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Stephen A. Smith

ESPN 2020–2026
Ballots cast
46
Seasons
7
2020–2026
Mean similarity
0.76
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
2022 Most Improved Player — ranked Darius Garland, then Miles Bridges, then Dejounte Murray, similarity 0.22. The award went to Ja Morant, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2026

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Naz Reid,
  2. 2 Jaime Jaquez Jr.,
  3. 3 Keldon Johnson
0.39
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 Joe Mazzulla,
  3. 3 Mitch Johnson
0.67
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
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 Victor Wembanyama,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic,
  4. 4 Jaylen Brown,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
0.81
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 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Jalen Brunson,
  3. 3 Trae Young
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  2. 2 Mark Daigneault,
  3. 3 Ime Udoka
0.39
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Evan Mobley,
  3. 3 Jaren Jackson Jr.
0.39
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Cade Cunningham,
  2. 2 Ivica Zubac,
  3. 3 Evan Mobley
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 Stephon Castle,
  2. 2 Jaylen Wells,
  3. 3 Zaccharie Risacher
0.83

2024

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Naz Reid,
  2. 2 Norman Powell,
  3. 3 Malik Monk
0.72
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 DeMar Derozan
0.83
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Tom Thibodeau,
  2. 2 Mark Daigneault,
  3. 3 Joe Mazzulla
0.28
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Victor Wembanyama,
  3. 3 Bam Adebayo
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Tyrese Maxey,
  2. 2 Jalen Williams,
  3. 3 Coby White
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Luka Doncic,
  4. 4 Jalen Brunson,
  5. 5 Jayson Tatum
0.71
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 Norman Powell
0.56
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeAaron Fox,
  2. 2 Donovan Mitchell,
  3. 3 Jalen Brunson
0.61
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Brown,
  2. 2 Mark Daigneault,
  3. 3 Tom Thibodeau
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jr. Jaren Jackson,
  2. 2 Brook Lopez,
  3. 3 Evan Mobley
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Lauri Markkanen,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Mikal Bridges
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Joel Embiid,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Domantas Sabonis
0.86
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Paolo Banchero,
  2. 2 Jalen Williams,
  3. 3 Jaden Ivey
0.89

2022

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Tyler Herro,
  2. 2 Kevin Love,
  3. 3 Cameron Johnson
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Taylor Jenkins,
  3. 3 Ime Udoka
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Mikal Bridges,
  2. 2 Marcus Smart,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.56
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Darius Garland,
  2. 2 Miles Bridges,
  3. 3 Dejounte Murray
0.22
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Joel Embiid,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Devin Booker,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
0.73
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Scottie Barnes,
  2. 2 Evan Mobley,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
1.00

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jordan Clarkson,
  2. 2 Joe Ingles,
  3. 3 Jalen Brunson
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Tom Thibodeau,
  3. 3 Quin Snyder
0.67
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Ben Simmons,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.56
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 Stephen Curry,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid,
  4. 4 Julius Randle,
  5. 5 Damian Lillard
0.77
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 Dennis Schroder,
  3. 3 Lou Williams
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Nate McMillan,
  3. 3 Mike Budenholzer
0.72
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Anthony Davis,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Bam Adebayo,
  3. 3 Brandon Ingram
0.50
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 LeBron James,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 James Harden,
  4. 4 Luka Doncic,
  5. 5 Anthony Davis
0.76
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Kendrick Nunn,
  3. 3 Zion Williamson
1.00

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