Basketball Bundesliga Best Defender

The Basketball Bundesliga Best Defender (German: Basketball Bundesliga Bester Verteidiger) is an annual Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) award given since the 2002–03 season to the league's best defensive player. American player Immanuel McElroy is the all-time record holder for most awards, with five.

Germany
Basketball Bundesliga awards, honours, and stats leaders
Individual awards

Winners
Quantez Robertson won the award in 2016
Daniel Theis won the award in 2017
Yorman Polas Bartolo won the award two consecutive times in 2019 and 2021
Key
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has won the award
Club (X) Name of the club and the number of times a player of it has won the award (if more than one)
* Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
^ Denotes player who is still active in the Bundesliga
Season Player Position[lower-alpha 1] Nat. Team Ref(s)
2002–03 Quadre Lollis Forward  United States Alba Berlin
2003–04 Oluoma Nnamaka Forward  Sweden Telekom Baskets Bonn
2004–05 Koko Archibong Forward  Nigeria[lower-alpha 2] GHP Bamberg
Matej Mamić Forward  Croatia Alba Berlin
2005–06 Koko Archibong (2) Forward  Nigeria[lower-alpha 2] GHP Bamberg
2006–07 Immanuel McElroy Guard  United States Alba Berlin
2007–08 Immanuel McElroy (2) Guard  United States Alba Berlin
2008–09 Immanuel McElroy (3) Guard  United States Alba Berlin
2009–10 Immanuel McElroy (4) Guard  United States Alba Berlin [1]
2010–11 Immanuel McElroy (5) Guard  United States Alba Berlin [1]
2011–12 Anton Gavel Guard  Germany[lower-alpha 3] Brose Baskets [2]
2012–13 Anton Gavel (2) Guard  Germany[lower-alpha 3] Brose Baskets [3]
2013–14 Cliff Hammonds Guard  United States Alba Berlin [4]
2014–15 Cliff Hammonds (2) Guard  United States Alba Berlin [5]
2015–16 Quantez Robertson^ Guard  United States Fraport Skyliners [6]
2016–17 Daniel Theis Center  Germany Brose Bamberg [7]
2017–18 Thomas Walkup^ Guard  USA Riesen Ludwigsburg [8]
2018–19 Yorman Polas Bartolo Forward  Cuba[lower-alpha 4] Telekom Baskets Bonn [9]
2019–20 No award was given, due to the shortened season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
2020–21 Yorman Polas Bartolo (2)^ Forward  Cuba[lower-alpha 4] Riesen Ludwigsburg [11]
2021–22 Justin Simon^ Shooting guard  United States Riesen Ludwigsburg [12]
2022–23 Selom Mawugbe^ Center  United States Rostock Seawolves [13]

Awards won by player
Player Total
Immanuel McElroy 4
Yorman Polas Bartolo 2
Anton Gavel 2
Koko Archibong 2
Cliff Hammonds 2

Notes
  1. The player's primary position is listed.
  2. Koko Archibong also owns American nationality.
  3. Anton Gavel also owns Slovak nationality.
  4. Polas Bartolo, born in Cuba, gained the German nationality in 2015. He represents Cuba internationally.

References
  1. "Jenkins als bester Offensiv-, McElroy als bester Defensivspieler ausgezeichnet". Schoenen-dunk.de. 13 April 2010. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  2. "Zirbes, Gavel und Wood ausgezeichnet". Crossover-online.de. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  3. "Anton Gavel ist bester Verteidiger". inFranken.de. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  4. "Hammonds zum besten Defensiv-Spieler gekürt". Bz-berlin.de. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  5. "easyCredit – Awards: MVP / Coach". Beko-bbl.de. 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  6. "easyCredit – Awards Wanamaker und Robertson". Beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  7. "Nächste Auszeichnung: Raymar Morgan ist „Bester Offensivspieler" / Daniel Theis zum „Besten Verteidiger" gekürt". easycredit-bbl.de. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. "Thomas Walkup name German Bundesliga Best Defender for 2017-18 Season". Easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. "Defensiv-Bollwerk: Yorman Polas Bartolo verteidigt Award als „Bester Verteidiger"". easycredit-bbl.de. 12 May 2019.
  10. "Kapitäne wählen den Most Valuable Player des easyCredit BBL Final-Turniers 2020 / Keine anderen Awards" (in German). easycredit-bbl.de. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  11. "Awards 2021: Ludwigsburger Smith, Patrick und Polas-Bartolo räumen ab / Justus Hollatz und Trae Bell-Haynes geehrt". easycredit-bbl.de. 19 May 2021.
  12. "NewsAwards für die Saison 2021/22: Erneut wird in Crailsheim und Ludwigsburg gejubelt". easycredit-bbl.de. 21 April 2022.
  13. "easyCredit BBL-Awards 2022/2023: Erste Sieger kommen aus Rostock, Oldenburg und Berlin". easycredit-bbl.de. 3 May 2023.
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