players that have won defensive player of the year without making the playoffs

Sidney Moncrief won the Defensive Player of the Year award in a single NBA playoff run in 1982-83.

	NAME	DPOY	SEASON	TM	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	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	1	1982-83	MIL	9	41.9	18.9	6.7	3.7	2.0	0.3	6.9	15.8	43.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.1	6.8	75.4	50.3	3.1	3.6	3.0	377	170	60	33	18	3	27	25
2	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	1	1983-84	MIL	16	38.6	19.1	6.9	4.3	1.8	0.6	6.2	11.9	51.8	0.1	0.3	25.0	6.6	8.4	79.1	61.0	2.8	4.2	3.8	618	305	111	68	28	9	61	54
3	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	1	1984-85	UTA	5	31.6	5.8	9.0	1.0	0.8	5.8	2.4	6.8	35.3	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.4	71.4	39.1	2.2	6.8	2.4	158	29	45	5	4	29	12	19
4	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	1	1985-86	SAS	3	32.7	9.0	4.7	6.3	2.3	0.3	2.7	9.7	27.6	0.0	0.0		3.7	4.3	84.6	38.9	1.7	3.0	1.7	98	27	14	19	7	1	5	10
5	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	1	1986-87	LAL	18	29.0	13.0	3.3	5.0	1.4	0.8	4.3	8.8	48.4	1.9	3.9	48.6	2.6	3.0	85.2	64.0	0.4	2.8	2.1	522	234	59	90	25	14	37	46
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	1987-88	CHI	10	42.7	36.3	7.1	4.7	2.4	1.1	13.8	26.0	53.1	0.1	0.3	33.3	8.6	9.9	86.9	59.8	2.3	4.8	3.9	427	363	71	47	24	11	39	38
7	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	1	1988-89	UTA	3	33.0	8.3	11.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.7	5.7	47.1	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.7	81.8	57.2	3.7	7.3	2.3	99	25	33	1	1	2	7	6
8	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	1	1989-90	DET	19	29.5	6.6	8.5	0.9	0.5	0.7	2.8	5.0	56.8	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.8	51.4	57.1	2.9	5.6	1.6	560	126	161	17	9	13	31	62
9	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	1	1990-91	DET	15	33.0	6.3	11.8	0.9	0.7	0.7	2.7	6.1	45.1	0.1	0.6	22.2	0.7	1.6	41.7	46.3	4.5	7.3	0.9	495	94	177	14	11	10	13	55
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1	1992-93	HOU	12	43.2	25.7	14.0	4.8	1.8	4.9	10.3	19.8	51.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.2	6.3	82.7	56.8	4.3	9.7	3.8	518	308	168	57	21	59	45	37
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1	1993-94	HOU	23	43.0	28.9	11.0	4.3	1.7	4.0	11.6	22.3	51.9	0.1	0.2	50.0	5.6	7.0	79.5	56.8	2.4	8.7	3.6	989	664	254	98	40	92	83	82
12	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	1	1994-95	DEN	3	28.0	6.0	6.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.0	3.3	60.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.0	66.7	64.5	1.3	5.0	2.3	84	18	19	1	0	7	7	15
13	Gary Payton G. Payton	1	1995-96	SEA	21	43.4	20.7	5.1	6.8	1.8	0.3	7.7	15.9	48.5	2.0	4.8	41.0	3.3	5.2	63.3	56.8	0.9	4.2	3.0	911	434	108	143	37	7	62	69
14	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	1	1996-97	ATL	10	41.5	15.4	12.3	1.3	0.1	2.6	5.4	8.6	62.8	0.0	0.0		4.6	6.4	71.9	67.4	3.7	8.6	2.0	415	154	123	13	1	26	20	30	-4
15	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	1	1997-98	ATL	4	34.0	8.0	12.8	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	6.0	45.8	0.0	0.0		2.5	4.0	62.5	51.5	3.3	9.5	2.0	136	32	51	1	1	9	8	10	-3
16	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	1	1998-99	MIA	5	38.8	21.6	8.2	0.8	1.6	2.8	7.6	14.6	52.1	0.0	0.0		6.4	9.8	65.3	57.1	1.4	6.8	2.4	194	108	41	4	8	14	12	19	-18
17	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	1	1999-00	MIA	10	37.6	21.6	10.0	1.4	0.2	3.3	7.6	15.7	48.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.4	9.6	66.7	54.2	3.1	6.9	2.4	376	216	100	14	2	33	24	40	+11
18	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	1	2000-01	PHI	23	42.7	13.9	13.7	0.7	0.7	3.1	4.4	9.0	49.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	6.4	77.7	58.4	4.9	8.8	1.6	981	319	316	17	15	72	36	56	+20
19	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1	2001-02	DET	10	40.8	7.3	16.1	1.2	1.9	2.6	2.8	5.9	47.5	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.9	43.6	47.9	4.8	11.3	1.9	408	73	161	12	19	26	19	24	-37
20	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1	2002-03	DET	17	42.5	8.9	16.3	1.6	2.5	3.1	3.1	6.4	48.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	5.9	44.6	49.2	5.1	11.2	0.9	722	151	277	28	42	52	15	50	+28
21	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	1	2003-04	IND	15	38.9	18.4	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	6.5	17.3	37.8	1.3	4.4	28.8	4.1	5.7	71.8	46.6	1.6	4.9	2.5	584	276	98	48	21	16	37	45	+55
22	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1	2004-05	DET	25	39.2	10.0	11.3	1.0	1.7	2.4	4.1	8.5	48.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.9	4.1	46.1	48.9	3.8	7.5	1.2	979	251	282	25	43	59	30	65	+83
23	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1	2005-06	DET	18	35.7	4.7	10.5	1.7	1.3	1.2	1.8	3.9	46.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.0	3.7	27.3	42.0	3.3	7.2	0.8	642	84	189	31	24	22	15	41	+86
24	Marcus Camby M. Camby	1	2006-07	DEN	5	36.8	7.6	14.8	2.0	0.8	3.2	3.4	9.0	37.8	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	66.7	39.9	2.4	12.4	2.0	184	38	74	10	4	16	10	14	-2
25	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1	2007-08	BOS	26	38.0	20.4	10.5	3.3	1.3	1.1	8.3	16.8	49.5	0.1	0.3	25.0	3.6	4.5	81.0	54.2	2.8	7.8	2.1	987	530	274	87	35	29	55	74	+186

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RPG

6.4

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5.6

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Team Rankings

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112.9

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DRTG

119.3

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-6.3

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38.7

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIL	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	IND	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	HOU	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Bucks

32 - 50

106

Final

126

76ers

45 - 37

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PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

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17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

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FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

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MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

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1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

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1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

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61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0