NEW YORK -- Voting for the 2013 NFL Defensive Player of the Year selected by The Associated Press in balloting by a nationwide panel of the media:
Luke Kuechly, LB, Carolina 19
Robert Mathis, LB, Indianapolis 11½
Earl Thomas, S, Seattle, 7½
Robert Quinn, DE, St. Louis 6
Richard Sherman, CB, Seattle 4
J.J. Watt, DE, Houston 2