EuroLeague Best Defender

The EuroLeague Best Defender is an annual basketball award of the European premier level EuroLeague. It is awarded to the best defensive player throughout the season, up until the EuroLeague Final Four stage of the season. The award began in the 2004–05 season, and the winner is selected by the EuroLeague's head coaches. Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos Athens, won the first five awards, from 2005 to 2009.

Winners

Season	Position	Best Defender	Club
2004–05	PG	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
2005–06	PG	Dimitris Diamantidis (2x)	Panathinaikos
2006–07	PG	Dimitris Diamantidis (3x)	Panathinaikos
2007–08	PG	Dimitris Diamantidis (4x)	Panathinaikos
2008–09	PG	Dimitris Diamantidis (5x)	Panathinaikos
2009–10	PF	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow
2010–11	PG	Dimitris Diamantidis (6x)	Panathinaikos
2011–12	SF	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow
2012–13	C	Stéphane Lasme	Panathinaikos
2013–14	C	Bryant Dunston	Olympiacos
2014–15	C	Bryant Dunston (2x)	Olympiacos
2015–16	C	Kyle Hines	CSKA Moscow
2016–17	SF	Ádám Hanga	Baskonia
2017–18	C	Kyle Hines (2x)	CSKA Moscow
2018–19	C	Edy Tavares	Real Madrid
2019–20	Not awarded
2020–21	C	Edy Tavares (2x)	Real Madrid
2021–22	C	Kyle Hines (3x)	A\|X Armani Exchange Milan
2022–23	C	Edy Tavares (3x)	Real Madrid

Notes:

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