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{{Short description|National Basketball Association award}}
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{{Infobox sports award
| name        = NBA Sixth Man of the Year
| image       = 
| image_size  = 
| alt         = 
| caption     =
| sport       = [[Basketball]]
| league      = [[National Basketball Association]]
| givenfor    = Best performing non-starting player in regular season of the [[National Basketball Association]]
| first       = {{NBA Year|1982}}
| mostwins    =[[Jamal Crawford]] <br />[[Lou Williams]] (tied, 3)
| mostrecent  = [[Payton Pritchard]], [[Boston Celtics]]
}}
The '''National Basketball Association's Sixth Man of the Year''' (colloquially known as the '''6MOY''') is an annual [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) award given since the [[1982–83 NBA season]] to the league's best performing player for his team coming off the bench as a substitute (or [[sixth man]]). A panel of sportswriters and broadcasters from throughout the United States and Canada votes on the recipient. Since the [[2022–23 NBA season]], winners receive the '''[[John Havlicek]] Trophy''', named after the eight-time NBA champion.

Each judge casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award. To be eligible for the award, a player must come off the bench in more games than he starts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/news/sixthman_080421.html|title=Ginobili Wins 2007-08 Sixth Man of the Year Award Presented by Kia Motors|access-date=July 11, 2008|date=April 21, 2008|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|work=NBA.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104055031/http://www.nba.com/news/sixthman_080421.html|archive-date=November 4, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[2008–09 NBA season|2008–09]] winner, [[Jason Terry]], averaged the most playing time of any sixth man in an award-winning season; he finished the year with an average of 33.7 minutes played per game with the [[Dallas Mavericks]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NBA & ABA Sixth Man of the Year Award Winners |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/smoy.html#smoy_NBA::7 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |publisher=[[Sports Reference LLC]] |access-date=August 3, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)|Bobby Jones]] was the inaugural winner of the award for the [[1982–83 NBA season]]. The [[2023–24 NBA season|2023–24]] recipient was [[Naz Reid]] of the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]].  [[Jamal Crawford]] and [[Lou Williams]] are the only three-time winners of the award. [[Kevin McHale (basketball)|Kevin McHale]], [[Ricky Pierce]] and [[Detlef Schrempf]] won the award twice.  McHale, [[Toni Kukoč]], [[Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)|Bobby Jones]], [[Bill Walton]], and [[Manu Ginóbili]] are the only [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famers]] who have won the award; Walton, along with [[James Harden]], are the only award winners to have earned [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|NBA MVP]] honors in their careers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/awards_mvp.html|title=Most Valuable Player|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|work=NBA.com|access-date=June 15, 2009}}</ref> [[Manu Ginóbili]] is the only award winner to be named to an [[All-NBA team]] in the same season.  [[Mike Miller (basketball, born 1980)|Mike Miller]] and [[Malcolm Brogdon]] are the only award winners to have also won [[NBA Rookie of the Year Award|NBA Rookie of the Year]].

[[Manu Ginóbili]], [[Detlef Schrempf]], [[Leandro Barbosa]], [[Toni Kukoč]], and [[Ben Gordon (basketball)|Ben Gordon]] are the only award winners not born in the [[United States]]. Gordon was the first player to win the award as a rookie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/sixthman_0405.html|title=Gordon Wins NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award|access-date=July 11, 2008|date=May 3, 2005|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|work=NBA.com/Chicago Bulls}}</ref> Of the five foreign-born winners, three were trained completely outside the U.S., namely Ginóbili, Barbosa and Kukoč. Schrempf played two years of high school basketball in [[Centralia, Washington]] before playing college basketball at [[Washington Huskies men's basketball|Washington]], and Gordon was raised in [[Mount Vernon, New York]] and went on to play in college at [[Connecticut Huskies men's basketball|Connecticut]].

==Winners==
[[File:Detlef Schrempf (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Detlef Schrempf]] was the first non-American to receive the award and won it twice.]]
[[File:Manu referee (cropped).JPG|thumb|upright|[[Manu Ginóbili]] won the award in the [[2007–08 NBA season]].|alt=Manu Ginóbili at a training ground]]
[[File:CrawfordNYK.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Jamal Crawford]] has won the award a record three times.]]
[[File:Louis Williams 76ers vs Wizards.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Lou Williams]] has won the award a record three times.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#cfecec; width:6em;"|^
|Denotes player who is still active in the NBA
|-
| style="background:#ff9; width:6em;"|*
|Elected to the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]]<!--
|-
|style="background:#CCFF99; width:1em"|†
|Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration{{efn|A player is not eligible for induction into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] until he has been fully retired for two calendar years.}}
|- 
|style="background:#F0E130; width:1em"|§
|1st time eligible for Hall of Fame in 2026<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/hof.cgi |title=2024 Hall of Fame Candidates |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=November 8, 2021}}</ref>-->
|-
|Player (#)
|Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
|-
|Team (#)
|Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" summary="Season (sortable), Player (sortable), Position (sortable), Nationality (sortable) and Team (sortable)" style="width:640px;"
|-
!scope="col"| Season
!scope="col"| Player
!scope="col"| Position
!scope="col"| Nationality
!scope="col"| Team
|-
| {{nbay|1982}}
! scope="row" style="background:#ff9;"| {{sortname|Bobby|Jones|dab=basketball, born 1951}}*
| [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Philadelphia 76ers]]
|-
| {{nbay|1983}}
! scope="row" style="background:#ff9;"| {{sortname|Kevin|McHale|dab=basketball}}*
| [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Boston Celtics]]
|-
| {{nbay|1984}}
! scope="row" style="background:#ff9;"| {{sortname|Kevin|McHale|dab=basketball}}* (2)
| [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Boston Celtics]] (2)
|-
| {{nbay|1985}}
! scope="row" style="background:#ff9;"| {{sortname|Bill|Walton}}*
| [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Boston Celtics]] (3)
|-
| {{nbay|1986}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Ricky|Pierce}}
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Milwaukee Bucks]]
|-
| {{nbay|1987}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Roy|Tarpley}}
| [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Dallas Mavericks]]
|-
| {{nbay|1988}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Eddie|Johnson|dab=basketball, born 1959}}
| [[Small forward]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Phoenix Suns]]
|-
| {{nbay|1989}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Ricky|Pierce}} (2)
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Milwaukee Bucks]] (2)
|-
| {{nbay|1990}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Detlef|Schrempf}}
| [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| {{GER}}
| [[Indiana Pacers]]
|-
| {{nbay|1991}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Detlef|Schrempf}} (2)
| [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| {{flagu|Germany}}
| [[Indiana Pacers]] (2)
|-
| {{nbay|1992}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Clifford|Robinson|Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966)}}
| [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
|-
| {{nbay|1993}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Dell|Curry}}
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Charlotte Hornets]]
|-
| {{nbay|1994}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Anthony|Mason|dab=basketball}}
| [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[New York Knicks]]
|-
| {{nbay|1995}}
! scope="row" style="background:#ff9;"| {{sortname|Toni|Kukoč}}*
| [[Small forward]]
| {{CRO}}
| [[Chicago Bulls]]
|-
| {{nbay|1996}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|John|Starks|dab=basketball}}
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[New York Knicks]] (2)
|-
| {{nbay|1997}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Danny|Manning}}
| [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Phoenix Suns]] (2)
|-
| {{nbay|1998}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Darrell|Armstrong}}
| [[Point guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Orlando Magic]]
|-
| {{nbay|1999|trunc=y}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Rodney|Rogers}}
| [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Phoenix Suns]] (3)
|-
| {{nbay|2000}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Aaron|McKie}}
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Philadelphia 76ers]] (2)
|-
| {{nbay|2001}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Corliss|Williamson}}
| [[Small forward]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Detroit Pistons]]
|-
| {{nbay|2002}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Bobby|Jackson|dab=basketball}}
| [[Point guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Sacramento Kings]]
|-
| {{nbay|2003}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Antawn|Jamison}}
| [[Small forward]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Dallas Mavericks]] (2)
|-
| {{nbay|2004}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Ben|Gordon}}
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{GBR}}{{#tag:ref|Ben Gordon holds both American and British citizenship as he was born in [[England]] but was raised in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/players/11/07/first.person1113/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224025030/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/players/11/07/first.person1113/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 24, 2009|title=First Person: Ben Gordon, Bulls Guard|access-date=August 14, 2008|date=November 13, 2006|publisher=Sports Illustrated}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}
| [[Chicago Bulls]] (2)
|-
| {{nbay|2005}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Mike|Miller|dab=basketball, born 1980}}
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Memphis Grizzlies]]
|-
| {{nbay|2006}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Leandro|Barbosa}}
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{BRA}}
| [[Phoenix Suns]] (4)
|-
| {{nbay|2007}}
! scope="row" style="background:#ff9;"| {{sortname|Manu|Ginóbili}}*
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{ARG}}
| [[San Antonio Spurs]]
|-
| {{nbay|2008}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Jason|Terry}}
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Dallas Mavericks]] (3)
|-
| {{nbay|2009}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Jamal|Crawford}}
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Atlanta Hawks]]
|-
| {{nbay|2010}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Lamar|Odom}}
| [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Los Angeles Lakers]]
|-
|  {{nbay|2011}}
! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|James|Harden}}^
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Oklahoma City Thunder]]
|-
|  {{nbay|2012}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|J. R.|Smith}}
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[New York Knicks]] (3)
|-
| {{nbay|2013}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Jamal|Crawford}} (2)
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Los Angeles Clippers]]
|-
| {{nbay|2014}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Lou|Williams}}
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Toronto Raptors]]
|-
| {{nbay|2015}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Jamal|Crawford}} (3)
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Los Angeles Clippers]] (2)
|-
| {{nbay|2016}}
! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|Eric|Gordon}}^
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Houston Rockets]]
|-
| {{nbay|2017}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Lou|Williams}} (2)
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Los Angeles Clippers]] (3)
|-
| {{nbay|2018}}
! scope="row" style="background:transparent;"| {{sortname|Lou|Williams}} (3)
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Los Angeles Clippers]] (4)
|-
| {{nbay|2019}}
| {{sortname|Montrezl|Harrell}} 
| [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Los Angeles Clippers]] (5)
|-
| {{nbay|2020}}
! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|Jordan|Clarkson}}^ 
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{USA}}{{#tag:ref|Jordan Clarkson was born in the United States but naturalized Filipino. He represents the [[Philippines]] in international games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Change of plans, NBA clears Jordan Clarkson to play in Asian Games |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/change-plans-nba-clears-jordan-115944745.html |website=sports.yahoo.com |access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817135634/https://sports.yahoo.com/change-plans-nba-clears-jordan-115944745.html|archive-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}
| [[Utah Jazz]]
|-
| {{nbay|2021}}
! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|Tyler|Herro}}^ 
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Miami Heat]]
|-
| {{nbay|2022}}
! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|Malcolm|Brogdon}}^ 
| [[Shooting guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Boston Celtics]] (4)
|-
| {{nbay|2023}}
! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|Naz|Reid}}^ 
| [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Minnesota Timberwolves]]
|-
| {{nbay|2024}}
! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|Payton|Pritchard}}^ 
| [[Point guard]]
| {{flagu|United States}}
| [[Boston Celtics]] (5)
|}

== Multi-time winners ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Awards!!Player!!Team(s)!!Years
|-
| rowspan="4" |3||rowspan=2|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lou Williams]]||[[Toronto Raptors]] ||{{nbay|2014|end}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Clippers]] (2) || {{nbay|2017|end}}, {{nbay|2018|end}}
|-
|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jamal Crawford]]||[[Atlanta Hawks]] || {{nbay|2009|end}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Clippers]] (2)||{{nbay|2013|end}}, {{nbay|2015|end}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |2||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin McHale (basketball)|Kevin McHale]]||[[Boston Celtics]]||{{nbay|1983|end}}, {{nbay|1984|end}}
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ricky Pierce]] || [[Milwaukee Bucks]] || {{nbay|1986|end}}, {{nbay|1989|end}}
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Detlef Schrempf]]||[[Indiana Pacers]]||{{nbay|1990|end}}, {{nbay|1991|end}}
|}

== Teams ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Awards !!Teams !!Years
|-
|rowspan=2|5
|[[Boston Celtics]]
|{{nbay|1983|end}}, {{nbay|1984|end}}, {{nbay|1985|end}}, {{nbay|2022|end}}, {{nbay|2024|end}}
|-
|[[Los Angeles Clippers]]
|{{nbay|2013|end}}, {{nbay|2015|end}}, {{nbay|2017|end}}, {{nbay|2018|end}}, {{nbay|2019|end}}
|-
|4
|[[Phoenix Suns]]
|{{nbay|1988|end}}, {{nbay|1997|end}}, {{nbay|1999|end}}, {{nbay|2006|end}}
|-
|rowspan=2|3
|[[Dallas Mavericks]]
|{{nbay|1987|end}}, {{nbay|2003|end}}, {{nbay|2008|end}}
|-
|[[New York Knicks]]
|{{nbay|1994|end}}, {{nbay|1996|end}}, {{nbay|2012|end}}
|-
|rowspan=4|2
|[[Indiana Pacers]]
|{{nbay|1990|end}}, {{nbay|1991|end}}
|-
|[[Philadelphia 76ers]]
|{{nbay|1982|end}}, {{nbay|2000|end}}
|-
|[[Milwaukee Bucks]]
|{{nbay|1986|end}}, {{nbay|1989|end}}
|-
|[[Chicago Bulls]]
|{{nbay|1995|end}}, {{nbay|2004|end}}
|-
|rowspan=15|1
|[[Portland Trail Blazers]]
|{{nbay|1992|end}}
|-
|[[Charlotte Hornets]]
|{{nbay|1993|end}}
|-
|[[Orlando Magic]]
|{{nbay|1998|end}}
|-
|[[Detroit Pistons]]
|{{nbay|2001|end}}
|-
|[[Sacramento Kings]]
|{{nbay|2002|end}}
|-
|[[Memphis Grizzlies]]
|{{nbay|2005|end}}
|-
|[[San Antonio Spurs]]
|{{nbay|2007|end}}
|-
|[[Atlanta Hawks]]
|{{nbay|2009|end}}
|-
|[[Los Angeles Lakers]]
|{{nbay|2010|end}}
|-
|[[Oklahoma City Thunder]]
|{{nbay|2011|end}}
|-
|[[Toronto Raptors]]
|{{nbay|2014|end}}
|-
|[[Houston Rockets]]
|{{nbay|2016|end}}
|-
|[[Utah Jazz]]
|{{nbay|2020|end}}
|-
|[[Miami Heat]]
|{{nbay|2021|end}}
|-
|[[Minnesota Timberwolves]]
|{{nbay|2023|end}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |None
|[[Brooklyn Nets]]
|-
|[[Denver Nuggets]]
|-
|[[New Orleans Pelicans]]
|-
|[[Washington Wizards]]
|-
|[[Cleveland Cavaliers]]
|-
|[[Golden State Warriors]]
|}

==See also==
*[[NBA records]]
*{{Portal-inline|Sports}}

==Notes==
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==References==
;General
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* {{cite web| title = NBA postseason awards: Sixth Man Award| url = http://www.nba.com/history/awards_sixthman.html| access-date = June 2, 2008| publisher = Turner Sports Interactive, Inc| work = NBA.com| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120202084356/http://www.nba.com/history/awards_sixthman.html| archive-date = February 2, 2012| url-status = dead}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/smoy.html|title=Sixth Man of the Year Award Winners|access-date=July 11, 2008|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=basketball-reference.com}}
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