EuroLeague Best Defender

The EuroLeague Best Defender is an annual basketball award of the European premier level EuroLeague. It is awarded to the best defensive player throughout the season, up until the EuroLeague Final Four stage of the season. The award began in the 2004–05 season, and the winner is selected by the EuroLeague's head coaches. Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos Athens, won the first five awards, from 2005 to 2009.

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Dimitris Diamantidis was the EuroLeague's Best Defender 6 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011).

Winners
Bryant Dunston was the EuroLeague's Best Defender 2 times (2014, 2015).
SeasonPositionBest DefenderClubRef.
2004–05 PG Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos
2005–06 PG Dimitris Diamantidis (2x) Panathinaikos
2006–07 PG Dimitris Diamantidis (3x) Panathinaikos
2007–08 PG Dimitris Diamantidis (4x) Panathinaikos
2008–09 PG Dimitris Diamantidis (5x) Panathinaikos
2009–10 PF Victor Khryapa CSKA Moscow [1]
2010–11 PG Dimitris Diamantidis (6x) Panathinaikos [2]
2011–12 SF Andrei Kirilenko CSKA Moscow [3]
2012–13 C Stéphane Lasme Panathinaikos [4]
2013–14 C Bryant Dunston Olympiacos [5]
2014–15 C Bryant Dunston (2x) Olympiacos [6]
2015–16 C Kyle Hines CSKA Moscow [7]
2016–17 SF Ádám Hanga Baskonia [8]
2017–18 C Kyle Hines (2x) CSKA Moscow [9]
2018–19 C Edy Tavares Real Madrid [10]
2019–20Not awarded 1
2020–21 C Edy Tavares (2x) Real Madrid [11]

Notes:

^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

Multiple honors

Players
NumberPlayer
6 Dimitris Diamantidis
2 Bryant Dunston
Kyle Hines
Edy Tavares
1 Ádám Hanga
Victor Khryapa
Andrei Kirilenko
Stéphane Lasme

Player nationality
NumberCountry
6  Greece
2  Armenia
 Russia
 United States
 Cape Verde
1  Gabon
 Hungary

Clubs
NumberClub
7 Panathinaikos
4 CSKA Moscow
2 Olympiacos
Real Madrid
1 Baskonia

References
  1. Best Defender Trophy: Viktor Khryapa, CSKA Moscow.
  2. Dimitris Diamantidis wins sixth Best Defender Trophy.
  3. Best Defender Trophy: Andrei Kirilenko, CSKA Moscow.
  4. Best Defender Trophy winner: Stephane Lasme, Panathinaikos Athens.
  5. "Coaches vote Bryant Dunston of Olympiacos this season's Best Defender". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  6. "2014-15 Best Defender Trophy winner: Bryant Dunston, Olympiacos Piraeus". Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  7. Best Defender Trophy: Kyle Hines, CSKA Moscow.
  8. Adam Hanga of Baskonia captures Best Defender Trophy.
  9. "EuroLeague Best Defender: Kyle Hines, CSKA Moscow". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  10. "EuroLeague Best Defender: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  11. "Real's Tavares repeats as EuroLeague Best Defender". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 13 May 2021.


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