Below is a list of all of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award winners, sorted by year. This award was not handed out until the end of the 1982-83 season.
| Year | Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-83 | Sidney Moncrief | Milwaukee Bucks | ||||
| 1983-84 | Sidney Moncrief | Milwaukee Bucks | ||||
| 1984-85 | Mark Eaton | Utah Jazz | ||||
| 1985-86 | Alvin Robertson | San Antonio Spurs | ||||
| 1986-87 | Michael Cooper | Los Angeles Lakers | ||||
| 1987-88 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | ||||
| 1988-89 | Mark Eaton | Utah Jazz | ||||
| 1989-90 | Dennis Rodman | Detroit Pistons | ||||
| 1990-91 | Dennis Rodman | Detroit Pistons | ||||
| 1991-92 | David Robinson | San Antonio Spurs | ||||
| 1992-93 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets | ||||
| 1993-94 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets | ||||
| 1994-95 | Dikembe Mutombo | Denver Nuggets | ||||
| 1995-96 | Gary Payton | Seattle Supersonics | ||||
| 1996-97 | Dikembe Mutombo | Atlanta Hawks | ||||
| 1997-98 | Dikembe Mutombo | Atlanta Hawks | ||||
| 1998-99 | Alonzo Mourning | Miami Heat | ||||
| 1999-2000 | Alonzo Mourning | Miami Heat | ||||
| 2000-2001 | Dikembe Mutombo | Atlanta Hawks/Philadelphia 76ers | ||||
| 2001-02 | Ben Wallace | Detroit Pistons | ||||
| 2002-03 | Ben Wallace | Detroit Pistons |
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