NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award

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annual sports award basketball award

The NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual honor given to the league’s most outstanding defensive player over the regular season.

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NBA Defensive Player of the Year 2
2019–20 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf annual sports award ⓘ
basketball award ⓘ
appliesToPart NBA regular season ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstRecipient Sidney Moncrief ⓘ
firstSeasonAwarded 1982–83 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
givenFor best defensive player in the regular season ⓘ
hasRecipient Alonzo Mourning ⓘ
Alvin Robertson ⓘ
Ben Wallace ⓘ
Dennis Rodman ⓘ
Dikembe Mutombo ⓘ
Draymond Green ⓘ
Dwight Howard ⓘ
Giannis Antetokounmpo ⓘ
Hakeem Olajuwon ⓘ
Jaren Jackson Jr. ⓘ
Joakim Noah ⓘ
Kawhi Leonard ⓘ
Kevin Garnett ⓘ
Marc Gasol ⓘ
Marcus Camby ⓘ
Marcus Smart ⓘ
Mark Eaton ⓘ
Michael Cooper ⓘ
Michael Jordan ⓘ
Rudy Gobert ⓘ
Sidney Moncrief ⓘ
Tyson Chandler ⓘ
inception 1982–83 NBA season ⓘ
isPartOf NBA regular season awards ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
surface form: NBA
multipleTimeWinner Alonzo Mourning ⓘ
Ben Wallace ⓘ
Dennis Rodman ⓘ
Dikembe Mutombo ⓘ
Dwight Howard ⓘ
Kawhi Leonard ⓘ
Mark Eaton ⓘ
Rudy Gobert ⓘ
Sidney Moncrief ⓘ
notableWinner Giannis Antetokounmpo ⓘ
Hakeem Olajuwon ⓘ
Michael Jordan ⓘ
presentedBy National Basketball Association ⓘ
selectionProcess voting by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ

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Giannis Antetokounmpo → DefensivePlayerOfTheYearAward → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2019–20 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
The Big Ticket → achievement → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Kevin Garnett
this entity surface form: NBA Defensive Player of the Year
Kevin Garnett → award → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
Dwight Howard → awardReceived → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Defensive Player of the Year
Gary Payton → awardReceived → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
Kawhi Leonard → awardReceived → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
NBA Awards → includes → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
NBA Executive of the Year Award → isDifferentFrom → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
NBA All-Defensive Team → isRelatedTo → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
Kevin → notableAchievement → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Kevin Garnett
NBA Awards → notableAward → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
NBA Coach of the Year → relatedAward → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
NBA Most Valuable Player Award → relatedAward → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
NBA Rookie of the Year Award → relatedAward → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award → relatedAward → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
NBA COTY → relatedTo → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
NBA Most Improved Player Award → relatedTo → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ