Lynx center Sylvia Fowles has won the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year award for the fourth time throughout her illustrious career.
News of Fowles's latest award victory was announced Sunday.
Fowles finished the season tied with Los Angeles’s Brittney Sykes with 1.8 steals per game and just two blocks shy of Phoenix's Brittney Griner’s league-leading 58 mark. Fowles was the only player to average at least 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game this season.
The Lynx center was also tied with Connecticut's Jonquel Jones for first in defensive win shares, per Basketball-Reference, and helped Minnesota improve on a defense that surrendered more than 101 points per 100 possessions last season, largely without her on the court.