PBA Defensive Player of the Year award
The Philippine Basketball Association Defensive Player of the Year is an annual Philippine Basketball Association 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 21 individuals. Zavier Lucero of the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots will be honored with his first Defensive Player of the Year award from the PBA Press Corps.
Winners
| Season | Player | Position | Country of birth | Team | Ref. |
| Center / Power forward | San Miguel Beermen | - | |||
| Center | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | - | |||
| Small forward | San Miguel Beermen | - | |||
| Center | Ginebra San Miguel | - | |||
| Power forward | San Miguel Beermen | - | |||
| Power forward | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | - | |||
| Power forward | Shell Velocity | - | |||
| Power forward | San Miguel Beermen | - | |||
| Power forward | Shell Turbo Chargers | - | |||
| Center | Red Bull Thunder | - | |||
| Power forward / Small forward | Coca-Cola Tigers | - | |||
| Center / Power forward | Sta. Lucia Realtors | - | |||
| Power forward | Purefoods Chunkee Giants | - | |||
| Point guard | Air21 Express | - | |||
| Small forward / Power forward | Air21 Express | - | |||
| Point guard | Burger King Whoppers | - | |||
| ^ | Small forward | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | - | ||
| Small forward / Power forward | Petron Blaze Boosters | - | |||
| Small forward | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | - | |||
| Power forward | San Mig Coffee Mixers | - | |||
| Power forward | San Mig Super Coffee Mixers | - | |||
| ^ | Center | San Miguel Beermen | - | ||
| ^ | Point guard / Shooting guard | San Miguel Beermen | - | ||
| ^ | Point guard / Shooting guard | San Miguel Beermen | - | ||
| ^ | Center | Blackwater Elite | - | ||
| ^ | Power forward | NorthPort Batang Pier | - | ||
| ^ | Center | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | - | ||
| Power forward | NorthPort Batang Pier | - | |||
| ^ | Point guard | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | - | ||
| ^ | Power forward | Meralco Bolts | |||
| ^ | Power forward | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots |