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Dwight Howard won the Defensive Player of the Year Award three times in his career, in 2009, 2010, and 2011. He was the first player to win the award three times in a row since Hakeem Olajuwon did it from 1994 to 1996. Howard is also one of only five players to win the award three times, along with Olajuwon, Bill Russell, Dikembe Mutombo, and Ben Wallace.