A year-by-year list of the Kia Defensive Player of the Year Award winners:
2023-24 — Rudy Gobert, Minnesota Timberwolves (Voting)
2022-23 — Jaren Jackson Jr., Memphis Grizzlies (Voting)
2021-22 — Marcus Smart, Boston Celtics (Voting)
2020-21 — Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz (Voting)
2019-20 — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks (Voting)
2018-19 — Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz (Voting)
2017-18 — Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz (Voting)
2016-17 — Draymond Green, Golden State Warriors (Voting)
2015-16 — Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs (Voting)
2014-15 — Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs
2013-14 — Joakim Noah, Chicago Bulls
2012-13 — Marc Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies
2011-12 — Tyson Chandler, New York Knicks
2010-11 — Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic
2009-10 — Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic
2008-09 — Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic
2007-08 — Kevin Garnett, Boston Celtics
2006-07 — Marcus Camby, Denver Nuggets
2005-06 — Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons
2004-05 — Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons
2003-04 — Ron Artest, Indiana Pacers
2002-03 — Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons
2001-02 — Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons
2000-01 — Dikembe Mutombo, Philadelphia 76ers
1999-00 — Alonzo Mourning, Miami Heat
1998-99 — Alonzo Mourning, Miami Heat
1997-98 — Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta Hawks
1996-97 — Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta Hawks
1995-96 — Gary Payton, Seattle SuperSonics
1994-95 — Dikembe Mutombo, Denver Nuggets
1993-94 — Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
1992-93 — Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
1991-92 — David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
1990-91 — Dennis Rodman, Detroit Pistons
1989-90 — Dennis Rodman, Detroit Pistons
1988-89 — Mark Eaton, Utah Jazz
1987-88 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
1986-87 — Michael Cooper, Los Angeles Lakers
1985-86 — Alvin Robertson, San Antonio Spurs
1984-85 — Mark Eaton, Utah Jazz
1983-84 — Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee Bucks
1982-83 — Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee Bucks
