Naismith Men’s Defensive Player of the Year 2023 Watch List
Jan 26, 2023
| NAME | CLASS | POS | SCHOOL |
| Chase Audige | Senior | G | Northwestern |
| Leaky Black | Grad Student | F | North Carolina |
| Moussa Cisse | Junior | F | Oklahoma State |
| Jaylen Clark | Junior | G | UCLA |
| Zach Edey | Junior | C | Purdue |
| Andre Jackson Jr. | Junior | G | UConn |
| Trayce Jackson-Davis | Senior | F | Indiana |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | Junior | C | Creighton |
| Caleb McConnell | Fifth Year | G | Rutgers |
| Kevin McCullar Jr. | Senior | G | Kansas |
| Shakeel Moore | Junior | G | Mississippi State |
| Marcus Sasser | Senior | G | Houston |
| Jamarion Sharp | Junior | C | Western Kentucky |
| Oscar Tshiebwe | Senior | F | Kentucky |
| Zakai Zeigler | Sophomore | G | Tennessee |
