BAL Defensive Player of the Year

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Basketball Africa League awards and honours
Individual awards
Honors
BAL Dikembe Mutombo Defensive Player of the Year
SportBasketball
LeagueBasketball Africa League
Awarded forBest defensive player in the season of the Basketball Africa League
History
First award2021
Most winsAliou Diarra (2 times)
Most recentAliou Diarra (2025)

The Basketball Africa League Dikembe Mutombo Defensive Player of the Year is an annual Basketball Africa League (BAL) award given to the best defensive player of a given season. The award is named after Congolese basketball legend Dikembe Mutombo. The award was first handed out in the inaugural season to Anas Osama Mahmoud.[1]

Players of the four teams that qualified for the semifinals can be selected. The selection committee exists of a number of BAL experts, including the head coaches of all teams.

Aliou Diarra holds the record for most awards won, as he received the honour two times.[2] Jo Lual-Acuil, winner of the award in 2024, is the only player to win both the Defensive Player of the Year and the Most Valuable Player in the same season.[3]

Winners

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Aliou Diarra has won two awards
Season Player Position Nationality Club Ref
2021 Anas Mahmoud Center File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Egypt Zamalek [1]
2022 Ater Majok Center File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan[a] Tunisia US Monastir [4]
2023 Aliou Diarra Center File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali Mali Stade Malien [5]
2024 Jo Lual-Acuil Center File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan Libya Al Ahly Ly [3]
2025 Aliou Diarra (2) Center File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali Rwanda APR [2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Majok owns the Australian and Lebanese nationality, but played as an African import in the BAL due to his South Sudanese heritage.

References

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