. 3 Mike Malone
0.67
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Paul George,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Myles Turner
0.39
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Pascal Siakam,
  2. 2 D'Angelo Russell,
  3. 3 Buddy Hield
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Damian Lillard,
  4. 4 Paul George,
  5. 5 Nikola Jokic
0.84
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Trae Young,
  2. 2 Luka Doncic,
  3. 3 Deandre Ayton
0.67

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 Brett Brown,
  2. 2 Quin Snyder,
  3. 3 Erik Spoelstra
0.28
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Paul George,
  3. 3 Al Horford
0.61
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Steven Adams,
  3. 3 Josh Richardson
0.61
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Damian Lillard,
  4. 4 Anthony Davis,
  5. 5 Kevin Durant
0.89
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 Enes Kanter
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike D'Antoni,
  2. 2 Erik Spoelstra,
  3. 3 Brad Stevens
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 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Seth Curry
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Russell Westbrook,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Stephen Curry,
  4. 4 LeBron James,
  5. 5 Kawhi Leonard
0.84
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Dario Saric,
  2. 2 Buddy Hield,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
0.39

2016

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Enes Kanter,
  2. 2 Andre Iguodala,
  3. 3 Dennis Schroder
0.39
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Terry Stotts,
  2. 2 Gregg Popovich,
  3. 3 Steve Kerr
0.50
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Kawhi Leonard,
  2. 2 Draymond Green,
  3. 3 Al Horford
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 CJ McCollum,
  3. 3 Zach LaVine
0.28

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