Full historical list of Defensive Player of the Year (Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy) winners

[1] [2] Since the 2022–23 NBA season, winners receive the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy, named after the two-time defensive player of the year winner. Dikembe Mutombo, Ben Wallace, and Rudy Gobert have each won the award a record four times. [3]

May 7, 2024 · Take a look back at every Kia Defensive Player of the Year award winner in NBA history.

Sep 25, 2023 · Only eight perimeter players have won the DPOY the defensive player of the year, five of which were awarded in the first six years after the award was started.

The AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award is given by the Associated Press to the league's most outstanding defensive player at the end of every NFL season since 1971.

May 7, 2024 · Gobert edged out San Antonio Spurs rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama and Miami Heat center-forward Bam Adebayo Tuesday night to win the 2023-24 Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy, awarded to the NBA's...

Check out stats on every National Basketball Association Defensive Player of the Year winner on ESPN.com.

Since the 2022-23 season, the winner has been awarded the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy. It’s probably for the best that the NBA waited until the ‘80s to start giving out the DPOY award, given...

Dec 13, 2022 · The NBA announced that the Defensive Player of the Year award has been renamed The Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy! An honor of eternity. Immortalizing Olajuwon as the pinnacle of defensive...

Apr 17, 2023 · The Memphis big man was announced Monday night as the recipient of the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy as the 2022-23 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the second player to win the award...