NBA Sixth Man of the Year
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Sidebar or footer Template:Infobox sports award 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.[1] The 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.[2]
Bobby Jones was the inaugural winner of the award for the 1982–83 NBA season. The 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, Ricky Pierce and Detlef Schrempf won the award twice. McHale, Toni Kukoč, Bobby Jones, Bill Walton, and Manu Ginóbili are the only Hall of Famers who have won the award; Walton, along with James Harden, are the only award winners to have earned NBA MVP honors in their careers.[3] Manu Ginóbili is the only award winner to be named to an All-NBA team in the same season. Mike Miller and Malcolm Brogdon are the only award winners to have also won NBA Rookie of the Year.
Manu Ginóbili, Detlef Schrempf, Leandro Barbosa, Toni Kukoč, and 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.[4] 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, and Gordon was raised in Mount Vernon, New York and went on to play in college at Connecticut.
Winners
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| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in the NBA |
| * | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| † | Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame considerationTemplate:Efn |
| 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 |
| Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982–83 | Script error: No such module "Sort".* | Power forward | Script error: No such module "flag". | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1983–84 | Script error: No such module "Sort".* | Power forward | Template:Flagu | Boston Celtics |
| 1984–85 | Script error: No such module "Sort".* (2) | Power forward | Template:Flagu | Boston Celtics (2) |
| 1985–86 | Script error: No such module "Sort".* | Center | Template:Flagu | Boston Celtics (3) |
| 1986–87 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1987–88 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Power forward | Template:Flagu | Dallas Mavericks |
| 1988–89 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Small forward | Template:Flagu | Phoenix Suns |
| 1989–90 | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Milwaukee Bucks (2) |
| 1990–91 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Power forward | Script error: No such module "flag". | Indiana Pacers |
| 1991–92 | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) | Power forward | Template:Flagu | Indiana Pacers (2) |
| 1992–93 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Power forward | Script error: No such module "flag". | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1993–94 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Charlotte Hornets |
| 1994–95 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Power forward | Template:Flagu | New York Knicks |
| 1995–96 | Script error: No such module "Sort".* | Small forward | Script error: No such module "flag". | Chicago Bulls |
| 1996–97 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | New York Knicks (2) |
| 1997–98 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Power forward | Template:Flagu | Phoenix Suns (2) |
| 1998–99 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Point guard | Template:Flagu | Orlando Magic |
| 1999–00 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Power forward | Template:Flagu | Phoenix Suns (3) |
| 2000–01 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Philadelphia 76ers (2) |
| 2001–02 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Small forward | Template:Flagu | Detroit Pistons |
| 2002–03 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Point guard | Template:Flagu | Sacramento Kings |
| 2003–04 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Small forward | Template:Flagu | Dallas Mavericks (2) |
| 2004–05 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Shooting guard | Script error: No such module "flag".[lower-alpha 1] | Chicago Bulls (2) |
| 2005–06 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Memphis Grizzlies |
| 2006–07 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Shooting guard | Script error: No such module "flag". | Phoenix Suns (4) |
| 2007–08 | Script error: No such module "Sort".* | Shooting guard | Script error: No such module "flag". | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2008–09 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Dallas Mavericks (3) |
| 2009–10 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Atlanta Hawks |
| 2010–11 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Power forward | Template:Flagu | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2011–12 | Script error: No such module "Sort".^ | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2012–13 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | New York Knicks (3) |
| 2013–14 | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 2014–15 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Toronto Raptors |
| 2015–16 | Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Los Angeles Clippers (2) |
| 2016–17 | Script error: No such module "Sort".^ | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Houston Rockets |
| 2017–18 | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Los Angeles Clippers (3) |
| 2018–19 | Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Los Angeles Clippers (4) |
| 2019–20 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Center | Template:Flagu | Los Angeles Clippers (5) |
| 2020–21 | Script error: No such module "Sort".^ | Shooting guard | Script error: No such module "flag".[lower-alpha 2] | Utah Jazz |
| 2021–22 | Script error: No such module "Sort".^ | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Miami Heat |
| 2022–23 | Script error: No such module "Sort".† | Shooting guard | Template:Flagu | Boston Celtics (4) |
| 2023–24 | Script error: No such module "Sort".^ | Center | Template:Flagu | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 2024–25 | Script error: No such module "Sort".^ | Point guard | Template:Flagu | Boston Celtics (5) |
Multi-time winners
Teams
See also
Notes
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