DBL All-Defense Team

The Dutch Basketball League (DBL) All-Defense Team is a team constituted by the best defensive players in a season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. This team is based on players' performance throughout the regular season. After the end of the season, the best players of each position are chosen.

List of All-Defense teams

Bold indicates the player who won the Defensive Player of the Year award in the same year (given from 2013 to 2021). Numbers in brackets denote how many time the player was named to the tea.

Season	Player	Team
1973–74	Frank Kales	Flamingo's Haarlem
	Jan Dekker	Rotterdam-Zuid
	Jacky Dinkins	Rotterdam-Zuid
	Hank Smith	Flamingo's Haarlem
	Bob Heuts	Bona Stars Leiden
1974–75	Jacky Dinkins (2)	Rotterdam-Zuid
	Harry Rogers	Punch
	Toon van Helfteren	Punch
	Walter Ombre	Flamingo's Haarlem
	Hank Smith (2)	Canadians Amsterdam
1975–76	Hank Smith (3)	Canadians Amsterdam
	Steven Bravard	EBBC Den Bosch
	Charles Kirkland	Punch
	Jim Woudstra	Punch
	Craig Casault	Rotterdam-Zuid
1976–77	Jim Woudstra (2)	Punch
	Vic Bartolome	Leiden
	Steven Bravard (2)	EBBC Den Bosch
	Jimmy Moore	Arke Stars Enschede
	Pete Miller	Donar
1977–78	Renso Zwiers	Donar
	Jim Woudstra (3)	Punch
	Charles Kirkland (2)	EBBC Den Bosch
	Bill Mallory	BOB Oud-Beijerland
	Pete Miller (2)	Donar
1978–79	Renso Zwiers (2)	Donar
	Jim Woudstra (4)	Leiden
	Charles Kirkland (3)	EBBC Den Bosch
	Dan Cramer	EBBC Den Bosch
	James Lister	EBBC Den Bosch
1979–80	Renso Zwiers (3)	Donar
	Owen Wells	BV Amstelveen
	Charles Kirkland (4)	EBBC Den Bosch
	Toon van Helfteren (2)	Punch
	James Lister (2)	EBBC Den Bosch
1980–81	Dan Cramer (2)	EBBC Den Bosch
	Wilson Washington	BV Amstelveen
	Charles Kirkland (5)	EBBC Den Bosch
	Randy Wiel	BV Amstelveen
	Jim Woudstra (5)	Parker Leiden
1981–82	Dan Cramer (3)	EBBC Den Bosch
	Wilson Washington (2)	BV Amstelveen
	Charles Kirkland (6)	Flamingo's Haarlem
	Jimmy Moore (2)	Donar
	Mitchell Plaat	Parker Leiden
2013–14 ^[1]	Darius Theus	Aris Leeuwarden
	Arvin Slagter	Donar
	Jason Dourisseau	Donar
	Stefan Wessels	Den Bosch
	Ross Bekkering	Donar
2014–15	J.T. Tiller	Landstede Basketbal
	Worthy de Jong	ZZ Leiden
	Mohamed Kherrazi	ZZ Leiden
	Stefan Wessels (2)	Den Bosch
	Joe Burton	Landstede Basketbal
2015–16	Steve McWhorter	Landstede Zwolle
	Worthy de Jong (2)	ZZ Leiden
	Mohamed Kherrazi (2)	ZZ Leiden
	Stefan Wessels (3)	Den Bosch
	Ross Bekkering (2)	Donar
2016–17	Sean Cunningham	Donar
	J. T. Tiller	Landstede
	Jason Dourisseau (2)	Donar
	Mohamed Kherrazi (3)	ZZ Leiden
	Thomas Koenis	Donar
2017–18^[2]	Sean Cunningham (2)	Donar
	Carrington Love	ZZ Leiden
	Stefan Wessels (4)	New Heroes Den Bosch
	Mohamed Kherrazi (4)	ZZ Leiden
	Thomas Koenis (2)	Donar
2018–19	Darius Thompson	ZZ Leiden
	Worthy de Jong (3)	ZZ Leiden
	Kaza Kajami-Keane	Landstede
	Mohamed Kherrazi (5)	ZZ Leiden
	Berend Weijs	Apollo Amsterdam
2020–21^[3]	Leon Williams	Donar
	Worthy de Jong (4)	ZZ Leiden
	DeMario Mayfield	Heroes Den Bosch
	Juan Davis	Feyenoord
	Emmanuel Nzekwesi	ZZ Leiden

Selections by player

Player	Total
Charles Kirkland	6
Mohamed Kherrazi	5
Jimmy Woudstra	5
Worthy de Jong	4
Stefan Wessels	4
Renso Zwiers	3

References

^ "Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
^ "All Defense Team 2017-2018". DBL. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
^ "Worthy de Jong voert All Defense Team aan". Dutch Basketball League (in Dutch). 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[1] "Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

[2] "All Defense Team 2017-2018". DBL. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

[3] "Worthy de Jong voert All Defense Team aan". Dutch Basketball League (in Dutch). 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

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