defensive player of the year
this award is given to the player with the best defensive stats like rebound/game, steal/game, block/game but also the offensive stat lines have a decisive role. these players are pure lockdown defenders who can manage to get into their opponent’s mind and make them fail their decisive shots.
award | player | team | year |
4 | Dikembe Mutombo | Denver Nuggets/Atlanta hawks(2)/Philadephia 76ers | 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001 |
4 | ben Wallace | Detroit Pistons | 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 |
3 | Rudy Gobert | Utah jazz | 2018, 2019, 2021 |
