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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. 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.

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. 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. 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

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Team
1982–83	Bobby Jones*	Power forward	United States	Philadelphia 76ers
1983–84	Kevin McHale*	Power forward	United States	Boston Celtics
1984–85	Kevin McHale* (2)	Power forward	United States	Boston Celtics (2)
1985–86	Bill Walton*	Center	United States	Boston Celtics (3)
1986–87	Ricky Pierce	Shooting guard	United States	Milwaukee Bucks
1987–88	Roy Tarpley	Power forward	United States	Dallas Mavericks
1988–89	Eddie Johnson	Small forward	United States	Phoenix Suns
1989–90	Ricky Pierce (2)	Shooting guard	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (2)
1990–91	Detlef Schrempf	Power forward	Germany	Indiana Pacers
1991–92	Detlef Schrempf (2)	Power forward	Germany	Indiana Pacers (2)
1992–93	Clifford Robinson	Power forward	United States	Portland Trail Blazers
1993–94	Dell Curry	Shooting guard	United States	Charlotte Hornets
1994–95	Anthony Mason	Power forward	United States	New York Knicks
1995–96	Toni Kukoč*	Small forward	Croatia	Chicago Bulls
1996–97	John Starks	Shooting guard	United States	New York Knicks (2)
1997–98	Danny Manning	Power forward	United States	Phoenix Suns (2)
1998–99	Darrell Armstrong	Point guard	United States	Orlando Magic
1999–00	Rodney Rogers	Power forward	United States	Phoenix Suns (3)
2000–01	Aaron McKie	Shooting guard	United States	Philadelphia 76ers (2)
2001–02	Corliss Williamson	Small forward	United States	Detroit Pistons
2002–03	Bobby Jackson	Point guard	United States	Sacramento Kings
2003–04	Antawn Jamison	Small forward	United States	Dallas Mavericks (2)
2004–05	Ben Gordon	Shooting guard	United States	Chicago Bulls (2)
2005–06	Mike Miller	Shooting guard	United States	Memphis Grizzlies
2006–07	Leandro Barbosa	Shooting guard	Brazil	Phoenix Suns (4)
2007–08	Manu Ginóbili*	Shooting guard	Argentina	San Antonio Spurs
2008–09	Jason Terry	Shooting guard	United States	Dallas Mavericks (3)
2009–10	Jamal Crawford	Shooting guard	United States	Atlanta Hawks
2010–11	Lamar Odom	Power forward	United States	Los Angeles Lakers
2011–12	James Harden^	Shooting guard	United States	Oklahoma City Thunder
2012–13	J. R. Smith	Shooting guard	United States	New York Knicks (3)
2013–14	Jamal Crawford (2)	Shooting guard	United States	Los Angeles Clippers
2014–15	Lou Williams	Shooting guard	United States	Toronto Raptors
2015–16	Jamal Crawford (3)	Shooting guard	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (2)
2016–17	Eric Gordon^	Shooting guard	United States	Houston Rockets
2017–18	Lou Williams (2)	Shooting guard	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (3)
2018–19	Lou Williams (3)	Shooting guard	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (4)
2019–20	Montrezl Harrell	Center	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (5)
2020–21	Jordan Clarkson^	Shooting guard	Philippines	Utah Jazz
2021–22	Tyler Herro^	Shooting guard	United States	Miami Heat
2022–23	Malcolm Brogdon^	Shooting guard	United States	Boston Celtics (4)
2023–24	Naz Reid^	Center	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves

Multi-time winners

Awards	Player	Team(s)	Years
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

Teams

See also

• NBA records
• Sports portal

Notes

1. A player is not eligible for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame until he has been fully retired for three calendar years.
2. Ben Gordon holds both American and British citizenship as he was born in England but was raised in the United States.
3. Jordan Clarkson was born in the United States but naturalized Filipino. He represents the Philippines in international games.

References

General

• "NBA postseason awards: Sixth Man Award". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
• "Sixth Man of the Year Award Winners". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 11, 2008.

Specific

1. "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 November 4, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
2. "NBA & ABA Sixth Man of the Year Award Winners". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
3. "Most Valuable Player". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
4. "Gordon Wins NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award". NBA.com/Chicago Bulls. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. May 3, 2005. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
5. "First Person: Ben Gordon, Bulls Guard". Sports Illustrated. November 13, 2006. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2008.
6. "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.

• NBA awards
• NBA lists
• Awards established in 1983