4 players are tied for the youngest Defensive Players of the Year in a season. They were 23 years old. The first three are Jaren Jackson Jr. in 2022-23, Kawhi Leonard in 2014-15 and Dwight Howard in 2008-09.

Interpreted as:

Who is the youngest player to win the defensive player of the year award in a regular season?

NAME	AGE	DPOY	SEASON	TM	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	+/-
Jaren Jackson Jr.	23	1	2022-23	MEM	63	28.4	18.6	6.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.7	6.6	13.0	50.6	1.6	4.5	35.5	3.8	4.9	78.8	1,787	1,173	426	60	65	189	107	227	+367
Kawhi Leonard	23	1	2014-15	SAS	64	31.8	16.5	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	1.5	6.2	12.8	47.9	1.0	3.0	34.9	3.2	3.9	80.2	2,033	1,057	461	161	148	48	97	128	+441
Dwight Howard	23	1	2008-09	ORL	79	35.7	20.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	3.0	7.1	12.4	57.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.4	10.7	59.4	2,821	1,624	1,093	112	77	231	240	270	+553
Alvin Robertson	23	1	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	17.0	6.3	5.5	3.7	0.5	3.1	6.9	13.3	51.4	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.2	4.0	79.5	2,878	1,392	516	448	301	40	256	296
Kawhi Leonard	24	1	2015-16	SAS	72	33.1	21.2	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	7.7	15.1	50.6	1.8	4.0	44.3	4.1	4.6	87.4	2,380	1,523	493	186	128	71	105	133	+653
Dwight Howard	24	1	2009-10	ORL	82	34.7	18.3	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	3.3	6.2	10.2	61.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.9	10.0	59.2	2,843	1,503	1,082	144	75	228	274	287	+619
Metta Sandiford-Artest	24	1	2003-04	IND	73	37.2	18.3	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	6.4	15.2	42.1	1.0	3.3	31.0	4.4	6.0	73.3	2,714	1,333	385	272	152	50	202	194	+486
Michael Jordan	24	1	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	3.1	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
Giannis Antetokounmpo	25	1	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
Rudy Gobert	25	1	2017-18	UTA	56	32.4	13.5	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	1.9	4.9	7.9	62.2	0.0	0.0		3.6	5.3	68.2	1,816	756	601	80	44	129	107	153	+341
Dwight Howard	25	1	2010-11	ORL	78	37.6	22.9	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	3.6	7.9	13.4	59.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.0	11.7	59.6	2,935	1,784	1,098	107	107	186	279	258	+498
Sidney Moncrief	25	1	1982-83	MIL	76	35.7	22.5	5.8	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.6	8.0	15.2	52.4	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.6	7.9	82.6	2,710	1,712	437	300	113	23	197	180
Rudy Gobert	26	1	2018-19	UTA	81	31.8	15.9	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	1.6	5.9	8.8	66.9	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.4	63.6	2,577	1,284	1,041	161	66	187	130	231	+384
Draymond Green	26	1	2016-17	GSW	76	32.5	10.2	7.9	7.0	2.0	1.4	2.4	3.6	8.6	41.8	1.1	3.5	30.8	2.0	2.8	70.9	2,471	776	599	533	154	106	184	217	+820
David Robinson	26	1	1991-92	SAS	68	37.7	23.2	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	2.7	8.7	15.8	55.1	0.0	0.1	12.5	5.8	8.3	70.1	2,564	1,578	829	181	158	305	182	219
Sidney Moncrief	26	1	1983-84	MIL	79	38.9	20.9	6.7	4.5	1.4	0.3	2.7	7.1	14.2	49.8	0.1	0.2	27.8	6.7	7.9	84.8	3,075	1,654	528	358	108	27	217	204
Marcus Smart	27	1	2021-22	BOS	71	32.3	12.1	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	2.2	4.2	10.1	41.8	1.7	5.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	79.3	2,296	861	270	417	119	18	159	160	+443
Ben Wallace	27	1	2001-02	DET	80	36.5	7.6	13.0	1.4	1.7	3.5	0.9	3.2	6.0	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.9	42.3	2,921	609	1,039	115	138	278	70	178	+150
Gary Payton	27	1	1995-96	SEA	81	39.0	19.3	4.2	7.5	2.9	0.2	3.2	7.6	15.8	48.4	1.2	3.7	32.8	2.8	3.8	74.8	3,162	1,563	339	608	231	19	260	221
Rudy Gobert	28	1	2020-21	UTA	71	30.8	14.3	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	5.5	8.2	67.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.3	62.3	2,187	1,015	960	89	40	190	118	163	+728
Joakim Noah	28	1	2013-14	CHI	80	35.3	12.6	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	2.4	4.8	10.0	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.2	73.7	2,820	1,007	900	431	99	121	194	245	+232
Marc Gasol	28	1	2012-13	MEM	80	35.0	14.1	7.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	2.0	5.4	10.9	49.4	0.0	0.2	7.1	3.4	4.0	84.8	2,796	1,127	622	318	80	139	157	255	+434
Ben Wallace	28	1	2002-03	DET	73	39.4	6.9	15.4	1.6	1.4	3.2	1.2	2.9	6.0	48.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.2	2.6	45.0	2,873	506	1,126	120	104	230	88	179	+222
Alonzo Mourning	28	1	1998-99	MIA	46	38.1	20.1	11.0	1.6	0.7	3.9	3.0	7.0	13.8	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	9.2	65.2	1,753	924	507	74	34	180	139	161	+340
Dikembe Mutombo	28	1	1994-95	DEN	82	37.8	11.5	12.5	1.4	0.5	3.9	2.3	4.3	7.7	55.6	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.6	65.4	3,100	946	1,029	113	40	321	192	284