EuroLeague Best Defender

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

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.

Winners

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

Season	Position	Best Defender	Club	Ref.
2004–05	PG	Greece Dimitris Diamantidis	Greece Panathinaikos
2005–06	PG	Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (2x)	Greece Panathinaikos
2006–07	PG	Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (3x)	Greece Panathinaikos
2007–08	PG	Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (4x)	Greece Panathinaikos
2008–09	PG	Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (5x)	Greece Panathinaikos
2009–10	PF	Russia Victor Khryapa	Russia CSKA Moscow	^[1]
2010–11	PG	Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (6x)	Greece Panathinaikos	^[2]
2011–12	SF	Russia Andrei Kirilenko	Russia CSKA Moscow	^[3]
2012–13	C	Gabon Stéphane Lasme	Greece Panathinaikos	^[4]
2013–14	C	United States Armenia Bryant Dunston	Greece Olympiacos	^[5]
2014–15	C	United States Armenia Bryant Dunston (2x)	Greece Olympiacos	^[6]
2015–16	C	United States Kyle Hines	Russia CSKA Moscow	^[7]
2016–17	SF	Hungary Ádám Hanga	Spain Baskonia	^[8]
2017–18	C	United States Kyle Hines (2x)	Russia CSKA Moscow	^[9]
2018–19	C	Cape Verde Edy Tavares	Spain Real Madrid	^[10]
2019–20	Not awarded ¹
2020–21	C	Cape Verde Edy Tavares (2x)	Spain Real Madrid	^[11]
2021–22	C	United States Kyle Hines (3x)	Italy Olimpia Milano	^[12]
2022–23	C	Cape Verde Edy Tavares (3x)	Spain Real Madrid	^[13]
2023–24	PG	United States Greece Thomas Walkup	Greece Olympiacos	^[14]
2024–25	PG	United States Germany Nick Weiler-Babb	Germany Bayern Munich	^[15]

Notes:

^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

Number	Player
6	Greece Dimitris Diamantidis
3	United States Kyle Hines
3	Cape Verde Edy Tavares
2	Armenia Bryant Dunston
1	Hungary Ádám Hanga
	Russia Victor Khryapa
	Russia Andrei Kirilenko
	Gabon Stéphane Lasme
	Greece Thomas Walkup
	Germany Nick Weiler-Babb

Number	Country
7	File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
3	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
3	File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde
2	File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia
2	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
1	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon
	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany

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