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NBA - Defensive Player of the Year
 | The NBA's Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1982-83 NBA season to the top defensive player of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of 124 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first place vote is worth five points, second place voted are worth three points, and a third-place vote is worth one. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award |
National Basketball Association - Defensive Player of the Year
| Player | Season | Team |
| Evan Mobley | 2024-2025 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Rudy Gobert | 2023-2024 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Jaren Jackson Jr. | 2022-2023 | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Marcus Smart | 2021-2022 | Boston Celtics |
| Rudy Gobert | 2020-2021 | Utah Jazz |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 2019-2020 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Rudy Gobert | 2018-2019 | Utah Jazz |
| Rudy Gobert | 2017-2018 | Utah Jazz |
| Draymond Green | 2016-2017 | Golden State Warriors |
| Kawhi Leonard | 2015-2016 | San Antonio Spurs |
| Kawhi Leonard | 2014-2015 | San Antonio Spurs |
| Joakim Noah | 2013-2014 | Chicago Bulls |
| Marc Gasol | 2012-2013 | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Tyson Chandler | 2011-2012 | New York Knicks |
| Dwight Howard | 2010-2011 | Orlando Magic |
| Dwight Howard | 2009-2010 | Orlando Magic |
| Dwight Howard | 2008-2009 | Orlando Magic |
| Kevin Garnett | 2007-2008 | Boston Celtics |
| Marcus Camby | 2006-2007 | Denver Nuggets |
| Ben Wallace | 2005-2006 | Detroit Pistons |
| Ben Wallace | 2004-2005 | Detroit Pistons |
| Metta World Peace | 2003-2004 | Indiana Pacers |
| Ben Wallace | 2002-2003 | Detroit Pistons |
| Ben Wallace | 2001-2002 | Detroit Pistons |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 2000-2001 | Detroit Pistons |
| Alonzo Mourning | 1999-2000 | Miami Heat |
| Alonzo Mourning | 1998-1999 | Miami Heat |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 1997-1998 | Atlanta Hawks |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 1996-1997 | Atlanta Hawks |
| Gary Payton | 1995-1996 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 1994-1995 | Denver Nuggets |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 1993-1994 | Houston Rockets |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 1992-1993 | Houston Rockets |
| David Robinson | 1991-1992 | San Antonio Spurs |
| Dennis Rodman | 1990-1991 | Detroit Pistons |
| Dennis Rodman | 1989-1990 | Detroit Pistons |
| Mark Eaton | 1988-1989 | Utah Jazz |
| Michael Jordan | 1987-1988 | Chicago Bulls |
| Michael Cooper | 1986-1987 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Alvin Robertson | 1985-1986 | San Antonio Spurs |
| Mark Eaton | 1984-1985 | Utah Jazz |
| Sidney Moncrief | 1983-1984 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Sidney Moncrief | 1982-1983 | Milwaukee Bucks |