5 players are tied for the youngest Defensive Players of the Year in wins 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 player to win dpoy in a regular season NBA

	NAME	Age	W	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	58	1	2024-25	CLE	58	30.7	19.3	9.5	3.3	0.8	1.7	7.4	12.9	56.9	1.3	3.3	39.2	3.3	4.5	73.8	64.8	2.3	7.2	2.2	1,778	1,120	553	191	48	99	127	123	+673
2	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	23	41	1	2022-23	MEM	41	28.3	19.2	6.9	1.0	1.1	3.2	6.9	12.8	53.6	1.6	4.2	38.5	3.8	4.8	78.8	64.2	1.7	5.2	1.7	1,160	787	282	42	45	130	70	141	+434
3	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	23	46	1	2014-15	SAS	46	31.2	17.5	7.2	2.4	2.6	0.8	6.6	12.9	51.3	1.2	3.1	38.7	3.1	3.7	82.9	60.3	1.2	6.0	1.4	1,437	806	332	112	118	37	64	87	+563
4	Dwight Howard D. Howard	23	57	1	2008-09	ORL	57	35.3	20.8	14.4	1.6	1.1	3.1	7.1	12.5	57.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.6	10.9	60.1	60.3	4.4	10.0	3.1	2,011	1,186	818	91	60	179	176	194	+681
5	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	23	35	1	1985-86	SAS	35	35.5	19.0	7.4	5.7	4.5	0.7	7.5	13.5	55.2	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.0	4.9	81.5	60.5	2.5	4.9	2.9	1,241	664	259	200	159	25	103	118
6	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	24	60	1	2015-16	SAS	60	32.7	21.2	6.8	2.7	1.8	1.0	7.6	14.8	51.7	1.9	4.1	46.3	4.1	4.6	88.7	63.2	1.2	5.7	1.5	1,962	1,273	410	162	108	60	87	103	+721
7	Dwight Howard D. Howard	24	59	1	2009-10	ORL	59	34.1	19.0	13.3	2.0	0.9	3.0	6.5	10.4	62.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.0	9.9	60.8	64.2	3.4	9.8	3.3	2,015	1,119	782	119	56	176	193	197	+749
8	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	24	54	1	2003-04	IND	54	38.1	19.6	5.7	3.9	2.2	0.7	6.8	15.7	43.3	1.2	3.5	35.6	4.7	6.5	73.4	52.8	1.4	4.3	2.8	2,058	1,057	307	212	120	40	149	141	+618
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	24	50	1	1987-88	CHI	50	39.6	36.3	6.0	6.0	3.4	1.8	13.4	24.0	56.0	0.1	0.5	15.4	9.3	11.0	84.7	62.9	1.8	4.2	2.7	1,980	1,814	300	302	171	88	135	161
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	25	51	1	2019-20	MIL	51	30.0	29.9	13.6	5.6	0.9	0.9	10.9	19.2	57.1	1.5	4.5	34.1	6.5	10.2	63.4	63.2	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,530	1,524	693	286	47	48	189	155	+758
11	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	25	37	1	2017-18	UTA	37	32.4	13.9	11.0	1.7	0.8	2.3	5.1	8.0	63.3	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.4	68.8	66.7	2.9	8.1	1.8	1,199	513	406	62	29	86	67	102	+493
12	Dwight Howard D. Howard	25	51	1	2010-11	ORL	51	35.7	22.1	13.6	1.5	1.3	2.6	7.5	12.4	60.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.0	11.8	59.7	62.9	3.6	10.0	3.5	1,820	1,127	694	77	68	132	180	162	+653
13	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	25	48	1	1982-83	MIL	48	35.1	23.5	6.0	4.1	1.4	0.3	8.3	15.2	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.0	8.3	84.7	62.5			2.4	1,687	1,129	289	196	65	15	115	101
14	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	26	50	1	2018-19	UTA	50	31.3	17.0	13.3	2.0	0.8	2.7	6.3	9.1	69.5	0.0	0.0		4.4	6.7	65.3	70.7	3.8	9.5	1.6	1,565	850	663	99	38	137	82	153	+601
15	Draymond Green D. Green	26	62	1	2016-17	GSW	62	32.0	9.9	8.0	7.3	2.0	1.5	3.4	8.2	40.7	1.1	3.4	32.4	2.0	2.8	73.3	52.1	1.2	6.8	2.3	1,982	611	496	453	121	91	144	172	+882
16	David Robinson D. Robinson	26	42	1	1991-92	SAS	42	36.9	23.9	11.8	2.9	2.2	4.5	9.1	16.0	57.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.7	8.2	69.3	61.1	3.3	8.5	2.5	1,551	1,005	494	121	94	188	105	130
17	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	26	48	1	1983-84	MIL	48	38.8	21.9	6.5	4.9	1.5	0.4	7.3	14.2	51.6	0.1	0.1	42.9	7.1	8.5	84.3	61.0	2.4	4.1	2.6	1,864	1,050	314	237	71	18	126	109
18	Marcus Smart M. Smart	27	47	1	2021-22	BOS	47	31.0	11.5	3.7	6.1	1.5	0.2	4.1	9.3	43.9	1.6	4.6	33.8	1.8	2.3	78.5	55.9	0.6	3.1	2.1	1,456	539	172	287	70	11	99	100	+609
19	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	27	49	1	2001-02	DET	49	37.1	7.8	13.5	1.3	1.8	3.4	3.3	6.0	54.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.9	41.7	53.4	3.8	9.7	0.8	1,820	384	663	63	87	168	37	108	+415
20	Gary Payton G. Payton	27	63	1	1995-96	SEA	63	39.0	20.0	4.0	8.0	3.0	0.2	7.9	15.9	49.9	1.2	3.8	32.5	2.9	4.0	74.0	56.7	1.2	2.8	3.1	2,456	1,260	253	505	190	14	196	165
21	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	28	52	1	2020-21	UTA	52	30.1	14.4	13.5	1.2	0.5	2.9	5.5	8.2	67.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.3	63.0	68.4	3.2	10.3	1.7	1,566	750	702	60	26	153	87	115	+797
22	Joakim Noah J. Noah	28	48	1	2013-14	CHI	48	36.0	13.9	11.7	5.9	1.4	1.7	5.3	10.8	49.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	4.4	75.2	54.7	3.5	8.2	2.5	1,730	668	562	282	67	83	119	143	+525
23	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	28	55	1	2012-13	MEM	55	35.0	14.2	8.2	4.1	0.9	1.8	5.4	10.8	49.7	0.0	0.2	10.0	3.5	4.2	83.1	56.3	2.3	5.8	1.9	1,923	783	450	225	52	97	105	174	+570
24	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	28	45	1	2002-03	DET	45	40.2	7.3	16.2	1.7	1.5	3.4	3.0	6.1	48.9	0.0	0.1	20.0	1.3	2.8	45.6	49.5	4.2	12.0	1.2	1,807	328	731	78	66	155	54	113	+460
25	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	28	32	1	1998-99	MIA	32	38.1	19.9	11.3	1.6	0.9	3.9	6.8	13.7	49.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.3	9.6	65.1	55.5	3.8	7.5	2.9	1,219	636	361	50	28	124	92	104	+407

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Mitchell

RPG

8.1

Mobley

APG

5.5

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.1

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.8

Wembanyama

10.7

Towns

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.5

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

123.4

119.3

115.5

113.7

111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.0

106.2

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

19.4

9.3

7.4

3.0

1.7

-1.7

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

914

Wembanyama

695.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

691

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

903.8

Wembanyama

714.8

Mitchell

703.3

Castle

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

1.55

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.58

Beringer

1.55

Jokić

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Best Record ATS

50-34

59-42

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

55-42

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0