By Jared Weiss | The Athletic, 2026-04-20 22:17:02
圣安东尼奥——维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 最近被问到，如果他没能很快成为 NBA 历史上首位全票当选的最佳防守球员（DPOY），他是否会感到惊讶。
“是的，我会的，”他说道。
而在周一晚上，他并没有感到惊讶。
这位身高 7 英尺 4 英寸的圣安东尼奥马刺队大个子赢得了 2026 赛季 NBA 最佳防守球员奖，并获得了由选定媒体成员组成的评选小组投出的全部 100 张第一顺位选票。这位 22 岁的球员击败了俄克拉荷马城雷霆队的大个子切特·霍姆格伦 (Chet Holmgren) 和底特律活塞队的前锋奥萨尔·汤普森 (Ausar Thompson)，成为自 1982-83 赛季设立该奖项以来最年轻的获奖者。
消息公布后，文班亚马与他的母亲埃洛迪 (Elodie) 以及马刺队的防守协调员肖恩·斯威尼 (Sean Sweeney) 一起参加了 NBC Showtime 的赛前节目。
“感觉棒极了。我妈妈就坐在我身边，她说了一句非常真实的话，”文班亚马在直播中说道，“真正的挑战或许在于打满 65 场比赛。但我非常高兴能赢得这个奖项，并为成为历史上首位全票获奖者感到超级自豪。”
一旦文班亚马跨过了评奖所需的最低出场次数门槛，这一结果就在广泛预料之中。（他参加了 64 场常规赛和 NBA 杯决赛，后者被计入评奖资格所需的第 65 场比赛。）
本赛季他以场均 3.1 次盖帽领跑全联盟，当他在场时，马刺队每百回合少失 10.2 分。根据 NBA 官方统计，对手在面对他时的投篮命中率仅为 40.7%，且当他是最近的防守者时，对手的命中率比平均水平低 8.7 个百分点，这两项数据在全联盟本赛季至少干扰 500 次投篮的球员中均排名第一。他加入了迪肯贝·穆托姆博 (Dikembe Mutombo) 和马库斯·坎比 (Marcus Camby) 的行列，成为历史上仅有的连续三个赛季领跑 NBA 盖帽榜的球员。
但数据只能在一定程度上体现他的防守影响力。只要看他在场上打几分钟，就能明显感觉到他在多大程度上干扰了对手的进攻。
“如果今天坐在这里说我的防守比维克托·文班亚马更有影响力，我认为那是在撒谎，而我从来不是一个不诚实的人，”金州勇士队的大个子德雷蒙德·格林 (Draymond Green) 说道，他曾获得过最佳防守球员，并 9 次入选最佳防守阵容，“我不会把自己排在他之上，但我也不认为自己比任何人差。”
马刺队围绕文班亚马建立了一套防守体系，让他能够有效地在禁区周围进行区域防守，将巡视篮筐的“底线协防人 (low man)”角色提升到了新的高度。进攻球员经常会冲向他，然后又转身折返，这种场面有时被称为“没门 (Nopes)”、“算了吧 (Neverminds)”或其他从未在同龄球员身上使用过的词汇。这些每晚都会上演的场景，是他的防守威慑力源于其强大存在感的最好证明。
“我恰好是那个处于聚光灯下的人，”文班亚马在周一表示，“但我只是这套体系的一部分。”
在 3 月份竞选 MVP 奖项时，文班亚马的首要核心信条就是防守占据了比赛的一半。
“我的第一个观点是，防守占了比赛的 50%，而且到目前为止在 MVP 竞争中被低估了，”他说道，“我相信我是联盟中防守影响力最大的球员。”
文班亚马本赛季单场盖帽次数最多，达到 9 次，并有两场比赛的盖帽和抢断总数（stocks）达到 10 次。迈阿密热火队的中锋凯莱尔·韦尔 (Kel’el Ware) 是除他之外唯一一位单场“盖帽+抢断”上双的球员。
在讨论他极高的盖帽率时——这本身还低估了他的防守影响力，因为许多球员当他在附近徘徊时根本不敢出手——文班亚马微笑着回忆起休赛期拜访哈基姆·奥拉朱旺 (Hakeem Olajuwon) 家的情景，而他刚刚赢得的奖杯正是以这位传奇的名字命名的。
“（我）当时正看着那块写着‘历史盖帽王’的牌匾，他说‘总有一天你会打破它的’，”文班亚马说道，“一步一个脚印来。”
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Victor Wembanyama becomes NBA’s first unanimous Defensive Player of the Year winner
SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama was asked recently if he would be surprised if he did not soon become the NBA’s first unanimous Defensive Player of the Year winner.
“Yes, I would,” he said.
He was not surprised Monday evening.
The 7-foot-4 San Antonio Spurs big man won the NBA’s 2026 Defensive Player of the Year award, earning all 100 first-place votes from a panel of select media members. The 22-year-old beat out Oklahoma City Thunder big man Chet Holmgren and Detroit Pistons wing Ausar Thompson to become the youngest player to win the award since it was introduced for the 1982-83 season.
Following the announcement, Wembanyama joined the NBC Showtime pregame show alongside his mother Elodie and the Spurs’ defensive coordinator, Sean Sweeney.
“It feels great. My mom is sitting here next to me and said something really true,” Wembanyama said on the broadcast. “The real struggle might have been getting to 65 games. But I’m super happy to win this award and super proud to be the first-ever unanimous.”
This was a widely expected outcome once Wembanyama crossed the minimum games played threshold to become eligible for the award. (He played in 64 regular-season games and the NBA Cup final, which counted as his 65th game for award eligibility.)
He averaged a league-leading 3.1 blocks per game this season, and the Spurs allowed 10.2 fewer points per 100 possessions with him on the floor. Opponents shot just 40.7 percent from the field against him and 8.7 percentage points worse than average when he was the closest defender, according to NBA stats, both the best in the league among those who contested at least 500 shots this season. He joined Dikembe Mutombo and Marcus Camby as the only players to lead the NBA in blocks for three straight seasons.
But data can only do so much to capture his defensive impact. Watching even a few moments of him on the floor makes it obvious just how much he distorts opposing offenses.
“To sit and say today that my defense is more impactful than Victor Wembanyama, I think that would be a lie, and I’ve never been one to not be honest,” said Golden State Warriors big man Draymond Green, a former Defensive Player of the Year and nine-time All-Defense selection. “I wouldn’t put myself above him, but I wouldn’t put myself below anyone.”
The Spurs built a defensive system around Wembanyama that allows him to effectively play zone around the paint, taking the “low man” position of patrolling the rim to new heights. Offensive players will often drive toward him, then turn all the way around in plays that have at times been referred to as “Nopes,” “Neverminds” or other terms never used for his peers. These nightly occurrences are the greatest examples of how his defense is about his sheer presence.
“I happen to be the guy that is in the spotlight,” Wembanyama said Monday. “But I am part of the system.”
When campaigning for the MVP award in March, Wembanyama’s first core tenet was that defense is 50 percent of the game.
“My first one would be that defense is 50 percent of the game and that it is undervalued so far in the MVP race,” he said. “I believe I’m the most impactful player defensively in the league.”
Wembanyama had the most blocks in a game this season, with nine, and had two games with 10 combined blocks and steals (stocks). Miami Heat center Kel’el Ware was the only other player to have even one double-digit stocks game.
When discussing his prolific block rate, which itself underrates his defensive impact because many players avoid shooting at all when he is lurking nearby, Wembanyama was smiling as he recalled his offseason visit to the home of the namesake of the trophy he just won, Hakeem Olajuwon.
“(I) was looking at this plaque that said blocked shots leader of all time and he said ‘You’re gonna beat they one day,’” Wembanyama said. “One step at a time.”
By Jared Weiss, via The Athletic