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