PBA All-Defensive Team

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) All-Defensive Team is an honor given annually to the five players which exhibited outstanding defensive capabilities.

Starting from the 2021 PBA season, each All-Defensive Team consists of two backcourt (guards) and three frontcourt (forwards or centers or both) players. Previously, each All-Defensive Team would have two guards, two forwards, and a center.

Selections

^	Denotes players who are still active in the PBA
*	Denotes players inducted to the PBA Hall of Fame
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been selected
Player (in bold text)	Indicates the player who won the Defensive Player of the Year award in the same year^a

Season	Position	Players	Teams	Ref.
1985	Guard	Robert Jaworski*	Ginebra San Miguel
	Guard	Chito Loyzaga	Ginebra San Miguel
	Center	Elpidio Villamin	Manila Beer Brewmasters
	Forward	Abe King	Great Taste Coffee Makers
	Forward	Philip Cezar*	Shell Azodrin Bugbusters
1986	Guard	Chito Loyzaga (2)	Ginebra San Miguel
	Guard	Padim Israel	Tanduay Rhum Makers
	Center	Elpidio Villamin (2)	Manila Beer Brewmasters
	Forward	Ricky Relosa	Alaska Milkmen
	Forward	Philip Cezar* (2)	Formula Shell Spark Aiders
1987	Guard	Biboy Ravanes	Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters
	Guard	Chito Loyzaga (3)	Ginebra San Miguel
	Center	Elpidio Villamin (3)	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings
	Forward	Ricky Relosa (2)	Hills Bros. Coffee Kings
	Forward	Philip Cezar* (3)	Great Taste Instant Milk
1988	Guard	Biboy Ravanes (2)	Alaska Milkmen
	Guard	Chito Loyzaga (4)	Añejo Rum 65ers
	Center	Elpidio Villamin (4)	Alaska Milkmen
	Forward	Ricky Relosa (3)	Alaska Milkmen
	Forward	Philip Cezar* (4)	Presto Ice Cream Makers
1989	Guard	Glenn Capacio	Purefoods Hotdogs
	Guard	Chito Loyzaga (5)	Añejo Rum 65ers
	Center	Jerry Codiñera	Purefoods Hotdogs
	Forward	Alvin Teng	San Miguel Beermen
	Forward	Elpidio Villamin (5)	Alaska Milkmen
1990	Guard	Glenn Capacio (2)	Purefoods Hotdogs
	Guard	Alvin Teng (2)	San Miguel Beermen
	Center	Jerry Codiñera (2)	Purefoods Hotdogs
	Forward	Chito Loyzaga (6)	Añejo Rum 65ers
	Forward	Elpidio Villamin (6)	Alaska Air Force
1991	Guard	Glenn Capacio (3)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Guard	Biboy Ravanes (3)	Alaska Milkmen
	Center	Jerry Codiñera (3)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Forward	Chito Loyzaga (7)¹	Ginebra San Miguel
	Forward	Alvin Teng (3)	San Miguel Beermen
1992	Guard	Glenn Capacio (4)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Guard	Art dela Cruz	San Miguel Beermen
	Center	Jerry Codiñera (4)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Forward	Chito Loyzaga (8)	Ginebra San Miguel
	Forward	Alvin Teng (4)	San Miguel Beermen
1993	Guard	Glenn Capacio (5)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Guard	Art dela Cruz (2)	San Miguel Beermen
	Center	Jerry Codiñera (5)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Forward	Jun Limpot	Sta. Lucia Realtors
	Forward	Alvin Teng (5)	San Miguel Beermen
1994	Guard	Johnny Abarrientos	Alaska Milkmen
	Guard	Glenn Capacio (6)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Center	Jerry Codiñera (6)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Forward	Bong Hawkins	Alaska Milkmen
	Forward	Alvin Teng (6)	San Miguel Beermen
1995	Guard	Glenn Capacio (7)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Guard	Art dela Cruz (3)	San Miguel Beermen
	Center	Jerry Codiñera (7)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Forward	Chris Jackson	Sta. Lucia Realtors
	Forward	Elpidio Villamin (7)	Sunkist Orange Juicers
1996	Guard	Johnny Abarrientos (2)	Alaska Milkmen
	Guard	Jeffrey Cariaso	Alaska Milkmen
	Center	Marlou Aquino	Ginebra San Miguel
	Forward	Chris Jackson (2)	Sta. Lucia Realtors
	Forward	Jerry Codiñera (8)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
1997	Guard	Johnny Abarrientos (3)	Alaska Milkmen
	Guard	Jeffrey Cariaso (2)	Alaska Milkmen
	Center	Marlou Aquino (2)	Gordon's Gin Boars
	Forward	Freddie Abuda	San Miguel Beermen
	Forward	Jerry Codiñera (9)²	Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies
1998	Guard	Patrick Fran	Mobiline Phone Pals
	Guard	Glenn Capacio (8)	Mobiline Phone Pals
	Center	Jerry Codiñera (10)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Forward	Freddie Abuda (2)	San Miguel Beermen
	Forward	Chris Jackson (3)	Formula Shell Super Unleaded
1999	Guard	Johnny Abarrientos (4)	Alaska Milkmen
	Guard	Dindo Pumaren	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Center	Eric Menk	Tanduay Rhum Masters
	Forward	Freddie Abuda (3)	San Miguel Beermen
	Forward	Chris Jackson (4)	Shell Velocity
2000	Guard	Dindo Pumaren (2)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Guard	Jeffrey Cariaso (3)	Tanduay Rhum Masters
	Center	Chris Jackson (5)	Shell Turbo Chargers
	Forward	Rey Evangelista	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Forward	Freddie Abuda (4)	San Miguel Beermen
2001	Guard	Patrick Fran (2)	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
	Guard	Rey Evangelista (2)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Center	Marlou Aquino (3)	Sta. Lucia Realtors
	Forward	Chris Jackson (6)	Shell
	Forward	Dennis Espino	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2002	Guard	Jeffrey Cariaso (4)	Coca-Cola Tigers
	Guard	Rey Evangelista (3)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Center	Davonn Harp	Batang Red Bull Thunder
	Forward	Rudy Hatfield	Coca-Cola Tigers
	Forward	Chris Jackson (7)	Shell Velocity
2003	Guard	Patrick Fran (3)	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
	Guard	Willie Miller	Red Bull Barako
	Center	Asi Taulava	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
	Forward	Rudy Hatfield (2)	Coca-Cola Tigers
	Forward	Marlou Aquino (4)	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2004–05	Guard	Johnny Abarrientos (5)	Coca-Cola Tigers
	Guard	Junthy Valenzuela	Red Bull Barako
	Center	Enrico Villanueva	Red Bull Barako
	Forward	Rich Alvarez	Shell Turbo Chargers
	Forward	Dennis Espino (2)	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2005–06	Guard	Topex Robinson	Red Bull Barako
	Guard	Wynne Arboleda	Air21 Express
	Center	Dorian Peña	San Miguel Beermen
	Forward	Marc Pingris	Purefoods Chunkee Giants
	Forward	Nic Belasco	Alaska Aces
2006–07	Guard	Wynne Arboleda (2)	Air21 Express
	Guard	Gary David	Air21 Express
	Center	Harvey Carey	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
	Forward	Nelbert Omolon	Sta. Lucia Realtors
	Forward	Arwind Santos	Air21 Express
2007–08	Guard	Wynne Arboleda (3)	Air21 Express
	Guard	Ryan Reyes	Sta. Lucia Realtors
	Center	Marc Pingris (2)	Magnolia Beverage Masters
	Forward	Arwind Santos (2)	Air21 Express
	Forward	Kelly Williams^	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2008–09	Guard	Wynne Arboleda (4)	Burger King Whoppers
	Guard	Ronald Tubid	Barangay Ginebra Kings
	Center	Asi Taulava (2)	Coca-Cola Tigers
	Forward	Arwind Santos (3)	Burger King Whoppers
	Forward	Billy Mamaril	Barangay Ginebra Kings
2009–10	Guard	Roger Yap	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados
	Guard	Ryan Reyes (2)	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
	Center	Marc Pingris (3)	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados
	Forward	Gabe Norwood	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
	Forward	Arwind Santos (4)	San Miguel Beermen
2010–11	Guard	Ryan Reyes (3)	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
	Guard	John Wilson	Barangay Ginebra Kings
	Center	Marc Pingris (4)	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados
	Forward	Willy Wilson	Barangay Ginebra Kings
	Forward	Arwind Santos (5)	Petron Blaze Boosters
2011–12	Guard	Ryan Reyes (4)	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
	Guard	Jireh Ibañes	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
	Center	Doug Kramer	Barako Bull Energy Cola
	Forward	Arwind Santos (6)	Petron Blaze Boosters
	Forward	Marc Pingris (5)	B-Meg Llamados
2012–13	Guard	Gabe Norwood (2)	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
	Guard	Marcio Lassiter^	Petron Blaze Boosters
	Center	Sonny Thoss	Alaska Aces
	Forward	Arwind Santos (7)	Petron Blaze Boosters
	Forward	Marc Pingris (6)	San Mig Coffee Mixers
2013–14	Guard	Mark Barroca^	San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
	Guard	Jireh Ibañes (2)	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
	Center	June Mar Fajardo^	San Miguel Beermen
	Forward	Gabe Norwood (3)	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
	Forward	Marc Pingris (7)	San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
2014–15	Guard	Chris Ross^	San Miguel Beermen
	Guard	Chris Exciminiano	Alaska Aces
	Center	June Mar Fajardo^ (2)²	San Miguel Beermen
	Forward	Gabe Norwood (4)	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
	Forward	Calvin Abueva^	Alaska Aces
2015–16	Guard	Chris Ross^ (2)	San Miguel Beermen
	Guard	Chris Exciminiano (2)	Alaska Aces
	Center	Japeth Aguilar^¹	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
	Forward	Gabe Norwood (5)	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
	Forward	Marc Pingris (8)	Star Hotshots
2016–17	Guard	Jio Jalalon^	Star Hotshots
	Guard	Chris Ross^ (3)	San Miguel Beermen
	Center	June Mar Fajardo^ (3)	San Miguel Beermen
	Forward	Gabe Norwood (6)	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
	Forward	Japeth Aguilar^ (2)	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2017–18	Guard	Chris Ross^ (4)	San Miguel Beermen
	Guard	Gabe Norwood (7)	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
	Center	June Mar Fajardo^ (4)	San Miguel Beermen
	Forward	Rome dela Rosa^	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok
	Forward	Rafi Reavis^	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok
2019	Guard	Chris Ross^ (5)	San Miguel Beermen
	Guard	CJ Perez^	Columbian Dyip
	Center	June Mar Fajardo^ (5)	San Miguel Beermen
	Forward	Sean Anthony	NorthPort Batang Pier
	Forward	Japeth Aguilar^ (3)	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2020^b	Guard	Mark Barroca^ (2)	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok
	Guard	Chris Ross^ (6)	San Miguel Beermen
	Center	Justin Chua^	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters
	Forward	Calvin Abueva^ (2)	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters
	Forward	Christian Standhardinger	NorthPort Batang Pier
2021	Guard	Jio Jalalon^ (2)	Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots
	Guard	Chris Ross^ (7)	San Miguel Beermen
	Center	Kelly Williams^ (2)	TNT Tropang Giga
	Forward	Arwind Santos (8)	NorthPort Batang Pier
	Forward	Cliff Hodge^	Meralco Bolts
2022–23	Guard	Jio Jalalon^ (3)	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	³
	Guard	Chris Newsome^	Meralco Bolts
	Center	June Mar Fajardo^ (6)	San Miguel Beermen
	Forward	Cliff Hodge^ (2)	Meralco Bolts
	Forward	Christian Standhardinger (2)	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2023–24	Guard	Chris Newsome^ (2)	Meralco Bolts	⁴
	Guard	Joshua Munzon^	NorthPort Batang Pier
	Center	June Mar Fajardo^ (7)	San Miguel Beermen
	Forward	Cliff Hodge^ (3)	Meralco Bolts
	Forward	Kemark Cariño^	Terrafirma Dyip
2024–25	Guard	Stephen Holt^	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	⁵
	Guard	Joshua Munzon^ (2)	NorthPort Batang Pier
	Center	June Mar Fajardo^ (8)	San Miguel Beermen
	Forward	Glenn Khobuntin^	TNT Tropang 5G
	Forward	Zavier Lucero^	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots

Most selections

The following table only lists players with at least five total selections.

^	Denotes players who are still active

Player	Total	Defensive Player of the Year
Jerry Codiñera	10	1
Marc Pingris	8	3
Arwind Santos		3
June Mar Fajardo^		1
Glenn Capacio		0
Chito Loyzaga		0
Chris Jackson	7	3
Chris Ross^		2
Gabe Norwood		1
Alvin Teng		1
Elpidio Villamin		0
Johnny Abarrientos	5	0

Notes

The Defensive Player of the Year award was first established in 1993.
The 2020 season only had one conference. The team was renamed as "All-Bubble D-Fenders" for this season. The award was given by the PBA Press Corps.

References

"00-46: The best PBA players who wore these jersey numbers". ESPN.com. 2021-04-09. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
"PBA All Defensive Team Leaders pilipinasbasketball.com". Pilipinas Basketball Team History | Records | Players | Roster | Stats. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
"Fajardo leads list of winners in PBA Leo Awards". PBA.ph. November 5, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
Micaller, Bea (August 18, 2024). "June Mar Fajardo wins 8th PBA MVP award". GMANetwork.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
"Fajardo rewrites PBA history anew with record-extending 9th MVP". PBA.ph. October 5, 2025. Retrieved October 6, 2025.

[1] The Defensive Player of the Year award was first established in 1993.

[4] The 2020 season only had one conference. The team was renamed as "All-Bubble D-Fenders" for this season. The award was given by the PBA Press Corps.

[:0-2] "00-46: The best PBA players who wore these jersey numbers". ESPN.com. 2021-04-09. Retrieved 2022-03-09.

[:1-3] "PBA All Defensive Team Leaders pilipinasbasketball.com". Pilipinas Basketball Team History | Records | Players | Roster | Stats. Retrieved 2022-03-09.

[5] "Fajardo leads list of winners in PBA Leo Awards". PBA.ph. November 5, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.

[6] Micaller, Bea (August 18, 2024). "June Mar Fajardo wins 8th PBA MVP award". GMANetwork.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

[7] "Fajardo rewrites PBA history anew with record-extending 9th MVP". PBA.ph. October 5, 2025. Retrieved October 6, 2025.

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