who was the defensive player of the year in 2023 nba

Jaren Jackson Jr. won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 2022-23.

		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		Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	1	2022-23	MEM	63	28.4	18.6	6.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	6.6	13.0	50.6	1.6	4.5	35.5	3.8	4.9	78.8	61.3	1.7	5.0	1.7	1,787	1,173	426	60	65	189	107	227	+367

	NAME	DATE	DPOY	SEASON	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	4/7/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	@	MIL	27	36	4	2	1	3	12	18	66.7	5	6	83.3	7	8	87.5	83.6	2	2	3	3	+8
2	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	4/5/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	@	NOP	41	40	9	3	1	4	13	28	46.4	3	9	33.3	11	12	91.7	60.1	4	5	3	4	-17
3	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	4/4/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	vs	POR	33	17	7	2	0	1	5	9	55.6	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	65.6	0	7	2	4	+28
4	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	4/2/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	@	CHI	29	31	8	1	0	1	11	20	55.0	5	8	62.5	4	4	100.0	71.2	3	5	1	5	-1
5	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/31/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	vs	LAC	26	9	8	0	2	3	4	10	40.0	0	2	0.0	1	2	50.0	41.4	2	6	2	4	-21
6	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/28/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	vs	ORL	26	16	10	0	0	3	7	11	63.6	2	2	100.0	0	1	0.0	69.9	2	8	3	6	+3
7	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/26/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	@	ATL	34	15	8	0	3	5	6	10	60.0	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	68.9	1	7	4	3	-3
8	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/24/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	vs	HOU	26	18	7	2	2	2	5	13	38.5	0	4	0.0	8	9	88.9	53.1	1	6	2	3	+20
9	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/22/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	vs	HOU	35	37	10	2	1	2	14	20	70.0	1	5	20.0	8	11	72.7	74.5	3	7	4	4	+4
10	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/20/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	vs	DAL	23	28	4	1	0	1	10	16	62.5	1	2	50.0	7	10	70.0	68.6	3	1	0	5	-2
11	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/18/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	vs	GSW	29	31	7	3	0	4	12	22	54.5	3	9	33.3	4	5	80.0	64.0	1	6	0	3	+13
12	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/17/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	@	SAS	43	28	5	1	1	4	12	20	60.0	0	3	0.0	4	7	57.1	60.7	3	2	5	5	+10
13	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/15/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	@	MIA	28	25	9	1	2	1	10	15	66.7	4	7	57.1	1	3	33.3	76.6	3	6	1	2	-23
14	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/13/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	@	DAL	24	7	5	0	1	0	2	8	25.0	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	39.4	0	5	3	4	+8
15	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/11/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	vs	DAL	33	14	7	0	0	2	3	12	25.0	0	5	0.0	8	9	88.9	43.9	1	6	1	3	+3
16	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/9/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	vs	GSW	32	21	9	3	1	1	6	13	46.2	3	4	75.0	6	7	85.7	65.3	2	7	2	4	+27
17	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/7/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	@	LAL	31	26	8	0	1	2	8	15	53.3	2	6	33.3	8	11	72.7	65.5	0	8	0	5	-5
18	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/5/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	@	LAC	35	24	5	2	2	2	8	18	44.4	2	5	40.0	6	7	85.7	56.9	1	4	2	5	-5
19	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/3/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	@	DEN	31	15	6	1	0	3	6	13	46.2	0	3	0.0	3	5	60.0	49.3	1	5	1	4	+3
20	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	3/1/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	@	HOU	29	17	4	0	0	5	6	12	50.0	2	7	28.6	3	3	100.0	63.8	1	3	1	4	+25
21	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	2/28/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	vs	LAL	32	16	7	0	1	4	7	14	50.0	1	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	55.4	3	4	2	5	-2
22	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	2/25/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	vs	DEN	21	7	3	0	1	1	2	7	28.6	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	44.4	0	3	2	4	+14
23	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	2/23/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	@	PHI	33	18	9	1	1	4	5	16	31.3	1	7	14.3	7	7	100.0	47.2	2	7	0	3	-9
24	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	2/15/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	vs	UTA	31	26	9	0	5	4	8	19	42.1	4	10	40.0	6	7	85.7	58.9	2	7	1	4	+2
25	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	2/12/2023	1	2022-23	MEM	@	BOS	20	15	7	3	1	0	6	9	66.7	2	2	100.0	1	2	50.0	75.9	1	6	3	6	+7
	Average		0.0					28.4	18.6	6.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	6.6	13.0	50.6	1.6	4.5	35.5	3.8	4.9	78.8	61.3	1.7	5.0	1.7	3.6	5.8
	Total		1					1,787	1,173	426	60	65	189	416	822	50.6	100	282	35.5	241	306	78.8	61.3	108	318	107	227	+367

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