Tavares, Best Defender of the League for the sixth consecutive year
The Real Madrid center has been the sole recipient of the trophy since its inception.
Walter Tavares has been named the Best Defender of the Liga Endesa for the 2025/26 season. The Real Madrid center has achieved this honor for the sixth consecutive year, remaining the only player to win the award since its creation. Tavares outperformed Sant-Roos and Taylor in a vote conducted by Liga Endesa coaches and a panel of experts.
Tavares averaged 2.2 blocks and nearly one steal per game across the 21 games he played in the league. On November 2, 2025, he set his personal best in an ACB game with 8 blocks against Casademont Zaragoza, the highest single-game total in the League in the past 18 years. He is just 9 blocks away from matching Fran Vázquez's all-time record (738) as the top shot-blocker in the history of the League.
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