PBA Defensive Player of the Year Award

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Defensive Player of the Year is an annual Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) award given since the 1993 PBA season to the top defensive player of the season. Unlike the traditional player awards, which is given by the league, this citation is awarded by the PBA Press Corps.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 20 individuals. The most recent award winner is Jio Jalalon of the Magnolia Hotshots.

Winners

^	Denotes player who is still active in the PBA
*	Inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
Team (X)	Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

Season	Player	Position	Country of birth	Team
1993	Alvin Teng	Forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen
1994	Jerry Codiñera	Center	Philippines	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
1995	Art dela Cruz	Forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen (2)
1996	Marlou Aquino	Center	Philippines	Ginebra San Miguel
1997	Freddie Abuda	Forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen (3)
1998	Chris Jackson	Forward	United States	Formula Shell Zoom Masters
1999	Chris Jackson (2)	Forward	United States	Formula Shell Zoom Masters (2)
2000	Freddie Abuda (2)	Forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen (4)
2001	Chris Jackson (3)	Forward	United States	Shell Turbo Chargers (3)
2002	Davonn Harp	Forward	United States	Red Bull Thunder
2003	Rudy Hatfield	Forward	Philippines	Coca-Cola Tigers
2004–05	Dennis Espino	Forward	Philippines	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2005–06	Marc Pingris	Forward	Philippines	Purefoods Chunkee Giants (2)
2006–07	Wynne Arboleda	Guard	Philippines	Air21 Express
2007–08	Arwind Santos	Forward	Philippines	Air21 Express (2)
2008–09	Wynne Arboleda (2)	Guard	Philippines	Burger King Whoppers (3)
2009–10	Gabe Norwood^	Forward	United States	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2010–11	Arwind Santos (2)	Forward	Philippines	Petron Blaze Boosters (5)
2011–12	Jireh Ibañes	Forward	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2)
2012–13	Marc Pingris (2)	Forward	Philippines	San Mig Coffee Mixers (3)
2013–14	Marc Pingris (3)	Forward	Philippines	San Mig Coffee Mixers (4)
2014–15	June Mar Fajardo^	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen (6)
2015–16	Chris Ross^	Guard	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen (7)
2016–17	Chris Ross^ (2)	Guard	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen (8)
2017–18	Poy Erram^	Center	Philippines	Blackwater Elite
2019	Sean Anthony^	Forward	Philippines	NorthPort Batang Pier
2020	Justin Chua^	Center	Philippines	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters
2021	Arwind Santos (3)	Forward	Philippines	NorthPort Batang Pier (2)
2022–23	Jio Jalalon^	Guard	Philippines	Magnolia Hotshots (5)

Multiple time winners

Total	Player
3	Chris Jackson
	Marc Pingris
	Arwind Santos
2	Freddie Abuda
	Wynne Arboleda
	Chris Ross