Since the defense player of the month award was introduced last season

Victor Wembanyama won the very first Defensive player of the month award in November 2024.

This is Wemby’s 3rd defensive player of the month award and second in a row. No other player has more than 2.

Wemby becomes the first player in NBA history to own a Player of the Month award and Defensive Player of the Month award

Sources:

https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/pom.html

https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/dpom.html

finstockton | Celtics

472 | a day ago

Part of me is surprised he’s the first one to do it, part of me is surprised he hadn’t done it already

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

378 | a day ago

Award has been around for 2 years. Not really that surprising

SickSaricDario | Warriors

141 | a day ago

Kindda surprising that the award has only been around for 2 years, tbh

UTRAnoPunchline | Spurs

77 | a day ago

Only surprising if you don’t remember it being introduced less than 18 months ago lol

Less-Tax5637 | Knicks

83 | a day ago

Kinda surprising that I don’t remember that

KennySmithsKnees | LAC

29 | a day ago

Gonna be honest, I didn’t know it was a thing. Couldn’t tell you who won last month… or the month before lol

Alkazard | Hornets

19 | a day ago

Legitimately the first I am hearing of it

lalakingmalibog | Mavericks

4 | 21 hours ago

I’m just reading about it now, so technically i havent heard it

Doris_zeer

3 | 20 hours ago

I stepped outside and yelled it, hoping, you heard it here first

butterflyhole | Trail Blazers

11 | a day ago

Kinda surprising most of us seem to not remember that

Less-Tax5637 | Knicks

9 | 21 hours ago

Kinda surprising we haven’t kissed yet

lalakingmalibog | Mavericks

5 | 21 hours ago

Send da video

bigblooddraco | Timberwolves

9 | a day ago

Yeah i was going to say when the hell do they give out a DPOTM LOL

Akipella | Warriors

2 | a day ago

I in fact do not remember

UTRAnoPunchline | Spurs

22 | a day ago

This is Wemby’s first Player of the Month award.

Either Shai(5x), Luka(3x), Jokic(3x), Booker(1x) and LeBron(1x) have been the Western Conference Player of the month in every month since Wemby has started playing

Proper_Map_4800

2 | 12 hours ago

Right? It feels like he’s been dominating for years already, but then you remember he’s still a rookie. The league’s never seen anything like him.

gingerhasyoursoul | Timberwolves

1 | 19 hours ago

Bet he would have done it last year if he didn’t get hurt. He was on pace

ivabra | Lakers Bandwagon

1 | 13 hours ago

Part of me completely forgot this didn’t exist before two years ago haha

Kertia

343 | a day ago

Wemby. Scottie Barnes. Giannis are probably the only players I could think of that could accomplish this. Very small list.

shangalang69 | Raptors

205 | a day ago

3 players in the same tier right there

mastercryomancer | Wizards

48 | 20 hours ago

You don’t have to be a Wemby/Giannis tier player to win player of the month.

shangalang69 | Raptors

22 | 20 hours ago

didn’t say you have to

8sck | Raptors

10 | 20 hours ago

it’s a good thing Scottie is a Wemby/Giannis tier player

yo_soy_caliente

33 | 19 hours ago

You mean Wemby/Giannis are a Scottie tier

lalakingmalibog | Mavericks

24 | 21 hours ago

Different colors, same spectrum

Omega-Toad-7017 | Bulls

9 | 20 hours ago

Insane disrespect to Scottie Barnes

shangalang69 | Raptors

1 | 19 hours ago

true, i gotta be better than that for my boy.

8sck | Raptors

85 | a day ago

why are you listing these randoms? only Scottie “MVP” Barnes deserves to be on this list

Akkepake | Trail Blazers

20 | a day ago

I used to play like Scottie

guess-what-babe | East

6 | 21 hours ago

But then I got high

lalakingmalibog | Mavericks

5 | 21 hours ago

I wish i was high on Scottienuse

NoShape0 | Spurs

22 | a day ago

Maybe Flagg in the future too

ArtistRabid | Celtics

13 | a day ago

neemias queta erasure

CommentJunior9653 | Jazz

2 | a day ago

My goat❤️ (Besides Sam Merrill)

Ventenebris | Trail Blazers

0 | 13 hours ago

This is Cling Kong erasure and I for one will not stand for it! 😂

MemoryTime1303

-9 | a day ago

Chet Holmgren absolutely could in the future

shangalang69 | Raptors

28 | a day ago

hahahahahaha

dr_khouse

24 | a day ago

I wish to achieve your level of faith in chets offense 😂

Akipella | Warriors

11 | a day ago

POM? Hard to see him outperforming his own teammate

MrBuckBuck | Trail Blazers

34 | a day ago

If he is healthy there is no chance anyone else but him wins the defensive player of the week, month or DPOY in the next 10 years, at least.

HawaiianPunch42 | Timberwolves

30 | a day ago

Do players or coaches get anything for these monthly/weekly honors?

HokageEzio | Knicks

44 | a day ago

Yeah they get a trophy, it’s just typically not a ton of fan fare around it besides them maybe posing with it before a game.

Ferngulley26

12 | a day ago

Wonder what he is going to do with the next 100 of these he wins?

lalakingmalibog | Mavericks

3 | 21 hours ago

Sell them on ebay

DAKiloAlpha | Toronto Huskies

1 | 18 hours ago

Trades them in for a bigger prize.

Ok-Wash-9386

30 | a day ago

Mediocre month for him on the offensive end but all that winning matters so I don’t blame them

International_Oven34

24 | a day ago

You forget to mention that his defense is so overwhelming, that he can largely compensate his offense

No-Big-9170 | Spurs

20 | 20 hours ago

His biggest contribution to the offense is his roll gravity. The reason Champagnie and Vassell are playing so well is because they get wide open looks every time Wemby rolls. No matter how well he’s shooting or playing out of the post he’s still a positive on offense

DaJuggerHobbit | Hawks

15 | a day ago

Well deserved, too.

aquatic_ambiance

13 | a day ago

Wasn’t giannis recently MVP and dpoy? I feel like dpotm is more about having randomly high block steal totals

lazard96 | Spurs

44 | a day ago

dpotm didnt exist back in that season

aquatic_ambiance

3 | a day ago

got it, thanks

inefekt | Australia

0 | 21 hours ago

There are way too many pointless awards in the NBA. Nobody cares about player of the week or defensive player of the month….ain’t no players shedding tears for these awards.

inefekt | Australia

7 | 21 hours ago

WTH is Defensive Player of the Month and how long has it been a thing?

Omega-Toad-7017 | Bulls

9 | 20 hours ago

It’s what it sounds like and since last season

furiousbean | Heat

4 | 19 hours ago

til theres a dpom award

Akipella | Warriors

2 | a day ago

Nice

heat_fan_ | Raptors

1 | a day ago

Surprised he hasn’t done it before

YSLAnunoby | Raptors

1 | 6 hours ago

DPOM is really new and Wemby just wasn’t as good yet to win player of the month and got injured both seasons so far

Greedy-Pilot-4538

1 | 21 hours ago

Wemby Stocks are up

PalePilsenDiet | Warriors

1 | 21 hours ago

And in the same year!

UnderwaterDialect | Raptors

1 | 21 hours ago

Which month??

sleepyfox1312 | Timberwolves

1 | 18 hours ago

i forgot defensive of player the month was even a thing

handgredave | Hornets

1 | 10 hours ago

The NBA has too many awards

Wemby becomes the first NBA player to win Player of the Month and Defensive Player of the Month in the same month.