2022/23 Best Defensive Player: Mathias Lessort (Partizan Mozzart Bet)

Mathias Lessort has won the highest number of votes in the traditional voting of the AdmiralBet ABA League head coaches, journalists and basketball fans, as he won the total of 25.7% of the combined votes. He has been followed by Crvena zvezda Meridianbet player Stefan Lazarević (18.1%) and Partizan Mozzart Bet player Dante Exum (12.1%).

The Frenchman has won the highest number of votes in the voting of head coaches of the AdmiralBet ABA league teams, while taking a top 3 spot in the voting of the fans and a top 8 spot in the voting of journalists.

In his second season with Partizan Mozzart Bet, Mathias Lessort has been demonstrating his fighting spirit wherever he has appeared on court and, with his toughness, helped Partizan Mozzart Bet towards the splendid results in the 2022/23 Regular Season. He has been averaging 10 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1 steal and a valuation of 16 per game.

In the traditional AdmiralBet ABA League voting for the Ideal Starting Five of the AdmiralBet ABA League season and the individual honours, the final results of the voting combines the votes of the head coaches of AdmiralBet ABA League teams (85% of the total voting results), the votes of fans (5% of the total voting results) and the votes of basketball journalists from the ABA League j.t.d. countries (10% of the total voting results).

Best Defensive Player awards so far in the regional league:

2020/21 – Branko Lazić (Crvena zvezda mts)
2021/22 – Branko Lazić (Crvena zvezda mts)
2022/23 – Mathias Lessort (Partizan Mozzart Bet)