Tamika Catchings has won the most career Defensive Player of the Year awards, with 5.

Interpreted as:

most dpoy by a player in a career

	NAME	DPOY	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	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	5	457	31.4	16.1	7.3	3.3	2.3	0.8	5.2	12.6	41.5	1.3	3.7	35.6	4.4	5.2	84.0	54.3	2.0	5.2	2.3	14,370	7,378	3,314	1,488	1,073	384	1,043	1,229	+1573
2	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	4	408	30.2	15.7	9.8	1.1	1.2	1.8	6.2	10.3	59.9	0.0	0.0	100.0	3.3	4.6	72.8	63.6	2.8	7.0	2.4	12,306	6,413	4,005	461	490	721	961	1,049	+1081
3	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	3	324	32.7	15.0	4.9	3.2	2.0	0.7	5.6	13.0	43.6	0.8	2.6	31.6	2.9	3.6	82.5	51.8	1.1	3.9	2.1	10,592	4,875	1,596	1,037	657	216	677	519	+1191
4	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	2	267	31.2	21.4	9.3	2.3	1.3	2.0	7.8	15.7	49.8	0.3	0.9	36.5	5.5	6.6	82.1	57.5	2.0	7.4	1.7	8,330	5,719	2,494	613	335	533	441	521	+1634
5	Brittney Griner B. Griner	2	354	29.3	16.8	7.1	1.8	0.5	2.4	6.7	11.9	55.8	0.1	0.2	33.3	3.5	4.3	79.7	60.9	1.6	5.5	2.1	10,372	5,954	2,525	633	166	859	732	965	+825
6	Alana Beard A. Beard	2	419	29.4	11.3	3.4	2.5	1.7	0.5	4.3	9.9	43.5	0.7	2.0	33.6	2.0	2.6	76.5	51.1	0.6	2.8	2.0	12,329	4,740	1,420	1,061	710	220	854	1,153	+671
7	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	2	363	32.1	17.3	9.1	2.4	1.4	2.3	6.4	13.7	47.0	0.3	1.1	31.6	4.1	5.9	69.5	53.1	2.4	6.7	3.3	11,639	6,263	3,307	874	492	822	1,193	1,397	+1678
8	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	2	254	28.1	5.0	3.0	5.3	1.8	0.1	1.7	4.2	41.1	0.3	1.0	28.1	1.2	1.9	65.8	49.5	0.6	2.4	2.4	7,136	1,264	773	1,338	465	23	603	591	+505
9	Napheesa Collier N. Collier	1	193	33.5	18.4	7.8	3.0	1.7	1.2	6.9	14.0	49.2	1.0	2.9	33.6	3.6	4.3	84.2	57.8	2.0	5.8	2.2	6,460	3,542	1,510	570	325	239	422	504	+929
10	Natasha Howard N. Howard	1	380	23.1	11.5	5.7	1.5	1.1	0.9	4.5	9.3	48.3	0.4	1.4	29.0	2.1	2.8	74.5	54.5	1.8	3.9	2.1	8,776	4,367	2,174	562	434	356	784	1,088	+717
11	Candace Parker C. Parker	1	410	30.3	16.0	8.5	4.0	1.3	1.5	6.0	12.6	47.9	0.8	2.5	33.3	3.1	4.1	76.7	55.7	1.5	6.9	2.6	12,438	6,574	3,467	1,634	521	619	1,062	834	+1838
12	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	1	317	31.9	18.9	7.7	1.4	1.1	1.8	6.6	14.3	46.0	1.4	3.9	35.1	4.4	5.2	84.2	57.0	2.2	5.5	1.7	10,125	6,007	2,447	435	360	586	549	982	+1541
13	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	1	311	28.8	13.6	7.9	1.5	1.7	1.0	4.8	9.6	50.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.6	71.3	56.8	3.4	4.5	2.1	8,967	4,238	2,444	453	529	323	655	994	+1234
14	Debbie Black D. Black	1	193	22.8	3.9	2.8	3.2	1.6	0.1	1.6	4.1	38.6	0.1	0.6	19.1	0.7	1.0	70.4	43.7	0.9	1.9	1.2	4,393	758	539	612	315	16	233	414	-42