AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year

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The AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) is an annual award presented by the Associated Press (AP) to the defensive player in the National Football League (NFL) deemed to have had the most outstanding season. It has been awarded since 1971. The winner is decided by votes from a panel of 50 AP sportswriters. Since 2011, the award has been presented at the annual NFL Honors ceremony the day before the Super Bowl, along with other AP awards, such as the AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year award, AP NFL Most Valuable Player award, and AP NFL Rookie of the Year award. The most recent winner of the AP Defensive Player of the Year award is cornerback Patrick Surtain II of the Denver Broncos.

Lawrence Taylor, J. J. Watt, and Aaron Donald are the only three-time winners of the award.[1] Joe Greene, Ray Lewis, Mike Singletary, Bruce Smith, and Reggie White have each won it twice. Taylor is the only player to win the award as a rookie, doing so in 1981.[2] In 2008, James Harrison became the only undrafted free agent to win the award.[3] White is the only player to win the award with two different teams, winning in 1987 with the Philadelphia Eagles and again with the Green Bay Packers in 1998.[4] J. J. Watt is the only player to win the award unanimously, receiving 50 out of 50 first place votes in 2014.[5] He was also a near-unanimous winner in 2012 as he earned 49 out of 50 votes.[5]

As of the end of the 2024 NFL season, linebackers have won the award seventeen times, more than any other position. A defensive end has won fifteen times, followed by ten defensive tackles, seven cornerbacks, and five safeties. Only two winners of the AP Defensive Player of the Year award have also won the AP's Most Valuable Player award for the same season: defensive tackle Alan Page in 1971 for the Minnesota Vikings and linebacker Lawrence Taylor in 1986 for the New York Giants.[6]

Winners

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Ray Lewis (No. 52) and Terrell Suggs (No. 55) each won the award playing for the Baltimore Ravens.
List of AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year winners
Season Player Position Team Template:Ref.
1971 Template:Sortname Defensive tackle Minnesota Vikings [7]
1972 Template:Sortname Defensive tackle Pittsburgh Steelers [8]
1973 Template:Sortname Safety Miami Dolphins [9]
1974 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Defensive tackle Pittsburgh Steelers [10]
1975 Template:Sortname Cornerback Pittsburgh Steelers [11]
1976 Template:Sortname Linebacker Pittsburgh Steelers [12]
1977 Template:Sortname Defensive end Dallas Cowboys [13]
1978 Template:Sortname Linebacker Denver Broncos [14]
1979 Template:Sortname Defensive end Tampa Bay Buccaneers [15]
1980 Template:Sortname Cornerback Oakland Raiders [16]
1981 Template:Sortname Linebacker New York Giants [17]
1982 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Linebacker New York Giants [18]
1983 Template:Sortname Defensive end Miami Dolphins [19]
1984 Template:Sortname Safety Seattle Seahawks [20]
1985 Template:Sortname Linebacker Chicago Bears [21]
1986 Template:Sortname (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Linebacker New York Giants [22]
1987 Template:Sortname Defensive end Philadelphia Eagles [23]
1988 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Linebacker Chicago Bears [24]
1989 Template:Sortname Defensive tackle Minnesota Vikings [25]
1990 Template:Sortname Defensive end Buffalo Bills [26]
1991 Template:Sortname Linebacker New Orleans Saints [27]
1992 Template:Sortname Defensive tackle Seattle Seahawks [28]
1993 Template:Sortname Cornerback Pittsburgh Steelers [29]
1994 Template:Sortname Cornerback San Francisco 49ers [30]
1995 Template:Sortname Linebacker Buffalo Bills [31]
1996 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Defensive end Buffalo Bills [32]
1997 Template:Sortname Defensive tackle San Francisco 49ers [33]
1998 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Defensive end Green Bay Packers [4]
1999 Template:Sortname Defensive tackle Tampa Bay Buccaneers [34]
2000 Template:Sortname Linebacker Baltimore Ravens [35]
2001 Template:Sortname Defensive end New York Giants [36]
2002 Template:Sortname Linebacker Tampa Bay Buccaneers [37]
2003 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Linebacker Baltimore Ravens [38]
2004 Template:Sortname Safety Baltimore Ravens [39]
2005 Template:Sortname Linebacker Chicago Bears [40]
2006 Template:Sortname Defensive end Miami Dolphins [41]
2007 Template:Sortname Safety Indianapolis Colts [42]
2008 Template:Sortname Linebacker Pittsburgh Steelers [43]
2009 Template:Sortname Cornerback Green Bay Packers [44]
2010 Template:Sortname Safety Pittsburgh Steelers [45]
2011 Template:Sortname Linebacker Baltimore Ravens [46]
2012 Template:Sortname Defensive end Houston Texans [47]
2013 Template:Sortname Linebacker Carolina Panthers [48]
2014 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Defensive end Houston Texans [5]
2015 Template:Sortname (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Defensive end Houston Texans [49]
2016 Template:Sortname Defensive end Oakland Raiders [50]
2017 Template:Sortname Defensive tackle Los Angeles Rams [51]
2018 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Defensive tackle Los Angeles Rams [52]
2019 Template:Sortname Cornerback New England Patriots [53]
2020 Template:Sortname (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Defensive tackle Los Angeles Rams [54]
2021 Template:Sortname Linebacker Pittsburgh Steelers [55]
2022 Template:Sortname Defensive end San Francisco 49ers [56]
2023 Template:Sortname Defensive end Cleveland Browns [57]
2024 Template:Sortname Cornerback Denver Broncos [58]

Multiple-time winners

List of multiple-time winners
Player Awards Position Team Seasons
Lawrence Taylor 3 Linebacker New York Giants 1981, 1982, 1986
J. J. Watt 3 Defensive end Houston Texans 2012, 2014, 2015
Aaron Donald 3 Defensive tackle Los Angeles Rams 2017, 2018, 2020
Template:Sortname 2 Defensive tackle Pittsburgh Steelers 1972, 1974
Mike Singletary 2 Linebacker Chicago Bears 1985, 1988
Template:Sortname 2 Defensive end Buffalo Bills 1990, 1996
Template:Sortname 2 Defensive end Philadelphia Eagles
Green Bay Packers 		1987, 1998
Template:Sortname 2 Linebacker Baltimore Ravens 2000, 2003

See also

References

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