Defensive Player of the Year Award
Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY or DPOTY) is the name of an award given in sports for outstanding defensive play by a single player over the course of a season. Many sports leagues award this type of award. League awards for Defensive Player of the Year is include:
American football
Professional
College
- ACC Defensive Player of the Year
- Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year
- Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year
- Nagurski–Woodson Defensive Player of the Year
- STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year
Baseball
- Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award
- Fielding Bible Defensive Player of the Year Award
Basketball
Professional
- BAL Defensive Player of the Year
- DBL Defensive Player of the Year
- Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year
- NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
- NBA G League Defensive Player of the Year Award
- NBL Defensive Player of the Year
- NBL Canada Defensive Player of the Year Award
- Korisliiga Defensive Player of the Year
- New Zealand NBL Defensive Player of the Year Award
- PBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
- VTB United League Defensive Player of the Year
- WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
- WNBL Defensive Player of the Year Award
- Úrvalsdeild Women's Defensive Player of the Year
College
- Big East Conference Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year
- Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award
- NABC Defensive Player of the Year
- Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award
- Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year
- WBCA Defensive Player of the Year
Ice hockey
Lacrosse
Softball
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