Úrvalsdeild Men's Defensive Player of the Year

The Men's Defensive Player of the Year is an award for the top-tier basketball league in Iceland, the men's Úrvalsdeild.

All-time award winners

The following is a list of the all-time Úrvalsdeild Men's Defensive Player of the Year winners.^[1]

Season	Player	Team
1983-1984	Torfi Magnússon^[2]	Valur
1985-1986	Ívar DeCarsta Webster^[3]	Haukar
2002-2003	Sverrir Þór Sverrisson	Keflavík
2003-2004	Sverrir Þór Sverrisson (2x)	Keflavík
2004-2005	Friðrik Stefánsson	Njarðvík
2005-2006	Ingvaldur Magni Hafsteinsson	Snæfell
2006-2007	Brenton Birmingham	Njarðvík
2007-2008	Hlynur Bæringsson	Snæfell
2008-2009	Jón Arnór Stefánsson	KR
2009-2010	Hlynur Bæringsson (2x)	Snæfell
2010-2011	Hörður Axel Vilhjálmsson	Keflavík
2011-2012	Guðmundur Jónsson	Þór Þorlákshöfn
2012-2013	Guðmundur Jónsson (2x)	Þór Þorlákshöfn
2013-2014	Darri Hilmarsson	KR
2014-2015	Darri Hilmarsson (2x)	KR
2015-2016	Darri Hilmarsson (3x )	KR
2016-2017	Hlynur Bæringsson (3x)	Stjarnan
2017-2018	Kristófer Acox^[4]	KR
2018-2019	Ægir Þór Steinarsson^[5]	Stjarnan
2020-2021	Hörður Axel Vilhjálmsson^[6]	Keflavík
2022-2023	Hjálmar Stefánsson^[7]	Valur

^ Besti varnarmaður úrvalsdeildar karla
^ "Valur og Sóley þau bestu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). April 9, 1984. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Pálmar og Linda best í körfunni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). March 15, 1986. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ Henry Birgir Gunnarsson (4 May 2018). "Kristófer og Helena valin leikmenn ársins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 May 2018.
^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (11 May 2019). "Helena og Kristófer valin best annað tímabilið í röð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 May 2019.
^ Sindri Sverrisson (29 June 2021). "Sara og Hörður best en Styrmir og Elísabeth efnilegust". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ "Kári og Eva bestu leikmenn tímabilsins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.