Nikola Jokic Strikes significant figure at NBA Clutch Player of the Year rankings.

On Thursday, the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry was named the 2023–24 Kia NBA Clutch Player of the Year.

Along with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder and DeMar DeRozan of the Chicago Bulls, the four-time NBA champion was one of the finalists. He finished ahead of De’Aaron Fox, the first recipient of the Jerry West Trophy, with 298 total points, including 45 votes in the top spot. Gilgeous-Alexander finished third with 160 points, behind DeRozan in second place with 272.

Nikola Jokic appeared in fourth position among the 15 players that were chosen by a panel of media members. The Denver Nuggets’ Serbian superstar scored 85 points and was nominated four times for first place.

Sitting sixth on the list was Luka Doncic. The Slovenian leader of the Dallas Mavericks finished with 16 points, including one vote as the most clutch player of the 2023-24 NBA Regular Season. Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks was one of the four players sneaking in with one point.

Beyond Europeans, Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks with 26 points was fifth, Kyrie Irving followed his Mavs teammate Doncic and sat sixth with 14 points, Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves got six points, Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics drew five points, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers went for three points, and Damian Lillard of the Bucks had two points. Fox of the Sacramento Kings went from winner to one point, tied with the Greek Freak, teammate Malik Monk, and Jalen Williams of the Thunder