NBL (Australia) Best Defensive Player
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- 1980 Ray Wood (West Adelaide BearcatsWest Adelaide BearcatsThe West Adelaide Bearcats are a semi-professional basketball team competing in the Australian Basketball Association.-NBL:The West Adelaide Bearcats was a foundation club in the NBL which merged with the Adelaide 36ers in 1985. Founded in 1946, it won the NBL championship 80–74 against the Geelong...
) - 1981 Ray Wood (West Adelaide Bearcats)
- 1982 Phil SmythPhil SmythPhilip John Smyth AM is an Australian former basketball player and former three time championship winning head coach of the National Basketball League's Adelaide 36ers.-Professional career:...
(St. Kilda SaintsSouthern Melbourne SaintsThe Southern Melbourne Saints, previously known as the St Kilda Saints and the Westside Melbourne Saints, were an Australian basketball team, that played in Melbourne, Victoria, in the National Basketball League....
) - 1983 Phil Smyth (St. Kilda Saints)
- 1984 not awarded
- 1985 not awarded
- 1986 not awarded
- 1987 Leroy LogginsLeroy LogginsLeroy Loggins is a former professional basketball player who played in the Australian National Basketball League from 1981 to the 2000-01 season...
(Brisbane BulletsBrisbane BulletsThe Brisbane Bullets were, until 2008, a professional basketball team competing in Australia's National Basketball League. The Bullets were one of only two teams that survived since the NBL's inception in 1979; the only surviving team is now the Wollongong Hawks. The team played in Midnight Navy...
) - 1988 Phil Smyth (Canberra CannonsCanberra CannonsThe Canberra Cannons were a basketball team competing in the Australian National Basketball League. They went into financial administration in 2003 and were relocated to Newcastle, where they became the Hunter Pirates...
) - 1989 Phil Smyth (Canberra Cannons)
- 1990 Leroy Loggins (Brisbane Bullets)
- 1991 Terry Dozier (Geelong SupercatsGeelong SupercatsThe Geelong Supercats are an Australian basketball team, based in the Victorian City of Geelong, that currently plays in the Australian Basketball Association and previously played in the National Basketball League.-NBL History:...
) - 1992 Terry Dozier (Newcastle FalconsNewcastle FalconsThe Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...
) - 1993 Terry Dozier (Newcastle Falcons)
- 1994 Darren Lucas (South East Melbourne MagicSouth East Melbourne MagicThe South East Melbourne Magic were an Australian basketball team, that played in Melbourne, Victoria, in the National Basketball League. The team was the result of a merger of two Melbourne clubs for the 1992 season...
) - 1995 Darren Lucas (South East Melbourne Magic)
- 1996 Isaac Burton (Sydney KingsSydney KingsThe Sydney Kings are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. They are the only team to date to win three consecutive championships in the NBL and currently sit third behind the Adelaide 36ers and Melbourne Tigers two away from the record five wins...
) - 1997 Mike Kelly (South East Melbourne Magic)
- 1998 Mike Kelly (South East Melbourne Magic)
- 1999 Darnell MeeDarnell MeeLaFarrell Darnell Mee is an American-Australian basketball player and former NBA player. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 34th overall pick of the 1993 NBA Draft....
(Adelaide 36ersAdelaide 36ersThe Adelaide 36ers are Adelaide's men's professional basketball team, established as the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the National Basketball League in 1982. The Adelaide 36ers tally of four championships is equal with the Melbourne Tigers and second behind the Perth Wildcats as the most...
) - 2000 Darnell Mee (Adelaide 36ers)
- 2001 Darnell Mee (Adelaide 36ers)
- 2002 Simon Dwight (West Sydney RazorbacksWest Sydney RazorbacksThe Sydney Spirit were a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League...
) - 2003 Glen SavilleGlen SavilleGlen Saville is an Australian professional basketball player, currently playing for the Wollongong Hawks in the Australasian National Basketball League.-Club Career:...
(Wollongong HawksWollongong HawksThe Wollongong Hawks are a team competing in Australia's National Basketball League , based in the New South Wales city of Wollongong. They won the NBL championship in 2001 and finished as runners-up in 2005 and 2010...
) - 2004 Ben Castle (Brisbane Bullets)
- 2005 Darnell Mee (Wollongong Hawks)
- 2006 Darnell MeeDarnell MeeLaFarrell Darnell Mee is an American-Australian basketball player and former NBA player. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 34th overall pick of the 1993 NBA Draft....
(Cairns TaipansCairns TaipansThe Cairns Taipans are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. The club is based in the northern Queensland city of Cairns. The Taipans, named after a species of venomous snake native to Australia, entered the NBL in the 1999/2000 season...
) - 2007 Sam MackinnonSam MackinnonSamuel Mackinnon is a retired Australian professional basketball player whose last team was the NBL team Melbourne Tigers.-Playing career:...
(Brisbane Bullets) - 2008 Chris AnsteyChris AnsteyChristopher John Anstey is a former Australian professional basketball player. At 7'0" his career included stints in the NBA, Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian NBL...
(Melbourne Tigers) - 2009 Adam GibsonAdam Gibson (basketball)Adam Gibson is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Gold Coast Blaze of the National Basketball League.-Professional career:...
(South DragonsSouth DragonsThe South Dragons is a former team in the Australasian National Basketball League . They made their début in the 2006/07 season and played their final season in 2008/09...
) - 2010 Dillon BoucherDillon BoucherDillon Boucher is a New Zealand professional basketball player.Boucher plays for the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian National Basketball League from their inception in 2003 until 2005 when he signed for the Perth Wildcats for whom he played in the 2005/06 Australian NBL season...
(New Zealand BreakersNew Zealand BreakersThe New Zealand Breakers are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. The Breakers joined the NBL for the 2003/04 season as one of two expansion clubs. The club is based in the city of Auckland, New Zealand and play their home games at the North...
) - 2011 Damian MartinDamian MartinDamian Martin is an Australian professional basketball player currently playing in the National Basketball League for the Perth Wildcats. He is also a member of the Australian Boomers.-Junior career:...
(Perth WildcatsPerth WildcatsThe Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League. The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the state capital, Perth...
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