Defensive Player of the Year Winners
2005-06 Ben Wallace
2004-05 Ben Wallace
2003-04 Ron Artest
2002-03 Ben Wallace
2001-02 Ben Wallace
2000-01 Dikembe Mutombo
1999-00 Alonzo Mourning
1998-99 Alonzo Mourning
1997-98 Dikembe Mutombo
1996-97 Dikembe Mutombo
1995-96 Gary Payton
1994-95 Dikembe Mutombo
1993-94 Hakeem Olajuwon
1992-93 Hakeem Olajuwon
1991-92 David Robinson
1990-91 Dennis Rodman
1989-90 Dennis Rodman
1988-89 Mark Eaton
1987-88 Michael Jordan
1986-87 Michael Cooper
1985-86 Alvin Robertson
1984-85 Mark Eaton
1983-84 Sidney Moncrief
1982-83 Sidney Moncrief
