MLS Defender of the Year Award

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Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English The Major League Soccer Defender of the Year Award is an annual award handed out to the top defender in Major League Soccer annually since the league's inception in 1996.[1] The award is decided based on votes from MLS players, MLS coaches and executives and media members.[2]

John Doyle won the inaugural award with the San Jose Clash for the 1996 MLS season.

Winners

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With three wins, Chad Marshall has won the most MLS Defender of the Year Awards.
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US men's national team player Carlos Bocanegra is a two-time winner of the award.
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Ike Opara won the award with both Sporting Kansas City and Minnesota United FC.
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Walker Zimmerman won the award back-to-back with Nashville SC
Season Winner Team Finalists
1996 Template:Flagicon John Doyle San Jose Clash
1997 Template:Flagicon Eddie Pope D.C. United
1998 Template:Flagicon Luboš Kubík Chicago Fire
1999 Template:Flagicon Robin Fraser Los Angeles Galaxy
2000 Template:Flagicon Peter Vermes Kansas City Wizards
2001 Template:Flagicon Jeff Agoos San Jose Earthquakes
2002 Template:Flagicon Carlos Bocanegra Chicago Fire
2003 Template:Flagicon Carlos Bocanegra (2) Chicago Fire
2004[3] Template:Flagicon Robin Fraser (2) Columbus Crew Jimmy Conrad
Eddie Pope
2005[4] Template:Flagicon Jimmy Conrad Kansas City Wizards Danny Califf
Tyrone Marshall
2006[5] Template:Flagicon Bobby Boswell D.C. United Jimmy Conrad
Jose Burciaga
2007 Template:Flagicon Michael Parkhurst New England Revolution
2008[6] Template:Flagicon Chad Marshall Columbus Crew Jimmy Conrad
Bakary Soumare
2009 Template:Flagicon Chad Marshall (2) Columbus Crew
2010[7] Template:Flagicon Jámison Olave Real Salt Lake Omar Gonzalez
Nat Borchers
2011 Template:Flagicon Omar Gonzalez Los Angeles Galaxy Jámison Olave
Nat Borchers
Carlos Valdés
2012 Template:Flagicon Matt Besler Sporting Kansas City Víctor Bernárdez
Aurélien Collin
Jay DeMerit
2013 Template:Flagicon José Gonçalves New England Revolution Matt Besler
Omar Gonzalez
Jámison Olave
2014 Template:Flagicon Chad Marshall (3) Seattle Sounders FC Bobby Boswell
Omar Gonzalez
Michael Parkhurst
2015 Template:Flagicon Laurent Ciman[1] Montreal Impact Kendall Waston
Matt Hedges
Matt Miazga
2016 Template:Flagicon Matt Hedges[2] FC Dallas Jelle Van Damme
Axel Sjöberg
Walker Zimmerman
Steve Birnbaum
2017 Template:Flagicon Ike Opara[8] Sporting Kansas City Justin Morrow
Kendall Waston
Leandro González Pírez
Matt Besler
2018 Template:Flagicon Aaron Long[9] New York Red Bulls Chad Marshall
Michael Parkhurst
Leandro González Pírez
Kemar Lawrence
2019 Template:Flagicon Ike Opara[10] (2) Minnesota United FC Walker Zimmerman
Miles Robinson
Maxime Chanot
Eddie Segura
Aaron Long
2020 Template:Flagicon Walker Zimmerman[11] Nashville SC Mark McKenzie
Jonathan Mensah
Anton Tinnerholm
Chris Mavinga
Richie Laryea
2021 Template:Flagicon Walker Zimmerman[12] (2) Nashville SC Yeimar Gómez Andrade
Miles Robinson
Andreu Fontàs
DeJuan Jones
2022 Template:Flagicon Jakob Glesnes[13] Philadelphia Union Kai Wagner
Alexander Callens
2023 Template:Flagicon Matt Miazga[14] FC Cincinnati Tim Parker
Yeimar Gómez Andrade
2024 Template:Flagicon Steven Moreira[15] Columbus Crew Jordi Alba
Jackson Ragen

Wins by club

Club Wins
Columbus Crew 4
Kansas City Wizards/Sporting KC 4
Chicago Fire 3
D.C. United 2
LA Galaxy 2
Nashville SC 2
New England Revolution 2
San Jose Clash/Earthquakes 2
FC Cincinnati 1
FC Dallas 1
Minnesota United FC 1
Montréal Impact/CF Montréal 1
New York Red Bulls 1
Philadelphia Union 1
Real Salt Lake 1
Seattle Sounders FC 1
FC Cincinnati 1

Wins by nationality

Nationality Wins
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References

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  1. ↑ a b Montreal Impact defender Laurent Ciman named 2015 MLS Defender of the Year, mlssoccer.com
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