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 15 individuals. The most recent award winner is June Mar Fajardo of the San Miguel Beermen.

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	Teng, AlvinAlvin Teng	Forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
1994	Codiñera, JerryJerry Codiñera	Center	Philippines	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
1995	Dela Cruz, ArtArt Dela Cruz	Forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
1996	Aquino, MarlouMarlou Aquino	Center	Philippines	Ginebra San Miguel
1997	Abuda, FreddieFreddie Abuda	Forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
1998	Jackson, ChrisChris Jackson	Forward	United States	Formula Shell Zoom Masters
1999	Jackson, ChrisChris Jackson (2)	Forward	United States	Formula Shell Zoom Masters
2000	Abuda, FreddieFreddie Abuda (2)	Forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
2001	Jackson, ChrisChris Jackson (3)	Forward	United States	Shell Turbo Chargers
2002	Harp, DavonnDavonn Harp	Forward	United States	Red Bull Thunder
2003	Hatfield, RudyRudy Hatfield	Forward	Philippines	Coca Cola Tigers
2004–05	Espino, DennisDennis Espino	Forward	Philippines	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2005–06	Pingris, MarcMarc Pingris^	Forward	Philippines	Purefoods Chunkee Giants
2006–07	Arboleda, WynneWynne Arboleda	Guard	Philippines	Air21 Express
2007–08	Santos, ArwindArwind Santos^	Forward	Philippines	Air21 Express
2008–09	Arboleda, WynneWynne Arboleda (2)	Guard	Philippines	Burger King Whoppers
2009–10	Norwood, GabeGabe Norwood^	Forward	United States	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2010–11	Santos, ArwindArwind Santos^ (2)	Forward	Philippines	Petron Blaze Boosters
2011–12	Ibañes, JirehJireh Ibañes^	Forward	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2012–13	Pingris, MarcMarc Pingris^ (2)	Forward	Philippines	San Mig Coffee Mixers
2013–14	Pingris, MarcMarc Pingris^ (3)	Forward	Philippines	San Mig Coffee Mixers
2014–15	Fajardo, June MarJune Mar Fajardo^	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen

Multiple time winners

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

References

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