title: DBL Defensive Player of the Year
text: # DBL Defensive Player of the Year
  
  Dutch Basketball League awards, honours, and leaders :
  
  Individual awards :
  
  Most Valuable Player
  
  Coach of the Year
  
  Defensive Player of the Year
  
  MVP Under 23
  
  Sixth Man of the Year
  
  Playoffs MVP
  
  Statistical Player of the Year
  
  Most Improved Player
  
  Rookie of the Year
  
  Kees Akerboom Trophy :
  
  Honors :
  
  All-DBL Team
  
  All-Rookie Team
  
  All-Defense Team :
  
  Statistical leaders :
  
  Scoring
  
  Assists
  
  Blocks
  
  Rebounding
  
  Steals :
  
  vte :
  
  The Dutch Basketball League Best Defender of the Year is an award that is yearly given to the best defensive player in the DBL, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The award is handed out after the regular season since 2013. The award is handed out by the FEB (Federatie Eredivisie Basketbal).
  
  ## Winners
  
  Key :
  
  | Player (X) | Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) |
  | - | - |
  | Nationality | Nationality as registered by FIBA, player may hold more nationalities |
  | † | Indicates multiple award winners in the same season |
  | ‡ | Denotes the club were DBL champions in the same season |
  
  DBL Defensive Players of the Year :
  
  | Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Team |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2012–13 | Jason Dourisseau | Forward | United States | GasTerra Flames |
  | 2013–14 | Jason Dourisseau (2) | Forward | United States | GasTerra $Flames^‡$ |
  | 2014–15 | Mohamed Kherrazi | Forward | Netherlands | ZZ Leiden |
  | 2015–16 | Mohamed Kherrazi (2) | Forward | Netherlands | ZZ Leiden |
  | 2016–17 | J.T. Tiller | Guard | United States | Landstede |
  | 2017–18 | Sean Cunningham | Guard | Netherlands | $Donar^‡$ |
  | 2018–19 | Mohamed Kherrazi (3) | Forward | Netherlands | ZZ Leiden |
  | 2020–21 | Worthy de Jong | Guard | Netherlands | ZZ Leiden |
  
  ## Awards won by nationality
  
  | Country | Total |
  | - | - |
  | Netherlands | 5 |
  | United States | 3 |
  
  ## Awards won by club
  
  | Country | Total |
  | - | - |
  | ZZ Leiden | 4 |
  | Donar | 3 |
  | Landstede | 2 |
  
  * ↑ Sean Cunningham, born in Los Angeles, California, also owns the American nationality.
  * ↑ Previously also known as "GasTerra Flames".
  