most career nfl defensive player of the year awards by a player

Aaron Donald, J.J. Watt and Lawrence Taylor are tied for the most career Defensive Player of the Year awards, with 3.

	NAME	DPOY	GP	YDS	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Aaron Donald A. Donald	3	160	40	0.3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
2	J.J. Watt	3	151	171	1.1	6	0	0.0	0	4	0.0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Lawrence Taylor L. Taylor	3	184	168	0.9	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Myles Garrett M. Garrett	2	135	16	0.1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Ray Lewis R. Lewis	2	228	506	2.2	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Bruce Smith B. Smith	2	279	33	0.1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Reggie White R. White	2	232	216	0.9	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Mike Singletary M. Singletary	2	179	74	0.4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Joe Greene J. Greene	2	181	36	0.2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Pat Surtain II P. Surtain II	1	85	199	2.3	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Nick Bosa N. Bosa	1	87	82	0.9	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	T.J. Watt	1	143	131	0.9	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Khalil Mack K. Mack	1	186	156	0.8	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Stephon Gilmore S. Gilmore	1	180	496	2.8	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Luke Kuechly L. Kuechly	1	118	196	1.7	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Bob Sanders B. Sanders	1	50	123	2.5	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Troy Polamalu T. Polamalu	1	158	518	3.3	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Terrell Suggs T. Suggs	1	244	218	0.9	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	James Harrison J. Harrison	1	193	94	0.5	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	-2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0
20	Ed Reed E. Reed	1	174	1,947	11.2	13	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	205	1.2	1
21	Brian Urlacher B. Urlacher	1	182	528	2.9	5	0	0.0	0	27	0.1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Charles Woodson C. Woodson	1	254	1,915	7.5	13	-3	0.0	0	27	0.1	0	47	0.2	0	736	2.9	0
23	Jason Taylor J. Taylor	1	233	356	1.5	9	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Derrick Brooks D. Brooks	1	224	545	2.4	7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Warren Sapp W. Sapp	1	198	70	0.4	3	0	0.0	0	39	0.2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

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