Basketball Bundesliga Best Defender

Basketball Bundesliga awards, honours, and stats leaders

Individual awards

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

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

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
2004–05	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]

Awards won by player

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

Notes

^ The player's primary position is listed.
^ ^a ^b Koko Archibong also owns American nationality.
^ ^a ^b Anton Gavel also owns Slovak nationality.
^ ^a ^b Polas Bartolo, born in Cuba, gained the German nationality in 2015. He represents Cuba internationally.

References

^ ^a ^b "Jenkins als bester Offensiv-, McElroy als bester Defensivspieler ausgezeichnet". Schoenen-dunk.de. 13 April 2010. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
^ "Zirbes, Gavel und Wood ausgezeichnet". Crossover-online.de. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
^ "Anton Gavel ist bester Verteidiger". inFranken.de. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
^ "Hammonds zum besten Defensiv-Spieler gekürt". Bz-berlin.de. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
^ "easyCredit – Awards: MVP / Coach". Beko-bbl.de. 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "easyCredit – Awards Wanamaker und Robertson". Beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "Nächste Auszeichnung: Raymar Morgan ist „Bester Offensivspieler" / Daniel Theis zum „Besten Verteidiger" gekürt". easycredit-bbl.de. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
^ "Thomas Walkup name German Bundesliga Best Defender for 2017-18 Season". Easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "Defensiv-Bollwerk: Yorman Polas Bartolo verteidigt Award als „Bester Verteidiger"". easycredit-bbl.de. 12 May 2019.
^ "Kapitäne wählen den Most Valuable Player des easyCredit BBL Final-Turniers 2020 / Keine anderen Awards" (in German). easycredit-bbl.de. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "Awards 2021: Ludwigsburger Smith, Patrick und Polas-Bartolo räumen ab / Justus Hollatz und Trae Bell-Haynes geehrt". easycredit-bbl.de. 19 May 2021.
^ "NewsAwards für die Saison 2021/22: Erneut wird in Crailsheim und Ludwigsburg gejubelt". easycredit-bbl.de. 21 April 2022.
^ "easyCredit BBL-Awards 2022/2023: Erste Sieger kommen aus Rostock, Oldenburg und Berlin". easycredit-bbl.de. 3 May 2023.

External links

German League official website Archived 25 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in German)

v t e BBL Best Defender
2003: Lollis 2004: Nnamaka 2005: Archibong & Mamić 2006: Archibong 2007: McElroy 2008: McElroy 2009: McElroy 2010: McElroy 2011: McElroy 2012: Gavel 2013: Gavel 2014: Hammonds 2015: Hammonds 2016: Robertson 2017: Theis 2018: Polas Bartolo 2019: Polas Bartolo ~~2020~~ 2021: Polas Bartolo 2022: Simon 2023: Mawugbe

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