He became the first to win the Defensive Player of the Year four times in a five - year span from 2002 to 2006 .
Only Dikembe Mutombo also won first four times in a career .
He became the first to win the Defensive Player of the Year four times in a five - year span from 2002 to 2006 , and only Dikembe Mutombo also won it four times in a career .