Dikembe Mutombo is the oldest Defensive Player of the Year in a season. He was 34 years old in 2000-01.

Interpreted as:

oldest players to win dpoy in a regular season

	NAME	AGE	DPOY	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	34	1	2000-01	TOT	75	34.5	10.0	13.5	1.0	0.4	2.7	3.6	7.4	48.4	0.0	0.0		2.8	3.9	72.5	54.7	4.1	9.4	1.9	2,591	749	1,015	76	29	203	144	204	+51
2	Marcus Camby M. Camby	32	1	2006-07	DEN	70	33.8	11.2	11.7	3.2	1.2	3.3	4.5	9.4	47.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.2	72.9	51.9	2.3	9.3	1.7	2,369	785	816	223	87	231	122	183	+115
3	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	32	1	1988-89	UTA	82	35.5	6.2	10.3	1.0	0.5	3.8	2.3	5.0	46.2	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.4	66.0	51.3	2.8	7.5	1.7	2,914	508	843	83	40	315	142	290
4	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	31	1	2023-24	MIN	76	34.1	14.0	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	5.3	8.1	66.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	5.1	63.8	67.6	3.8	9.2	1.6	2,593	1,061	982	102	52	162	119	238	+411
5	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	31	1	2007-08	BOS	71	32.8	18.8	9.2	3.4	1.4	1.3	7.5	13.9	53.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.8	4.7	80.1	58.8	1.9	7.3	1.9	2,328	1,337	655	244	100	89	138	163	+736
6	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	31	1	2005-06	DET	82	35.2	7.3	11.3	1.9	1.8	2.2	2.9	5.7	51.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.6	41.6	50.1	3.7	7.6	1.1	2,890	597	923	158	146	181	88	164	+598
7	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	31	1	1997-98	ATL	82	35.6	13.4	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	4.9	9.1	53.7	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.5	67.0	58.4	3.4	8.0	2.0	2,917	1,101	932	82	34	277	168	254	+421
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31	1	1993-94	HOU	80	41.0	27.3	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	11.2	21.2	52.8	0.1	0.2	42.1	4.9	6.8	71.6	56.5	2.9	9.1	3.4	3,277	2,184	955	287	128	297	271	289
9	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	30	1	2004-05	DET	74	36.1	9.7	12.2	1.7	1.4	2.4	4.0	8.8	45.3	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.8	4.1	42.8	45.9	3.9	8.2	1.1	2,671	721	902	123	106	176	82	159	+343
10	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	30	1	1996-97	ATL	80	37.2	13.3	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	4.8	9.0	52.7	0.0	0.0		3.8	5.4	70.5	58.4	3.4	8.3	2.3	2,973	1,066	929	110	49	264	186	249	+432
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	30	1	1992-93	HOU	82	39.5	26.1	13.0	3.5	1.8	4.2	10.3	19.5	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.4	7.0	77.9	57.7	3.5	9.6	3.2	3,242	2,140	1,068	291	150	342	262	305
12	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	30	1	1986-87	LAL	82	27.5	10.5	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.5	3.9	9.0	43.8	1.1	2.8	38.5	1.5	1.8	85.1	53.6	0.7	2.4	1.2	2,253	859	254	373	78	43	102	199
13	Tyson Chandler T. Chandler	29	1	2011-12	NYK	62	33.2	11.3	9.9	0.9	0.9	1.4	3.9	5.7	67.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	5.1	68.9	70.8	3.4	6.5	1.6	2,061	699	612	56	56	89	102	186	+125
14	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	29	1	1999-00	MIA	79	34.8	21.7	9.5	1.6	0.5	3.7	8.3	15.0	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.2	7.4	71.1	59.6	2.7	6.8	2.7	2,748	1,718	753	123	40	294	217	308	+270
15	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	29	1	1990-91	DET	82	33.5	8.2	12.5	1.0	0.8	0.7	3.4	6.8	49.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	1.4	2.1	63.1	52.5	4.4	8.1	1.1	2,747	669	1,026	85	65	55	94	281
16	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	28	1	2020-21	UTA	71	30.8	14.3	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	5.5	8.2	67.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.3	62.3	68.3	3.4	10.1	1.7	2,187	1,015	960	89	40	190	118	163	+728
17	Joakim Noah J. Noah	28	1	2013-14	CHI	80	35.3	12.6	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	4.8	10.0	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.2	73.7	53.1	3.5	7.7	2.4	2,820	1,007	900	431	99	121	194	245	+232
18	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	28	1	2012-13	MEM	80	35.0	14.1	7.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	5.4	10.9	49.4	0.0	0.2	7.1	3.4	4.0	84.8	55.9	2.3	5.5	2.0	2,796	1,127	622	318	80	139	157	255	+434
19	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	28	1	2002-03	DET	73	39.4	6.9	15.4	1.6	1.4	3.2	2.9	6.0	48.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.2	2.6	45.0	48.6	4.0	11.4	1.2	2,873	506	1,126	120	104	230	88	179	+222
20	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	28	1	1998-99	MIA	46	38.1	20.1	11.0	1.6	0.7	3.9	7.0	13.8	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	9.2	65.2	56.3	3.6	7.4	3.0	1,753	924	507	74	34	180	139	161	+340
21	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	28	1	1994-95	DEN	82	37.8	11.5	12.5	1.4	0.5	3.9	4.3	7.7	55.6	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.6	65.4	59.5	3.9	8.7	2.3	3,100	946	1,029	113	40	321	192	284
22	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	28	1	1989-90	DET	82	29.0	8.8	9.7	0.9	0.6	0.7	3.5	6.0	58.1	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.7	2.6	65.4	60.8	4.1	5.6	1.1	2,377	719	792	72	52	60	90	276
23	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	28	1	1984-85	UTA	82	34.3	9.7	11.3	1.5	0.4	5.6	3.7	8.2	44.9	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.3	71.2	50.2	2.5	8.8	2.5	2,813	794	927	124	36	456	206	312
24	Marcus Smart M. Smart	27	1	2021-22	BOS	71	32.3	12.1	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	4.2	10.1	41.8	1.7	5.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	79.3	54.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	2,296	861	270	417	119	18	159	160	+443
25	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	27	1	2001-02	DET	80	36.5	7.6	13.0	1.4	1.7	3.5	3.2	6.0	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.9	42.3	52.2	4.0	9.0	0.9	2,921	609	1,039	115	138	278	70	178	+150