Basketball Bundesliga Best Defender

The Basketball Bundesliga Best Defender (German: Bester Verteidiger) is an annual Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) award given since the 2002–03 season to the league's best defensive player.

Winners

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has won the award

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Season	Player	Position^[a]	Nat.	Team	Ref(s)
2002–03	Quadre Lollis	PF		ALBA Berlin
2003–04	Oluoma Nnamaka	SF		Telekom Baskets Bonn
2004–05	Koko Archibong	SF	^[b]	GHP Bamberg
2004–05	Matej Mamić	SF		ALBA Berlin
2005–06	Koko Archibong (2)	SF	^[b]	GHP Bamberg
2006–07	Immanuel McElroy	SG		ALBA Berlin
2007–08	Immanuel McElroy (2)	SG		ALBA Berlin
2008–09	Immanuel McElroy (3)	SG		ALBA Berlin
2009–10	Immanuel McElroy (4)	SG		ALBA Berlin	^[1]
2010–11	Immanuel McElroy (5)	SG		ALBA Berlin	^[1]
2011–12	Anton Gavel	SG	^[c]	Brose Baskets	^[2]
2012–13	Anton Gavel (2)	SG	^[c]	Brose Baskets	^[3]
2013–14	Cliff Hammonds	PG		ALBA Berlin	^[4]
2014–15	Cliff Hammonds (2)	PG		ALBA Berlin	^[5]
2015–16	Quantez Robertson	SG		Fraport Skyliners	^[6]
2016–17	Daniel Theis	C		Brose Bamberg	^[7]

Notes

^ The player's primary position is listed.
^ ^a ^b Koko Archibong also owns American nationality.
^ ^a ^b Anton Gavel also owns Slovak nationality.

References

^ ^a ^b "Jenkins als bester Offensiv-, McElroy als bester Defensivspieler ausgezeichnet". Schoenen-dunk.de. 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
^ "Zirbes, Gavel und Wood ausgezeichnet". Crossover-online.de. 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
^ "Anton Gavel ist bester Verteidiger". inFranken.de. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
^ "Hammonds zum besten Defensiv-Spieler gekürt". Bz-berlin.de. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
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^ "Nächste Auszeichnung: Raymar Morgan ist „Bester Offensivspieler" / Daniel Theis zum „Besten Verteidiger" gekürt". easycredit-bbl.de. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.

External links

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[1] The player's primary position is listed.

[archibong-2] Koko Archibong also owns American nationality.

[gavel-4] Anton Gavel also owns Slovak nationality.

[schoenen-dunk1-3] "Jenkins als bester Offensiv-, McElroy als bester Defensivspieler ausgezeichnet". Schoenen-dunk.de. 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-29.

[5] "Zirbes, Gavel und Wood ausgezeichnet". Crossover-online.de. 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-29.

[6] "Anton Gavel ist bester Verteidiger". inFranken.de. Retrieved 2014-04-29.

[7] "Hammonds zum besten Defensiv-Spieler gekürt". Bz-berlin.de. Retrieved 2014-04-29.

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[10] "Nächste Auszeichnung: Raymar Morgan ist „Bester Offensivspieler" / Daniel Theis zum „Besten Verteidiger" gekürt". easycredit-bbl.de. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.

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