Texas LNB Pro A awards and honours Individual awards MVP Finals MVP Best Scorer Best Sixth Man Best Defender Most Improved Player Best Young Player All-Star Game Best Coach French Hall of Fame Statistical Leaders French Championship Career Leaders Single Game Highs The LNB Pro A Best Defender Award is an annual professional basketball award that is given by the top tier division in France, the LNB Pro A. It is awarded to the most valuable defensive player in each Pro A regular season. Winners Guard Anthony Dobbins won the award three times – in 2009, 2013 and 2014 Florent Piétrus won the award twice, in 2002 and 2015 ^ Denotes player who is still active in the Pro A * Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame or the French Basketball Academy Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has received the award Season Player Position Nationality Team 1985–86 Allen Bunting Forward United States Olympique Antibes 1986–87 Richard Dacoury* Guard/forward France Limoges CSP 1987–88 Richard Dacoury* (2) Guard/forward France Limoges CSP 1988–89 Richard Dacoury* (3) Guard/ Forward France Limoges CSP 1989–90 Richard Dacoury* (4) Guard/forward France Limoges CSP 1990–91 Richard Dacoury* (5) Guard/forward France Limoges CSP 1991–92 Richard Dacoury* (6) Guard/forward France Limoges CSP 1992–93 Richard Dacoury* (7) Guard/forward France Limoges CSP 1993–94 Richard Dacoury* (8) Guard/forward France Limoges CSP 1994–95 Richard Dacoury* (9) Guard/forward France Limoges CSP 1995–96 Arsène Ade-Mensah Guard France Olympique Antibes 1996–97 Jim Bilba Center France ASVEL 1997–98 Arsène Ade-Mensah (2) Guard France Paris Basket Racing 1998–99 Jim Bilba (2) Center France ASVEL 1999–2000 Jim Bilba (3) Center France ASVEL 2000–01 Jim Bilba (4) Center France ASVEL 2001–02 Florent Piétrus Forward France Pau-Orthez 2002–03 Makan Dioumassi Guard France Hyères-Toulon 2003–04 Thierry Rupert Forward France SIG Strasbourg 2004–05 Michael Mokongo Guard Central Africa[a] Élan Chalon 2005–06 John Linehan Forward United States Racing Paris/SIG Strasbourg 2006–07 Marc-Antoine Pellin Guard France Chorale Roanne 2007–08 Dounia Issa Forward France JA Vichy 2008–09 Tony Dobbins Guard Italy Orléans Loiret 2009–10 John Linehan (2) Guard United States Cholet 2010–11 John Linehan (3) Guard United States SLUC Nancy 2011–12 Andrew Albicy Guard France BCM Gravelines 2012–13 Tony Dobbins (2) Guard Italy Poitiers 2013–14 Tony Dobbins (3) Guard Italy JDA Dijon 2014–15 Florent Piétrus (2) Forward France SLUC Nancy 2015–16 Charles Lombahe-Kahudi^ Guard/forward France[b] ASVEL 2016–17 Moustapha Fall Center France Élan Chalon 2017–18 Aaron Craft Guard United States Monaco 2018–19 Lahaou Konaté^ Shooting guard France Nanterre 92 2019–20 Not awarded[c] 2020–21 Moustapha Fall (2)^ Center France ASVEL 2021–22 Ismaël Kamagate Center France Paris Basketball 2022–23 Victor Wembanyama Forward/center France Metropolitans 92 Awards by players Rank Player Awards 1 Richard Dacoury 9 2 Jim Bilba 4 3 John Lineman 3 Tony Dobbins 5 Florent Piétrus 2 Moustapha Fall Notes ^ Mokongo, born in Bimbo, Central African Republic, also owns the French nationality. ^ Charles Lombahe-Kahudi, born in Kinshasa, also owns the Congolese nationality. ^ There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe. LNB Élite LNB FFBB List of Clubs List of Venues Awards French League System French Basketball Hall of Fame 2023–24 teams AS Monaco ASVEL Blois Bourg-en-Bresse Cholet Dijon Élan Chalon Gravelines-Dunkerque Le Mans Le Portel Levallois Limoges Nancy Nanterre Paris Roanne Saint-Quentin Strasbourg Seasons 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 Other competitions Pro A Leaders Cup (League Cup) French Cup (Federation Cup) Match des Champions (Supercup) Awards Awards MVP Finals MVP Best Scorer Best Defender Best Sixth Man Most Improved Player Best Young Player Best Coach Other All-Star Game French clubs in international competitions Basketball in France FFBB LNB All-Star Game List of Clubs List of Venues French League System French Basketball Hall of Fame National TeamsMen France U-20 U-19 U-17 3x3 Women France U-20 U-19 U-17 3x3 League CompetitionsMen LNB Pro A LNB Pro B Nationale 1 Nationale 2 Nationale 3 LNB Espoirs Women Ligue Féminine Open LFB Ligue 2 Nationale 1 Nationale 2 Nationale 3 Cup Competitions & MiscellaneousMen Coupe de France (Federation Cup) Pro A Leaders Cup (Pro A League Cup) Match des Champions (Supercup) Pro B Leaders Cup (Pro B League Cup) Alain Gilles Trophy (French Player of the Year) Pro A Awards Pro A MVP Pro A Finals MVP French Cup MVP French clubs in international competitions Women Coupe de France Féminine