DBL Defensive Player of the Year

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The Dutch Basketball League Best Defender of the Year is an award that is yearly given to the best defensive player in the DBL, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The award is handed out after the regular season since 2013. [1] The award is handed out by the FEB (Federatie Eredivisie Basketbal).

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Winners

Jason Dourisseau won the inaugural award and his second the following year. Jason Dourisseau vs Aris Leeuwarden 21-11-2009.jpg
Jason Dourisseau won the inaugural award and his second the following year.
Mohamed Kherrazi won the award in two consecutive seasons. Mohamed Kherrazi.png
Mohamed Kherrazi won the award in two consecutive seasons.
Key
Player (X)Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
NationalityNationality as registered by FIBA, player may hold more nationalities
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates multiple award winners in the same season
Double-dagger-14-plain.pngDenotes the club were DBL champions in the same season
DBL Defensive Players of the Year
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityTeamRef.
2012–13 Jason Dourisseau Forward Flag of the United States.svg United States GasTerra Flames [2]
2013–14 Jason Dourisseau (2) Forward Flag of the United States.svg United States GasTerra Flames Double-dagger-14-plain.png [3]
2014–15 Mohamed Kherrazi Forward Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands ZZ Leiden [4]
2015–16 Mohamed Kherrazi (2) Forward Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands ZZ Leiden [5]
2016–17 J.T. Tiller Guard Flag of the United States.svg United States Landstede [6]
2017–18 Sean Cunningham Guard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands [lower-alpha 1] Donar Double-dagger-14-plain.png [7]
2018–19 Mohamed Kherrazi (3) Forward Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands ZZ Leiden [8]
2020–21 Worthy de Jong Guard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands ZZ Leiden [9]

Awards won by nationality

CountryTotal
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3

Awards won by club

CountryTotal
ZZ Leiden 4
Donar [lower-alpha 2] 3
Landstede 2
  1. ↑ Sean Cunningham, born in Los Angeles, California, also owns the American nationality.
  2. ↑ Previously also known as "GasTerra Flames".

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References

  1. ↑ "Best Defender of the Year award". j-dus.com (history of Dutch basketball). Archived from the original on 2013-10-07.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ↑ "Jessey Voorn en Jason Dourisseau winnen prijzen". Archived from the original on 2014-03-02.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ "Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ "Zes seizoensprijzen voor ZZ Leiden". Archived from the original on 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  5. ↑ "Worthy de Jong uitgeroepen tot MVP". DBL. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ↑ "Jeter: MVP van het seizoen". Basketballleague.nl. 11 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Cunningham beste verdediger" (in Dutch). DBL. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Defensive Player: Mohamed Kherrazi". basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 23 April 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. ↑ "Worthy de Jong voert All Defense Team aan". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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