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NBA Awards Schedule 2026: Every Date For All the Major Honors
It's hard to believe that the 2025-26 NBA season is nearing its conclusion ... but, as the roll-out of end-of-season awards always suggests, this year's campaign is heading towards its grand finale.
On April 19, the league revealed the finalists for its major accolades, like Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year and more. Plenty of those prizes came in throughout April and mid-May, and all that's left to award at this point is Coach of the Year.
Let's run through the full schedule below:
2025-26 NBA awards announcement schedule
The NBA announced the winners of awards such as Defensive Player of the Year, Clutch Player of the Year, and Rookie of the Year on a rolling basis throughout April.
As of this writing, the only award left to announce is Coach of the Year. Most notably, on May 17, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was announced as the 2025-26 MVP; it is the Thunder guard's second consecutive win. He beat out fellow finalists Nuggets center Nikola Jokić and Spurs center Victor Wembanyama for the top honor.
Award | Date | Time | Channel | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Defensive Player of the Year | April 20 | 6 p.m. ET | Peacock, NBC Sports | Victor Wembanyama |
Clutch Player of the Year | April 21 | 6 p.m. ET | Peacock, NBC Sports | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander |
Sixth Man of the Year | April 22 | 6 p.m. ET | ESPN | Keldon Johnson |
Sportsmanship Award | April 23 | 12 p.m. ET | @NBAPR | Derrick White |
Most Improved Player | April 24 | 6:30 p.m. ET | Amazon Prime | Nickeil Alexander-Walker |
Rookie of the Year | April 27 | 7 p.m. ET | Peacock, NBC Sports | Cooper Flagg |
Executive of the Year | April 28 | 1 p.m. ET | @NBAPR | Celtics' Brad Stevens |
Teammate of the Year | April 29 | 1 p.m. ET | @NBAPR | DeAndre Jordan |
Hustle Award | April 30 | 1 p.m. ET | @NBAPR | Moussa Diabaté |
MVP | May 17 | 7:30 p.m. ET | Prime | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander |
Social Justice Champion | May 22 | 7:30 p.m. ET | Peacock | Bam Adebayo |
Coach of the Year | May 26 | 7:30 p.m. ET | Peacock | TBD |
What about the rest of the awards?
Outside of Coach of the Year, which will be announced on May 26, the only remaining honors are the All-Defensive Team and the All-NBA Team. The All-Defensive team was announced on May 22, and the All-NBA Team was announced on May 24.
For a look at both rosters, plus the full list of awards results, click here.
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Brigid Kennedy is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, she covered political news, sporting news and culture at TheWeek.com before moving to Livingetc, an interior design magazine. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, dual majoring in television, radio and film (from the Newhouse School of Public Communications) and marketing managment (from the Whitman School of Management). Offline, she enjoys going to the movies, reading and watching the Steelers.