Michael Cooper won the Defensive Player of the Year award once in his career.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
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	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2	736	31.8	20.1	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.6	7.3	14.7	49.8	1.6	4.1	39.2	3.9	4.5	86.0	60.4	1.2	5.2	1.7	23,378	14,800	4,681	2,247	1,259	473	1,218	1,229	+4581
21	Draymond Green D. Green	1	885	28.7	8.7	6.9	5.6	1.3	1.0	3.2	7.1	45.0	0.8	2.6	32.1	1.4	2.0	70.9	54.2	1.1	5.8	2.3	25,393	7,705	6,109	4,980	1,185	891	2,041	2,553	+4633
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1	862	32.9	24.0	10.0	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.1	0.6	2.2	28.5	5.8	8.3	69.3	61.1	1.9	8.1	3.0	28,331	20,646	8,578	4,309	963	1,067	2,595	2,538	+3037
23	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	4	833	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	25,550	10,492	9,736	1,127	577	1,723	1,341	2,224	+3443
24	Marcus Smart M. Smart	1	638	29.5	10.6	3.4	4.5	1.6	0.4	3.6	9.2	38.8	1.6	4.9	32.3	1.9	2.4	77.6	51.6	0.8	2.6	1.9	18,800	6,758	2,186	2,901	997	228	1,204	1,617	+1760
25	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	1	411	28.6	18.5	5.5	1.5	1.0	1.9	6.5	14.0	46.7	1.7	4.9	35.0	3.7	4.6	79.3	57.6	1.3	4.2	1.9	11,741	7,588	2,278	605	416	784	771	1,502	+434