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This is the complete list with all the NBA players that won the Defensive Player of the Year the award, year by year
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This page features information about the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.

Current DPOY:

NBA Awards: Defensive Player of the Year

 
Dwight Howard
Dwight Howard
2008-09 Defensive Player of the Year

Every year since the 1982-83 season the best NBA defender is selected by a national panel of pro basketball writers and broadcasters and the winner receives the Defensive Player of the Year Award.

Former season MVP Kevin Garnett won the 2007-08 Defensive Player of the Year. It is the first for him and also the first for a Celtic player.

The list if full of big names like Ben Wallace, Dennis Rodman, Hakeem Olajuwon and Michael Jordan.

  

More about the Defensive Player of the Year:
DPOY Yearly - DPOY by Player - DPOY by Team

NBA Awards: Defensive Player of the Year, full list of winners:

Season Defensive Player of the Year Team
2008-09 Dwight Howard Orlando Magic
2007-08 Kevin Garnett (1) 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 (1) 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 (1) Detroit Pistons
1988-89 Mark Eaton Utah Jazz
1987-88 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls
1986-87 Michael Cooper (1) 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

(1) NBA Champion that same year.

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