The National Basketball League Best Sixth Man is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the 1996 NBL season to the best performing reserve player of the regular season. At the season's end, each club nominates one player for the award with the head coach, one assistant coach and the team captain then voting in a 3-2-1 format (3 votes being indicative of the most deserving). Voters are not allowed to vote for players from their own team.^[1]

Winners

Year Player Nationality Team 1996 Mike McKay  Australia Brisbane Bullets 1997 Ben Pepper  Australia Newcastle Falcons 1998 Jason Smith  Australia South East Melbourne Magic 1998–99 Bruce Bolden  United States West Sydney Razorbacks 1999–2000 Ben Knight  Australia Townsville Crocodiles 2000–01 Chris Anstey  Australia Victoria Titans 2001–02 Jamahl Mosley  United States Victoria Titans 2002–03 Stephen Black  Australia Perth Wildcats 2003–04 Darryl McDonald  Australia Melbourne Tigers 2004–05 Brad Newley  Australia Townsville Crocodiles 2005–06 Stephen Hoare  Australia Melbourne Tigers 2006–07 Stephen Hoare (2)  Australia Melbourne Tigers 2007–08 Dontaye Draper  United States Sydney Kings 2008–09 Phill Jones  New Zealand New Zealand Breakers 2009–10 Erron Maxey  United States Gold Coast Blaze 2010–11 Kevin Braswell  United States New Zealand Breakers 2011–12 Jesse Wagstaff  Australia Perth Wildcats 2012–13 Adris De León  Dominican Republic Wollongong Hawks 2013–14 Kevin Tiggs  United States Wollongong Hawks 2014–15 Cameron Tragardh  Australia Cairns Taipans 2015–16 Hakim Warrick  United States Melbourne United 2016–17 Rotnei Clarke  United States Illawarra Hawks 2017–18 Ramone Moore  United States Adelaide 36ers 2018–19 Reuben Te Rangi  New Zealand Brisbane Bullets 2019–20 Jason Cadee  Australia Brisbane Bullets 2020–21 Jo Lual-Acuil  South Sudan Melbourne United 2021–22 Shea Ili  New Zealand Melbourne United 2022–23 Barry Brown Jr.  United States New Zealand Breakers

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