NBA Top 3 DPOY Voting By Year

Name the NBA players that placed within the top 3 for the voting for Defensive Player of the Year each season.
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Year
Winner
Runner-Up
Third
 
2025
Evan Mobley
Dyson Daniels
Draymond Green
 
2024
Rudy Gobert
Victor Wembanyama
Bam Adebayo
 
2023
Jaren Jackson Jr.
Brook Lopez
Evan Mobley
 
2022
Marcus Smart
Mikal Bridges
Rudy Gobert
 
2021
Rudy Gobert
Ben Simmons
Draymond Green
 
2020
G. Antetokounmpo
Anthony Davis
Rudy Gobert
 
2019
Rudy Gobert
G. Antetokounmpo
Paul George
 
2018
Rudy Gobert
Joel Embiid
Anthony Davis
 
2017
Draymond Green
Rudy Gobert
Kawhi Leonard
 
2016
Kawhi Leonard
Draymond Green
Hassan Whiteside
 
2015
Kawhi Leonard
Draymond Green
DeAndre Jordan
 
2014
Joakim Noah
Roy Hibbert
DeAndre Jordan
 
2013
Marc Gasol
LeBron James
Serge Ibaka
 
2012
Tyson Chandler
Serge Ibaka
Dwight Howard
 
2011
Dwight Howard
Kevin Garnett
Tyson Chandler
 
2010
Dwight Howard
Josh Smith
Gerald Wallace
 
2009
Dwight Howard
LeBron James
Dwyane Wade
 
2008
Kevin Garnett
Marcus Camby
Shane Battier
 
2007
Marcus Camby
Bruce Bowen
Tim Duncan
 
2006
Ben Wallace
Bruce Bowen
Andrei Kirilenko
 
2005
Ben Wallace
Bruce Bowen
Marcus Camby
 
2004
Ron Artest
Ben Wallace
Theo Ratliff
 
2003
Ben Wallace
Ron Artest
Kevin Garnett
 
2002
Ben Wallace
Kevin Garnett
Kobe Bryant
Dikembe Mutombo
2001
Dikembe Mutombo
Kevin Garnett
Tim Duncan
 
2000
Alonzo Mourning
Shaquille O'Neal
Eddie Jones
Dikembe Mutombo
1999
Alonzo Mourning
Dikembe Mutombo
Gary Payton
 
1998
Dikembe Mutombo
Gary Payton
David Robinson
 
1997
Dikembe Mutombo
Gary Payton
Mookie Blaylock
 
1996
Gary Payton
Scottie Pippen
Dikembe Mutombo
 
1995
Dikembe Mutombo
Scottie Pippen
Hakeem Olajuwon
 
1994
Hakeem Olajuwon
David Robinson
Dikembe Mutombo
 
1993
Hakeem Olajuwon
Michael Jordan
David Robinson
 
1992
David Robinson
Dennis Rodman
Michael Jordan
Scottie Pippen
1991
Dennis Rodman
David Robinson
Alvin Robertson
 
1990
Dennis Rodman
Hakeem Olajuwon
Joe Dumars
Derek Harper
1989
Mark Eaton
Hakeem Olajuwon
Dennis Rodman
 
1988
Michael Jordan
Mark Eaton
Hakeem Olajuwon
 
1987
Michael Cooper
Alvin Robertson
Mark Eaton
 
1986
Alvin Robertson
Manute Bol
Sidney Moncrief
 
1985
Mark Eaton
Sidney Moncrief
Paul Pressey
 
1984
Sidney Moncrief
Mark Eaton
Dennis Johnson
 
1983
Sidney Moncrief
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