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Steve Smith

WarnerMedia 2023–2025Turner 2017–2022Turner Sports 2019
Ballots cast
57
Seasons
9
2017–2025
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
2022 Defensive Player of the Year — ranked Mikal Bridges, then Giannis Antetokounmpo, then Marcus Smart, similarity 0.39.

Every ballot

2025

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Payton Pritchard,
  2. 2 Malik Beasley,
  3. 3 Russell Westbrook
0.89
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jalen Brunson,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Anthony Edwards
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  2. 2 Kenny Atkinson,
  3. 3 Mark Daigneault
0.56
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Draymond Green,
  2. 2 Dyson Daniels,
  3. 3 Evan Mobley
0.50
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Dyson Daniels,
  2. 2 Christian Braun,
  3. 3 Ivica Zubac
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Jayson Tatum,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Donovan Mitchell
0.93
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Stephon Castle,
  2. 2 Zaccharie Risacher,
  3. 3 Alex Sarr
0.89

2024

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Naz Reid,
  2. 2 Malik Monk,
  3. 3 Norman Powell
0.89
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mark Daigneault,
  2. 2 Jamahl Mosley,
  3. 3 Chris Finch
1.00
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 Coby White,
  3. 3 Jalen Williams
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Luka Doncic,
  3. 3 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.81
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 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Immanuel Quickley,
  3. 3 Bobby Portis
1.00
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeAaron Fox,
  2. 2 DeMar DeRozan,
  3. 3 Jalen Brunson
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Brown,
  2. 2 Joe Mazzulla,
  3. 3 Mark Daigneault
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jr. Jaren Jackson,
  2. 2 Brook Lopez,
  3. 3 Nic Claxton
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Lauri Markkanen,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Jalen Brunson
1.00
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 Bennedict Mathurin
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 Erik Spoelstra
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Mikal Bridges,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Marcus Smart
0.39
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 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Devin Booker,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
1.00
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Scottie Barnes,
  2. 2 Cade Cunningham,
  3. 3 Evan Mobley
0.83

2021

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Jordan Clarkson,
  2. 2 Jalen Brunson,
  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 Ben Simmons,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Draymond Green
0.67
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Julius Randle,
  2. 2 Jerami Grant,
  3. 3 Michael Porter Jr.
1.00
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  4. 4 Stephen Curry,
  5. 5 Julius Randle
0.89
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 Montrezl Harrell,
  2. 2 Dennis Schroder,
  3. 3 Lou Williams
1.00
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Billy Donovan,
  3. 3 Mike Budenholzer
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Anthony Davis,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Ben Simmons
0.56
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Bam Adebayo,
  2. 2 Brandon Ingram,
  3. 3 Jayson Tatum
0.56
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 Kendrick Nunn,
  3. 3 Brandon Clarke
0.89

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 Mike Malone,
  3. 3 Doc Rivers
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Paul George
0.67
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 Damian Lillard
0.76
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Trae Young,
  3. 3 Deandre Ayton
1.00

2018

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Eric Gordon,
  3. 3 Will Barton
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Dwane Casey,
  2. 2 Brad Stevens,
  3. 3 Quin Snyder
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Anthony Davis,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
0.83
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Clint Capela,
  3. 3 Spencer Dinwiddie
1.00
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis,
  4. 4 Russell Westbrook,
  5. 5 Kevin Durant
0.91
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 Jamal Crawford,
  3. 3 Lou Williams
0.72
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 Isaiah Thomas,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Russell Westbrook,
  2. 2 James Harden,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard,
  4. 4 Isaiah Thomas,
  5. 5 LeBron James
0.95
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Dario Saric,
  3. 3 Buddy Hield
0.89

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