NBA Defensive Players of the Year

2024 — Rudy Gobert, Minnesota

2023 — Jaren Jackson Jr., Memphis

2022 — Marcus Smart, Boston

2021 — Rudy Gobert, Utah

2020 — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee

2019 — Rudy Gobert, Utah

2018 — Rudy Gobert, Utah

2017 — Draymond Green, Golden State

2016 — Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio

2015 — Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio

2014 — Joakim Noah, Chicago

2013 — Marc Gasol, Memphis

2012 — Tyson Chandler, New York

2011 — Dwight Howard, Orlando

2010 — Dwight Howard, Orlando

2009 — Dwight Howard, Orlando

2008 — Kevin Garnett, Boston

2007 — Marcus Camby, Denver

2006 — Ben Wallace, Detroit

2005 — Ben Wallace, Detroit

2004 — Ron Artest, Indiana

2003 — Ben Wallace, Detroit

2002 — Ben Wallace, Detroit

2001 — Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta-Philadelphia

2000 — Alonzo Mourning, Miami

1999 — Alonzo Mourning, Miami

1998 — Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta

1997 — Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta

1996 — Gary Payton, Seattle

1995 — Dikembe Mutombo, Denver

1994 — Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston

1993 — Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston

1992 — David Robinson, San Antonio

1991 — Dennis Rodman, Detroit

1990 — Dennis Rodman, Detroit

1989 — Mark Eaton, Utah

1988 — Michael Jordan, Chicago

1987 — Michael Cooper, L.A. Lakers

1986 — Alvin Robertson, San Antonio

1985 — Mark Eaton, Utah

1984 — Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee

1983 — Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee

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