Philippine Basketball Association 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 18 individuals. The most recent award winner is Sean Anthony of the NorthPort Batang Pier.

List of awardees

^	Denotes player who is still active in the PBA
*	Elected to the PBA Hall of Fame as a player

Season	Player	Position	Country of birth	Team
1993	Alvin Teng	Forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
1994	Jerry Codiñera	Center	Philippines	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
1995	Art dela Cruz	Forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
1996	Marlou Aquino	Center	Philippines	Ginebra San Miguel
1997	Freddie Abuda	Forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
1998	Chris Jackson	Forward	United States	Formula Shell Zoom Masters
1999	Chris Jackson (2)	Forward	United States	Formula Shell Zoom Masters
2000	Freddie Abuda (2)	Forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
2001	Chris Jackson (3)	Forward	United States	Shell Turbo Chargers
2002	Davonn Harp	Forward	United States	Red Bull Thunder
2003	Rudy Hatfield	Forward	Philippines	Coca Cola Tigers
2004–05	Dennis Espino	Forward	Philippines	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2005–06	Marc Pingris^	Forward	Philippines	Purefoods Chunkee Giants
2006–07	Wynne Arboleda	Guard	Philippines	Air21 Express
2007–08	Arwind Santos^	Forward	Philippines	Air21 Express
2008–09	Wynne Arboleda (2)	Guard	Philippines	Burger King Whoppers
2009–10	Gabe Norwood^	Forward	United States	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2010–11	Arwind Santos^ (2)	Forward	Philippines	Petron Blaze Boosters
2011–12	Jireh Ibañes	Forward	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2012–13	Marc Pingris^ (2)	Forward	Philippines	San Mig Coffee Mixers
2013–14	Marc Pingris^ (3)	Forward	Philippines	San Mig Coffee Mixers
2014–15	June Mar Fajardo^	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
2015–16	Chris Ross^	Guard	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
2016–17	Chris Ross^ (2)	Guard	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
2017–18	John Paul Erram^	Center	Philippines	Blackwater Elite
2019	Sean Anthony^	Forward	Philippines	NorthPort Batang Pier

Multiple time winners

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

References

PBA Press Corps Awards Night: Fajardo is Defensive Player of the Year, Abueva Mr. Quality Minutes, spin.ph, September 12, 2015

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[1] PBA Press Corps Awards Night: Fajardo is Defensive Player of the Year, Abueva Mr. Quality Minutes, spin.ph, September 12, 2015