NBA Awards 2025-26: Rolling List of Winners for Basketball’s Top Annual Honors

SGA is your Clutch Player of the Year.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander smiles ahead of a Thunder game against the 76ers. | Bill Streicher-Imagn Images

We're closing in on the end of the 2025–26 NBA campaign, which means that end-of-season awards are right around the corner. But unlike other leagues, the NBA’s award rollout is piecemeal, meaning the winners of each award are not announced all at once.

Indeed, rather than reveal who won what at one big ceremony, the NBA will share awards voting results over the next few weeks, ending with the coveted Most Valuable Player announcement during the conference finals.

Below, we’ve outlined everything we know, including the winners already announced. And we’ll keep this page updated throughout the postseason, so you can easily return to see what's new, and even analyze the voting results where applicable.

NBA Award Winners 2025–26:

Note: The below chart will be updated as winners are announced.

Award	Date Announced	Winner	Finalists	Link to Full Voting Results, if Available
Defensive Player of the Year	April 20	Victor Wembanyama	Victor Wembanyama; Chet Holmgren; Ausar Thompson	Link
Clutch Player of the Year	April 21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Anthony Edwards; Jamal Murray; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Link
Sixth Man of the Year	April 22	TBD	Keldon Johnson; Jaime Jacquez Jr.; Tim Hardaway Jr.	TBD
Sportsmanship Award	April 23	TBD	Bam Adebayo; Harrison Barnes; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander; Al Horford; T.J. McConnell; Derrick White	TBD
Most Improved Player	April 24	TBD	Nickeil Walker-Alexander; Deni Avdija; Jalen Duren	TBD
Rookie of the Year	TBD	TBD	Cooper Flagg; Kon Knueppel; VJ Edgecombe	TBD
Coach of the Year	TBD	TBD	J.B. Bickerstaff; Joe Mazzulla; Mitch Johnson	TBD
Teammate of the Year	TBD	TBD	Click here for a full list of finalists.	TBD
MVP	TBD	TBD	Nikola Jokić; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander; Victor Wembanyama	TBD
Executive of the Year	TBD	TBD	Not announced.	N/A
Hustle Award	TBD	TBD	Not announced.	N/A
Social Justice Champion	TBD	TBD	Not announced.	N/A

On Monday, April 20, Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama was named the 2025–26 Defensive Player of the Year; for the first time in NBA history, the vote was unanimous. The 22-year-old Wembanyama is also the youngest player ever to receive the award.

Next up, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander—the reigning MVP and Thunder guard—won the league’s Clutch Player of the Year Award, as announced ahead of Game 2 of the 76ers and Celtics first-round series on Tuesday. SGA led the NBA with 175 total clutch points and 6.5 points per game in clutch time, which is defined as games within five points in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter of OT.

When will the remaining awards be announced?

Three-time MVP Nikola Jokić and last year’s winner, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, are two of the leading candidates for this year’s award. | Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images

We do not yet know when any of the awards listed as TBD will be announced, as the NBA has not revealed as much. That said, we can use the timeline of last year's announcements to triangulate when we might expect to hear.

For example, the 2024–25 MVP award was given to Gilgeous-Alexander ahead of Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals; this year’s reveal is likely to follow suit.

For more on the 2025–26 awards schedule, click here.

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