MPBL Defensive Player of the Year award

Annual Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League award

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League awards and honors

Individual regular season awards

All-Star Game MVP
Defensive Player of the Year
Executive of the Year
Homegrown Player of the Year
Impact Player of the Year

Most Improved Player
Most Valuable Player
Rookie of the Year
Sportsmanship award

Individual finals awards

Coach of the Year

Finals MVP

Honors

All-MPBL Team

The MPBL Defensive Player of the Year award is an annual Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League award given to the player with the best defensive performance in the regular season. It was first awarded during the 2018–19 MPBL season.

As of 2023, three players have won the award, with Mark Yee being the only recipient to have won the award more than once. Yee is also the only recipient who has also won Finals Most Valuable Player. The most recent recipient is Jason Ballesteros.

Winners

^	Denotes player who is still active in the MPBL

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref.
2018–19	Aris Dionisio	F	Manila Stars	^[1]
2019–20	Mark Yee^	C	Davao Occidental Tigers	^[2]
2022	Mark Yee^ (2)	C	Bacolod Bingo Plus	^[3]
2023	Jason Ballesteros^	C	Pasig City MCW Sports	^[4]

References

^ "Gab Banal beats out Mark Yee for MPBL Datu Cup MVP award". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
^ "John Wilson crowned MPBL MVP". RAPPLER. March 21, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
^ Times, Tiebreaker (December 5, 2022). "Kyt Jimenez hailed MPBL's top rookie, Jaycee Marcelino leads Mythical Five". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
^ "Justine Baltazar is runaway winner of MPBL MVP award". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 4, 2023.