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The National Basketball League Best Defensive Player is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the
1980 NBL season The 1980 NBL season was the 2nd season of the National Basketball League (NBL). Off-Season Changes * Glenelg Tigers folded. *Coburg Giants, West Torrens Eagles and Launceston Casino City Tigers joined. *David Claxton replaced Robert Young as ...
to the best defensive player of the regular season. At the season's end, each club nominates one player for the award with the head coach, one assistant coach and the team captain then voting in a 3-2-1 format (3 votes being indicative of the most deserving). Voters are not allowed to vote for players from their own team. Guard Darnell Mee won the award five times between 1999 and 2006, while guard
Damian Martin Damian Patrick Martin (born 5 September 1984) is an Australian former professional basketball player, best known for his 11 seasons with the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). After four years of college basketball for Lo ...
is a six-time winner, having won it five times in a row between 2011 and 2015, before claiming his record-breaking sixth Best Defensive Player title in 2018. The winner receives the Damian Martin Trophy, which was named in honour of Martin upon his retirement.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:NBL Best Defensive Player Award Best Defensive Player Awards established in 1980