Euroleague Best Defender

Turkish Airlines Euroleague awards, honours, and records
Euroleague:
Euroleague Finals Euroleague Final Four
Individual Awards:
Full Season MVP Final Four MVP Final Four Team All-Euroleague Team Alphonso Ford Trophy Best Defender Rising Star MVP of the Month MVP of the Week (Performance Index Rating) Regular Season and Top 16 MVP Coach of the Year Club Executive of the Year
Honours:
Euroleague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2001–10 All-Decade Team FIBA Festival FIBA EuroStars
Records:
Euroleague records Euroleague Career Stats Leaders Euroleague Final Four Records

The Euroleague Best Defender award is the annual award for the Euroleague's 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 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	Guard	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
2005–06	Guard	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
2006–07	Guard	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
2007–08	Guard	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
2008–09	Guard	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
2009–10	Forward	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow	^[1]
2010–11	Guard	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	^[2]
2011–12	Forward	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	^[3]
2012–13	Center	Stephane Lasme	Panathinaikos	^[4]
2013–14	Center	Bryant Dunston	Olympiacos	^[5]
2014–15	Center	Bryant Dunston	Olympiacos	^[6]

Multiple honors

Players

Number	Player
6	Dimitris Diamantidis
2	Bryant Dunston
1
	Andrei Kirilenko
	Stephane Lasme

Player nationality

Number	Country
6	Greece
2	Russia
2	USA
1	Gabon

Clubs

Number	Club
7	Panathinaikos
2	CSKA Moscow
2	Olympiacos

References

↑ Best Defender Trophy: Viktor Khryapa, CSKA Moscow.
↑ Dimitris Diamantidis wins sixth Best Defender Trophy.
↑ Best Defender Trophy: Andrei Kirilenko, CSKA Moscow.
↑ Best Defender Trophy winner: Stephane Lasme, Panathinaikos Athens.
↑ "Coaches vote Bryant Dunston of Olympiacos this season's Best Defender". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
↑ May 2015 "2014-15 Best Defender Trophy winner: Bryant Dunston, Olympiacos Piraeus" Check |url= value (help).

External links

Euroleague Best Defender Award

2005: Diamantidis 2006: Diamantidis 2007: Diamantidis 2008: Diamantidis 2009: Diamantidis 2010: Khryapa 2011: Diamantidis 2012: Kirilenko 2013: Lasme 2014: Dunston 2015: Dunston

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