least amount of games played by a player to win dpoy before 2015 minimum 65 games played

Before 2014-15, David Robinson had the fewest games by a Defensive Player of the Year with 65+ games played in a season, with 68 games in 1991-92.

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least amount of games played by a player to win dpoy in a regular season before 2015 minimum 65 games played

	NAME	GP	DPOY	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	David Robinson D. Robinson	68	1	1991-92	SAS	37.7	23.2	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	8.7	15.8	55.1	0.0	0.1	12.5	5.8	8.3	70.1	59.7	3.8	8.4	2.7	2,564	1,578	829	181	158	305	182	219
2	Marcus Camby M. Camby	70	1	2006-07	DEN	33.8	11.2	11.7	3.2	1.2	3.3	4.5	9.4	47.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.2	72.9	51.9	2.3	9.3	1.7	2,369	785	816	223	87	231	122	183	+115
3	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	71	1	2007-08	BOS	32.8	18.8	9.2	3.4	1.4	1.3	7.5	13.9	53.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.8	4.7	80.1	58.8	1.9	7.3	1.9	2,328	1,337	655	244	100	89	138	163	+736
4	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	73	1	2003-04	IND	37.2	18.3	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	6.4	15.2	42.1	1.0	3.3	31.0	4.4	6.0	73.3	51.1	1.4	3.9	2.8	2,714	1,333	385	272	152	50	202	194	+486
5	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	73	1	2002-03	DET	39.4	6.9	15.4	1.6	1.4	3.2	2.9	6.0	48.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.2	2.6	45.0	48.6	4.0	11.4	1.2	2,873	506	1,126	120	104	230	88	179	+222
6	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	74	1	2004-05	DET	36.1	9.7	12.2	1.7	1.4	2.4	4.0	8.8	45.3	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.8	4.1	42.8	45.9	3.9	8.2	1.1	2,671	721	902	123	106	176	82	159	+343
7	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	75	1	2000-01	TOT	34.5	10.0	13.5	1.0	0.4	2.7	3.6	7.4	48.4	0.0	0.0		2.8	3.9	72.5	54.7	4.1	9.4	1.9	2,591	749	1,015	76	29	203	144	204	+51
8	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	76	1	1982-83	MIL	35.7	22.5	5.8	4.0	1.4	0.3	8.0	15.2	52.4	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.6	7.9	82.6	60.2			2.6	2,710	1,712	437	302	108	24	196	180
9	Dwight Howard D. Howard	78	1	2010-11	ORL	37.6	22.9	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	7.9	13.4	59.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.0	11.7	59.6	61.6	4.0	10.1	3.6	2,935	1,784	1,098	107	107	186	279	258	+498
10	Dwight Howard D. Howard	79	1	2008-09	ORL	35.7	20.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	7.1	12.4	57.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.4	10.7	59.4	60.0	4.3	9.6	3.0	2,821	1,624	1,093	112	77	231	240	270	+553
11	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	79	1	1999-00	MIA	34.8	21.7	9.5	1.6	0.5	3.7	8.3	15.0	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.2	7.4	71.1	59.6	2.7	6.8	2.7	2,748	1,718	753	123	40	294	217	308	+270
12	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	79	1	1983-84	MIL	38.9	20.9	6.7	4.5	1.4	0.3	7.1	14.2	49.8	0.1	0.2	27.8	6.7	7.9	84.8	59.1			2.7	3,075	1,654	528	358	108	27	217	204
13	Joakim Noah J. Noah	80	1	2013-14	CHI	35.2	12.6	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	4.8	10.0	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.2	73.7	53.1	3.5	7.7	2.4	2,820	1,007	900	431	99	121	194	245	+232
14	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	80	1	2012-13	MEM	35.0	14.1	7.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	5.4	10.9	49.4	0.0	0.2	7.1	3.4	4.0	84.8	55.9	2.3	5.5	2.0	2,796	1,127	622	318	80	139	157	255	+434
15	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	80	1	2001-02	DET	36.5	7.6	13.0	1.4	1.7	3.5	3.2	6.0	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.9	42.3	52.2	4.0	9.0	0.9	2,921	609	1,039	115	138	278	70	178	+150
16	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	80	1	1996-97	ATL	37.2	13.3	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	4.8	9.0	52.7	0.0	0.0		3.8	5.4	70.5	58.4	3.4	8.3	2.3	2,973	1,066	929	110	49	264	186	249	+432
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	80	1	1993-94	HOU	41.0	27.3	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	11.2	21.2	52.8	0.1	0.2	42.1	4.9	6.8	71.6	56.5	2.9	9.1	3.4	3,277	2,184	955	287	128	297	271	289
18	Gary Payton G. Payton	81	1	1995-96	SEA	39.0	19.3	4.2	7.5	2.9	0.2	7.6	15.8	48.4	1.2	3.7	32.8	2.8	3.8	74.8	55.4	1.3	2.9	3.2	3,162	1,563	339	608	231	19	260	221
19	Dwight Howard D. Howard	82	1	2009-10	ORL	34.7	18.3	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	6.2	10.2	61.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.9	10.0	59.2	63.0	3.5	9.7	3.3	2,843	1,503	1,082	144	75	228	274	287	+619
20	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	82	1	2005-06	DET	35.2	7.3	11.3	1.9	1.8	2.2	2.9	5.7	51.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.6	41.6	50.1	3.7	7.6	1.1	2,890	597	923	158	146	181	88	164	+598
21	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	82	1	1997-98	ATL	35.6	13.4	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	4.9	9.1	53.7	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.5	67.0	58.4	3.4	8.0	2.0	2,917	1,101	932	82	34	277	168	254	+421
22	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	82	1	1994-95	DEN	37.8	11.5	12.5	1.4	0.5	3.9	4.3	7.7	55.6	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.6	65.4	59.5	3.9	8.7	2.3	3,100	946	1,029	113	40	321	192	284
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	82	1	1992-93	HOU	39.5	26.1	13.0	3.5	1.8	4.2	10.3	19.5	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.4	7.0	77.9	57.7	3.5	9.6	3.2	3,242	2,140	1,068	291	150	342	262	305
24	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	82	1	1990-91	DET	33.5	8.2	12.5	1.0	0.8	0.7	3.4	6.8	49.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	1.4	2.1	63.1	52.5	4.4	8.1	1.1	2,747	669	1,026	85	65	55	94	281
25	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	82	1	1989-90	DET	29.0	8.8	9.7	0.9	0.6	0.7	3.5	6.0	58.1	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.7	2.6	65.4	60.8	4.1	5.6	1.1	2,377	719	792	72	52	60	90	276

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Before 2014-15, David Robinson had the fewest games by a Defensive Player of the Year with 65+ games played in a season, with 68 games in 1991-92.

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