2025/26 Best Defensive Player: Isaac Bonga

Isaac Bonga has, for the second season in a row, 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 30.2% of the combined votes. He has been followed by Cedevita Olimpija player Umoja Gibson (14.5%) and Crvena zvezda Meridianbet player Codi Miller-McIntyre and Dubai Basketball player McKinley Wright (9.4%).

Let's mention that Isaac Bonga was the best in all three voting groups - head coaches of AdmiralBet ABA League teams, journalists, and the basketball fans, which makes his achievement even more impressive.

This season has been the second season in the Partizan Mozzart Bet jersey for German international Isaac Bonga, who has impressed the Belgrade fans with his devoted performances on the courts wherever his team has appeared and has been averaging 10.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists and a valuation of 15 per game in the 2025/26 AdmiralBet ABA League Regular Season.

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)
2023/24 – Branko Lazić (Crvena zvezda Meridianbet)
2024/25 – Isaac Bonga (Partizan Mozzart Bet)
2025/26 – Isaac Bonga (Partizan Mozzart Bet)