Victor Wembanyama, 22, is both the youngest DPOY winner in NBA history and the first to win the award unanimously.

The NBA is in its Victor Wembanyama era. On Monday, the San Antonio Spurs star center earned his first Defensive Player of the Year honor, doing so in a landslide as the first unanimous winner in the ...

Victor Wembanyama won his first Defensive Player of the Year Award on Monday. It won't be his last. Petre Thomas / Imagn Images The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter.

San Antonio Spurs forward-center Victor Wembanyama has been named the 2025-26 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, earning the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy. pic.twitter ...

Victor Wembanyama is no stranger to breaking records, and he now stands alone in NBA history with his latest achievement. On Monday, the San Antonio Spurs star was voted the 2025-26 Defensive Player ...

The NBA has crowned San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama as the league’s Defensive Player of the Year, but the path to the award hasn’t come without controversy. While the world expected “Wemby” ...

SAN ANTONIO - Victor Wembanyama is officially the first unanimous Defensive Player of the Year in NBA history. The league made the announcement on Monday night, the day after the third-year superstar ...

Becomes the first player in NBA history to win the Defensive Player of the Year award by unanimous vote, securing all 100 first-place votes Makes history as the youngest recipient of the honor at 22 ...

Surprisingly enough, there has never been a unanimous Defensive Player of the Year award winner in league history. The closest any player has come thus far was Detroit Pistons legend Ben Wallace in ...

Victor Wembanyama was the clear winner of the award, earning all 100 first-place votes. Ronald Cortes / Getty Images SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama was asked recently if he would be surprised if he ...