youngest nba players to win defensive player of the year

5 players are tied for the youngest Defensive Players of the Year in a season. They were 23 years old. The first three are Evan Mobley in 2024-25, Jaren Jackson Jr. in 2022-23 and Kawhi Leonard in 2014-15.

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youngest NBA players to win defensive player of the year in a regular season

	NAME	Age	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	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	23	1	2024-25	CLE	71	30.5	18.5	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	7.1	12.8	55.7	1.2	3.2	37.0	3.1	4.3	72.5	63.3	2.3	7.0	2.0	2,167	1,316	659	226	61	113	145	141	+546
2	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	23	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
3	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	23	1	2014-15	SAS	64	31.8	16.5	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	6.2	12.8	47.9	1.0	3.0	34.9	3.2	3.9	80.2	56.7	1.3	5.9	1.5	2,033	1,057	461	161	148	48	97	128	+441
4	Dwight Howard D. Howard	23	1	2008-09	ORL	79	35.7	20.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	7.1	12.4	57.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.4	10.7	59.4	60.0	4.3	9.6	3.0	2,821	1,624	1,093	112	77	231	240	270	+553
5	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	23	1	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	17.0	6.3	5.5	3.7	0.5	6.9	13.3	51.4	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.2	4.0	79.5	56.3	2.2	4.0	3.1	2,878	1,392	516	448	301	40	256	296
6	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	24	1	2015-16	SAS	72	33.1	21.2	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	7.7	15.1	50.6	1.8	4.0	44.3	4.1	4.6	87.4	61.6	1.3	5.5	1.5	2,380	1,523	493	186	128	71	105	133	+653
7	Dwight Howard D. Howard	24	1	2009-10	ORL	82	34.7	18.3	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	6.2	10.2	61.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.9	10.0	59.2	63.0	3.5	9.7	3.3	2,843	1,503	1,082	144	75	228	274	287	+619
8	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	24	1	2003-04	IND	73	37.2	18.3	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	6.4	15.2	42.1	1.0	3.3	31.0	4.4	6.0	73.3	51.1	1.4	3.9	2.8	2,714	1,333	385	272	152	50	202	194	+486
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	24	1	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	25	1	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
11	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	25	1	2017-18	UTA	56	32.4	13.5	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	4.9	7.9	62.2	0.0	0.0		3.6	5.3	68.2	65.7	2.9	7.8	1.9	1,816	756	601	80	44	129	107	153	+341
12	Dwight Howard D. Howard	25	1	2010-11	ORL	78	37.6	22.9	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	7.9	13.4	59.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.0	11.7	59.6	61.6	4.0	10.1	3.6	2,935	1,784	1,098	107	107	186	279	258	+498
13	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	25	1	1982-83	MIL	76	35.7	22.5	5.8	3.9	1.5	0.3	8.0	15.2	52.4	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.6	7.9	82.6	60.2	2.5	3.2	2.6	2,710	1,712	437	300	113	23	197	180
14	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	26	1	2018-19	UTA	81	31.8	15.9	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	5.9	8.8	66.9	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.4	63.6	68.2	3.8	9.0	1.6	2,577	1,284	1,041	161	66	187	130	231	+384
15	Draymond Green D. Green	26	1	2016-17	GSW	76	32.5	10.2	7.9	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.6	8.6	41.8	1.1	3.5	30.8	2.0	2.8	70.9	52.2	1.3	6.6	2.4	2,471	776	599	533	154	106	184	217	+820
16	David Robinson D. Robinson	26	1	1991-92	SAS	68	37.7	23.2	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	8.7	15.8	55.1	0.0	0.1	12.5	5.8	8.3	70.1	59.7	3.8	8.4	2.7	2,564	1,578	829	181	158	305	182	219
17	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	26	1	1983-84	MIL	79	38.9	20.9	6.7	4.5	1.4	0.3	7.1	14.2	49.8	0.1	0.2	27.8	6.7	7.9	84.8	59.1	2.7	4.0	2.7	3,075	1,654	528	358	108	27	217	204
18	Marcus Smart M. Smart	27	1	2021-22	BOS	71	32.3	12.1	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	4.2	10.1	41.8	1.7	5.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	79.3	54.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	2,296	861	270	417	119	18	159	160	+443
19	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	27	1	2001-02	DET	80	36.5	7.6	13.0	1.4	1.7	3.5	3.2	6.0	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.9	42.3	52.2	4.0	9.0	0.9	2,921	609	1,039	115	138	278	70	178	+150
20	Gary Payton G. Payton	27	1	1995-96	SEA	81	39.0	19.3	4.2	7.5	2.9	0.2	7.6	15.8	48.4	1.2	3.7	32.8	2.8	3.8	74.8	55.4	1.3	2.9	3.2	3,162	1,563	339	608	231	19	260	221
21	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	28	1	2020-21	UTA	71	30.8	14.3	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	5.5	8.2	67.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.3	62.3	68.3	3.4	10.1	1.7	2,187	1,015	960	89	40	190	118	163	+728
22	Joakim Noah J. Noah	28	1	2013-14	CHI	80	35.3	12.6	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	4.8	10.0	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.2	73.7	53.1	3.5	7.7	2.4	2,820	1,007	900	431	99	121	194	245	+232
23	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	28	1	2012-13	MEM	80	35.0	14.1	7.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	5.4	10.9	49.4	0.0	0.2	7.1	3.4	4.0	84.8	55.9	2.3	5.5	2.0	2,796	1,127	622	318	80	139	157	255	+434
24	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	28	1	2002-03	DET	73	39.4	6.9	15.4	1.6	1.4	3.2	2.9	6.0	48.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.2	2.6	45.0	48.6	4.0	11.4	1.2	2,873	506	1,126	120	104	230	88	179	+222
25	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	28	1	1998-99	MIA	46	38.1	20.1	11.0	1.6	0.7	3.9	7.0	13.8	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	9.2	65.2	56.3	3.6	7.4	3.0	1,753	924	507	74	34	180	139	161	+340