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.
Winners
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)
^ abKoko Archibong also owns American nationality.
^ abAnton Gavel also owns Slovak nationality.
^ abPolas Bartolo, born in Cuba, gained the German nationality in 2015. He represents Cuba internationally.
References
^ ab"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.
^"Zirbes, Gavel und Wood ausgezeichnet". Crossover-online.de. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
^"Anton Gavel ist bester Verteidiger". inFranken.de. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
^"Hammonds zum besten Defensiv-Spieler gekürt". Bz-berlin.de. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
^"easyCredit – Awards: MVP / Coach". Beko-bbl.de. 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^"easyCredit – Awards Wanamaker und Robertson". Beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^"Nächste Auszeichnung: Raymar Morgan ist „Bester Offensivspieler" / Daniel Theis zum „Besten Verteidiger" gekürt". easycredit-bbl.de. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
^"Thomas Walkup name German Bundesliga Best Defender for 2017-18 Season". Easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^"Defensiv-Bollwerk: Yorman Polas Bartolo verteidigt Award als „Bester Verteidiger"". easycredit-bbl.de. 12 May 2019.
^"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.
^"Awards 2021: Ludwigsburger Smith, Patrick und Polas-Bartolo räumen ab / Justus Hollatz und Trae Bell-Haynes geehrt". easycredit-bbl.de. 19 May 2021.
^"NewsAwards für die Saison 2021/22: Erneut wird in Crailsheim und Ludwigsburg gejubelt". easycredit-bbl.de. 21 April 2022.
^"easyCredit BBL-Awards 2022/2023: Erste Sieger kommen aus Rostock, Oldenburg und Berlin". easycredit-bbl.de. 3 May 2023.
^"easyCredit BBL-Awards: Würzburg dominiert offensiv und defensiv". easycredit-bbl.de. 7 May 2024.
External links
German League official website Archived 25 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine(in German)