Barnes finished ahead of Cavs center Evan Mobley and No. 1 pick Cade Cunningham in the voting.
• 2021-22 NBA awards
• NBA Rookie Player of the Year award winners
NEW YORK – Toronto Raptors guard-forward Scottie Barnes has been named the 2021-22 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year, the NBA announced today. He is the third player to win the annual award with Toronto, joining Damon Stoudamire (1995-96) and Vince Carter (1998-99).
The 2021-22 #KiaROY is… Scottie Barnes! #NBAAwards #NBA75 pic.twitter.com/c2kojuWnCY
— NBA (@NBA) April 23, 2022
Barnes received 378 points (48 first-place votes) from a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. Cleveland Cavaliers forward-center Evan Mobley finished in second place with 363 points (43 first-place votes). The 15-point difference between the first- and second-place finishers marks the smallest margin in NBA Rookie of the Year balloting under the current voting format, which began with the 2002-03 season.
Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham finished in third place with 153 points (nine first-place votes). Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote.
Barnes averaged 15.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.08 steals and 0.74 blocks in 35.4 minutes in 74 games, leading all rookies in minutes, ranking third in points and rebounds and finishing fifth in assists, steals and blocks. He is the sixth rookie to average at least 15.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.00 steals and 0.70 blocks in a season since steals and blocks became official statistics in the 1973-74 season, joining Alvan Adams (1975-76), Lionel Simmons (1990-91), Chris Webber (1993-94), Lamar Odom (1999-00) and Ben Simmons (2017-18).
A starter in every game he played, Barnes became the first rookie in Raptors history to record at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 250 assists in a season. He set the franchise rookie record for offensive rebounds with 195, which was a team high and ranked 15th among all NBA players.
Barnes, 20, was named the Kia NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month twice (February and March/April). He was also selected to participate in the Clorox Rising Stars at NBA All-Star 2022. Barnes helped the Raptors improve to 48-34 this season after finishing 27-45 last season, with Toronto earning the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference for the 2022 NBA Playoffs presented by Google Pixel.
On March 18, Barnes posted career highs of 31 points and 17 rebounds to go with six assists against the Los Angeles Lakers, becoming the first rookie to have at least 30 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in a game since Blake Griffin in March 2011. Barnes finished with 28 points, 16 rebounds and five steals against the Brooklyn Nets on Feb. 28, becoming the first rookie to reach 25 points, 15 rebounds and five steals in a game since Shaquille O’Neal in March 1993.
Toronto selected Barnes with the fourth overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. Barnes played one season at Florida State, where he was named the 2020-21 ACC Freshman of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year.
Scottie Barnes lifts his #KiaROY trophy! pic.twitter.com/FKLqqRrEhO
— NBA (@NBA) April 23, 2022
Barnes was presented with a special edition 75th Anniversary commemorative trophy Saturday in celebration of the honor, gifted in addition to the Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Award trophy, which he will receive later. The commemorative trophy, composed of a solid crystal basketball, features the NBA 75 logo 3D laser etched and suspended within its center.
The voting results for the 2021-22 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Award are below. The balloting was tabulated by the independent accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP. Complete ballots for each voter will be posted at PR.NBA.com after the announcement of all end-of-season awards.
The 15-point difference between the NBA Rookie of the Year winner (Scottie Barnes) and the second-place finisher (Evan Mobley) is the smallest margin since the current voting format began 19 years ago.
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— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) April 23, 2022
Below is a year-by-year list of the Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Award winners:
2021-22 — Scottie Barnes, Toronto Raptors (Voting)
2020-21 — LaMelo Ball, Charlotte Hornets (Voting)
2019-20 — Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies (Voting)
2018-19 — Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks (Voting)
2017-18 — Ben Simmons, Philadelphia 76ers (Voting)
2016-17 — Malcolm Brogdon, Milwaukee Bucks (Voting)
2015-16 — Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota Timberwolves (Voting)
2014-15 — Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota TImberwolves
2013-14 — Michael Carter-Williams, Philadelphia 76ers
2012-13 — Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers
2011-12 — Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers
2010-11 — Blake Griffin, LA Clippers
2009-10 — Tyreke Evans, Sacramento Kings
2008-09 — Derrick Rose, Chicago Bulls
2007-08 — Kevin Durant, Seattle SuperSonics
2006-07 — Brandon Roy, Portland Trail Blazers
2005-06 — Chris Paul, New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
2004-05 — Emeka Okafor, Charlotte Bobcats
2003-04 — LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
2002-03 — Amar’e Stoudemire, Phoenix Suns
2001-02 — Pau Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies
2000-01 — Mike Miller, Orlando Magic
1999-00 — Steve Francis, Elton Brand, Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls
1998-99 — Vince Carter, Toronto Raptors
1997-98 — Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
1996-97 — Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers
1995-96 — Damon Stoudamire, Toronto Raptors
1994-95 — Jason Kidd, Grant Hill, Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons
1993-94 — Chris Webber, Golden State Warriors
1992-93 — Shaquille O’Neal, Orlando Magic
1991-92 — Larry Johnson, Charlotte Hornets
1990-91 — Derrick Coleman, New Jersey Nets
1989-90 — David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
1988-89 — Mitch Richmond, Golden State Warriors
1987-88 — Mark Jackson, New York Knicks
1986-87 — Chuck Person, Indiana Pacers
1985-86 — Patrick Ewing, New York Knicks
1984-85 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
1983-84 — Ralph Sampson, Houston Rockets
1982-83 — Terry Cummings, San Diego Clippers
1981-82 — Buck Williams, New Jersey Nets
1980-81 — Darrell Griffith, Utah Jazz
1979-80 — Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
1978-79 — Phil Ford, Kansas City Kings
1977-78 — Walter Davis, Phoenix Suns
1976-77 — Adrian Dantley, Buffalo Braves
1975-76 — Alvan Adams, Phoenix Suns
1974-75 — Jamaal Wilkes, Golden State Warriors
1973-74 — Ernie DiGregorio, Buffalo Braves
1972-73 — Bob McAdoo, Buffalo Braves
1971-72 — Sidney Wicks, Portland Trail Blazers
1970-71 — Geoff Petrie, Dave Cowens, Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics
1969-70 — Lew Alcindor, Milwaukee Bucks
1968-69 — Wes Unseld, Baltimore Bullets
1967-68 — Earl Monroe, Baltimore Bullets
1966-67 — Dave Bing, Detroit Pistons
1965-66 — Rick Barry, San Francisco Warriors
1964-65 — Willis Reed, New York Knicks
1963-64 — Jerry Lucas, Cincinnati Royals
1962-63 — Terry Dischinger, Chicago Zephyrs
1961-62 — Walt Bellamy, Chicago Packers
1960-61 — Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals
1959-60 — Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors
1958-59 — Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis Lakers
1957-58 — Wood Sauldsberry, Philadelphia Warriors
1956-57 — Tom Heinsohn, Boston Celtics
1955-56 — Maurice Stokes, Rochester Royals
1954-55 — Bob Pettit, Milwaukee Hawks
1953-54 — Ray Felix, Baltimore Bullets
1952-53 — Don Meineke, Fort Wayne Pistons