WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award

Der WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ist eine jährliche Auszeichnung für die Spielerin der Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), die die herausragendste defensive Leistung während der regulären Saison hatte. Die Gewinnerin dieser Auszeichnung wird durch eine Abstimmung unter Sportjournalisten und Fernsehberichterstattern festgelegt.

Gewinner des Defensive Player of the Year Award
Saison	Gewinnerin	Team
1997	Teresa Weatherspoon	New York Liberty
1998	Teresa Weatherspoon^2	New York Liberty
1999	Yolanda Griffith	Sacramento Monarchs
2000	Sheryl Swoopes	Houston Comets
2001	Debbie Black	Miami Sol
2002	Sheryl Swoopes^2	Houston Comets
2003	Sheryl Swoopes^3	Houston Comets
2004	Lisa Leslie	Los Angeles Sparks
2005	Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever
2006	Tamika Catchings^2	Indiana Fever
2007	Lauren Jackson	Seattle Storm
2008	Lisa Leslie^2	Los Angeles Sparks
2009	Tamika Catchings^3,	Indiana Fever
2010	Tamika Catchings^4	Indiana Fever
2011	Sylvia Fowles	Chicago Sky
2012	Tamika Catchings^5	Indiana Fever
2013	Sylvia Fowles^2	Chicago Sky
2014	Brittney Griner	Phoenix Mercury
2015	Brittney Griner^2	Phoenix Mercury
2016	Sylvia Fowles^3	Minnesota Lynx
2017	Alana Beard	Los Angeles Sparks
2018	Alana Beard^2	Los Angeles Sparks
2019	Natasha Howard	Seattle Storm
2020	Candace Parker	Los Angeles Sparks
2021	Sylvia Fowles^4	Minnesota Lynx
2022	A’ja Wilson	Las Vegas Aces
2023	A’ja Wilson^2	Las Vegas Aces

Weblinks

• WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award bei WNBA.com

Einzelnachweise

1. www.wnba.com Indiana’s Tamika Catchings Wins 2005 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Presented by Tampax
2. www.wnba.com Seattle’s Lauren Jackson Named 2007 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
3. www.wnba.com Los Angeles’ Lisa Leslie Named 2008 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
4. www.wnba.com Indiana Fever's Tamika Catchings Named 2010 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Presented by Kia Motors
5. www.wnba.com Sylvia Fowles Named 2013 WNBA Defensive Player of Year
6. N.N.: Record-Setting Griner Named 2014 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Presented by Samsung. (Memento vom 14. Dezember 2014 im Webarchiv archive.today) Archiviert von Women's National Basketball Association—Website; New York City, NY, 22. August 2014. Abgerufen am 11. Februar 2019 (in Englisch).
7. www.wnba.com Mercury’s Brittney Griner Named 2015 WNBA Defensive Player Of The Year Presented By Samsung
8. www.wnba.com Minnesota’s Sylvia Fowles Named 2016 WNBA Defensive Player of Year presented by Samsung
9. www.wnba.com Los Angeles’ Alana Beard Named 2017 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
10. Sparks’ Alana Beard Named 2018 Defensive Player Of The Year. WNBA, 30. August 2018, abgerufen am 30. August 2018 (englisch). 
11. Seattle’s Natasha Howard Named 2019 WNBA Defensive Player Of The Year. WNBA, 11. September 2019, abgerufen am 1. Oktober 2019 (englisch). 
12. Candace Parker Named 2020 WNBA Defensive Player Of The Year. WNBA, 24. September 2020, abgerufen am 25. September 2020 (englisch). 
13. Sylvia Fowles Named 2021 Kia WNBA Defensive Player Of The Year. WNBA, 26. September 2021, abgerufen am 28. September 2021 (englisch). 
14. Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson Named 2022 Kia WNBA Defensive Player Of The Year. In: WNBA. 30. August 2022, abgerufen am 4. September 2022.
15. Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson Named 2023 Kia WNBA Defensive Player Of The Year. In: WNBA. 22. September 2023, abgerufen am 6. Oktober 2023.

Auszeichnungen der Women’s National Basketball Association

Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award | Kobe & Gigi Bryant WNBA Advocacy Award | WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year Award | WNBA Coach of the Year Award | WNBA Community Assist Award | WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award | WNBA Finals MVP Award | WNBA Most Valuable Player Award | WNBA Most Improved Player Award | WNBA Peak Performers | WNBA Rookie of the Year Award | WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award