The Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball defender in NCAA Division I competition. The award was established in 2010 and is named after head coach Lefty Driesell, who is the only head coach to amass 100 wins at four different Division I schools and is best remembered for his success with the Davidson Wildcats and Maryland Terrapins programs.
Key * Awarded a national player of the year award that same season: Sporting News; Oscar Robertson Trophy; Associated Press; NABC; Naismith; Wooden Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Lefty Driesell Award at that point
Winners
Year Player School Class Reference 2009–10 Mississippi State 2010–11 Old Dominion 2011–12 * Kentucky 2012–13 Stony Brook 2013–14 Louisiana 2014–15 Virginia 2015–16 Valparaiso 2016–17 West Virginia 2017–18 (2) West Virginia 2018–19 Washington 2019–20 Merrimack 2020–21 Baylor 2021–22 Saint Peter's 2022–23 Rutgers 2023–24 Northwestern 2024–25 Houston 2025–26 Duke
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