16 players won the Defensive Player of the Year award once in their careers. The first three are Kevin Garnett, Gary Payton and Tyson Chandler.

Interpreted as:

most times in top 3 voting for dpoy 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Draymond Green D. Green	1	881	28.7	8.7	6.9	5.6	1.3	1.0	3.2	7.1	44.9	0.8	2.6	32.0	1.4	2.0	71.0	54.1	1.1	5.8	2.3	25,282	7,665	6,087	4,948	1,183	888	2,027	2,536	+4597
15	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
16	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	1	873	27.1	8.9	3.2	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.5	7.4	46.9	0.5	1.4	34.0	1.5	1.8	83.3	54.4	0.8	2.3	1.6	23,635	7,729	2,769	3,666	1,033	523	1,429	2,329
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1	859	32.9	23.9	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.1	0.6	2.2	28.4	5.8	8.3	69.3	61.1	1.9	8.1	3.0	28,233	20,538	8,530	4,288	961	1,064	2,586	2,531	+3014
18	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
19	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	4	829	30.7	12.6	11.7	1.4	0.7	2.1	4.7	7.2	65.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	5.0	64.1	67.3	3.4	8.3	1.6	25,430	10,458	9,700	1,123	576	1,718	1,338	2,209	+3461
20	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
21	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
22	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2	733	31.8	20.1	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.6	7.3	14.6	49.9	1.6	4.1	39.2	3.9	4.5	86.0	60.4	1.2	5.2	1.7	23,281	14,733	4,662	2,236	1,255	471	1,212	1,225	+4597
23	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
24	Marcus Smart M. Smart	1	635	29.5	10.6	3.4	4.6	1.6	0.4	3.6	9.2	38.8	1.6	4.9	32.4	1.9	2.4	77.6	51.6	0.8	2.6	1.9	18,726	6,735	2,183	2,895	994	228	1,198	1,611	+1727
25	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	1	407	28.6	18.5	5.5	1.5	1.0	1.9	6.5	14.0	46.6	1.7	4.9	35.1	3.7	4.6	79.2	57.5	1.3	4.2	1.9	11,639	7,518	2,258	602	414	777	762	1,485	+447