All-time list of NBA Defensive Player winners

1982-83: Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee
1983-84: Moncrief, Milwaukee
1984-85: Mark Eaton, Utah
1985-86: Alvin Robertson, San Antonio
1986-87: Michael Cooper, L.A. Lakers
1987-88: Michael Jordan, Chicago
1988-89: Eaton, Utah
1989-90: Dennis Rodman, Detroit
1990-91: Rodman, Detroit
1991-92: David Robinson, San Antonio
1992-93: Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston
1993-94: Olajuwon, Houston
1994-95: Dikembe Mutombo, Denver
1995-96: Gary Payton, Seattle
1996-97: Mutombo, Atlanta
1997-98: Mutombo, Atlanta
1998-99: Alonzo Mourning, Miami
1999-2000: Mourning, Miami
2000-01: Mutombo, Philadelphia
2001-02: Ben Wallace, Detroit
2002-03: Wallace, Detroit
2003-04: Ron Artest, Indiana
2004-05: Wallace, Detroit
2005-06: Wallace, Detroit