| defending champion | 204.74 | Ronnie Black is the defending champion. | ||
| defending world | 11.92 | Canada is the defending world champion. | ||
| defending champ | 10.60 | The defending champ has some holes. | ||
| defending titlist | 5.66 | Mexico is the defending titlist. | ||
| defending medalist | 3.16 | The Czechs are the defending gold medalists. | ||
| defending league | 3.09 | Roma, the defending Italian league champion, is currenly in first place. | ||
| defending series | 1.84 | Hornaday is the two-time defending series champion. | ||
| defending race | 1.05 | Recall that he is the two-time defending race champion. | ||
| defending division | 0.99 | Injuries have devastated the defending division champions. | ||
| defending conference | 0.92 | Their reward -- Dominik Hasek and the Sabres, the defending conference champs. | ||
| defending team | 0.72 | Captain Guy Forget will lead the defending champion team. | ||
| defending winner | 0.66 | He faced down Patrick Roy, the defending Conn Smythe winner, in the previous round. | ||
| defending force | 0.39 | Dense jungle terrain would normally work to the advantage of a defending force. | ||
| defending pair | 0.33 | Defending pairs champs Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze are also out because she has a leg injury. | ||
| defending player | 0.33 | If a defending player has a loose lace and this touches the ball, May the attacking side drop for goal? | ||
| defending single | 0.33 | Jan-Ove Waldner of Sweden, the defending singles champion, was seeded fourth. | ||
| defending side | 0.26 | The defending side cannot move until the corner is taken. | ||
| defending tournament | 0.26 | Tennessee is the defending tournament champion. |