Memphis Grizzlies' Jaren Jackson Jr. named 2023 Defensive Player of the Year award, Past winners list since 1983..
Memphis Grizzlies center & Power forward Jaren Jackson Jr. has been named the 2022-23 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the NBA announced today.
The Memphis big man was announced Monday night as the recipient of the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy as the 2022-23 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the second player to win the award while wearing a Grizzlies’ uniform. He joins Marc Gasol in that club, after the Spaniard did it a decade ago.
- Jackson led the league with 3.0 blocks per game this season, after finishing fifth in the defensive player of the year voting last season.
- He got 56 first-place votes and 391 voting points to finish ahead of runner-up Brook Lopez of the Milwaukee Bucks, who got 31 first-place votes and 309 points
- . Cleveland’s Evan Mobley — in just his second NBA season — was third with eight first-place votes and 101 points.
#KiaDPOY is… Jaren Jackson Jr! #NBAAwards #DPOY
Last Year DPOY winner: Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has wins the 2021-22 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, He becomes the first guard to earn the honor since Gary Payton in the 1995-96 season. Smart is also the second player to win the award with the Celtics, joining Kevin Garnett (2007-08).
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Also: Boston' Smart also won the NBA Hustle Award for the 2021-22 season.
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 2023 winner is Jaren Jackson Jr. of Memphis Grizzlies.
By Year List of the Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award winners from 1983-2023.
This is the complete list (year by year) of all the NBA players that won the Defensive Player of the Year Award since 1983 - 2023.
2023-24 — TBD.
2022-23 — Jaren Jackson Jr. , Memphis Grizzlies
2021-22 — Marcus Smart, Boston Celtics
2020-21 — Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz
2019-20 — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
2018-19 — Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz
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
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