By Canadian Press on February 12, 2025.
The voting for the 2024 NFL Defensive Player of the Year selected by The Associated Press in balloting by a nationwide panel of media: (Voting is on a 10-5-3-2-1 basis) Patrick Surtain II, Denver: 25-11-2-4-1: 320 Trey Hendrickson, Cincinnati: 11-10-9-7-2: 203 Myles Garrett, Cleveland: 5-10-12-8-5: 157 T.J. Watt, Pittsburgh: 3-7-7-11-3: 111 Zack Baun, Philadelphia: 2-2-6-5-5: 63 Kerby Joseph, Detroit: 1-3-6-4-9: 60 Andrew Van Ginkel, Minnesota: 1-1-0-1-4: 21 Xavier McKinney, Green Bay: 0-2-1-1-2: 17 Kyle Hamilton, Baltimore: 0-2-1-0-3: 16 Nik Bonitto, Denver: 0-0-2-2-6: 16 Jonathan Greenard, Minnesota: 1-0-0-0-0: 10 Jalen Carter, Philadelphia: 0-0-2-0-1: 7 Cameron Heyward, Pittsburgh: 0-1-0-0-1: 6 Will Anderson, Houston: 0-0-1-0-0: 3 Leonard Williams, Seattle: 0-0-0-1-1: 3 Zach Allen, Denver: 0-0-0-1-1: 3 Zaire Franklin, Indianapolis: 0-0-0-1-0: 2 Micah Parsons, Dallas: 0-0-0-1-0: 2 Derek Stingley, Houston: 0-0-0-1-0: 2 Bobby Wagner, Washington: 0-0-0-1-0: 2 Chris Jones, Kansas City: 0-0-0-0-2: 2 Christian Benford, Buffalo: 0-0-0-0-1: 1 Danielle Hunter, Houston: 0-0-0-0-1: 1 Trent McDuffie, Kansas City: 0-0-0-0-1: 1 ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL The Associated Press 31