If you include American Basketball Association (ABA) nominations, Bobby Jones is the first player in American professional basketball history to be named to the «All-Defensive First Team» 10 times

(he himself played at a professional level for 11 years)

He is also the first player in American professional basketball history to be named to the All-Defensive First Team 10 years IN A ROW.

He is also the first rookie in American professional basketball history to be selected to the All-Defensive First Team

(the second rookie with a similar achievement was Victor Vembanyama)

p.s.: He was included in the «All-Defensive Teams» when position was taken into account in the selection criteria; in an era saturated with defensive big men

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