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WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Winners
Defensive Player of the Year
| Per Game | Shooting | Advanced | |||||||||||
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| Year | Player | Tm | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | WS | WS/48 |
| 2011 | Sylvia Fowles | CHI | 34.6 | 20.0 | 10.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | .591 | .766 | 7.4 | .303 | |
| 2010 | Tamika Catchings | IND | 31.4 | 18.2 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 0.9 | .484 | .448 | .849 | 7.9 | .355 |
| 2009 | Tamika Catchings | IND | 31.9 | 15.1 | 7.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 0.5 | .386 | .328 | .873 | 6.1 | .269 |
| 2008 | Lisa Leslie | LAS | 32.1 | 15.1 | 8.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 | .463 | .235 | .661 | 4.2 | .188 |
| 2007 | Lauren Jackson | SEA | 32.9 | 23.8 | 9.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | .519 | .402 | .883 | 9.5 | .446 |
| 2006 | Tamika Catchings | IND | 33.5 | 16.3 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | .407 | .299 | .809 | 7.7 | .343 |
| 2005 | Tamika Catchings | IND | 34.5 | 14.7 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 0.5 | .383 | .285 | .788 | 7.1 | .289 |
| 2004 | Lisa Leslie | LAS | 33.8 | 17.6 | 9.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 2.9 | .494 | .273 | .712 | 6.8 | .283 |
| 2003 | Sheryl Swoopes | HOU | 35.0 | 15.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 0.8 | .403 | .304 | .887 | 5.3 | .234 |
| 2002 | Sheryl Swoopes | HOU | 36.1 | 18.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.7 | .434 | .288 | .825 | 7.1 | .296 |
| 2001 | Debbie Black | MIA | 29.6 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 0.1 | .374 | .150 | .771 | 3.4 | .172 |
| 2000 | Sheryl Swoopes | HOU | 35.2 | 20.7 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 1.1 | .506 | .374 | .821 | 9.8 | .433 |
| 1999 | Yolanda Griffith | SAC | 33.8 | 18.8 | 11.3 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.9 | .541 | .000 | .617 | 8.1 | .397 |
| 1998 | Teresa Weatherspoon | NYL | 33.4 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 0.0 | .388 | .327 | .609 | 3.0 | .142 |
| 1997 | Teresa Weatherspoon | NYL | 33.0 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 0.1 | .467 | .086 | .650 | 3.4 | .179 |