Winners
| Season | First Team | Second Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | Player | Team | |
| 2005 | Tamika Catchings | Indiana Fever | Lauren Jackson | Seattle Storm |
| Sheryl Swoopes | Houston Comets | Taj McWilliams-Franklin | Connecticut Sun | |
| Yolanda Griffith | Sacramento Monarchs | Lisa Leslie | Los Angeles Sparks | |
| Tully Bevilaqua | Indiana Fever | Alana Beard | Washington Mystics | |
| Katie Douglas | Connecticut Sun | Deanna Nolan | Detroit Shock | |
| 2006 | Tamika Catchings | Indiana Fever | Alana Beard | Washington Mystics |
| Lisa Leslie | Los Angeles Sparks | Margo Dydek | Connecticut Sun | |
| Sheryl Swoopes | Houston Comets | Deanna Nolan | Detroit Shock | |
| Tully Bevilaqua | Indiana Fever | Cheryl Ford | Detroit Shock | |
| Katie Douglas | Connecticut Sun | Yolanda Griffith | Sacramento Monarchs | |
| 2007 | Tamika Catchings | Indiana Fever | Tully Bevilaqua | Indiana Fever |
| Lauren Jackson | Seattle Storm | Rebekkah Brunson | Sacramento Monarchs | |
| Katie Douglas | Connecticut Sun | Margo Dydek | Connecticut Sun | |
| Alana Beard | Washington Mystics | Loree Moore | New York Liberty | |
| Deanna Nolan | Detroit Shock | Chelsea Newton | Sacramento Monarchs | |
| 2008 | Lisa Leslie | Los Angeles Sparks | Sylvia Fowles | Chicago Sky |
| Tamika Catchings | Indiana Fever | Lauren Jackson | Seattle Storm | |
| Sophia Young | San Antonio Silver Stars | Rebekkah Brunson | Sacramento Monarchs | |
| Ticha Penicheiro | Sacramento Monarchs | Deanna Nolan | Detroit Shock | |
| Tully Bevilaqua | Indiana Fever | Katie Smith | Detroit Shock | |
| 2009 | Tamika Catchings | Indiana Fever | Lisa Leslie | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Lauren Jackson | Seattle Storm | Sancho Lyttle | Atlanta Dream | |
| Nicky Anosike | Minnesota Lynx | Angel McCoughtry | Atlanta Dream | |
| Tanisha Wright | Seattle Storm | Deanna Nolan | Detroit Shock | |
| Tully Bevilaqua | Indiana Fever | Candace Parker | Los Angeles Sparks | |
| Alana Beard | Washington Mystics | |||
| 2010 | Tamika Catchings | Indiana Fever | Lauren Jackson | Seattle Storm |
| Angel McCoughtry | Atlanta Dream | Rebekkah Brunson | Minnesota Lynx | |
| Sylvia Fowles | Chicago Sky | Sancho Lyttle | Atlanta Dream | |
| Tanisha Wright | Seattle Storm | Lindsey Harding | Washington Mystics | |
| Cappie Pondexter | New York Liberty | Tully Bevilaqua | Indiana Fever | |
| Katie Douglas | Indiana Fever | |||
| 2011 | Tamika Catchings | Indiana Fever | Sancho Lyttle | Atlanta Dream |
| Rebekkah Brunson | Minnesota Lynx | Swin Cash | Seattle Storm | |
| Sylvia Fowles | Chicago Sky | Tina Charles | Connecticut Sun | |
| Tanisha Wright | Seattle Storm | Armintie Price | Atlanta Dream | |
| Angel McCoughtry | Atlanta Dream | Katie Douglas | Indiana Fever | |
| 2012 | Tamika Catchings | Indiana Fever | Sophia Young | San Antonio Silver Stars |
| Sancho Lyttle | Atlanta Dream | Candace Parker | Los Angeles Sparks | |
| Sylvia Fowles | Chicago Sky | Tina Charles | Connecticut Sun | |
| Alana Beard | Los Angeles Sparks | Armintie Price | Atlanta Dream | |
| Briann January | Indiana Fever | Danielle Robinson | San Antonio Silver Stars | |
| Player in bold text indicates winner of Defensive Player of the Year Award that season. | ||||
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