WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award

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The WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual award given by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) to the WNBA player who has had the most outstanding defensive performance league wide during a specific season. The winner of the award is determined by a vote of a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.

Contents 1 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Trivia 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Defensive Player of the Year

Year	Player	Team
1997	Teresa Weatherspoon	New York Liberty
1998	Teresa Weatherspoon(2)	New York Liberty
1999	Yolanda Griffith	Sacramento Monarchs
2000	Sheryl Swoopes	Houston Comets
2001	Debbie Black	Miami Sol
2002	Sheryl Swoopes(2)	Houston Comets
2003	Sheryl Swoopes(3)	Houston Comets
2004	Lisa Leslie	Los Angeles Sparks
2005	Tamika Catchings	Indiana Fever
2006	Tamika Catchings(2)	Indiana Fever

[edit] Trivia

• Debbie Black is the oldest player to win the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award at the age of 35.

[edit] See also

• WNBA Coach of the Year
• WNBA Finals MVP
• WNBA MVP
• WNBA Most Improved Player
• WNBA Rookie of the Year
• Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award

[edit] References

• Indiana’s Tamika Catchings Wins 2005 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. Retrieved on September 1, 2005.