NBA Sixth Man of the Year

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:NBA Awards 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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, and Gordon was raised in Mount Vernon, New York and went on to play in college at Connecticut.

Winners

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Detlef Schrempf was the first non-American to receive the award and won it twice.

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Manu Ginóbili won the award in the 2007–08 NBA season.

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Jamal Crawford has won the award a record three times.

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Lou Williams has won the award a record three times.

^	Denotes player who is still active in the NBA
*	Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname*	Power forward	Template:USA	Philadelphia 76ers
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname*	Power forward	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname* (2)	Power forward	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics (2)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname*	Center	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics (3)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Milwaukee Bucks
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Power forward	Template:Flagu	Dallas Mavericks
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Small forward	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname (2)	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Milwaukee Bucks (2)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Power forward	Template:GER	Indiana Pacers
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname (2)	Power forward	Template:Flagu	Indiana Pacers (2)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Power forward	Template:USA	Portland Trail Blazers
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Charlotte Hornets
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Power forward	Template:Flagu	New York Knicks
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname*	Small forward	Template:CRO	Chicago Bulls
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	New York Knicks (2)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Power forward	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns (2)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Point guard	Template:Flagu	Orlando Magic
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Power forward	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns (3)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Philadelphia 76ers (2)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Small forward	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Point guard	Template:Flagu	Sacramento Kings
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Small forward	Template:Flagu	Dallas Mavericks (2)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Shooting guard	Template:GBR<ref group="lower-alpha">Ben Gordon holds both American and British citizenship as he was born in England but was raised in the United States.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref></ref>	Chicago Bulls (2)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Memphis Grizzlies
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Shooting guard	Template:BRA	Phoenix Suns (4)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname*	Shooting guard	Template:ARG	San Antonio Spurs
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Dallas Mavericks (3)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Atlanta Hawks
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Power forward	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname^	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Oklahoma City Thunder
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	New York Knicks (3)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname (2)	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Clippers
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Toronto Raptors
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname (3)	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Clippers (2)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname^	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Houston Rockets
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname (2)	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Clippers (3)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname (3)	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Clippers (4)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname	Center	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Clippers (5)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname^	Shooting guard	Template:USA<ref group="lower-alpha">Jordan Clarkson was born in the United States but naturalized Filipino. He represents the Philippines in international games.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref></ref>	Utah Jazz
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname^	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Miami Heat
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname^	Shooting guard	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics (4)
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname^	Center	Template:Flagu	Minnesota Timberwolves
Template:Nbay	Template:Sortname^	Point guard	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics (5)

Multi-time winners

Awards	Player	Team(s)	Years
3	Template:Flagicon Lou Williams	Toronto Raptors	Template:Nbay
		Los Angeles Clippers (2)	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay
	Template:Flagicon Jamal Crawford	Atlanta Hawks	Template:Nbay
		Los Angeles Clippers (2)	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay
2	Template:Flagicon Kevin McHale	Boston Celtics	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay
	Template:Flagicon Ricky Pierce	Milwaukee Bucks	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay
	Template:Flagicon Detlef Schrempf	Indiana Pacers	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay

Teams

Awards	Teams	Years
5	Boston Celtics	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay
	Los Angeles Clippers	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay
4	Phoenix Suns	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay
3	Dallas Mavericks	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay
	New York Knicks	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay
2	Indiana Pacers	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay
	Philadelphia 76ers	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay
	Milwaukee Bucks	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay
	Chicago Bulls	Template:Nbay, Template:Nbay
1	Portland Trail Blazers	Template:Nbay
	Charlotte Hornets	Template:Nbay
	Orlando Magic	Template:Nbay
	Detroit Pistons	Template:Nbay
	Sacramento Kings	Template:Nbay
	Memphis Grizzlies	Template:Nbay
	San Antonio Spurs	Template:Nbay
	Atlanta Hawks	Template:Nbay
	Los Angeles Lakers	Template:Nbay
	Oklahoma City Thunder	Template:Nbay
	Toronto Raptors	Template:Nbay
	Houston Rockets	Template:Nbay
	Utah Jazz	Template:Nbay
	Miami Heat	Template:Nbay
	Minnesota Timberwolves	Template:Nbay
None	Brooklyn Nets
	Denver Nuggets
	New Orleans Pelicans
	Washington Wizards
	Cleveland Cavaliers
	Golden State Warriors

See also

• NBA records
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References

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