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WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
| Season | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2025 | A'ja Wilson  AcesAlanna Smith  Lynx |
| 2024 | Napheesa Collier Lynx |
| 2023 | A'ja Wilson Aces |
| 2022 | A'ja Wilson Aces |
| 2021 | Sylvia Fowles Lynx |
| 2020 | Candace Parker  Sparks |
| 2019 | Natasha Howard  Storm |
| 2018 | Alana Beard Sparks |
| 2017 | Alana Beard Sparks |
| 2016 | Sylvia Fowles Lynx |
| 2015 | Brittney Griner  Mercury |
| 2014 | Brittney Griner Mercury |
| 2013 | Sylvia Fowles  Sky |
| 2012 | Tamika Catchings  Fever |
| 2011 | Sylvia Fowles Sky |
| 2010 | Tamika Catchings Fever |
| 2009 | Tamika Catchings Fever |
| 2008 | Lisa Leslie Sparks |
| 2007 | Lauren Jackson Storm |
| 2006 | Tamika Catchings Fever |
| 2005 | Tamika Catchings Fever |
| 2004 | Lisa Leslie Sparks |
| 2003 | Sheryl Swoopes  Comets |
| 2002 | Sheryl Swoopes Comets |
| 2001 | Debbie Black  Sol |
| 2000 | Sheryl Swoopes Comets |
| 1999 | Yolanda Griffith  Monarchs |
| 1998 | Teresa Weatherspoon  Liberty |
| 1997 | Teresa Weatherspoon Liberty |