DBL Defensive Player of the Year

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.^[1] The award is handed out by the FEB (Federatie Eredivisie Basketbal).

Winners

Jason Dourisseau won the inaugural award and his second the following year.

Mohamed Kherrazi won the award in two consecutive seasons.

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	Ref.
2012–13	Jason Dourisseau	Forward	United States	GasTerra Flames	[2]
2013–14	Jason Dourisseau (2)	Forward	United States	GasTerra Flames‡	[3]
2014–15	Mohamed Kherrazi	Forward	Netherlands	ZZ Leiden	[4]
2015–16	Mohamed Kherrazi (2)	Forward	Netherlands	ZZ Leiden	[5]
2016–17	J.T. Tiller	Guard	United States	Landstede	[6]
2017–18	Sean Cunningham	Guard	Netherlands[a]	Donar‡	[7]
2018–19	Mohamed Kherrazi (3)	Forward	Netherlands	ZZ Leiden	[8]
2020–21	Worthy de Jong	Guard	Netherlands	ZZ Leiden	[9]

Awards won by nationality

Country	Total
Netherlands	5
United States	3

Awards won by club

Country	Total
ZZ Leiden	4
Donar[b]	3
Landstede	2

1. Sean Cunningham, born in Los Angeles, California, also owns the American nationality.
2. Previously also known as "GasTerra Flames".