Spurs’ Keldon Johnson named 2025-26 Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year

San Antonio Spurs guard-forward Keldon Johnson has been named the 2025-26 Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year, earning the John Havlicek Trophy.

• Averaged 13.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in 23.3 minutes as the NBA’s only player to play all 82 games off the bench

• Set a San Antonio franchise record with 1,081 bench points, the second most in the NBA

• Shot 51.9% from the field, his highest mark since his rookie season in 2019-20

• Helped the Spurs finish with the NBA’s second-best record (62-20)

• Second player to win the Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award with San Antonio (Manu Ginóbili, 2007-08)

To be eligible for the Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award, a player had to have come off the bench in more games than he started.

A global media panel of 100 voters selected the winner of the 2025-26 Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award.  The balloting was tabulated by the independent accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP.  The complete voting results are below.