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.

Dimitris Diamantidis was the EuroLeague's Best Defender 6 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011).

Winners

Bryant Dunston was the EuroLeague's Best Defender 2 times (2014, 2015).

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]

Multiple honors

Players

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

Player nationality

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

Clubs

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

References

1. Best Defender Trophy: Viktor Khryapa, CSKA Moscow.
2. Dimitris Diamantidis wins sixth Best Defender Trophy.
3. Best Defender Trophy: Andrei Kirilenko, CSKA Moscow.
4. Best Defender Trophy winner: Stephane Lasme, Panathinaikos Athens.
5. "Coaches vote Bryant Dunston of Olympiacos this season's Best Defender". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
6. "2014-15 Best Defender Trophy winner: Bryant Dunston, Olympiacos Piraeus". Retrieved 6 May 2015.
7. Best Defender Trophy: Kyle Hines, CSKA Moscow.
8. Adam Hanga of Baskonia captures Best Defender Trophy.
9. "EuroLeague Best Defender: Kyle Hines, CSKA Moscow". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
10. "EuroLeague Best Defender: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

External links

• EuroLeague Official Web Page
• InterBasket EuroLeague Basketball Forum
• TalkBasket EuroLeague Basketball Forum
• Euroleague's channel on YouTube