WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award

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annual award basketball award sports award

The WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual honor given to the league’s top defensive performer over the course of a regular season.

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Label Occurrences
WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award canonical 10
WNBA Defensive Player of the Year 1
WNBA regular season awards 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf annual award ⓘ
basketball award ⓘ
sports award ⓘ
awardedFor defensive excellence ⓘ
category defensive award ⓘ
competitionLevel professional ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibility players on WNBA rosters ⓘ
field sports ⓘ
firstAwarded 1997 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genderCategory women ⓘ
givenFor best defensive player in the WNBA regular season ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasRecipient Alana Beard ⓘ
Alyssa Thomas ⓘ
Armintie Price ⓘ
A’ja Wilson ⓘ
Briann January ⓘ
Brittney Griner ⓘ
Candace Parker ⓘ
Deanna Nolan ⓘ
Jordin Canada ⓘ
Kia Vaughn ⓘ
Lauren Jackson ⓘ
Layshia Clarendon ⓘ
Lisa Leslie ⓘ
Margo Dydek ⓘ
Natasha Howard ⓘ
Nneka Ogwumike ⓘ
Sheryl Swoopes ⓘ
Sylvia Fowles ⓘ
Tamika Catchings ⓘ
Tanisha Wright ⓘ
Teresa Weatherspoon ⓘ
Ticha Penicheiro ⓘ
Yolanda Griffith ⓘ
inception 1997 ⓘ
isAwardedTo WNBA players ⓘ
league Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
leagueAbbreviation Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
surface form: WNBA
partOf WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: WNBA regular season awards
presentedBy Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
seasonScope regular season ⓘ
selectionMethod voting ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
timeOfYear end of regular season ⓘ
voters sportswriters and broadcasters ⓘ

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Women’s National Basketball Association → hasAward → WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Women's National Basketball Association
Alana Beard → awardReceived → WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
WNBA Coach of the Year → relatedAward → WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
Teresa Weatherspoon → awardReceived → WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award → partOf → WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: WNBA regular season awards
A’ja Riyadh Wilson → awardReceived → WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
A’ja → hasWonAward → WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
subject surface form: A’ja Wilson
Lisa Leslie → awardReceived → WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
Yolanda Griffith → awardReceived → WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
Tamika → awardReceived → WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Tamika Catchings
Brittney → hasWonAward → WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Brittney Griner
this entity surface form: WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
WNBA awards → includesAward → WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ