WNBA Defensive Player of the Year

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:WNBA Awards The Women's National Basketball Association's Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season -- 1997, to the top defensive player of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.

Tamika Catchings has won the defensive player of the year award more times than any other player with the record of 5.[1]

Winners

Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA
Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has won
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
Season Player Position Nationality Team First-Place Votes Ref.
1997 Teresa Weatherspoon Guard Script error: No such module "flag". New York Liberty 22 out of 37
1998 Teresa Weatherspoon (2) Guard Script error: No such module "flag". New York Liberty (2) 28 out of 45
1999 Yolanda Griffith Center Script error: No such module "flag". Sacramento Monarchs 17 out of 51
2000 Sheryl Swoopes Guard / Forward Script error: No such module "flag". Houston Comets 33 out of 62
2001 Debbie Black Guard Script error: No such module "flag". Miami Sol 22 out of 60
2002 Sheryl Swoopes (2) Guard / Forward Script error: No such module "flag". Houston Comets (2) 22 out of 60
2003 Sheryl Swoopes (3) Guard / Forward Script error: No such module "flag". Houston Comets (3) 35 out of 54
2004 Lisa Leslie Center Script error: No such module "flag". Los Angeles Sparks 27 out of 46
2005 Tamika Catchings Forward Script error: No such module "flag". Indiana Fever 35 out of 50
2006 Tamika Catchings (2) Forward Script error: No such module "flag". Indiana Fever (2) 43 out of 56
2007 Lauren Jackson Forward / Center Script error: No such module "flag". Seattle Storm 20 out of 48
2008 Lisa Leslie (2) Center Script error: No such module "flag". Los Angeles Sparks (2) 20 out of 43 [2]
2009 Tamika Catchings (3) Forward Script error: No such module "flag". Indiana Fever (3) 34 out of 40
2010 Tamika Catchings (4) Forward Script error: No such module "flag". Indiana Fever (4) 30 out of 39
2011 Sylvia Fowles Center Script error: No such module "flag". Chicago Sky 19 out of 40 [3]
2012 Tamika Catchings (5) Forward Script error: No such module "flag". Indiana Fever (5) 19 out of 41
2013 Sylvia Fowles (2) Center Script error: No such module "flag". Chicago Sky (2) 21 out of 39 [3]
2014 Brittney Griner Center Script error: No such module "flag". Phoenix Mercury 31 out of 38
2015 Brittney Griner (2) Center Script error: No such module "flag". Phoenix Mercury (2) 33 out of 39
2016 Sylvia Fowles (3) Center Script error: No such module "flag". Minnesota Lynx 19 out of 39 [3]
2017 Alana Beard Guard / Forward Script error: No such module "flag". Los Angeles Sparks (3) 28 out of 40 [4]
2018 Alana Beard (2) Guard / Forward Script error: No such module "flag". Los Angeles Sparks (4) 16 out of 39 [5]
2019 Natasha Howard Guard / Forward Script error: No such module "flag". Seattle Storm (2) 33 out of 43 [6]
2020 Candace Parker Forward / Center Script error: No such module "flag". Los Angeles Sparks (5) 16 out of 47 [7]
2021 Sylvia Fowles (4) Center Script error: No such module "flag". Minnesota Lynx (2) 31 out of 49 [8]
2022 A'ja Wilson Forward Script error: No such module "flag". Las Vegas Aces 20 out of 56 [9]
2023 A'ja Wilson (2) Script error: No such module "flag". Las Vegas Aces (2) 32 out of 60 [10]
2024 Napheesa Collier Script error: No such module "flag". Minnesota Lynx (3) 36 out of 60 [11]
2025 Alanna Smith Script error: No such module "flag". Minnesota Lynx (4) 29 out of 72 [12][13]
A'ja Wilson (3) Center Script error: No such module "flag". Las Vegas Aces (3)

Multi-time winners

Awards Player Team(s) Years
5 Tamika Catchings Indiana Fever 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012
4 Sylvia Fowles Chicago Sky / Minnesota Lynx 2011, 2013, 2016, 2021
3 Sheryl Swoopes Houston Comets 2000, 2002, 2003
A'ja Wilson Las Vegas Aces 2022, 2023, 2025
2 Teresa Weatherspoon New York Liberty 1997, 1998
Lisa Leslie Los Angeles Sparks 2004, 2008
Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury 2014, 2015
Alana Beard Los Angeles Sparks 2017, 2018

See also

References

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