Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks has been named the WNBA's Defensive Player of the Year.
DPOY 🤝 CP3
— WNBA (@WNBA) September 24, 2020
In her 13th #WNBA Season, @Candace_Parker averaged a league-leading 9.7 RPG alongside 1.23 BPG and 1.18 SPG ‼ pic.twitter.com/sG2BP2JWFo
It's Parker's first Defensive Player of the Year nod after capturing the WNBA's MVP award in 2008 and 2013. The 34-year-old forward led the league in rebounding this season, the first time she's topped the circuit in boards per game since 2015.