KBL Defensive Player of the Year

The Korean Basketball League Defensive Player of the Year Award ({{Korean|hangul=최우수수비상}}) is an annual Korean Basketball League (KBL) award given to the best defensive player during the regular season. The awardee is selected from players voted into the Defensive Best 5 ({{Korean|hangul=수비 5걸}}) team. In addition to contributing to their team's overall defensive record, selected players must accumulate high averages in the following statistical categories: blocks, steals and defensive rebounds.{{cite news|title=[KBL시상식] 수비5걸, 실점 1위 모비스 0명 8위 오리온 2명|url=http://jumpball.co.kr/news/newsview.php?ncode=179513751624759|work=Jumpball|date=April 20, 2020|language=ko}}

Winners

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|Denotes player who is still active in the KBL

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|Denotes team which won the Championship that season

Player (X)

|Denotes the number of times the player has been selected for the Defensive Best 5

Player
(in bold text)

|Indicates the player who won the Defensive Player of the Year Award

=1997 to 2009–10=

scope="col"\| Season !scope="col"\| Player !scope="col"\| Position !scope="col"\| Team
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" summary="Season (sortable), Player (sortable), Position (sortable), Nationality (sortable) and Team (sortable)"
rowspan="6" \| 1997{{refn\|group=nb\|Prior to the founding of the professional Korean Basketball League, the predecessor National Basketball Festival (농구대잔치) ended its final season in January 1997. The first season of the KBL began play in February 1997 to facilitate the transition. Since the 1997–98 season, the KBL season runs from October until April.}}
Lee Ji-sung	F	Daejeon Hyundai Dynat
Jang Yoon-seob	F	Wonju Naray Blue Bird
Kim Hyun-guk	F	Gwangju Nasan Flamans
Lee Hoon-jae	F	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Busan Kia Enterprise {{dagger}}
Kim Byung-soo	F	Wonju Naray Blue Bird
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 1997–98
Joo Hee-jung	G	Wonju Naray Blue Bird
Park Kyu-hyun	G	Gyeongnam LG Sakers
Kim Young-man	F	Busan Kia Enterprise
Kim Hyun-guk (2)	F	Gwangju Nasan Flamans
Park Jae-heon	C	Gyeongnam LG Sakers
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 1998–99
Joo Hee-jung (2)	G	Suwon Samsung Thunders
Stais Boseman	G	Incheon Daewoo Zeus
Choo Seung-gyun	F	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Daejeon Hyundai Gullivers {{dagger}}
Lee Hoon-jae (2)	F	Daegu Tongyang Orions
Park Jae-heon	C	Changwon LG Sakers
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 1999–00
Joo Hee-jung (3)	G	Suwon Samsung Thunders
Roderick Hannibal	G	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Cheongju SK Knights {{dagger}}
Choo Seung-gyun (2)	F	Daejeon Hyundai Gullivers
Yang Kyung-min	F	Wonju Sambo Xers
Lorenzo Hall	C	Daejeon Hyundai Gullivers

=2011–12 to 2013–14=

There were no Defensive Best 5 selections from the 2011–12 season until the 2013–14 season. During that time period, only the Defensive Player of the Year Award was awarded to one player.

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scope="col"\| Season !scope="col"\| Player !scope="col"\| Position !scope="col"\| Team
2011–12 \| Kim Joo-sung \| C/F \| Wonju Dongbu Promy
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| 2012–13 \| Yang Dong-geun \| G \|scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Ulsan Mobis Phoebus {{dagger}}
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| 2013–14 \| Yang Hee-jong \| F \| Anyang KGC

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" summary="Season (sortable), Player (sortable), Position (sortable), Nationality (sortable) and Team (sortable)"

scope="col"| Season

!scope="col"| Player

!scope="col"| Position

!scope="col"| Team

2011–12

| Kim Joo-sung

| C/F

| Wonju Dongbu Promy

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| 2012–13

| Yang Dong-geun

| G

|scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| Ulsan Mobis Phoebus {{dagger}}

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| 2013–14

| Yang Hee-jong

| F

| Anyang KGC

=2014–15 to present=

scope="col"\| Season !scope="col"\| Player !scope="col"\| Position !scope="col"\| Team
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" summary="Season (sortable), Player (sortable), Position (sortable), Nationality (sortable) and Team (sortable)"
rowspan="6" \| 2014–15
Yang Dong-geun (2)	G	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Ulsan Mobis Phoebus {{dagger}}
Shin Myung-ho (2)	G	Jeonju KCC Egis
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Yang Hee-jong^ (2)	F	Anyang KGC
Kim Joo-sung (5)	C/F	Wonju Dongbu Promy
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Ricardo Ratliffe^{{refn\|group=nb\|name=Ra Gun-ah}}	C/F	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Ulsan Mobis Phoebus {{dagger}}
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 2015–16
Yang Dong-geun (3)	G	Ulsan Mobis Phoebus
Shin Myung-ho (3)	G	Jeonju KCC Egis
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Lee Seoung-hyun^	F	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Goyang Orion Orions {{dagger}}
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Yang Hee-jong^ (3)	F	Anyang KGC
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Ricardo Ratliffe^{{refn\|group=nb\|name=Ra Gun-ah}}	C/F	Seoul Samsung Thunders
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 2016–17
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Park Chan-hee^	G	Incheon Electroland Elephants
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Lee Jae-do^	G	Busan KT Sonicboom
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Lee Seoung-hyun^ (2)	F	Goyang Orion Orions
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Yang Hee-jong^ (4)	F	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Anyang KGC {{dagger}}
{{flagicon\|USA}} David Simon	C	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Anyang KGC {{dagger}}
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 2017–18
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Park Chan-hee^ (2)	G	Incheon Electroland Elephants
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Lee Dae-sung	G	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Yang Hee-jong^ (5)	F	Anyang KGC
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Song Kyo-chang^	F	Jeonju KCC Egis
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Oh Se-keun^	C	Anyang KGC
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 2018–19
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Park Chan-hee^ (3)	G	Incheon Electroland Elephants
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Choi Won-hyuk^	G	Seoul SK Knights
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Yang Hee-jong^ (6)	F	Anyang KGC
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Yoon Ho-young^	F	Wonju DB Promy
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| {{flagicon\|USA}}{{flagicon\|KOR}} Ra Gun-ah^{{refn\|group=nb\|name=Ra Gun-ah\|Ratliffe became a naturalized South Korean citizen in 2018 and has gone by his Korean name "Ra Gun-ah" ever since.}} (2)	C/F	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus {{dagger}}
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 2019–20{{cite news\|title=2019-2020 현대모비스 프로농구 시상식 결과 안내\|url=https://kbl.or.kr/media/notice/26636\|publisher=Korean Basketball League\|date=April 20, 2020\|language=ko}}{{refn\|group=nb\|Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, the KBL board of directors voted to end the season early, in the middle of the fifth round, and cancel the play-offs. Instead the KBL board of directors declared Wonju DB Promy and Seoul SK Knights as joint first place on the league table.{{cite news\|title=원주시, DB 공동 1위 이의제기…KBL은 재고 불가\|url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/23740275\|work=JoongAng Ilbo\|date=March 26, 2020\|language=ko}}}}
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Moon Seong-gon^	F	Anyang KGC
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Lee Seoung-hyun^ (3)	F	Goyang Orion Orions
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Jang Jae-seok^	C	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Choi Sung-won^	G	Seoul SK Knights
{{flagicon\|USA}} Chinanu Onuaku	C	Wonju DB Promy
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 2020–21{{cite news\|title=2020-2021 현대모비스 프로농구 시상식 결과 안내\|url=https://kbl.or.kr/media/notice/10014981\|publisher=Korean Basketball League\|date=April 7, 2021\|language=ko}}
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Moon Seong-gon^ (2)	F	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Anyang KGC {{dagger}}
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Lee Seoung-hyun^ (4)	F	Goyang Orion Orions
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Cha Ba-wee^	F	Incheon Electroland Elephants
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Choi Sung-won^ (2)	G	Seoul SK Knights
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Jang Jae-seok^ (2)	C	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus

Notes

References

External links

[https://kbl.or.kr/story/record 주요기록 — 역대수상현황 / Major Records — Past Awards] on the Korean Basketball League official website {{in lang|ko}}

Category:Korean Basketball League awards

scope="col"\| Season !scope="col"\| Player !scope="col"\| Position !scope="col"\| Team
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" summary="Season (sortable), Player (sortable), Position (sortable), Nationality (sortable) and Team (sortable)"
rowspan="6" \| 2014–15
Yang Dong-geun (2)	G	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Ulsan Mobis Phoebus {{dagger}}
Shin Myung-ho (2)	G	Jeonju KCC Egis
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Yang Hee-jong^ (2)	F	Anyang KGC
Kim Joo-sung (5)	C/F	Wonju Dongbu Promy
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Ricardo Ratliffe^{{refn\|group=nb\|name=Ra Gun-ah}}	C/F	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Ulsan Mobis Phoebus {{dagger}}
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 2015–16
Yang Dong-geun (3)	G	Ulsan Mobis Phoebus
Shin Myung-ho (3)	G	Jeonju KCC Egis
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Lee Seoung-hyun^	F	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Goyang Orion Orions {{dagger}}
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Yang Hee-jong^ (3)	F	Anyang KGC
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Ricardo Ratliffe^{{refn\|group=nb\|name=Ra Gun-ah}}	C/F	Seoul Samsung Thunders
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 2016–17
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Park Chan-hee^	G	Incheon Electroland Elephants
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Lee Jae-do^	G	Busan KT Sonicboom
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Lee Seoung-hyun^ (2)	F	Goyang Orion Orions
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Yang Hee-jong^ (4)	F	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Anyang KGC {{dagger}}
{{flagicon\|USA}} David Simon	C	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Anyang KGC {{dagger}}
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 2017–18
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Park Chan-hee^ (2)	G	Incheon Electroland Elephants
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Lee Dae-sung	G	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Yang Hee-jong^ (5)	F	Anyang KGC
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Song Kyo-chang^	F	Jeonju KCC Egis
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Oh Se-keun^	C	Anyang KGC
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 2018–19
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Park Chan-hee^ (3)	G	Incheon Electroland Elephants
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Choi Won-hyuk^	G	Seoul SK Knights
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Yang Hee-jong^ (6)	F	Anyang KGC
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Yoon Ho-young^	F	Wonju DB Promy
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| {{flagicon\|USA}}{{flagicon\|KOR}} Ra Gun-ah^{{refn\|group=nb\|name=Ra Gun-ah\|Ratliffe became a naturalized South Korean citizen in 2018 and has gone by his Korean name "Ra Gun-ah" ever since.}} (2)	C/F	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus {{dagger}}
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 2019–20{{cite news\|title=2019-2020 현대모비스 프로농구 시상식 결과 안내\|url=https://kbl.or.kr/media/notice/26636\|publisher=Korean Basketball League\|date=April 20, 2020\|language=ko}}{{refn\|group=nb\|Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, the KBL board of directors voted to end the season early, in the middle of the fifth round, and cancel the play-offs. Instead the KBL board of directors declared Wonju DB Promy and Seoul SK Knights as joint first place on the league table.{{cite news\|title=원주시, DB 공동 1위 이의제기…KBL은 재고 불가\|url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/23740275\|work=JoongAng Ilbo\|date=March 26, 2020\|language=ko}}}}
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Moon Seong-gon^	F	Anyang KGC
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Lee Seoung-hyun^ (3)	F	Goyang Orion Orions
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Jang Jae-seok^	C	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Choi Sung-won^	G	Seoul SK Knights
{{flagicon\|USA}} Chinanu Onuaku	C	Wonju DB Promy
style="border-top:2px solid black" \| rowspan="6" \| 2020–21{{cite news\|title=2020-2021 현대모비스 프로농구 시상식 결과 안내\|url=https://kbl.or.kr/media/notice/10014981\|publisher=Korean Basketball League\|date=April 7, 2021\|language=ko}}
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Moon Seong-gon^ (2)	F	scope="row" style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Anyang KGC {{dagger}}
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Lee Seoung-hyun^ (4)	F	Goyang Orion Orions
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Cha Ba-wee^	F	Incheon Electroland Elephants
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Choi Sung-won^ (2)	G	Seoul SK Knights
scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Jang Jae-seok^ (2)	C	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus