NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award

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 199192 NBA season.
Dwight Howard at a game
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 198283 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 countryMutombo in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Olajuwon in Nigeriaboth played U.S. college basketball (Mutombo at Georgetown and Olajuwon at Houston).

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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
198283 Moncrief, SidneySidney Moncrief Guard  United States Milwaukee Bucks
198384 Moncrief, SidneySidney Moncrief (2) Guard  United States Milwaukee Bucks
198485 Eaton, MarkMark Eaton Center  United States Utah Jazz
198586 Robertson, AlvinAlvin Robertson Guard  United States San Antonio Spurs
198687 Cooper, MichaelMichael Cooper[b] Guard/Forward  United States Los Angeles Lakers
198788 Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan*[a][b] Guard  United States Chicago Bulls
198889 Eaton, MarkMark Eaton (2) Center  United States Utah Jazz
198990 Rodman, DennisDennis Rodman[b] Forward  United States Detroit Pistons
199091 Rodman, DennisDennis Rodman (2)[b] Forward  United States Detroit Pistons
199192 Robinson, DavidDavid Robinson*[a][b] Center  United States San Antonio Spurs
199293 Olajuwon, HakeemHakeem Olajuwon*[a][b] Center  Nigeria[c] Houston Rockets
199394 Olajuwon, HakeemHakeem Olajuwon* (2)[a][b] Center  United States[c] Houston Rockets
199495 Mutombo, DikembeDikembe Mutombo Center  Zaire[d] Denver Nuggets
199596 Payton, GaryGary Payton[b] Guard  United States Seattle SuperSonics
199697 Mutombo, DikembeDikembe Mutombo (2) Center  Zaire[d] Atlanta Hawks
199798 Mutombo, DikembeDikembe Mutombo (3) Center  Democratic Republic of the Congo[d] Atlanta Hawks
199899 Mourning, AlonzoAlonzo Mourning[b] Center  United States Miami Heat
199900 Mourning, AlonzoAlonzo Mourning (2)[b] Center  United States Miami Heat
200001 Mutombo, DikembeDikembe Mutombo (4) Center  Democratic Republic of the Congo[d] Philadelphia 76ers
200102 Wallace, BenBen Wallace^[b] Center/Forward  United States Detroit Pistons
200203 Wallace, BenBen Wallace^ (2)[b] Center/Forward  United States Detroit Pistons
200304 Artest, RonRon Artest^[b][e] Forward/Guard  United States Indiana Pacers
200405 Wallace, BenBen Wallace^ (3)[b] Center/Forward  United States Detroit Pistons
200506 Wallace, BenBen Wallace^ (4)[b] Center/Forward  United States Detroit Pistons
200607 Camby, MarcusMarcus Camby^ Center  United States Denver Nuggets
200708 Garnett, KevinKevin Garnett^[a][b] Forward  United States Boston Celtics
200809 Howard, DwightDwight Howard^ Center  United States Orlando Magic
200910 Howard, DwightDwight Howard^ (2) Center  United States Orlando Magic
201011 Howard, DwightDwight Howard^ (3) Center  United States Orlando Magic

Notes

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ "NuggetsCamby 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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