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The VTB United League Defensive Player of the Year is an annual VTB United League award given since the 2013–14 VTB United League season to the league's best defender.

Winners

Season	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	Ref(s)
2013–14	Sasha Kaun	C	Russia	CSKA Moscow
2014–15	Andrey Vorontsevich	PF	Russia	CSKA Moscow
2015–16	Kyle Hines	C	United States	CSKA Moscow
2016–17	Nikita Kurbanov	SF	Russia	CSKA Moscow
2017–18	Dmitry Kulagin	SG	Russia	Lokomotiv Kuban
2018–19	Maurice Ndour	PF	Senegal	UNICS
2019–20	Not awarded
2020–21	John Brown	F	United States	UNICS
2021–22	Jordan Mickey	C / PF	United States	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2022–23	Evgeny Baburin	SG	Russia	Pari Nizhny Novgorod

Notes:

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

References

1. "Alexander Kaun named Defensive Player of the Year". VTB-League.com. April 23, 2014. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
2. "History and records - VTB League". Archived from the original on 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
3. "Kyle Hines Wins Defensive Player Of The Year". Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
4. "Nikita Kurbanov Wins Defensive Player Of The Year". Vtb-league.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
5. "League Announces Individual Awards At Gala". vtb-league.com. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
6. "Maurice Ndour Wins Defensive Player Of The Year". VTB United League. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
7. "John Brown III named 2020/21 Defensive Player of The Year". VTB United League. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
8. "Джордан Мики – лучший защищающийся игрок в сезоне 2021/22" (in Russian). VTB United League. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
9. "Evgenii Baburin is the Defensive Player of the Year!". VTB United League. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

External links

• VTB United League Official Website (in Russian)
• VTB United League Official Website (in English)

• VTB United League awards