Yolanda Griffith won the Defensive Player of the Year award in her rookie season in 1999.

Interpreted as:

Dpoy in a regular season by a player 1999 to 2000

		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		Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	1	1999	SAC	29	33.7	18.8	11.3	1.6	2.5	1.9	6.9	12.8	54.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	8.1	61.7	57.6	4.9	6.5	2.3	978	545	329	45	73	54	66	91	+194
2		Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	2000	HOU	31	35.2	20.7	6.3	3.8	2.8	1.1	7.9	15.6	50.6	1.1	2.9	37.4	3.8	4.7	82.1	58.7	1.3	5.0	2.6	1,091	643	195	119	87	33	82	67	+399

StatMuse has season-level data for Defensive Player of the Year awards going back to the 1997 season.

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