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

what nba player has the most dpoy awards

NAME	DPOY	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Ben Wallace	4	1,088	29.5	5.7	9.6	1.3	1.3	2.0	1.0	2.4	5.0	47.4	0.0	0.0	13.7	1.0	2.5	41.4	32,085	6,254	10,482	1,437	1,369	2,137	1,061	2,078	+2103
Dikembe Mutombo	4	1,196	30.8	9.8	10.3	1.0	0.4	2.8	1.8	3.5	6.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.1	68.4	36,791	11,729	12,359	1,240	494	3,289	2,173	3,383	+1607
Rudy Gobert	3	757	30.4	12.7	11.8	1.3	0.7	2.1	1.6	4.7	7.2	65.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	5.1	63.9	23,042	9,592	8,915	996	520	1,614	1,249	2,027	+3134
Dwight Howard	3	1,242	31.8	15.7	11.8	1.3	0.9	1.8	2.7	5.7	9.7	58.7	0.0	0.1	21.4	4.3	7.6	56.7	39,435	19,485	14,627	1,676	1,081	2,228	3,302	3,912	+2877
Kawhi Leonard	2	696	31.8	20.0	6.4	3.0	1.7	0.7	1.6	7.2	14.5	49.9	1.6	4.1	39.1	3.9	4.6	86.2	22,103	13,937	4,443	2,120	1,196	454	1,140	1,169	+4301
Alonzo Mourning	2	838	31.0	17.1	8.5	1.1	0.5	2.8	2.6	6.1	11.6	52.7	0.0	0.1	24.7	4.8	7.0	69.2	25,975	14,311	7,137	946	414	2,356	2,209	2,810	+1651
Dennis Rodman	2	911	31.7	7.3	13.1	1.8	0.7	0.6	1.6	3.0	5.8	52.1	0.1	0.4	23.1	1.2	2.0	58.4	28,839	6,683	11,954	1,600	611	531	1,484	2,843	+827
Hakeem Olajuwon	2	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	3.0	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
Mark Eaton	2	875	28.8	6.0	7.9	1.0	0.4	3.5	1.5	2.4	5.2	45.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.9	64.9	25,169	5,216	6,939	840	368	3,064	1,293	2,955
Sidney Moncrief	2	767	30.2	15.6	4.7	3.6	1.2	0.3	2.0	5.4	10.7	50.2	0.1	0.5	28.4	4.7	5.6	83.1	23,150	11,931	3,575	2,793	924	226	1,551	1,635
Jaren Jackson Jr.	1	333	28.3	17.6	5.5	1.4	1.0	2.0	1.8	6.2	13.5	46.0	1.7	4.9	34.5	3.6	4.5	79.5	9,432	5,877	1,841	454	322	664	609	1,228	+117
Marcus Smart	1	601	30.0	10.7	3.5	4.6	1.6	0.4	1.9	3.6	9.3	38.8	1.6	4.9	32.3	1.9	2.4	77.6	18,046	6,430	2,111	2,786	955	219	1,144	1,558	+1685
Giannis Antetokounmpo	1	792	32.8	23.4	9.8	4.9	1.1	1.2	3.0	8.5	15.6	54.5	0.7	2.3	28.6	5.7	8.1	70.2	25,945	18,502	7,732	3,855	903	986	2,380	2,376	+2682
Draymond Green	1	813	28.7	8.7	7.0	5.6	1.3	1.0	2.3	3.2	7.1	45.2	0.8	2.5	31.9	1.4	2.0	71.3	23,299	7,052	5,673	4,565	1,084	818	1,853	2,317	+4322
Marc Gasol	1	891	32.2	14.0	7.4	3.4	0.9	1.4	2.0	5.2	10.8	48.1	0.5	1.3	36.0	3.2	4.1	77.6	28,719	12,514	6,604	2,996	792	1,254	1,755	2,551	+1139
Joakim Noah	1	672	27.7	8.8	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.3	1.7	3.3	6.8	49.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.9	70.0	18,646	5,881	6,058	1,907	534	874	1,133	1,874	+590
Tyson Chandler	1	1,160	27.2	8.2	9.0	0.8	0.5	1.2	1.4	3.1	5.1	59.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.2	64.4	31,609	9,509	10,467	967	630	1,335	1,656	3,268	+315
Metta Sandiford-Artest	1	991	31.7	13.2	4.5	2.7	1.7	0.5	1.8	4.7	11.4	41.4	1.2	3.4	33.9	2.6	3.6	71.5	31,440	13,058	4,448	2,631	1,721	522	1,791	2,586	+1818
Marcus Camby	1	973	29.5	9.5	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	1.4	3.9	8.3	46.6	0.0	0.1	20.5	1.8	2.6	67.0	28,684	9,262	9,513	1,837	967	2,331	1,362	2,687	-23
Kevin Garnett	1	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	2.2	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
Gary Payton	1	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	2.3	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	2,445	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
David Robinson	1	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	2.4	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
Michael Jordan	1	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.7	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
Alvin Robertson	1	779	31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	2.7	0.4	2.7	5.7	11.9	47.7	0.3	1.0	29.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	2,112	323	2,116	2,638
Michael Cooper	1	873	27.1	8.9	3.2	4.2	1.2	0.6	1.6	3.5	7.4	46.9	0.5	1.4	34.0	1.5	1.8	83.3	23,635	7,729	2,769	3,666	1,033	523	1,429	2,329