| Lefty Driesell Award | |
| Description: | the top men's defensive player in NCAA Division I basketball |
| Presenter: | Collegeinsider.com |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Holder: | Boo Buie, Northwestern |
The Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball defender in NCAA Division I competition. The award was established in 2010 and is named after head coach Lefty Driesell, who is the only head coach to amass 100 wins at four different Division I schools and is best remembered for his success with the Davidson Wildcats and Maryland Terrapins programs.
| * | Awarded a national player of the year award: Sporting News; Oscar Robertson Trophy; Associated Press; NABC; Naismith; Wooden | |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Lefty Driesell Award at that point |
| School | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 2 | 2017, 2018 |
| Baylor | 1 | 2021 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 2012 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 2014 |
| Merrimack | 1 | 2020 |
| Mississippi State | 1 | 2010 |
| Northwestern | 1 | 2024 |
| Old Dominion | 1 | 2011 |
| Rutgers | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Peter's | 1 | 2022 |
| Stony Brook | 1 | 2013 |
| Valparaiso | 1 | 2016 |
| Virginia | 1 | 2015 |
| Washington | 1 | 2019 |