PBA Defensive Player of the Year award

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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. [1]

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Since its inception, the award has been given to 20 individuals. The most recent award winner is Jio Jalalon of the Magnolia Hotshots.

Winners

^Denotes player who is still active in the PBA
*Inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
Team (X)Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
SeasonPlayerPositionCountry of birthTeam
1993 Alvin Teng Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines San Miguel Beermen
1994 Jerry Codiñera Center Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
1995 Art dela Cruz Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (2)
1996 Marlou Aquino Center Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Ginebra San Miguel
1997 Freddie Abuda Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (3)
1998 Chris Jackson Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Formula Shell Zoom Masters
1999 Chris Jackson (2) Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Formula Shell Zoom Masters (2)
2000 Freddie Abuda (2) Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (4)
2001 Chris Jackson (3) Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Shell Turbo Chargers (3)
2002 Davonn Harp Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Red Bull Thunder
2003 Rudy Hatfield Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Coca-Cola Tigers
2004–05 Dennis Espino Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Sta. Lucia Realtors
2005–06 Marc Pingris Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Purefoods Chunkee Giants (2)
2006–07 Wynne Arboleda Guard Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Air21 Express
2007–08 Arwind Santos Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Air21 Express (2)
2008–09 Wynne Arboleda (2) Guard Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Burger King Whoppers (3)
2009–10 Gabe Norwood ^ Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2010–11 Arwind Santos (2) Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Petron Blaze Boosters (5)
2011–12 Jireh Ibañes Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2)
2012–13 Marc Pingris (2) Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines San Mig Coffee Mixers (3)
2013–14 Marc Pingris (3) Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines San Mig Coffee Mixers (4)
2014–15 June Mar Fajardo ^ Center Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (6)
2015–16 Chris Ross ^ Guard Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (7)
2016–17 Chris Ross ^ (2) Guard Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (8)
2017–18 Poy Erram ^ Center Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Blackwater Elite
2019 Sean Anthony ^ Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier
2020 [n 1] Justin Chua ^ Center Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters
2021 Arwind Santos (3) Forward Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier (2)
2022–23 Jio Jalalon ^ Guard Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Magnolia Hotshots (5)

Multiple time winners

TotalPlayer
3 Chris Jackson
Marc Pingris
Arwind Santos
2 Freddie Abuda
Wynne Arboleda
Chris Ross

Notes

  1. The 2020 season only had one conference. The award was renamed as "Top Bubble D-Fender" for this season.

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