NBA Sixth Man of the Year

Lou Williams (tied, 3) 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	*	*	* (2)	*	(2)	(2)	*	*	^	(2)	(3)	^	(2)	(3)	^	^	†	^	^
	Power forward		Philadelphia 76ers
	Power forward	United States	Boston Celtics
	Power forward	United States	Boston Celtics (2)
	Center	United States	Boston Celtics (3)
	Shooting guard	United States	Milwaukee Bucks
	Power forward	United States	Dallas Mavericks
	Small forward	United States	Phoenix Suns
	Shooting guard	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (2)
	Power forward		Indiana Pacers
	Power forward	Germany	Indiana Pacers (2)
	Power forward		Portland Trail Blazers
	Shooting guard	United States	Charlotte Hornets
	Power forward	United States	New York Knicks
	Small forward		Chicago Bulls
	Shooting guard	United States	New York Knicks (2)
	Power forward	United States	Phoenix Suns (2)
	Point guard	United States	Orlando Magic
	Power forward	United States	Phoenix Suns (3)
	Shooting guard	United States	Philadelphia 76ers (2)
	Small forward	United States	Detroit Pistons
	Point guard	United States	Sacramento Kings
	Small forward	United States	Dallas Mavericks (2)
	Shooting guard		Chicago Bulls (2)
	Shooting guard	United States	Memphis Grizzlies
	Shooting guard		Phoenix Suns (4)
	Shooting guard		San Antonio Spurs
	Shooting guard	United States	Dallas Mavericks (3)
	Shooting guard	United States	Atlanta Hawks
	Power forward	United States	Los Angeles Lakers
	Shooting guard	United States	Oklahoma City Thunder
	Shooting guard	United States	New York Knicks (3)
	Shooting guard	United States	Los Angeles Clippers
	Shooting guard	United States	Toronto Raptors
	Shooting guard	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (2)
	Shooting guard	United States	Houston Rockets
	Shooting guard	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (3)
	Shooting guard	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (4)
		Center	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (5)
	Shooting guard		Utah Jazz
	Shooting guard	United States	Miami Heat
	Shooting guard	United States	Boston Celtics (4)
	Center	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves
	Point guard	United States	Boston Celtics (5)