PBA Defensive Player of the Year award

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Defensive Player of the Year is an annual Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) award given since the 1993 PBA season to the top defensive player of the season. Unlike the traditional player awards, which is given by the league, this citation is awarded by the PBA Press Corps.[1]

Since its inception, the award has been given to 21 individuals. Zavier Lucero of the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots will be honored with his first Defensive Player of the Year award from the PBA Press Corps (PBAPC).

Winners

^ Denotes player who is still active in the PBA
* Inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
Season Player Position Country of birth Team Ref.
1993 Alvin Teng Center / Power forward  Philippines San Miguel Beermen
1994 Jerry Codiñera Center  Philippines Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
1995 Art dela Cruz Small forward  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (2)
1996 Marlou Aquino Center  Philippines Ginebra San Miguel
1997 Freddie Abuda Power forward  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (3)
1998 Chris Jackson Power forward  United States Formula Shell Zoom Masters
1999 Chris Jackson (2) Power forward  United States Shell Velocity (2)
2000 Freddie Abuda (2) Power forward  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (4)
2001 Chris Jackson (3) Power forward  United States Shell Turbo Chargers (3)
2002 Davonn Harp Center  United States Red Bull Thunder
2003 Rudy Hatfield Power forward / Small forward  Philippines Coca-Cola Tigers
2004–05 Dennis Espino Center / Power forward  Philippines Sta. Lucia Realtors
2005–06 Marc Pingris Power forward  Philippines Purefoods Chunkee Giants (2)
2006–07 Wynne Arboleda Point guard  Philippines Air21 Express
2007–08 Arwind Santos Small forward / Power forward  Philippines Air21 Express (2)
2008–09 Wynne Arboleda (2) Point guard  Philippines Burger King Whoppers (3)
2009–10 Gabe Norwood^ Small forward  United States Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2010–11 Arwind Santos (2) Small forward / Power forward  Philippines Petron Blaze Boosters (5)
2011–12 Jireh Ibañes Small forward  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2)
2012–13 Marc Pingris (2) Power forward  Philippines San Mig Coffee Mixers (3)
2013–14 Marc Pingris (3) Power forward  Philippines San Mig Super Coffee Mixers (4)
2014–15 June Mar Fajardo^ Center  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (6)
2015–16 Chris Ross^ Point guard / Shooting guard  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (7)
2016–17 Chris Ross^ (2) Point guard / Shooting guard  Philippines San Miguel Beermen (8)
2017–18 Poy Erram^ Center  Philippines Blackwater Elite
2019 Sean Anthony^ Power forward  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier
2020[n 1] Justin Chua^ Center  Philippines Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters
2021 Arwind Santos (3) Power forward  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier (2)
2022–23 Jio Jalalon^ Point guard  Philippines Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots (5)
2023–24 Cliff Hodge^ Power forward  United States Meralco Bolts [2]
2024–25 Zavier Lucero^ Power forward  United States Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots (6) [3]

Multiple time winners

Total Player
3 Chris Jackson
Marc Pingris
Arwind Santos
2 Freddie Abuda
Wynne Arboleda
Chris Ross

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season only had one conference. The award was renamed as "Top Bubble D-Fender" for this season.

References

  1. ^ PBA Press Corps Awards Night: Fajardo is Defensive Player of the Year, Abueva Mr. Quality Minutes, spin.ph, September 12, 2015
  2. ^ "Scribes honor veterans Hodge, Tenorio, Sangalang". PBA.ph. September 18, 2024. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "TNT's Chot Reyes bags record 7th PBAPC Coach of the Year plum". Philstar.com. 2025-10-12. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Basketball_Association_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_award