Rudy Gobert Wins NBA Defensive Player Of The Year For 4th Time - RealGM Wiretap
Gobert had 72 first place votes and 433 total points. Victor Wembanyama finished second with 245 total points out of 19 first place votes, 44 second place votes and 18 third place votes. Bam Adebayo finished third with 91 total points ahead of Anthony Davis with 83.
Gobert joins Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace as the only four-time winners of the award, which has been presented annually since the 1982-83 season. In the 2023-24 regular season, Gobert ranked sixth in the NBA in blocks per game and fourth in defensive rebounds per game . Opponents shot 43.4% from the field when Gobert was the closest defender, 6.1% lower than their expected percentage on those shots . That difference was the largest among the 105 players who defended at least 800 shots during the season.
Led by Gobert, the Timberwolves had the best defensive rating, allowed the fewest points per game and held opponents to the lowest field goal percentage in the NBA. The top-ranked defense helped Minnesota post the second-best record in franchise history and earn the No. 3 playoff seed in the Western Conference.
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