2025-26 - Sixth Man of the Year
Last Update: Sept. 26, 2026, 3:23 a.m.
Eligibility: must come off the bench in more games than he starts.
Model Type: CatBoost Regression Model.
Target: Vote share scaled to sum to 1 by season.
Prediction: Vote share scaled to sum to 1.
| Name |
Eligibility |
Predicted Vote Share |
Actual Vote Share |
Actual Winner |
| Keldon Johnson |
|
0.346
|
0.449 |
|
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. |
|
0.202
|
0.368 |
|
| Reed Sheppard |
|
0.117
|
0.031 |
|
| Naz Reid |
|
0.103
|
0.047 |
|
| Tim Hardaway Jr. |
|
0.096
|
0.050 |
|
| Ajay Mitchell |
|
0.069
|
0.032 |
|
| Dylan Harper |
|
0.026
|
0.002 |
|