The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Defensive Player of the Year is an annual Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) award given since the 1993 PBA season to the top defensive player of the season. Unlike the traditional player awards, which is given by the league, this citation is awarded by the PBA Press Corps.PBA Press Corps Awards Night: Fajardo is Defensive Player of the Year, Abueva Mr. Quality Minutes, spin.ph, September 12, 2015
Since its inception, the award has been given to 21 individuals. Zavier Lucero of the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots will be honored with his first Defensive Player of the Year award from the PBA Press Corps (PBAPC).
Winners ^Denotes player who is still active in the PBA *Inducted into the PBA Hall of FamePlayer (X)Denotes the number of times the player has received the awardTeam (X)Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
Season Player Position Country of birth Team Ref. Center / Power forward San Miguel Beermen Center Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs Small forward San Miguel Beermen (2) Center Ginebra San Miguel Power forward San Miguel Beermen (3) Power forward Formula Shell Zoom Masters (2) Power forward Shell Velocity (2) (2) Power forward San Miguel Beermen (4) (3) Power forward Shell Turbo Chargers (3) Center Red Bull Thunder Power forward / Small forward Coca-Cola Tigers Center / Power forward Sta. Lucia Realtors Power forward Purefoods Chunkee Giants (2) Point guard Air21 Express Small forward / Power forward Air21 Express (2) (2) Point guard Burger King Whoppers (3) Small forward Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2) Small forward / Power forward Petron Blaze Boosters (5) Small forward Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2) (2) Power forward San Mig Coffee Mixers (3) (3) Power forward San Mig Super Coffee Mixers (4) ^ Center San Miguel Beermen (6) ^ Point guard / Shooting guard San Miguel Beermen (7) ^ (2) Point guard / Shooting guard San Miguel Beermen (8) ^ Center Blackwater Elite Power forward NorthPort Batang Pier ^ Center Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters (3) Power forward NorthPort Batang Pier (2) ^ Point guard Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots (5) ^ Power forward Meralco Bolts ^ Power forward Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots (6)
Multiple time winners Total Player3 Chris Jackson Marc Pingris Arwind Santos2 Freddie Abuda Wynne Arboleda Chris Ross
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