NABC Defensive Player of the Year

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NABC Defensive Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding men's defensive basketball player in NCAA Division I
CountryUnited States
Presented by NABC
History
First award1987
Most recent Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
Website Official website

The NABC Defensive Player of the Year is a college basketball award given annually by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) to recognize the top men's defensive player in NCAA Division I competition. It has been given since 1987 and was previously known as the Henry Iba Corinthian Award, named after Naismith Hall of Fame coach Henry Iba, who coached at Oklahoma State from 1934 to 1970.

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Duke has dominated the award with six recipients who have won a total of nine awards. The only other schools with more than one recipient are UConn, with two recipients who combined for four awards, and Ohio State, Kentucky, and Virginia with two recipients who each won the award once. Three players have been named the NABC Defensive Player of the Year on three occasions—Stacey Augmon of UNLV (1989–1991), Tim Duncan of Wake Forest (1995–1997), and Shane Battier of Duke (1999–2001). Greg Oden (2007) and Anthony Davis (2012) are the only freshmen to have won the award.

Two winners of this award were born outside the main territory of the United States. Duncan was born in the United States Virgin Islands, an insular area of the U.S.; by U.S. law, all natives of the USVI are U.S. citizens by birth. [1] Hasheem Thabeet, the 2008 and 2009 winner, is a native of Tanzania. [2]

Key

†Co-Players of the Year
*Awarded a national player of the year award: Sporting News ; Oscar Robertson Trophy; Associated Press; NABC; UPI; Naismith; Wooden; Adolph Rupp Trophy
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the NABC DPOY award at that point

Winners

1986 Duke v Kansas - Tommy Amaker dribble.jpg
Tommy Amaker, Duke, 1987
Billy King, Duke Chronicle 1985-11-21.jpg
Billy King, Duke, 1988
Stacey Augmon in 2009.jpg
Stacey Augmon, UNLV, 1989 through 1991
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Tim Duncan, Wake Forest, 1995 through 1997
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Shane Battier, Duke, 1999 through 2001
Emeka Okafor UConn 2004.jpg
Emeka Okafor, UConn, 2003 and 2004
Sheldon Williams - Sacramento Kings (2752591654).jpg
Sheldon Williams, Duke, 2005 and 2006
Jarvis Varnado.jpg
Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State, 2010
Jeff Withey hook shot.jpg
Jeff Withey, Kansas, 2013
Aaron Craft Italy (cropped).jpg
Aaron Craft, Ohio State, 2014
De'Andre Hunter.jpg
De'Andre Hunter, Virginia, 2019
Davion Mitchell.jpg
Davion Mitchell, Baylor, 2021
Walker Kessler (cropped).jpg
Walker Kessler, Auburn, 2022
Jaylen Clark defending Justin Moore.jpg
Jaylen Clark, UCLA, 2023
SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1986–87 Tommy Amaker Duke PG Senior [3]
1987–88 Billy King Duke F Senior [4]
1988–89 Stacey Augmon UNLV SF Sophomore [5]
1989–90 Stacey Augmon (2) UNLV SF Junior [5]
1990–91 Stacey Augmon (3) UNLV SF Senior [5]
1991–92 Alonzo Mourning Georgetown C Senior [6]
1992–93 Grant Hill Duke SF Junior [6]
1993–94 Jim McIlvaine Marquette C Senior [7]
1994–95 Tim Duncan Wake Forest C Sophomore [8]
1995–96 Tim Duncan (2) Wake Forest C Junior [8]
1996–97 Tim Duncan * (3) Wake Forest C Senior [8]
1997–98 Steve Wojciechowski Duke SG Senior [9]
1998–99 Shane Battier Duke SF Sophomore [10]
1999–00 † Shane Battier (2) Duke SF Junior [10]
Kenyon Martin * Cincinnati C Senior [11]
2000–01 Shane Battier * (3) Duke SF Senior [10]
2001–02 John Linehan Providence PG Senior [12]
2002–03 Emeka Okafor UConn C Sophomore [13]
2003–04 Emeka Okafor * (2) UConn C Junior [14]
2004–05 Shelden Williams Duke PF Junior [15]
2005–06 Shelden Williams (2) Duke PF Senior [15]
2006–07 Greg Oden Ohio State C Freshman [16]
2007–08 Hasheem Thabeet UConn C Sophomore [17]
2008–09 Hasheem Thabeet (2) UConn C Junior [17]
2009–10 Jarvis Varnado Mississippi State C Senior [18]
2010–11 Kenneth Faried Morehead State PF / C Senior [19]
2011–12 Anthony Davis * Kentucky C Freshman [20]
2012–13 † Victor Oladipo * Indiana SG Junior [21]
Jeff Withey Kansas C Senior [22]
2013–14 Aaron Craft Ohio State PG Senior [23]
2014–15 Willie Cauley-Stein Kentucky PF / C Junior [24]
2015–16 Malcolm Brogdon Virginia SG Senior [25]
2016–17 Jevon Carter West Virginia PG Junior [26]
2017–18 Jevon Carter (2) West Virginia PG Senior [26]
2018–19 De'Andre Hunter Virginia SF Sophomore [27]
2019–20 Udoka Azubuike Kansas C Senior [28]
2020–21 Davion Mitchell Baylor PG Junior [29]
2021–22 Walker Kessler Auburn C Sophomore [30]
2022–23 Jaylen Clark UCLA SG Junior [31]
2023–24 Jamal Shead Houston PG Senior [32]
2024–25 Ryan Kalkbrenner Creighton C Senior [33]

Winners by school

SchoolWinnersYears
Duke 91987, 1988, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000†, 2001, 2005, 2006
UConn 42003, 2004, 2008, 2009
UNLV 31989, 1990, 1991
Wake Forest 31995, 1996, 1997
Kansas 22013,† 2020
Kentucky 22012, 2015
Ohio State 22007, 2014
Virginia 22016, 2019
West Virginia 22017, 2018
Auburn 12022
Baylor 12021
Cincinnati 12000†
Creighton 12025
Georgetown 11992
Houston 12024
Indiana 12013†
Marquette 11994
Mississippi State 12010
Morehead State 12011
Providence 12002
UCLA 12023

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