Basketball Bundesliga Best Defender

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The Basketball Bundesliga Best Defender (German: Basketball Bundesliga Bester Verteidiger) is an annual Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) award given since the 2002–03 season to the league's best defensive player. American player Immanuel McElroy is the all-time record holder for most awards, with five.

Winners

Quantez Robertson won the award in 2016
Daniel Theis won the award in 2017
Yorman Polas Bartolo won the award two consecutive times in 2019 and 2021
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Key
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has won the award
Club (X) Name of the club and the number of times a player of it has won the award (if more than one)
* Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
^ Denotes player who is still active in the Bundesliga
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Season Player Position[a] Nat. Team Ref(s)
2002–03 Quadre Lollis Forward  United States Alba Berlin
2003–04 Oluoma Nnamaka Forward  Sweden Telekom Baskets Bonn
2004–05 Koko Archibong Forward  Nigeria[b] GHP Bamberg
Matej Mamić Forward  Croatia Alba Berlin
2005–06 Koko Archibong (2) Forward  Nigeria[b] GHP Bamberg
2006–07 Immanuel McElroy Guard  United States Alba Berlin
2007–08 Immanuel McElroy (2) Guard  United States Alba Berlin
2008–09 Immanuel McElroy (3) Guard  United States Alba Berlin
2009–10 Immanuel McElroy (4) Guard  United States Alba Berlin [1]
2010–11 Immanuel McElroy (5) Guard  United States Alba Berlin [1]
2011–12 Anton Gavel Guard  Germany[c] Brose Baskets [2]
2012–13 Anton Gavel (2) Guard  Germany[c] Brose Baskets [3]
2013–14 Cliff Hammonds Guard  United States Alba Berlin [4]
2014–15 Cliff Hammonds (2) Guard  United States Alba Berlin [5]
2015–16 Quantez Robertson^ Guard  United States Fraport Skyliners [6]
2016–17 Daniel Theis Center  Germany Brose Bamberg [7]
2017–18 Thomas Walkup^ Guard  USA Riesen Ludwigsburg [8]
2018–19 Yorman Polas Bartolo Forward  Cuba[d] Telekom Baskets Bonn [9]
2019–20 No award was given, due to the shortened season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
2020–21 Yorman Polas Bartolo (2)^ Forward  Cuba[d] Riesen Ludwigsburg [11]
2021–22 Justin Simon^ Shooting guard  United States Riesen Ludwigsburg [12]
2022–23 Selom Mawugbe^ Center  United States Rostock Seawolves [13]
2023–24 Javon Bess^ Swingman  United States BG Göttingen [14]
2024–25 Nick Weiler-Babb^ Swingman  Germany Bayern Munich [15]
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Awards won by player

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Player Total
Immanuel McElroy 4
Yorman Polas Bartolo 2
Anton Gavel 2
Koko Archibong 2
Cliff Hammonds 2
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Notes

  1. [a]
    The player's primary position is listed.
  2. [b]
    Koko Archibong also owns American nationality.
  3. [c]
    Anton Gavel also owns Slovak nationality.
  4. [d]
    Polas Bartolo, born in Cuba, gained the German nationality in 2015. He represents Cuba internationally.

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