Full historical list of Defensive Player of the Year (Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy) winners

Ben Wallace, Dikembe Mutombo and Rudy Gobert have won the award a record four times. The NBA Defensive Player of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1982–83 NBA season to the best defensive player of the regular season.

The AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award is given by the Associated Press to the league's most outstanding defensive player at the end of every NFL season since 1971.

4 天之前 · Other projected victories include Denver’s Patrick Surtain II for Defensive Player of the Year (14 votes), Washington’s Jayden Daniels (25 votes) for Offensive Rookie of the Year, and Minnesota’s Kevin O’Connell (14 votes) for Coach of the …

2025年1月23日 · NFL awards finalists revealed: Here are all the nominees for MVP, DPOY and more The AP announced five finalists for its eight awards that will be handed out at NFL Honors on Feb. 6.

2025年1月6日 · In the first week of 2025, here is a look at the latest Defensive Player of the Year rankings in the NBA.

2024年5月7日 · A year-by-year list of the Kia Defensive Player of the Year Award winners: 2023-24 — Rudy Gobert, Minnesota Timberwolves . 2022-23 — Jaren Jackson Jr., Memphis Grizzlies

Check out stats on every National Basketball Association Defensive Player of the Year winner on ESPN.com.

2024年11月19日 · Here we’ll take a look at the race for NFL DPOY and provide an analysis of our NFL Defensive Player of the Year candidates rankings.

2023年9月25日 · Only eight perimeter players have won the DPOY the defensive player of the year, five of which were awarded in the first six years after the award was started.