DBL Defensive Player of the Year

The Dutch Basketball League Best Defender of the Year is an award that is yearly given to the best defensive player in the DBL, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The award is handed out after the regular season since 2013.[1] The award is handed out by the FEB (Federatie Eredivisie Basketbal).


Dutch Basketball League awards, honours, and leaders
Individual awards
Honors
Statistical leaders

Winners
Jason Dourisseau won the inaugural award and his second the following year.
Mohamed Kherrazi won the award in two consecutive seasons.
Key
Player (X) Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Nationality Nationality as registered by FIBA, player may hold more nationalities
Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
Denotes the club were DBL champions in the same season
DBL Defensive Players of the Year
Season Player Position Nationality Team Ref.
2012–13 Jason Dourisseau Forward United StatesGasTerra Flames[2]
2013–14 Jason Dourisseau (2) Forward United StatesGasTerra Flames[3]
2014–15 Mohamed Kherrazi Forward NetherlandsZZ Leiden[4]
2015–16 Mohamed Kherrazi (2) Forward NetherlandsZZ Leiden[5]
2016–17 J.T. Tiller Guard United States Landstede[6]
2017–18 Sean Cunningham Guard Netherlands[lower-alpha 1]Donar[7]
2018–19 Mohamed Kherrazi (3) Forward NetherlandsZZ Leiden[8]

Awards won by nationality
Country Total
 Netherlands 4
 United States 3

Awards won by club
Country Total
Donar[lower-alpha 2] 3
ZZ Leiden 3
Landstede 2
  1. Sean Cunningham, born in Los Angeles, California, also owns the American nationality.
  2. Previously also known as "GasTerra Flames".
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References
  1. "Best Defender of the Year award". j-dus.com (history of Dutch basketball). Archived from the original on 2013-10-07.
  2. "Jessey Voorn en Jason Dourisseau winnen prijzen". Archived from the original on 2014-03-02.
  3. "Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  4. "Zes seizoensprijzen voor ZZ Leiden". Archived from the original on 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  5. "Worthy de Jong uitgeroepen tot MVP". DBL. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. "Jeter: MVP van het seizoen". Basketballleague.nl. 11 April 2017.
  7. "Cunningham beste verdediger" (in Dutch). DBL. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  8. "Defensive Player: Mohamed Kherrazi". basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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