MPBL Defensive Player of the Year award
The MPBL Defensive Player of the Year award is an annual Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League award given to the player with the best defensive performance in the regular season. It was first awarded during the 2018–19 MPBL season.
As of 2025, five players have won the award, with Mark Yee being the only recipient to have won the award more than once. Yee is also the only recipient who has also won MPBL Finals Most Valuable [Player award|Finals Most Valuable Player]. The most recent recipient was Antonio Bonsubre Jr.
Winners
| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in the MPBL |
| † | Denotes player who is still active outside of the MPBL |
| Player | Denotes the number of times the player had been named DPOY at that time |
| Season | Player | Team | Ref. | |
| 2018–19 | † | F | Manila Stars | |
| 2019–20 | ^ | C | Davao Occidental Tigers | |
| 2022 | ^ | C | Bacolod Bingo Plus | |
| 2023 | ^ | C | Pasig City MCW Sports | |
| 2024 | ^ | F | Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters | |
| 2025 | ^ | F | Caloocan Batang Kankaloo |