MPBL Defensive Player of the Year award

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

The MPBL Defensive Player of the Year award is an annual Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League award given to the player with the best defensive performance in the regular season. It was first awarded during the 2018–19 MPBL season.

As of 2025, five players have won the award, with Mark Yee being the only recipient to have won the award more than once. Yee is also the only recipient who has also won Finals Most Valuable Player. The most recent recipient was Antonio Bonsubre Jr.

Winners

[edit | edit source]
File:Aris Dionisio45.jpg
Aris Dionisio was the inaugural recipient of the DPOY award in the 2018–19 season.
File:Jason Ballesteros 2024.jpg
Jason Ballesteros was the 2023 recipient of the award.
^ Denotes player who is still active in the MPBL
Denotes player who is still active outside of the MPBL
Player (#) Denotes the number of times the player had been named DPOY at that time
Season Player Pos. Team Ref.
2018–19 Aris Dionisio F Manila Stars [1]
2019–20 Mark Yee^ C Davao Occidental Tigers [2]
2022 Mark Yee^ (2) C Bacolod Bingo Plus [3]
2023 Jason Ballesteros^ C Pasig City MCW Sports [4]
2024 Dawn Ochea^ F Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters [5]
2025 Antonio Bonsubre Jr.^ F Caloocan Batang Kankaloo [6]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).