NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
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| Sport | Basketball |
| League | National Basketball Association |
| Awarded for | Best performing non-starting player in regular season of the National Basketball Association |
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| First award | 1982–83 |
| Most wins | Jamal Crawford Lou Williams (tied, 3) |
| Most recent | Jordan Clarkson Utah Jazz |
The National Basketball Association's Sixth Man of the Year Award 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.
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]
Since its inception, the award has been given to 30 players. The most recent recipient is Jordan Clarkson. Jamal Crawford and Lou Williams are the only three time winners of the award. Kevin McHale, Ricky Pierce and Detlef Schrempf have won the award twice. Bobby Jones was the inaugural winner of the award for the 1982–83 NBA season. McHale, Toni Kukoč, Bobby Jones, and Bill Walton 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.
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[]
| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in the NBA |
| * | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has received the award |
Multi-time winners[]
| Awards | Player | Team(s) | Years |
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| 3 | Lou Williams | Toronto Raptors | 2015 |
| Los Angeles Clippers (2) | 2018, 2019 | ||
| Jamal Crawford | Atlanta Hawks | 2010 | |
| Los Angeles Clippers (2) | 2014, 2016 | ||
| 2 | Kevin McHale | Boston Celtics | 1984, 1985 |
| Ricky Pierce | Milwaukee Bucks | 1987, 1990 | |
| Detlef Schrempf | Indiana Pacers | 1991, 1992 |
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See also[]
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References[]
- General
- "NBA postseason awards: Sixth Man Award". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
- "Sixth Man of the Year Award Winners". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
- Specific
- ^ "Ginobili Wins 2007-08 Sixth Man of the Year Award Presented by Kia Motors". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. April 21, 2008. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
- ^ "NBA & ABA Sixth Man of the Year Award Winners". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ "Most Valuable Player". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
- ^ "Gordon Wins NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award". NBA.com/Chicago Bulls. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. May 3, 2005. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
- ^ "First Person: Ben Gordon, Bulls Guard". Sports Illustrated. November 13, 2006. Retrieved August 14, 2008.
- ^ "Change of plans, NBA clears Jordan Clarkson to play in Asian Games". sports.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- National Basketball Association awards
- National Basketball Association lists
- Awards established in 1983