NBA Defensive Player of the Year award - wikipedia NBA Defensive Player of the Year award hide National Basketball Association awards and honors Championship O'Brien Trophy Brown Trophy ( defunct ) Individual awards All - Star Game MVP Bill Russell Finals MVP Coach of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Executive of the Year J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Community Assist Award Most Improved Player Most Valuable Player Rookie of the Year Sixth Man of the Year Sportsmanship Award Twyman -- Stokes Teammate of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award Honors All - NBA Team All - Rookie Team All - Defensive Team Michael Jordan is one of four players to have won both an MVP and a Defensive Player of the Year award in their career. David Robinson won the award in the 1991 -- 92 NBA season. Gary Payton is the only point guard to win the award. Dwight Howard has won the award three consecutive times in his career. The NBA 's Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual National Basketball Association ( NBA ) award given since the 1982 -- 83 NBA season to the best defensive player of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of 124 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first - place vote is worth five points, second - place voted are worth three points, and a third - place vote is worth one. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first - place votes, wins the award. Since its inception, the award has been given to 21 different players. Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace have each won the award a record four times. Dwight Howard is the only player to ever win the award in three consecutive seasons. Sidney Moncrief, Mark Eaton, Dennis Rodman, Hakeem Olajuwon, Alonzo Mourning, and Kawhi Leonard have each won it twice. The most recent award recipient is Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz. Although five of the first six winners were perimeter players, the award has traditionally been given to big men who rebound and block shots. Only seven perimeter players have been honored : Moncrief, Alvin Robertson, Michael Cooper, Michael Jordan, Gary Payton, Ron Artest ( known now as Metta World Peace ), and Kawhi Leonard. Payton is the only point guard to have won. Jordan, Olajuwon, David Robinson, and Kevin Garnett are the only Defensive Player of the Year winners to have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award ( MVP ) during their careers ; Jordan and Olajuwon won both awards in the same season. In Olajuwon 's case, he is the only one to have also won the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award and the NBA championship in the same season. On four occasions, the Defensive Player of the Year recipient was not voted to the NBA All - Defensive First Team in the same year. Robertson in 1986, Mutombo ( 1995 ), Tyson Chandler ( 2012 ), and Marc Gasol ( 2013 ) were instead named to the second team. Whereas the Defensive Player of the Year is voted on by the media, the All - Defensive teams were voted on by NBA coaches prior to 2014. No player trained completely outside the U.S. has won this award. Out of the three winners born outside the U.S., Mutombo and Olajuwon both played U.S. college basketball, and Gasol played U.S. high school basketball. Joakim Noah has played for the France national basketball team, but was born in New York City, and played both high school and college basketball in the U.S. Contents 1 Winners 2 Multi-time winners 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References Winners Denotes player who is still active in the NBA * Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Player ( X ) Denotes the number of times the player has received the award Season Player Position Nationality Team 1982 -- 83 Sidney Moncrief Guard United States Milwaukee Bucks 1983 -- 84 Sidney Moncrief ( 2 ) Guard United States Milwaukee Bucks 1984 -- 85 Mark Eaton Center United States Utah Jazz 1985 -- 86 Alvin Robertson Guard United States San Antonio Spurs 1986 -- 87 Michael Cooper Guard / Forward United States Los Angeles Lakers 1987 -- 88 Michael Jordan * Guard United States Chicago Bulls 1988 -- 89 Mark Eaton ( 2 ) Center United States Utah Jazz 1989 -- 90 Dennis Rodman * Forward United States Detroit Pistons 1990 -- 91 Dennis Rodman * ( 2 ) Forward United States Detroit Pistons 1991 -- 92 David Robinson * Center United States San Antonio Spurs 1992 -- 93 Hakeem Olajuwon * Center Nigeria Houston Rockets 1993 -- 94 Hakeem Olajuwon * ( 2 ) Center Nigeria Houston Rockets 1994 -- 95 Dikembe Mutombo * Center Zaire Denver Nuggets 1995 -- 96 Gary Payton * Guard United States Seattle SuperSonics 1996 -- 97 Dikembe Mutombo * ( 2 ) Center Zaire Atlanta Hawks 1997 -- 98 Dikembe Mutombo * ( 3 ) Center Democratic Republic of the Congo Atlanta Hawks 1998 -- 99 Alonzo Mourning * Center United States Miami Heat 1999 -- 00 Alonzo Mourning * ( 2 ) Center United States Miami Heat 2000 -- 01 Dikembe Mutombo * ( 4 ) Center Democratic Republic of the Congo Philadelphia 76ers 2001 -- 02 Ben Wallace Center United States Detroit Pistons 2002 -- 03 Ben Wallace ( 2 ) Center United States Detroit Pistons 2003 -- 04 Ron Artest Forward United States Indiana Pacers 2004 -- 05 Ben Wallace ( 3 ) Center United States Detroit Pistons 2005 -- 06 Ben Wallace ( 4 ) Center United States Detroit Pistons 2006 -- 07 Marcus Camby Center United States Denver Nuggets 2007 -- 08 Kevin Garnett Forward / Center United States Boston Celtics 2008 -- 09 Dwight Howard ^ Center United States Orlando Magic 2009 -- 10 Dwight Howard ^ ( 2 ) Center United States Orlando Magic 2010 -- 11 Dwight Howard ^ ( 3 ) Center United States Orlando Magic 2011 -- 12 Tyson Chandler ^ Center United States New York Knicks 2012 -- 13 Marc Gasol ^ Center Spain Memphis Grizzlies 2013 -- 14 Joakim Noah ^ Center France Chicago Bulls 2014 -- 15 Kawhi Leonard ^ Forward United States San Antonio Spurs 2015 -- 16 Kawhi Leonard ^ ( 2 ) Forward United States San Antonio Spurs 2016 -- 17 Draymond Green ^ Forward United States Golden State Warriors 2017 -- 18 Rudy Gobert ^ Center France Utah Jazz Multi-time winners Rank Player Team No. Years Dikembe Mutombo Denver Nuggets ( 1 ) / Atlanta Hawks ( 2 ) / Philadelphia 76ers ( 1 ) 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001 Ben Wallace Detroit Pistons 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Dwight Howard Orlando Magic 2009, 2010, 2011 Sidney Moncrief Milwaukee Bucks 1983, 1984 Mark Eaton Utah Jazz 1985, 1989 Dennis Rodman Detroit Pistons 1990, 1991 Hakeem Olajuwon Houston Rockets 1993, 1994 Alonzo Mourning Miami Heat 1999, 2000 Kawhi Leonard San Antonio Spurs 2015, 2016 See also National Basketball Association portal NBA Development League Defensive Player of the Year Award Notes ^ Jump up to : Has won the NBA championship ^ Jump up to : Has won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award ^ Jump up to : Hakeem Olajuwon was born in Nigeria, but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1993. ^ Jump up to : Zaire was renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 1997. Jump up ^ Ron Artest changed his name into Metta World Peace on September 16, 2011. Jump up ^ Noah has played on the France national basketball team, and also holds American and Swedish passports. References General `` Defensive Player of the Year ''. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved June 2, 2008. `` Defensive Player of the Year Award Winners ''. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2008. Specific Jump up ^ `` Nuggets ' Camby Wins NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ''. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. May 1, 2007. Retrieved July 7, 2008. ^ Jump up to : `` Kevin Garnett Wins Defensive Player of the Year Award ''. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. April 25, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2008. Jump up ^ `` Ben Wallace Wins Fourth Defensive Player of the Year Award ''. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. May 8, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2008. Jump up ^ McMenamin, Dave ( February 5, 2013 ). `` Dwight Howard trying to avoid ' circus ' ''. ESPN. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Jump up ^ Stein, Marc ( January 8, 2004 ). `` Defending the little guy ''. ESPN.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016. Jump up ^ Moore, Matt ( April 7, 2015 ). `` Rethinking Defensive Player of the Year : The Defensive Duo Award ''. CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Winderman, Ira ( April 24, 2013 ). `` LeBron second in vote for NBA Defensive Player of Year ''. South Floria Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016. Jump up ^ Gress, Steve ( September 4, 2013 ). `` Looking back at The Glove ''. Corvallis Gazette - Times. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Michael Jordan Bio ''. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved July 10, 2008. ^ Jump up to : `` Hakeem Olajuwon Bio ''. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved July 10, 2008. Jump up ^ `` David Robinson Bio ''. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved July 10, 2008. Jump up ^ `` Kevin Garnett Bio ''. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2008. Jump up ^ Begley, Ian ( May 23, 2012 ). `` Tyson named to all - defensive second team ''. ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Jump up ^ McGraw, Mike ( June 2, 2014 ). `` Noah dominates all - defensive voting ''. Daily Herald. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Hakeem Olajuwon Bio : 1992 - 93 ''. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved June 15, 2008. Jump up ^ `` Democratic Republic of the Congo ''. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved November 8, 2009. Jump up ^ `` Artest 's Name Change to Metta World Peace Approved ''. The New York Times. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Joakim Noah ''. HoopsHype.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014. NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award 1983 : Moncrief 1984 : Moncrief 1985 : Eaton 1986 : Robertson 1987 : Cooper 1988 : Jordan 1989 : Eaton 1990 : Rodman 1991 : Rodman 1992 : Robinson 1993 : Olajuwon 1994 : Olajuwon 1995 : Mutombo 1996 : Payton 1997 : Mutombo 1998 : Mutombo 1999 : Mourning 2000 : Mourning 2001 : Mutombo 2002 : Wallace 2003 : Wallace 2004 : Artest 2005 : Wallace 2006 : Wallace 2007 : Camby 2008 : Garnett 2009 : Howard 2010 : Howard 2011 : Howard 2012 : Chandler 2013 : Gasol 2014 : Noah 2015 : Leonard 2016 : Leonard 2017 : Green 2018 : Gobert Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NBA_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award&oldid=853511048 '' Categories : National Basketball Association awards National Basketball Association lists Awards established in 1983 Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Featured lists Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bosanski Català Deutsch Español فارسی Français Hrvatski Italiano עברית ქართული Latviešu Lietuvių Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский Српски / srpski Suomi Svenska Türkçe Українська 中文 15 more Edit links This page was last edited on 5 August 2018, at 08 : 15 ( UTC ). 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Question: who won the most nba defensive player of the year
Answer: Rudy Gobert