most defensive player of the year awards

Rudy Gobert, Ben Wallace and Dikembe Mutombo are tied for the most career Defensive Player of the Year awards, with 4.

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most defensive player of the year awards by a player

	NAME	DPOY	GP	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	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	4	852	30.7	12.6	11.7	1.4	0.7	2.1	4.7	7.1	65.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	5.0	63.9	67.4	3.4	8.3	1.6	26,161	10,710	9,934	1,167	585	1,753	1,374	2,279	+3588
2	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	4	1,088	29.5	5.7	9.6	1.3	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.0	47.4	0.0	0.0	13.7	1.0	2.5	41.4	47.4	3.2	6.5	1.0	32,085	6,254	10,482	1,437	1,369	2,137	1,061	2,078	+2103
3	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	4	1,196	30.8	9.8	10.3	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.5	6.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.1	68.4	57.3	3.2	7.1	1.8	36,791	11,729	12,359	1,240	494	3,289	2,173	3,383	+1607
4	Dwight Howard D. Howard	3	1,242	31.8	15.7	11.8	1.3	0.9	1.8	5.7	9.7	58.7	0.0	0.1	21.4	4.3	7.6	56.7	60.2	3.3	8.4	2.7	39,435	19,485	14,627	1,676	1,081	2,228	3,302	3,912	+2878
5	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2	747	31.8	20.2	6.3	3.0	1.7	0.6	7.3	14.7	49.8	1.6	4.2	39.2	3.9	4.5	86.2	60.4	1.2	5.2	1.7	23,725	15,088	4,739	2,278	1,281	476	1,238	1,246	+4566
6	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	2	838	31.0	17.1	8.5	1.1	0.5	2.8	6.1	11.6	52.7	0.0	0.1	24.7	4.8	7.0	69.2	58.3	2.6	5.9	2.6	25,975	14,311	7,137	946	414	2,356	2,209	2,810	+1651
7	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	2	911	31.7	7.3	13.1	1.8	0.7	0.6	3.0	5.8	52.1	0.1	0.4	23.1	1.2	2.0	58.4	54.6	4.8	8.4	1.6	28,839	6,683	11,954	1,600	611	531	1,484	2,843	+827
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
9	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	2	875	28.8	6.0	7.9	1.0	0.4	3.5	2.4	5.2	45.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.9	64.9	49.6	2.1	5.8	1.5	25,169	5,216	6,939	840	368	3,064	1,293	2,955
10	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	2	767	30.2	15.6	4.7	3.6	1.2	0.3	5.4	10.7	50.2	0.1	0.5	28.4	4.7	5.6	83.1	59.1	1.9	2.8	2.0	23,150	11,931	3,575	2,793	924	226	1,551	1,635
11	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	1	293	32.6	16.6	9.0	3.0	0.8	1.6	6.6	12.2	54.3	0.6	2.0	32.1	2.7	4.0	68.7	59.6	2.3	6.7	1.9	9,563	4,866	2,627	881	246	460	570	695	+1100
12	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	1	428	28.6	18.4	5.5	1.5	1.0	1.9	6.5	14.0	46.6	1.7	4.9	35.0	3.7	4.6	79.2	57.5	1.3	4.2	1.9	12,260	7,886	2,365	639	429	797	806	1,571	+359
13	Marcus Smart M. Smart	1	649	29.4	10.6	3.4	4.5	1.6	0.4	3.6	9.2	38.8	1.6	4.9	32.2	1.9	2.4	77.9	51.7	0.8	2.6	1.9	19,101	6,865	2,215	2,936	1,019	232	1,225	1,651	+1805
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1	876	32.8	24.0	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.2	0.6	2.2	28.6	5.8	8.3	69.2	61.2	1.9	8.0	3.0	28,728	21,030	8,702	4,392	977	1,080	2,642	2,578	+3109
15	Draymond Green D. Green	1	901	28.7	8.7	6.9	5.6	1.3	1.0	3.2	7.2	44.8	0.9	2.7	32.1	1.4	2.0	70.9	54.0	1.1	5.8	2.3	25,845	7,825	6,209	5,057	1,198	905	2,087	2,608	+4670
16	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	1	891	32.2	14.0	7.4	3.4	0.9	1.4	5.2	10.8	48.1	0.5	1.3	36.0	3.2	4.1	77.6	55.7	1.6	5.8	2.0	28,719	12,514	6,604	2,996	792	1,254	1,755	2,551	+1139
17	Joakim Noah J. Noah	1	672	27.7	8.8	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	6.8	49.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.9	70.0	54.0	3.2	5.8	1.7	18,646	5,881	6,058	1,907	534	874	1,133	1,874	+589
18	Tyson Chandler T. Chandler	1	1,160	27.3	8.2	9.0	0.8	0.5	1.2	3.1	5.1	59.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.2	64.4	62.6	3.0	6.0	1.4	31,617	9,509	10,467	967	630	1,335	1,656	3,268	+321
19	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	1	991	31.7	13.2	4.5	2.7	1.7	0.5	4.7	11.4	41.4	1.2	3.4	33.9	2.6	3.6	71.5	50.8	1.2	3.3	1.8	31,440	13,058	4,448	2,631	1,721	522	1,791	2,586	+1818
20	Marcus Camby M. Camby	1	973	29.5	9.5	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	3.9	8.3	46.6	0.0	0.1	20.5	1.8	2.6	67.0	50.3	2.7	7.1	1.4	28,684	9,262	9,513	1,837	967	2,331	1,362	2,687	-23
21	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
22	Gary Payton G. Payton	1	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	52.8	1.0	2.9	2.3	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	2,445	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
23	David Robinson D. Robinson	1	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
25	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	1	779	31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	2.7	0.4	5.7	11.9	47.7	0.3	1.0	29.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	52.7	2.1	3.1	2.7	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	2,112	323	2,116	2,638