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NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award

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National Basketball Association awards and honors
Team awards
Individual awards
Honors
Michael Jordan won the award in the 1987–88 NBA season. He also won the league's Most Valuable Player in the same season.
David Robinson won the award in the 1991–92 NBA season.
Kevin Garnett won the award in the 2007–08 NBA season.

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 14 different players. Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace each won the award four times,[3] while Mark Eaton, Sidney Moncrief, Alonzo Mourning, Dennis Rodman and Hakeem Olajuwon have each won it twice. The most recent award winner was Kevin Garnett.[2] Michael Jordan,[4] Hakeem Olajuwon,[5] David Robinson,[6] and Kevin Garnett[2][7] are the only Defensive Player of the Year winners to have won NBA Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) during their careers; Jordan and Olajuwon won both awards in the same season.[4][5]

Winners

† Denotes player who is still active
* Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame
Season Player Nationality Team
1982–83 Sidney Moncrief  United States Milwaukee Bucks
1983–84 Sidney Moncrief  United States Milwaukee Bucks
1984–85 Mark Eaton  United States Utah Jazz
1985–86 Alvin Robertson  United States San Antonio Spurs
1986–87 Michael Cooper[b]  United States Los Angeles Lakers
1987–88 Michael Jordan[a]  United States Chicago Bulls
1988–89 Mark Eaton  United States Utah Jazz
1989–90 Dennis Rodman  United States Detroit Pistons
1990–91 Dennis Rodman  United States Detroit Pistons
1991–92 David Robinson[a]  United States San Antonio Spurs
1992–93 Hakeem Olajuwon*[a]  Nigeria[c] Houston Rockets
1993–94 Hakeem Olajuwon*[a][b]  Nigeria/ United States[c] Houston Rockets
1994–95 Dikembe Mutombo†  Democratic Republic of the Congo Denver Nuggets
1995–96 Gary Payton  United States Seattle SuperSonics
1996–97 Dikembe Mutombo†  Democratic Republic of the Congo Atlanta Hawks
1997–98 Dikembe Mutombo†  Democratic Republic of the Congo Atlanta Hawks
1998–99 Alonzo Mourning†  United States Miami Heat
1999–00 Alonzo Mourning†  United States Miami Heat
2000–01 Dikembe Mutombo†  Democratic Republic of the Congo Philadelphia 76ers
2001–02 Ben Wallace†  United States Detroit Pistons
2002–03 Ben Wallace†  United States Detroit Pistons
2003–04 Ron Artest†  United States Indiana Pacers
2004–05 Ben Wallace†  United States Detroit Pistons
2005–06 Ben Wallace†  United States Detroit Pistons
2006–07 Marcus Camby†  United States Denver Nuggets
2007–08 Kevin Garnett†[a][b]  United States Boston Celtics

Notes

References

General
  • "Defensive Player of the Year". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  • "Defensive Player of the Year Award Winners". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
Specific
  1. ^ "Nuggets' Camby Wins NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award". NBA.com. 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2008-07-07. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Kevin Garnett Wins Defensive Player of the Year Award". NBA.com. 2008-04-25. Retrieved 2008-07-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ "Ben Wallace Wins Fourth Defensive Player of the Year Award". NBA.com. 2006-05-08. Retrieved 2008-07-07. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ a b "Michael Jordan Bio". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-07-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ a b "Hakeem Olajuwon Bio". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-07-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. ^ "David Robinson Bio". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-07-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ "Kevin Garnett Bio". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-07-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ "Hakeem Olajuwon Bio: 1992-93". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
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