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Women's Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Winners

Winners

(T) - Tie for award

Winners Table
			Totals								Shooting				Per Game
Season	Player	School	G	GS	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	WS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
2024-25	Lauren Betts	UCLA	34	34	686	323	92	31	100	9.1	.648	.648		.620	20.2	9.5	2.7	0.9	2.9
2023-24	Cameron Brink	Stanford	34	34	590	403	95	27	127	9.0	.511	.552	.304	.836	17.4	11.9	2.8	0.8	3.7
2022-23	Aliyah Boston	South Carolina	37	37	482	364	70	18	73	9.2	.559	.587	.105	.753	13.0	9.8	1.9	0.5	2.0
2021-22	Aliyah Boston	South Carolina	37	37	623	462	75	45	90	11.6	.542	.573	.292	.771	16.8	12.5	2.0	1.2	2.4
2020-21	Natasha Mack	Oklahoma State	28	28	554	346	51	56	112	7.4	.529	.530	.000	.634	19.8	12.4	1.8	2.0	4.0
2019-20	DiDi Richards	Baylor	30	30	246	146	171	52	25	6.0	.497	.497		.775	8.2	4.9	5.7	1.7	0.8
2018-19	Kristine Anigwe	California	33	33	742	533	34	32	57	7.5	.508	.517	.304	.656	22.5	16.2	1.0	1.0	1.7
2017-18	Teaira McCowan	Mississippi State	39	39	710	544	18	32	81	11.4	.601	.601		.633	18.2	13.9	0.5	0.8	2.1