who was the last guard to win defensive player of the year

Marcus Smart won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 2021-22.

Interpreted as:
Who was the last guard to win defensive player of the year in a regular season?
NAME 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 Marcus Smart
M. Smart
1
2021-22
BOS 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
2 Gary Payton
G. Payton
1
1995-96
SEA SEA
81
39.0
19.3
4.2
7.5
2.9
0.2
7.6
15.8
48.4
1.2
3.7
32.8
2.8
3.8
74.8
55.4
1.3
2.9
3.2
3,162
1,563
339
608
231
19
260
221
3 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1
1987-88
CHI CHI
82
40.4
35.0
5.5
5.9
3.2
1.6
13.0
24.4
53.5
0.1
0.6
13.2
8.8
10.5
84.1
60.3
1.7
3.8
3.1
3,311
2,868
449
485
259
131
252
270
4 Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
1
1986-87
LAL 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
5 Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
1
1985-86
SAS SAS
82
35.1
17.0
6.3
5.5
3.7
0.5
6.9
13.3
51.4
0.1
0.4
27.6
3.2
4.0
79.5
56.3
2.2
4.0
3.1
2,878
1,392
516
448
301
40
256
296
6 Sidney Moncrief
S. Moncrief
1
1983-84
MIL MIL
79
38.9
20.9
6.7
4.5
1.4
0.3
7.1
14.2
49.8
0.1
0.2
27.8
6.7
7.9
84.8
59.1
2.7
4.0
2.7
3,075
1,654
528
358
108
27
217
204
7 Sidney Moncrief
S. Moncrief
1
1982-83
MIL MIL
76
35.7
22.5
5.8
3.9
1.5
0.3
8.0
15.2
52.4
0.0
0.1
10.0
6.6
7.9
82.6
60.2
2.5
3.2
2.6
2,710
1,712
437
300
113
23
197
180

More Celtics Stats

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.6

2nd

DRTG

111.6

6th

NETRTG

9.1

3rd

3P%

36.9

8th

2024-25 Conference Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
61
15
.803
2
Celtics Celtics
56
20
.737
5.0
3
Knicks Knicks
48
28
.632
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
45
31
.592
16.0
5
Bucks Bucks
42
34
.553
19.0
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/4
PHX PHX
@
BOS BOS
7:30 PM
Sun
4/6
WAS WAS
@
BOS BOS
6:00 PM
Tue
4/8
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
7:30 PM
Wed
4/9
BOS BOS
@
ORL ORL
7:00 PM
Fri
4/11
CHA CHA
@
BOS BOS
7:30 PM
Last Game
BOS Celtics

56 - 20

103

Final

124

MIA Heat

35 - 41

Wed 2 Apr 2025

NBA 2024-25 Leaders

NBA 2024-25 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2024-25

NBA 2024-25 Betting

NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
64
12
.842
2
Rockets Rockets
50
27
.649
14.5
3
Nuggets Nuggets
47
30
.610
17.5
4
Lakers Lakers
46
30
.605
18.0
5
Warriors Warriors
45
31
.592
19.0
6
Grizzlies Grizzlies
45
32
.584
19.5
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
61
15
.803
2
Celtics Celtics
56
20
.737
5.0
3
Knicks Knicks
48
28
.632
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
45
31
.592
16.0
5
Bucks Bucks
42
34
.553
19.0
6
Pistons Pistons
42
34
.553
19.0

NBA 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
3/7
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
101-111
Sat
3/8
DEN DEN
@
OKC OKC
103-127
Sat
3/8
PHX PHX
@
DAL DAL
125-116
Sat
3/8
MEM MEM
@
NOP NOP
107-104
Sat
3/8
UTA UTA
@
PHI PHI
122-126

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/4
DET DET
@
TOR TOR
7:30 PM
Fri
4/4
PHX PHX
@
BOS BOS
7:30 PM
Fri
4/4
POR POR
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Fri
4/4
OKC OKC
@
HOU HOU
8:00 PM
Fri
4/4
CLE CLE
@
SAS SAS
8:00 PM