[Charania] San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama has won the 2025-26 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. He is the youngest player in league history to win the award.

50 comments

1. First of how many ever he wants I assume

2. Bub Carrington was robbed

3. I hope it’s unanimous

4. You’re kidding.

5. Luka robbed

6. Close one

7. wow finally a dark horse won a major award

8. I for one am shocked. Didnt see this coming.

9. Fun Fact: Not only is he the youngest, but it was also UNANIMOUS.

10. Unanimous

11. awards getting announced already?

12. Well deserved obviously – it’s incredible how good he’s been this season.

13. Unanimous winner too

14. Title missing the most important part: Unanimous

15. Damn that was quick

16. Patrick Williams robbed!

17. Glad to be in the same era as this guy

18. Deserved and not surprising in the slightest, he’s a fiend and a demon and deserves the upmost respect

19. Bez Mbeng robbed

20. He certainly earned it. But I wonder how many he will get before voter fatigue sets in. And who could be better than him 

21. are they actually announcing awards early or was DPOY announced the same time last year?

22. Dudes gunna win like 10 in a row lol

23. Lol I didn’t know they were announcing the winners today

24. The sky is blue

25. The next decade is his

26. Honestly just wanna know the votes

27. One of many… dude is gonna go down as the GOAT defender health provided

28. Better be unanimous

29. Breaking news: fork found in kitchen type head line 😭😭😭

30. No one saw this coming.

    Happy that he stayed healthy for one this year. It’s his award for several years now.

31. Bow down to your GOAT alien overlord

32. Should’ve been Podz… Smfh

33. Future mvp, dmvp, finals mvp, and champ

34. Reggie Miller was right about Wemby’s DPOY, and unfortunately also death and taxes.

35. This award will be his every year untli he no longer wants it

36. it’s satisfying to know that i’m the kinda fan that couldn’t care less about the “goat” debate, but i’m ready for him to take that mantle if there needs to be one. the most uniquely gifted player i’ve ever seen

37. Unanimous is so deserved

38. I still think he should’ve got it his rookie year but that might be a hot take

39. This guy turned rim protection into flat out rim deterrence. What a monster

40. Such an easy call. He’ll have like 10 before he retires.

41. Hes going to win the most DPOY awards in NBA history

42. Almost 9% difference in field goal percentage, some DPOYs it’s been like a 1% difference, for Gobert it was around 3% usually.

    > He averaged a league-leading 3.1 blocks in 64 games this season, and the Spurs allowed 10.2 fewer points per 100 possessions with him on the floor. **Opponents shot just 40.7 percent from the field against him and 8.7 percentage points worse than average** when he was the closest defender, according to NBA stats, both the best in the league among those who contested at least 500 shots this season.

43. Glad he won unanimous. Also surprised some bum voter didn’t throw a vote towards Chet gobert ausar etc

44. This guy will be a somebody someday. Put me in the screenshot

45. So, this is what we’ll be seeing once a year for the next decade and change, eh? Love it

46. Well that was an easy one.

47. The shaolin monks made him into the youngest ever DPOY. Who does he train with this summer to improve further? A giant talking geriatric karate master rat?

48. He’ll be a great example of voter fatigue because as long as he’s healthy and mobile he is the DPOY purely due to his height and wingspan. If Rudy won 3-4 of them Victor should win one every year

49. Also, first alien to win the award

50. Absolutely deserving. Hes deserving of MVP votes as well.

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