The Basketball Bundesliga Best Defender (German: Basketball Bundesliga Bester Verteidiger) is an annual Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) award given since the 2002–03 season to the league's best defensive player. American player Immanuel McElroy is the all-time record holder for most awards, with five.
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| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has won the award | |
| Club (X) | Name of the club and the number of times a player of it has won the award (if more than one) | |
| Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame | ||
| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in the Bundesliga |
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| Season | Player | Position | Team | Ref(s) | |||
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| 2002–03 | Forward | Alba Berlin | |||||
| 2003–04 | Forward | Telekom Baskets Bonn | |||||
| 2004–05 | Forward | ||||||
| Matej Mamić | Forward | Alba Berlin | |||||
| 2005–06 | (2) | Forward | GHP Bamberg | ||||
| 2006–07 | Guard | Alba Berlin | |||||
| 2007–08 | (2) | Guard | Alba Berlin | ||||
| 2008–09 | (3) | Guard | Alba Berlin | ||||
| 2009–10 | (4) | Guard | Alba Berlin | [1] | |||
| 2010–11 | (5) | Guard | Alba Berlin | ||||
| 2011–12 | Guard | Brose Baskets | [2] | ||||
| 2012–13 | (2) | Guard | Brose Baskets | [3] | |||
| 2013–14 | Guard | Alba Berlin | [4] | ||||
| 2014–15 | (2) | Guard | Alba Berlin | [5] | |||
| 2015–16 | ^ | Guard | Fraport Skyliners | [6] | |||
| 2016–17 | Center | Brose Bamberg | [7] | ||||
| 2017–18 | ^ | Guard | Riesen Ludwigsburg | [8] | |||
| 2018–19 | Forward | Telekom Baskets Bonn | [9] | ||||
| 2019–20 | No award was given, due to the shortened season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] | ||||||
| 2020–21 | Yorman Polas Bartolo (2)^ | Forward | align=center | [11] | |||
| 2021–22 | Justin Simon^ | Shooting guard | align=center | [12] | |||
| 2022–23 | Selom Mawugbe^ | Center | align=center | [13] | |||
| 2023–24 | Javon Bess^ | Swingman | align=center | [14] |