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Greek Basketball League Best Defender

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The Greek Basketball League Best Defender, or Greek Basketball League Defensive Player of the Year, is an annual award for the best defensive player of each season of Greece's top-tier level professional basketball club league, the Greek Basketball League (GBL).

Winners

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Nick Calathes (on the right, #33 in green and white) was the Greek League Best Defender 3 times (2016, 2017, 2018).
Thomas Walkup was the Greek League Best Defender 2 times (2022, 2023).
Kostas Papanikolaou shared the Best Defender award with Nick Calathes in 2017.
Season Best Defender Club Ref.
Greece Michalis Pelekanos Panellinios
Greece Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos
Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (2×) Panathinaikos
United States Josh Childress Olympiacos
Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (3×) Panathinaikos
United States Joey Dorsey Olympiacos
Gabon Stéphane Lasme Panathinaikos
Gabon Stéphane Lasme (2×) Panathinaikos
Armenia/United States Bryant Dunston Olympiacos
Greece/United States Nick Calathes Panathinaikos
Greece/United States Nick Calathes (2×) Panathinaikos
Greece Kostas Papanikolaou Olympiacos
Greece/United States Nick Calathes (3×) Panathinaikos
Cuba Howard Sant-Roos AEK Athens
Not awarded 1
Cuba Howard Sant-Roos (2×) Panathinaikos
Greece/United States Thomas Walkup Olympiacos
Greece/United States Thomas Walkup (2×) Olympiacos
United States Jerian Grant Panathinaikos

Notes:

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

References

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