WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
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The Women's National Basketball Association's Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season -- 1997, to the top defensive player of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States, 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.
Tamika Catchings has won the defensive player of the year award more times than any other player with the record of 5.[1]
Winners
Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA | |
Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Denotes player whose team won championship that year | |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has won |
Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won |
See also
References
- ^ "Saying Goodbye to WNBA Great Tamika Catchings". Retrieved 2016-10-01.
- ^ "WNBA.com: Los Angeles' Lisa Leslie Named 2008 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
- ^ a b c "Sylvia Fowles wins WNBA Defensive Player of the Year". 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
- ^ "Los Angeles' Alana Beard Named 2017 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year". wnba.com. WNBA. September 12, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ "Sparks' Alana Beard Named 2018 Defensive Player Of The Year" (Press release). WNBA. August 30, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ "Seattle's Natasha Howard Named 2019 WNBA Defensive Player Of The Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 11, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- "WNBA Defensive Player of the Year". Retrieved January 19, 2009.