Defender of the Season Award

The Defender of the Season Award is a regular season trophy awarded seasonally to the "player at the end of the regular season who is judged to be the best at the position of defenseman across the whole league". The Defender of the Season Award has been awarded 9 times to 6 different players since its beginnings.

History
The award was first known as the "Most Valuable Defenseman Award", from S1-S3. The first winner was BlueBuffaloPowder in Season 1, and the most recent winner was xXforspartinsXx in Season 9.

Only 2 different players have won the award more than once. BlueBuffaloPowder won the award for a record three different seasons (S1, S4, S8). DominoSvardo has won the award twice, in S5 and S7. The Utah Vipers have had the most Defender of the Season Trophy winners with 3; the only team to produce multiple winners.

All Defender of the Season Award winners made their respective season's RPHL First All-Star Team for the position of Defense aside from nco3645 in Season 6, who did not make either the S6 First All-Star Team or the S6 Second All-Star Team (due to an Alting/Account Sharing suspension which voided him from the team, although the award was already given out and was decided by Commissioner Zombie to not revoke it).

Trivia

 * Aside from the winner, the other 2 official nominees for the Defender of the Season Award in Season 8 were nah_q (Cambridge Cougars) and DeportedStalin (Chicago Griffins)