Victor Wembanyama
April 2026
Victor Wembanyama has won the 2025-26 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award and, at age 22, became the youngest player ever to receive it. AP also reported that he was a unanimous winner. Wembanyama led the league in blocked shots for a third straight season and finished ahead of Chet Holmgren and Ausar Thompson. The win also made him only the third player, after Michael Jordan and David Robinson, to win both Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year