Every NBA All-Defensive First Team

Name the players who have been selected for NBA All-Defensive First Team honors since its commencement in 1969.

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Year	Guard		Guard		Center		Forward		Forward
2023	Jrue Holiday		Alex Caruso		Brook Lopez		Evan Mobley		Jaren Jackson Jr.
2022	Marcus Smart		Mikal Bridges		Rudy Gobert		Giannis Antetokounmpo		Jaren Jackson Jr.
2021	Jrue Holiday		Ben Simmons		Rudy Gobert		Giannis Antetokounmpo		Draymond Green
2020	Marcus Smart		Ben Simmons		Rudy Gobert		Giannis Antetokounmpo		Anthony Davis
2019	Marcus Smart		Eric Bledsoe		Rudy Gobert		Giannis Antetokounmpo		Paul George
2018	Jrue Holiday		Victor Oladipo		Rudy Gobert		Robert Covington		Anthony Davis
2017	Chris Paul		Patrick Beverley		Rudy Gobert		Kawhi Leonard		Draymond Green
2016	Chris Paul		Avery Bradley		DeAndre Jordan		Kawhi Leonard		Draymond Green
2015	Chris Paul		Tony Allen		DeAndre Jordan		Kawhi Leonard		Draymond Green
2014	Chris Paul		Andre Iguodala		Joakim Noah		Serge Ibaka		Paul George
2013	Chris Paul		Tony Allen		Tyson Chandler	Joakim Noah	Serge Ibaka		LeBron James
2012	Chris Paul		Tony Allen		Dwight Howard		Serge Ibaka		LeBron James
2011	Rajon Rondo		Kobe Bryant		Dwight Howard		Kevin Garnett		LeBron James
2010	Rajon Rondo		Kobe Bryant		Dwight Howard		Gerald Wallace		LeBron James
2009	Chris Paul		Kobe Bryant		Dwight Howard		Kevin Garnett		LeBron James
2008	Bruce Bowen		Kobe Bryant		Marcus Camby		Kevin Garnett		Tim Duncan
2007	Raja Bell		Kobe Bryant		Marcus Camby		Bruce Bowen		Tim Duncan
2006	Bruce Bowen		Jason Kidd	Kobe Bryant	Ben Wallace		Andrei Kirilenko		Metta World Peace
2005	Bruce Bowen		Larry Hughes		Tim Duncan		Kevin Garnett		Ben Wallace
2004	Bruce Bowen		Kobe Bryant		Ben Wallace		Kevin Garnett		Metta World Peace
2003	Doug Christie		Kobe Bryant		Tim Duncan		Kevin Garnett		Ben Wallace
2002	Jason Kidd		Gary Payton		Tim Duncan		Kevin Garnett		Ben Wallace
2001	Jason Kidd		Gary Payton		Dikembe Mutombo		Kevin Garnett		Tim Duncan
2000	Kobe Bryant		Gary Payton		Tim Duncan		Kevin Garnett		Alonzo Mourning
1999	Jason Kidd		Gary Payton		Tim Duncan		Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen	Alonzo Mourning
1998	Michael Jordan		Gary Payton		Dikembe Mutombo		Scottie Pippen		Karl Malone
1997	Michael Jordan		Gary Payton		Dikembe Mutombo		Scottie Pippen		Karl Malone
1996	Michael Jordan		Gary Payton		David Robinson		Scottie Pippen		Dennis Rodman
1995	Mookie Blaylock		Gary Payton		David Robinson		Scottie Pippen		Dennis Rodman
1994	Mookie Blaylock		Gary Payton		Hakeem Olajuwon		Scottie Pippen		Charles Oakley
1993	Michael Jordan		Joe Dumars		Hakeem Olajuwon		Scottie Pippen		Dennis Rodman
1992	Michael Jordan		Joe Dumars		David Robinson		Scottie Pippen		Dennis Rodman
1991	Michael Jordan		Alvin Robertson		David Robinson		Buck Williams		Dennis Rodman
1990	Michael Jordan		Joe Dumars		Hakeem Olajuwon		Buck Williams		Dennis Rodman
1989	Michael Jordan		Joe Dumars		Mark Eaton		Larry Nance		Dennis Rodman
1988	Michael Jordan		Michael Cooper		Hakeem Olajuwon		Kevin McHale		Rodney McCray
1987	Dennis Johnson		Michael Cooper		Hakeem Olajuwon		Kevin McHale		Alvin Robertson
1986	Sidney Moncrief		Maurice Cheeks		Mark Eaton		Kevin McHale		Paul Pressey
1985	Sidney Moncrief		Maurice Cheeks		Mark Eaton		Michael Cooper		Paul Pressey
1984	Sidney Moncrief		Maurice Cheeks		Tree Rollins		Bobby Jones		Michael Cooper
1983	Sidney Moncrief		Dennis Johnson	Maurice Cheeks	Moses Malone		Bobby Jones		Danny Roundfield
1982	Michael Cooper		Dennis Johnson		Caldwell Jones		Bobby Jones		Danny Roundfield
1981	Michael Ray Richardson		Dennis Johnson		Kareem Abdul-Jabbar		Bobby Jones		Caldwell Jones
1980	Don Buse	Michael Ray Richardson	Dennis Johnson		Kareem Abdul-Jabbar		Bobby Jones		Danny Roundfield
1979	Don Buse		Dennis Johnson		Kareem Abdul-Jabbar		Bobby Jones		Bob Dandridge
1978	Don Buse		Lionel Hollins		Bill Walton		Bobby Jones		Maurice Lucas
1977	Don Buse		Norm Van Lier		Bill Walton		Bobby Jones		E. C. Coleman
1976	Slick Watts		Norm Van Lier		Dave Cowens		Paul Silas		John Havlicek
1975	Walt Frazier		Jerry Sloan		Kareem Abdul-Jabbar		Paul Silas		John Havlicek
1974	Walt Frazier	Jerry Sloan	Norm Van Lier		Kareem Abdul-Jabbar		Dave Debusschere		John Havlicek
1973	Walt Frazier		Jerry West		Wilt Chamberlain		Dave Debusschere		John Havlicek
1972	Walt Frazier	Jerry Sloan	Jerry West		Wilt Chamberlain		Dave Debusschere		John Havlicek
1971	Walt Frazier		Jerry West		Nate Thurmond		Dave Debusschere		Gus Johnson
1970	Walt Frazier		Jerry West		Willis Reed		Dave Debusschere		Gus Johnson
1969	Walt Frazier		Jerry Sloan		Bill Russell		Dave Debusschere		Nate Thurmond