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.

Winners

Season	Position	Best Defender	Club	Ref.
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]
2019–20	Not awarded 1
2020–21	C	Edy Tavares (2x)	Real Madrid	[11]
2021–22	C	Kyle Hines (3x)	A|X Armani Exchange Milan	[12]
2022–23	C	Edy Tavares (3x)	Real Madrid	[13]

Multiple honors

Players

Number	Player
6	Dimitris Diamantidis
3	Kyle Hines
	Edy Tavares
2	Bryant Dunston
1	Ádám Hanga
	Victor Khryapa
	Andrei Kirilenko
	Stéphane Lasme

Player nationality

Number	Country
6	Greece
3	United States
	Cape Verde
2	Armenia
	Russia
1	Gabon
	Hungary

Clubs

Number	Club
7	Panathinaikos
4	CSKA Moscow
3	Real Madrid
2	Olympiacos
1	Baskonia
	Olimpia Milano

References

External links

• EuroLeague Official Website
• Euroleague's channel on YouTube