NBA Awards
NBA Sixth Man of the Year
Awarded since 1982–83 to the best player coming off the bench. Winners must have appeared in more games as a substitute than as a starter. Since 2022–23 winners receive the John Havlicek Trophy.
| Season | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Keldon Johnson |
| 2024–25 | Payton Pritchard |
| 2023–24 | Naz Reid |
| 2022–23 | Malcolm Brogdon |
| 2021–22 | Tyler Herro |
| 2020–21 | Jordan Clarkson |
| 2019–20 | Montrezl Harrell |
| 2018–19 | Lou Williams |
| 2017–18 | Ben Simmons |
| 2016–17 | Eric Gordon |
| 2015–16 | Jamal Crawford |
| 2014–15 | Lou Williams |
| 2013–14 | Jamal Crawford |
| 2012–13 | J. R. Smith |
| 2011–12 | James Harden |
| 2010–11 | Lamar Odom |
| 2009–10 | Jamal Crawford |
| 2008–09 | Jason Terry |
| 2007–08 | Manu Ginóbili |
| 2006–07 | Leandro Barbosa |
| 2005–06 | Mike Miller |
| 2004–05 | Ben Gordon |
| 2003–04 | Antawn Jamison |
| 2002–03 | Bobby Jackson |
| 2001–02 | Corliss Williamson |
| 2000–01 | Aaron McKie |
| 1999–00 | Rodney Rogers |
| 1998–99 | Darrell Armstrong |
| 1997–98 | Danny Manning |
| 1996–97 | John Starks |
| 1995–96 | Toni Kukoč |
| 1994–95 | Anthony Mason |
| 1993–94 | Dell Curry |
| 1992–93 | Clifford Robinson |
| 1991–92 | Detlef Schrempf |
| 1990–91 | Detlef Schrempf |
| 1989–90 | Ricky Pierce |
| 1988–89 | Eddie Johnson |
| 1987–88 | Roy Tarpley |
| 1986–87 | Ricky Pierce |
| 1985–86 | Bill Walton |
| 1984–85 | Kevin McHale |
| 1983–84 | Kevin McHale |
| 1982–83 | Bobby Jones |