NBA Awards: Defensive Player of the Year, Grouped by Team

This is the complete list of NBA players that won the Defensive Player of the Year Award, grouped by team.

Team with the Most Awards:

Detroit Pistons
6 times had the Defensive Player of the Year

NBA Awards: Defensive Player of the Year

Every year since the 1982-83 season the best NBA defender is selected by a national panel of pro basketball writers and broadcasters and the winner receives the Defensive Player of the Year Award.

On this list the DPOYs are grouped by team, with the Detroit Pistons at the top with 6 awards thanks to Ben Wallace and Dennis Rodman

Defensive Player of the Year: by Year / by Player / by Team

NBA Awards: All-time list of teams who had the winner of the Defensive Player of the Year award.

Awards NBA Team
Player
Season
Player / Season
6 Detroit Pistons
Ben Wallace
Dennis Rodman
5 Utah Jazz
Rudy Gobert
Mark Eaton
4 San Antonio Spurs
Kawhi Leonard
Alvin Robertson
David Robinson
3 Atlanta Hawks
Dikembe Mutombo
2000-01 (played for Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers)
3 Milwaukee Bucks
Sidney Moncrief
Giannis Antetokounmpo
3 Orlando Magic
Dwight Howard
2 Boston Celtics
Kevin Garnett
Marcus Smart
2 Chicago Bulls
Michael Jordan
Joakim Noah
2 Denver Nuggets
Marcus Camby
Dikembe Mutombo
2 Houston Rockets
Hakeem Olajuwon
2 Memphis Grizzlies
Marc Gasol
Jaren Jackson Jr.
2 Miami Heat
Alonzo Mourning
Awards NBA Team
Player
Season
Player / Season
1 Golden State Warriors
Draymond Green
1 Indiana Pacers
Metta World Peace
1 Los Angeles Lakers
Michael Cooper
1 New York Knicks
Tyson Chandler
1 Oklahoma City Thunder
Gary Payton
1995-96 (Seattle Supersonics)
1 Philadelphia 76ers
Dikembe Mutombo
2000-01 (played for Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers)