Every NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award

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Year	Player
2024	Rudy Gobert
2023	Jaren Jackson Jr.
2022	Marcus Smart
2021	Rudy Gobert
2020	Giannis Antetokounmpo
2019	Rudy Gobert
2018	Rudy Gobert
2017	Draymond Green
2016	Kawhi Leonard
2015	Kawhi Leonard
2014	Joakim Noah
2013	Marc Gasol
2012	Tyson Chandler
2011	Dwight Howard

Year	Player
2010	Dwight Howard
2009	Dwight Howard
2008	Kevin Garnett
2007	Marcus Camby
2006	Ben Wallace
2005	Ben Wallace
2004	Ron Artest
2003	Ben Wallace
2002	Ben Wallace
2001	Dikembe Mutombo
2000	Alonzo Mourning
1999	Alonzo Mourning
1998	Dikembe Mutombo
1997	Dikembe Mutombo

Year	Player
1996	Gary Payton
1995	Dikembe Mutombo
1994	Hakeem Olajuwon
1993	Hakeem Olajuwon
1992	David Robinson
1991	Dennis Rodman
1990	Dennis Rodman
1989	Mark Eaton
1988	Michael Jordan
1987	Michael Cooper
1986	Alvin Robertson
1985	Mark Eaton
1984	Sidney Moncrief
1983	Sidney Moncrief