View source for National Football League Defensive Player of the Year Award

==Comparison==
==='''By player'''===
Multiple-award winners include Lawrence Taylor, J.J. Watt, and Aaron Donald who won it three times each, and Joe Greene, Mike Singletary, Bruce Smith, Reggie White, and Ray Lewis, who each won it twice. Lawrence Taylor is the only player to win the award as a rookie (1981).

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! colspan="27" style="text-align: center; color: #fff;" |  <big><big>'''National Football League Defensive Player of the Year Award winners'''</big></big> <br>• Multiple winners by player •
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| rowspan=3 {{Award2-4px}}  1st
| {{Award-1px}}  [[Image:LTaylor1.png|x24px]]
| {{Award-10px}} '''Lawrence Taylor
| {{Award2-4px}}  OLB
| {{Award-15px}}  {{Giants helmet}} '''[[New York Giants]]'''
| align="center" style="background: #efefef; width: 13%; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | 1981 • 1982 • 1986
| rowspan=3 {{Award-4px}}   '''3

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| {{Award-1px}}  [[Image:Texans99.png|x24px]]
| {{Award-10px}} '''J.J. Watt
| {{Award2-4px}}  DE
| {{Award-15px}}  {{Texans helmet}} '''[[Houston Texans]]'''
| align="center" style="background: #efefef; width: 13%; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | 2012 • 2014 • 2015

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| {{Award-1px}}  [[Image:Donald.PNG|x24px]]
| {{Award-10px}} '''Aaron Donald
| {{Award2-4px}}  DT
| {{Award-15px}}  {{Rams helmet}} '''[[Los Angeles Rams]]'''
| align="center" style="background: #efefef; width: 13%; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | 2017 • 2018 • 2020

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| rowspan=6 {{Award2-4px}}  2nd
| {{Award-1px}}  [[Image:JGreene1.png|x24px]]
| {{Award-10px}} '''Joe Greene
| {{Award2-4px}}  DT
| {{Award-15px}}  {{Steelers helmet}}'''[[Pittsburgh Steelers]]'''
| align="center" style="background: #efefef; width: 13%; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | 1972 • 1974
| rowspan=6 {{Award-4px}}   '''2

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| {{Award-1px}}  [[Image:Singletary1.png|x24px]]
| {{Award-10px}} '''Mike Singletary
| {{Award2-4px}}  MLB
| {{Award-15px}}  {{Bears helmet}} '''[[Chicago Bears]]'''
| align="center" style="background: #efefef; width: 13%; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | 1985 • 1988

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| {{Award-1px}}  [[Image:Bruce Smith1.png|x24px]]
| {{Award-10px}} '''Bruce Smith
| {{Award2-4px}}  DE
| {{Award-15px}}  {{Bills helmet}} '''[[Buffalo Bills]]'''
| align="center" style="background: #efefef; width: 13%; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | 1990 • 1995

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| {{Award-1px}}  [[Image:White1PHI.png|x24px]]<br>[[Image:White1.png|x24px]]
| {{Award-10px}} '''Reggie White
| {{Award2-4px}}  DE
| {{Award-15px}}  {{Eagles helmet}}'''[[Philadelphia Eagles]]'''<br>{{Packers helmet}}'''[[Green Bay Packers]]'''
| align="center" style="background: #efefef; width: 13%; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | 1987 • 1998

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| {{Award-1px}}  [[Image:RLewis1.png|x24px]]
| {{Award-10px}} '''Ray Lewis
| {{Award2-4px}}  MLB
| {{Award-15px}}  {{Ravens helmet}} '''[[Baltimore Ravens]]'''
| align="center" style="background: #efefef; width: 13%; border-bottom: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; border-right: 1px solid #{{Gray color}}; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 10px; color: #000;" | 2000 • 2003

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