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Zach Harper

The Athletic 2019–2026
Ballots cast
52
Seasons
8
2019–2026
Mean similarity
0.84
field 0.77 (+0.07)
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
2025 Most Improved Player — ranked Ivica Zubac, then Evan Mobley, then Cade Cunningham, similarity 0.39. The award went to Dyson Daniels, 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 Anthony Edwards,
  3. 3 Jamal Murray
0.83
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Joe Mazzulla,
  2. 2 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  3. 3 Mitch Johnson
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Derrick White
0.89
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 Victor Wembanyama,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic,
  4. 4 Jaylen Brown,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
0.81
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Kon Knueppel,
  2. 2 Cooper Flagg,
  3. 3 VJ Edgecombe
0.67

2025

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Payton Pritchard,
  2. 2 Malik Beasley,
  3. 3 Ty Jerome
1.00
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Jalen Brunson,
  2. 2 Nikola Jokic,
  3. 3 Darius Garland
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 J.B. Bickerstaff,
  2. 2 Kenny Atkinson,
  3. 3 Ime Udoka
0.67
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Evan Mobley,
  2. 2 Draymond Green,
  3. 3 Jaren Jackson Jr.
0.72
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Ivica Zubac,
  2. 2 Evan Mobley,
  3. 3 Cade Cunningham
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 Malik Monk,
  2. 2 Naz Reid,
  3. 3 Norman Powell
0.56
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 Stephen Curry,
  2. 2 DeMar Derozan,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mark Daigneault,
  2. 2 Chris Finch,
  3. 3 Jamahl Mosley
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Victor Wembanyama,
  3. 3 Bam Adebayo
1.00
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 Jalen Brunson,
  5. 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo
0.95
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Victor Wembanyama,
  2. 2 Chet Holmgren,
  3. 3 Jaime Jaquez Jr.
0.89

2023

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Malcolm Brogdon,
  2. 2 Immanuel Quickley,
  3. 3 Malik Monk
0.89
Clutch Player of the Year
  1. 1 DeAaron Fox,
  2. 2 Jimmy Butler,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid
0.89
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 Bam Adebayo
0.89
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Lauri Markkanen,
  2. 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
  3. 3 Tyrese Haliburton
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Joel Embiid,
  3. 3 Nikola Jokic,
  4. 4 Jayson Tatum,
  5. 5 Domantas Sabonis
0.66
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Paolo Banchero,
  2. 2 Jalen Williams,
  3. 3 Keegan Murray
0.89

2022

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Tyler Herro,
  2. 2 Cameron Johnson,
  3. 3 Luke Kennard
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Monty Williams,
  2. 2 Erik Spoelstra,
  3. 3 Taylor Jenkins
0.83
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Mikal Bridges,
  2. 2 Bam Adebayo,
  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 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid,
  4. 4 Devin Booker,
  5. 5 Luka Doncic
0.90
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 Joe Ingles,
  2. 2 Jalen Brunson,
  3. 3 Jordan Clarkson
0.39
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 Christian Wood,
  3. 3 Jerami Grant
0.72
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Nikola Jokic,
  2. 2 Stephen Curry,
  3. 3 Joel Embiid,
  4. 4 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  5. 5 Julius Randle
0.86
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 Goran Dragic
0.89
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Nick Nurse,
  2. 2 Mike Budenholzer,
  3. 3 Billy Donovan
1.00
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 Anthony Davis,
  3. 3 Rudy Gobert
1.00
Most Improved Player
  1. 1 Brandon Ingram,
  2. 2 Bam Adebayo,
  3. 3 Jayson Tatum
0.89
Most Valuable Player
  1. 1 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  2. 2 LeBron James,
  3. 3 Kawhi Leonard,
  4. 4 Pascal Siakam,
  5. 5 James Harden
0.79
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Ja Morant,
  2. 2 Kendrick Nunn,
  3. 3 Zion Williamson
1.00

2019

AwardTheir rankingSimilarity
Sixth Man of the Year
  1. 1 Lou Williams,
  2. 2 Montrezl Harrell,
  3. 3 Terrence Ross
0.72
Coach of the Year
  1. 1 Mike Budenholzer,
  2. 2 Doc Rivers,
  3. 3 Nate McMillan
0.89
Defensive Player of the Year
  1. 1 Rudy Gobert,
  2. 2 Giannis Antetokounmpo,
  3. 3 Paul George
1.00
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 Paul George,
  4. 4 Stephen Curry,
  5. 5 Damian Lillard
0.91
Rookie of the Year
  1. 1 Luka Doncic,
  2. 2 Trae Young,
  3. 3 Deandre Ayton
1.00

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