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]

Since its inception, the award has been given to 19 individuals. The most recent award winner is Justin Chua of the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters.

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
Season Player Position Country of birth Team
1993 Alvin Teng Forward  Philippines San Miguel Beermen
1994 Jerry Codiñera Center  Philippines Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
1995 Forward  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (2)
1996 Marlou Aquino Center  Philippines Ginebra San Miguel
1997 Freddie Abuda Forward  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (3)
1998 Forward  United States Formula Shell Zoom Masters
1999 (2) Forward  United States Formula Shell Zoom Masters (2)
2000 Freddie Abuda (2) Forward  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (4)
2001 (3) Forward  United States Shell Turbo Chargers (3)
2002 Davonn Harp Forward  United States Red Bull Thunder
2003 Rudy Hatfield Forward  Philippines Coca-Cola Tigers
2004–05 Dennis Espino Forward  Philippines Sta. Lucia Realtors
2005–06 Marc Pingris^ Forward  Philippines Purefoods Chunkee Giants (2)
2006–07 Wynne Arboleda Guard  Philippines Air21 Express
2007–08 Arwind Santos^ Forward  Philippines Air21 Express (2)
2008–09 Wynne Arboleda (2) Guard  Philippines Burger King Whoppers (3)
2009–10 Gabe Norwood^ Forward  United States Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2010–11 Arwind Santos^ (2) Forward  Philippines Petron Blaze Boosters (5)
2011–12 Jireh Ibañes Forward  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2)
2012–13 Marc Pingris^ (2) Forward  Philippines San Mig Coffee Mixers (3)
2013–14 Marc Pingris^ (3) Forward  Philippines San Mig Coffee Mixers (4)
2014–15 June Mar Fajardo^ Center  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (6)
2015–16 Chris Ross^ Guard  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (7)
2016–17 Chris Ross^ (2) Guard  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (8)
2017–18 John Paul Erram^ Center  Philippines Blackwater Elite
2019 Sean Anthony^ Forward  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier
2020[n 1] Justin Chua^ Center  Philippines Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters

Multiple time winners[]

Total Player
3
Marc Pingris
2 Freddie Abuda
Wynne Arboleda
Chris Ross
Arwind Santos

Notes[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ PBA Press Corps Awards Night: Fajardo is Defensive Player of the Year, Abueva Mr. Quality Minutes, spin.ph, September 12, 2015
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