NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award

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Michael Jordan is one of the four players to have won both an MVP and a Defensive Player of the Year award in their career.
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David Robinson won the award in the 1991–92 NBA season.
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Dwight Howard has won the award three consecutive times in his career.

The National Basketball Association'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; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.[1][2]

Since its inception, the award has been given to 16 different players. Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace each won the award four times,[3], Dwight Howard has won it three times, while Sidney Moncrief, Mark Eaton, Dennis Rodman, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Alonzo Mourning have each won it twice. The most recent award recipient is Dwight Howard, who is also the youngest player to win and the only player to win the award three consecutive times.[4][5] Michael Jordan,[6] David Robinson,[7] Hakeem Olajuwon,[8] and Kevin Garnett[2][9] are the only Defensive Player of the Year winners to have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) during their careers; Jordan and Olajuwon won both awards in the same season.[6][8] In Olajuwon's case, he is the only one to have also won the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award and the NBA championship in the same season.[8]

No player trained completely outside the U.S. has won this award. The two winners born outside the country—Mutombo in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Olajuwon in Nigeria—both played U.S. college basketball (Mutombo at Georgetown and Olajuwon at Houston).

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[edit] Winners

^ Denotes player who is still active in the NBA
* Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
Season Player Position Nationality Team
1982–83 Moncrief, SidneySidney Moncrief Guard  United States Milwaukee Bucks
1983–84 Moncrief, SidneySidney Moncrief (2) Guard  United States Milwaukee Bucks
1984–85 Eaton, MarkMark Eaton Center  United States Utah Jazz
1985–86 Robertson, AlvinAlvin Robertson Guard  United States San Antonio Spurs
1986–87 Cooper, MichaelMichael Cooper[b] Guard/Forward  United States Los Angeles Lakers
1987–88 Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan*[a][b] Guard  United States Chicago Bulls
1988–89 Eaton, MarkMark Eaton (2) Center  United States Utah Jazz
1989–90 Rodman, DennisDennis Rodman[b] Forward  United States Detroit Pistons
1990–91 Rodman, DennisDennis Rodman (2)[b] Forward  United States Detroit Pistons
1991–92 Robinson, DavidDavid Robinson*[a][b] Center  United States San Antonio Spurs
1992–93 Olajuwon, HakeemHakeem Olajuwon*[a][b] Center  Nigeria[c] Houston Rockets
1993–94 Olajuwon, HakeemHakeem Olajuwon* (2)[a][b] Center  United States[c] Houston Rockets
1994–95 Mutombo, DikembeDikembe Mutombo Center  Zaire[d] Denver Nuggets
1995–96 Payton, GaryGary Payton[b] Guard  United States Seattle SuperSonics
1996–97 Mutombo, DikembeDikembe Mutombo (2) Center  Zaire[d] Atlanta Hawks
1997–98 Mutombo, DikembeDikembe Mutombo (3) Center  Democratic Republic of the Congo[d] Atlanta Hawks
1998–99 Mourning, AlonzoAlonzo Mourning[b] Center  United States Miami Heat
1999–00 Mourning, AlonzoAlonzo Mourning (2)[b] Center  United States Miami Heat
2000–01 Mutombo, DikembeDikembe Mutombo (4) Center  Democratic Republic of the Congo[d] Philadelphia 76ers
2001–02 Wallace, BenBen Wallace^[b] Center/Forward  United States Detroit Pistons
2002–03 Wallace, BenBen Wallace^ (2)[b] Center/Forward  United States Detroit Pistons
2003–04 Artest, RonRon Artest^[b][e] Forward/Guard  United States Indiana Pacers
2004–05 Wallace, BenBen Wallace^ (3)[b] Center/Forward  United States Detroit Pistons
2005–06 Wallace, BenBen Wallace^ (4)[b] Center/Forward  United States Detroit Pistons
2006–07 Camby, MarcusMarcus Camby^ Center  United States Denver Nuggets
2007–08 Garnett, KevinKevin Garnett^[a][b] Forward  United States Boston Celtics
2008–09 Howard, DwightDwight Howard^ Center  United States Orlando Magic
2009–10 Howard, DwightDwight Howard^ (2) Center  United States Orlando Magic
2010–11 Howard, DwightDwight Howard^ (3) Center  United States Orlando Magic

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

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  1. ^ "Nuggets’ Camby Wins NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. May 1, 2007. http://www.nba.com/news/camby_defensiveplayer_070427.html. Retrieved July 7, 2008. 
  2. ^ a b "Kevin Garnett Wins Defensive Player of the Year Award". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. April 25, 2008. http://www.nba.com/news/garnett_defensive_080422.html. Retrieved July 10, 2008. 
  3. ^ "Ben Wallace Wins Fourth Defensive Player of the Year Award". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. May 8, 2006. http://www.nba.com/news/bwallace_060508.html. Retrieved July 7, 2008. 
  4. ^ "Howard becomes youngest to win Defensive Player of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/2009/news/04/21/defensive.player.of.year.ap/index.html. Retrieved April 21, 2009. 
  5. ^ "Howard wins Kia Defensive Player of Year honors again". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. April 20, 2010. http://www.nba.com/2010/news/04/20/player.of.year.ap/index.html. Retrieved April 20, 2010. 
  6. ^ a b "Michael Jordan Bio". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/players/jordan_bio.html. Retrieved July 10, 2008. 
  7. ^ "David Robinson Bio". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/players/robinson_bio.html. Retrieved July 10, 2008. 
  8. ^ a b c "Hakeem Olajuwon Bio". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/players/olajuwon_bio.html. Retrieved July 10, 2008. 
  9. ^ "Kevin Garnett Bio". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/kevin_garnett/bio.html. Retrieved July 10, 2008. 
  10. ^ "Hakeem Olajuwon Bio: 1992-93". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/hakeem_olajuwon/bio.html. Retrieved June 15, 2008. 
  11. ^ "Democratic Republic of the Congo". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html. Retrieved November 8, 2009. 
  12. ^ "Artest's Name Change to Metta World Peace Approved". The New York Times. September 16, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/09/16/sports/basketball/AP-BKN-Artest-Name-Change.html. Retrieved September 16, 2011. 
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