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ThePhilippine Basketball Association (PBA) Defensive Player of the Year is an annualPhilippine Basketball Association (PBA) award given since the1993 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.[1]
Since its inception, the award has been given to 21 individuals.Zavier Lucero of theMagnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots will be honored with his first Defensive Player of the Year award from the PBA Press Corps (PBAPC).
| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in the PBA |
| * | Inducted into thePBA 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 |
| Total | Player |
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| 3 | Chris Jackson |
| Marc Pingris | |
| Arwind Santos | |
| 2 | Freddie Abuda |
| Wynne Arboleda | |
| Chris Ross |
