Giannis Antetokounmpo is the fifth player in history to win MVP and DPOY in a career. Pool Photo-USA TODAY Sports

Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo wins Defensive Player of the Year

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Aug 25, 2020 7:02 PM ET

The reigning NBA Most Valuable Player added more hardware to his trophy case on Tuesday.

Milwaukee Bucks big man Giannis Antetokounmpo won Defensive Player of the Year honors ahead of both Los Angeles Lakers All-Star Anthony Davis and Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert:

Here are the full DPOY voting results ... pic.twitter.com/cSPU60aNRq
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) August 25, 2020

Gobert won the award each of the past two seasons.

Antetokounmpo is the key man in what was the NBA's top-rated defense heading into postseason play. The 25-year-old unicorn finished tied for eighth among eligible players in defensive real plus-minus (3.09), and he tallied a career-best 11.4 defensive rebounds per game along with one block and one steal per contest.

According to the NBA's official release, Antetokounmpo is the fifth player in history to win MVP and DPOY in a career. Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson and Kevin Garnett were the others to accomplish that feat.

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Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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