Arena Football League Defensive Player of the Year

The Arena Football League Defensive Player of the Year was an award given by the Arena Football League to the league's most outstanding defensive player at the end of every AFL season since 1996. Multiple-award winners include Kenny McEntyre, Clevan Thomas, and Joe Sykes; McEntyre and Thomas have won the award three times each, while Sykes has won it twice. Thomas and Vic Hall are the only players to win the award as a rookie (2002 & 2011 respectively). The award was sponsored by ADT Security Services from 2002 to 2008.^[1] Since 2010, the award has been sponsored by Riddell.

AFL Defensive Players of the Year

Season	Player	AFL Team	Position
1996	David McLeod	Albany Firebirds	WR/DB
1997	Tracey Perkins	Tampa Bay Storm	DS
1998	Johnnie Harris	Tampa Bay Storm	DB
1999	James Baron	Nashville Kats	DL
2000	Kenny McEntyre	Orlando Predators	DS
2001	Kenny McEntyre (2)	Orlando Predators	DS
2002	Clevan Thomas	San Jose SaberCats	DB
2003	Clevan Thomas (2)	San Jose SaberCats	DB
2004	Kenny McEntyre (3)	Orlando Predators	DS
2005	Silas DeMary	Los Angeles Avengers	DL/OL
2006	Jerald Brown	Columbus Destroyers	DB
2007	Greg White	Orlando Predators	DL/OL
2008	Dennison Robinson	Chicago Rush	DB
2010	Gabe Nyenhuis	Tulsa Talons	DL
2011	Vic Hall	Chicago Rush	DB
2012	Joe Sykes	San Jose SaberCats	DL
2013	Clevan Thomas (3)	San Jose SaberCats	DB
2014	Jason Stewart	San Jose SaberCats	DL
2015	Joe Sykes (2)	Jacksonville Sharks	DL
2016	Tracy Belton[2]	Philadelphia Soul	DB
2017	Beau Bell	Philadelphia Soul	LB
2018	Terence Moore	Albany Empire	LB
2019	James Romain	Philadelphia Soul	DB