Two-time WNBA Defensive Player Of The Year Brittney Griner headlines 2015 WNBA All-Defensive Team

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner, the 2015 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year headlines the 2015 WNBA All-Defensive Team. This marks the second consecutive All-Defensive First Team appearance for Griner, who this season became the first player to be named Defensive Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons since the Indiana Fever’s Tamika Catchings (2009, 2010).

Griner collected 11 First Team votes (55 points) from a panel of the WNBA’s 12 head coaches, who selected First and Second Teams by position.  Coaches were not permitted to vote for players from their own teams.  Players earned five points for each First Team vote and three points for each Second Team vote.

Player, Team, Position, Votes

First Team

Brittney Griner, Phoenix Mercury, Center	55
Tamika Catchings,  Indiana Fever, Forward	51
Briann January, Indiana Fever, Guard	42
Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta Dream, Guard	39
Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles Sparks, Forward	18

Second Team

Kiah Stokes, New York Liberty, Center	36
Tanisha Wright, New York Liberty, Guard	25
DeWanna Bonner, Phoenix Mercury, Guard	24
Sancho Lyttle, Atlanta Dream, Forward	17
Tina Charles, New York Liberty, Forward	14