NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Winners List.

The NBA's Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1982–83 NBA season.

The most time winners of Defensive Player of the Year award are Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace a record four times.
Dwight Howard is the only player to ever win the award in three consecutive seasons from 2009-11.

Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, and Kevin Garnett are only NBA Players that NBA Defensive Player of the Year winners as well NBA MVP award winners during their career while Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon won both awards in the same season.

The most recent NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award 2018 winner is Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz.





This is the complete list (year by year) of all the NBA players that won the Defensive Player of the Year Award since 1983 - 2018.




2019-2020

2018-19

2017-18     Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz

2016-17  -  Draymond Green, Golden State Warriors

2015-16  -  Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs

2014-15  -  Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs

2013-14  -  Joakim Noah, Chicago Bulls

2012-13  -  Marc Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies

2011-12  -  Tyson Chandler, New York Knicks

2010-11  -  Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic

2009-10  -  Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic

2008-09  -  Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic

2007-08  -  Kevin Garnett, Boston Celtics

2006-07  -  Marcus Camby, Denver Nuggets

2005-06  -   Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons

2004-05  -  Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons

2003-04  -  Ron Artest, Indiana Pacers

2002-03  -  Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons

2001-02  -  Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons

2000-01  -  Dikembe Mutombo, Philadelphia 76ers

1999-00  -  Alonzo Mourning, Miami Heat

1998-99  -  Alonzo Mourning, Miami Heat

1997-98  -  Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta Hawks

1996-97  -  Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta Hawks

1995-96  -  Gary Payton, Seattle SuperSonics

1994-95  -  Dikembe Mutombo, Denver Nuggets

1993-94  -  Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets

1992-93  -  Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets

1991-92  -  David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs

1990-91  -  Dennis Rodman, Detroit Pistons

1989-90  -  Dennis Rodman, Detroit Pistons

1988-89  -  Mark Eaton, Utah Jazz

1987-88  -  Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls

1986-87  -  Michael Cooper, Los Angeles Lakers

1985-86  -  Alvin Robertson, San Antonio Spurs

1984-85  -  Mark Eaton, Utah Jazz

1983-84  -  Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee Bucks

1982-83  -  Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee Bucks