Úrvalsdeild Women's Defensive Player of the Year

The Women's Defensive Player of the Year is an award for the top-tier women' basketball league in Iceland, the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.

All-time award winners

The following is a list of the all-time Úrvalsdeild Women's Defensive Player of the Year winners.^[1]

Season	Player	Team
2002–2003	Birna Valgarðsdóttir	Keflavík
2003–2004	Hildur Sigurðardóttir	KR
2004–2005	Pálína Gunnlaugsdóttir	Haukar
2005–2006	Pálína Gunnlaugsdóttir (2x)	Haukar
2006–2007	Pálína Gunnlaugsdóttir (3x)	Haukar
2007–2008	Pálína Gunnlaugsdóttir (4x)	Keflavík
2008–2009	Guðrún Gróa Þorsteinsdóttir	KR
2009–2010	Guðrún Gróa Þorsteinsdóttir (2x)	KR
2010–2011	Guðrún Gróa Þorsteinsdóttir (3x)	KR
2011–2012	Pálína Gunnlaugsdóttir (5x)	Keflavík
2012–2013	Pálína Gunnlaugsdóttir (6x)	Keflavík
2013–2014	Guðrún Gróa Þorsteinsdóttir (4x)	Snæfell
2014–2015	Gunnhildur Gunnarsdóttir	Snæfell
2015–2016	Gunnhildur Gunnarsdóttir (2x )	Snæfell
2016–2017	Salbjörg Ragna Sævarsdóttir	Keflavík
2017–2018	Dýrfinna Arnardóttir^[2]	Haukar
2018–2019	Auður Íris Ólafsdóttir^[3]	Stjarnan
2019–2020	None selected after season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Iceland
2020–2021	Dagbjört Dögg Karlsdóttir^[4]	Valur
2021–20222	...
2021–2022	Erna Hákonardóttir^[5]	Njarðvík

^ Besti varnarmaður úrvalsdeildar kvenna
^ Henry Birgir Gunnarsson (4 May 2018). "Kristófer og Helena valin leikmenn ársins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (11 May 2019). "Helena og Kristófer valin best annað tímabilið í röð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 May 2019.
^ "Hörður og Sara kjörin best". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ "Kári og Eva bestu leikmenn tímabilsins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

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2023–24 Úrvalsdeild kvenna teams	~~Breiðablik~~ (folded) Grindavík Fjölnir Keflavík Haukar Njarðvík Stjarnan Snæfell Valur Þór Akureyri
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