WASHINGTON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award for the fourth time in five seasons on Monday.

    Wallace received 420 points, including 58 first-place votes, from a panel of 124 sportswriters and broadcasters. San Antonio's Bruce Bowen finished second with 308 points, earning 38 first-place votes, and Utah's Andrei Kirilenko third with 121 points.

    The 2.06-meter center, who won the award last season and also in 2001-02 and in 2002-03, joined center Dikembe Mutombo as the only players to earn the honor four times.

    Detroit won an NBA-high and franchise-record 64 games during the regular season. Wallace was selected an All-Star for the fourth straight year.

    Wallace ranked fourth in the NBA in rebounding (11.3), ninth inblocks (2.2) and 10th in steals (1.78), the only player among the top 10 in all three categories.

    He became the fifth player in league history to have 100 blocks and 100 steals in six straight seasons, a list that includes Hakeem Olajuwon, Julius Erving, Sam Lacey and David Robinson.

    Wallace scored 7.3 points a game this season and has not averaged double digits in any of his 10 years in the league. Despite his lack of scoring, he's been key to the Pistons' success, which included the NBA title in 2004.

    Detroit acquired him from Orlando along with Chucky Atkins in asign-and-trade deal for Grant Hill before the 2000-01 season. Enditem