NABC Defensive Player of the Year

NABC Defensive Player of the Year
Awarded for the most outstanding defensive basketball player in the NCAA
Country United States
Presented by National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)
First awarded 1987
Currently held by Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia

The NABC Defensive Player of the Year is an award given annually by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to recognize the top defensive player in United States college basketball. The award has been given since 1987 and was previously known as the Henry Iba Corinthian Award, named after Hall of Fame coach Henry Iba, who coached at Oklahoma State University from 1934–1970.

Duke University has dominated the award with six recipients who have won a total of nine awards. The only other schools with more than one recipient are Connecticut, with two recipients who combined for four awards, and Ohio State and Kentucky, with two recipients who each won the award once. Three players have been named the NABC Defensive Player of the Year on three occasions—Stacey Augmon of UNLV (1989–91), Tim Duncan of Wake Forest (1995–97), and Shane Battier of Duke (1999–2001). Greg Oden (2007) and Anthony Davis (2012) are the only freshmen to have won the award.

Two winners of this award were born outside the main territory of the United States. Duncan was born in the United States Virgin Islands, an insular area of the U.S.; by U.S. law, all natives of the USVI are U.S. citizens by birth. Hasheem Thabeet, the 2008 and 2009 winner, is a native of Tanzania.

Key

† Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national Player of the Year award:
the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Defensive Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Tim Duncan is one of three players to win the award three times.
Kenyon Martin was also named the Naismith and Wooden Award winner in 2000.
In 2007, Greg Oden became the first freshman to be named Defensive Player of the Year.
Season Player School Position Class
1986–87 Amaker, TommyTommy Amaker Duke Point guard Senior
1987–88 King, BillyBilly King Duke Forward Senior
1988–89 Augmon, StaceyStacey Augmon UNLV Small forward Sophomore
1989–90 Augmon, StaceyStacey Augmon (2) UNLV Small forward Junior
1990–91 Augmon, StaceyStacey Augmon (3) UNLV Small forward Senior
1991–92 Mourning, AlonzoAlonzo Mourning Georgetown Center Senior
1992–93 Hill, GrantGrant Hill Duke Shooting guard / Small forward Junior
1993–94 McIlvaine, JimJim McIlvaine Marquette Center Senior
1994–95 Duncan, TimTim Duncan Wake Forest Center Sophomore
1995–96 Duncan, TimTim Duncan (2) Wake Forest Center Junior
1996–97 Duncan, TimTim Duncan* (3) Wake Forest Center Senior
1997–98 Wojciechowski, SteveSteve Wojciechowski Duke Shooting guard Senior
1998–99 Battier, ShaneShane Battier Duke Small forward Sophomore
1999–00† Battier, ShaneShane Battier (2) Duke Small forward Junior
1999–00† Martin, KenyonKenyon Martin* Cincinnati Center Senior
2000–01 Battier, ShaneShane Battier* (3) Duke Small forward Senior
2001–02 Linehan, JohnJohn Linehan Providence Point guard Senior
2002–03 Okafor, EmekaEmeka Okafor Connecticut Center Sophomore
2003–04 Okafor, EmekaEmeka Okafor (2) Connecticut Center Junior
2004–05 Williams, SheldenShelden Williams Duke Power forward Junior
2005–06 Williams, SheldenShelden Williams (2) Duke Power forward Senior
2006–07 Oden, GregGreg Oden Ohio State Center Freshman
2007–08 Thabeet, HasheemHasheem Thabeet Connecticut Center Sophomore
2008–09 Thabeet, HasheemHasheem Thabeet (2) Connecticut Center Junior
2009–10 Varnado, JarvisJarvis Varnado Mississippi State Center Senior
2010–11 Faried, KennethKenneth Faried Morehead State Power forward/Center Senior
2011–12 Davis, AnthonyAnthony Davis* Kentucky Center Freshman
2012–13† Oladipo, VictorVictor Oladipo Indiana Shooting guard Junior
2012–13† Withey, JeffJeff Withey Kansas Center Senior
2013–14 Craft, AaronAaron Craft Ohio State Point guard Senior
2014–15 Cauley-Stein, WillieWillie Cauley-Stein Kentucky Forward-center Junior
2015–16 Brogdon, MalcolmMalcolm Brogdon Virginia Shooting guard Senior

Winners by school

School Winners Years
Duke 9 1987, 1988, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000†, 2001, 2005, 2006
Connecticut 4 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
UNLV 3 1989, 1990, 1991
Wake Forest 3 1995, 1996, 1997
Kentucky 2 2012, 2015
Ohio State 2 2007, 2014
Cincinnati 1 2000†
Georgetown 1 1992
Indiana 1 2013†
Kansas 1 2013†
Marquette 1 1994
Mississippi State 1 2010
Morehead State 1 2011
Providence 1 2002
Virginia 1 2016

See also

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