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Tony Jones

The Athletic 2021–2026Salt Lake Tribune 2017–2018
Ballots cast
32
Seasons
5
2017–2026
Mean similarity
0.73
field 0.77 (-0.04)
No-overlap ballots
1
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
2017 Coach of the Year — ranked Scott Brooks, then Quin Snyder, then Brad Stevens, similarity 0.00. The award went to Mike D'Antoni, who isn't on it.

Every ballot

2026

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Keldon Johnson,
  2. 2 Jaime Jaquez Jr.,
  3. 3 Tim Hardaway Jr.
1.00
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Jamal Murray,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Joe Mazzulla,
  2. 2 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  3. 3 Jordan Ott
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Rudy Gobert,
  3. 3 Ausar Thompson
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker,
  2. 2 Neemias Queta,
  3. 3 Jalen Duren
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Jaylen Brown,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic,
  4. 4 Victor Wembanyama,
  5. 5 Cade Cunningham
0.74
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Cooper Flagg,
  2. 2 VJ Edgecombe,
  3. 3 Kon Knueppel
0.83

2024

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Malik Monk,
  2. 2 Naz Reid,
  3. 3 Norman Powell
0.56
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Stephen Curry
0.22
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mark Daigneault,
  2. 2 Jamahl Mosley,
  3. 3 Rick Carlisle
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Anthony Davis,
  3. 3 Bam Adebayo
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Coby White,
  2. 2 Alperen Sengun,
  3. 3 Tyrese Maxey
0.50
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Luka Doncic,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Jalen Brunson
0.91
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Brandon Miller
1.00

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 Quin Snyder,
  3. 3 Monty Williams
0.83
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 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 Rudy Gobert
0.89
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 LaMelo Ball,
  2. 2 Anthony Edwards,
  3. 3 Tyrese Haliburton
1.00

2018

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Eric Gordon,
  2. 2 Fred VanVleet,
  3. 3 Lou Williams
0.50
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Brad Stevens,
  2. 2 Quin Snyder,
  3. 3 Dwane Casey
0.50
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Al Horford,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Victor Oladipo,
  2. 2 Jaylen Brown,
  3. 3 E'Twaun Moore
0.61
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Anthony Davis,
  4. 4 Stephen Curry,
  5. 5 Damian Lillard
0.91
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Donovan Mitchell,
  2. 2 Ben Simmons,
  3. 3 Jayson Tatum
0.67

2017

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Andre Iguodala,
  2. 2 Eric Gordon,
  3. 3 Jamal Crawford
0.56
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Scott Brooks,
  2. 2 Quin Snyder,
  3. 3 Brad Stevens
0.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Draymond Green,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard
0.67
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Gordon Hayward
0.56
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 James Harden,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Russell Westbrook,
  4. 4 Kawhi Leonard,
  5. 5 Stephen Curry
0.59
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Dario Saric,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
1.00

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