Hakeem Olajuwon had the best defensive rating in 1986-87, with a 98.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

1987 NBA player best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	98.7	1986-87	HOU	75	36.8	23.4	11.4	2.9	1.9	3.4	9.0	17.8	50.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	5.3	7.6	70.2	55.4	4.2	7.2	3.0	2,760	1,755	858	220	140	254	228	294
2	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	100.3	1986-87	UTA	79	31.7	7.7	8.8	1.3	0.5	4.1	3.0	7.4	40.0	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.7	65.7	44.8	2.7	6.2	1.8	2,505	608	697	105	43	321	142	273
3	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	101.4	1986-87	MIL	82	30.9	12.7	10.0	2.5	1.1	1.1	4.8	10.3	46.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	3.8	84.7	53.3	2.5	7.5	2.0	2,536	1,045	822	203	88	90	160	328
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	102.1	1986-87	UTA	82	34.8	21.7	10.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	8.9	17.3	51.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	6.6	59.8	53.6	3.4	7.0	2.9	2,857	1,779	855	158	104	60	237	323
5	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	102.6	1986-87	DET	82	34.8	15.4	11.6	1.8	0.9	0.8	6.2	12.3	50.1	0.1	0.3	28.6	3.0	3.3	89.4	55.9	3.0	8.7	1.5	2,854	1,263	955	151	72	69	120	283
6	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	102.9	1986-87	MIL	82	33.8	20.8	8.5	2.8	1.6	1.0	8.9	17.4	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.6	66.2	53.6	2.6	5.9	2.1	2,770	1,707	700	229	129	81	172	296
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	103.6	1986-87	BOS	74	40.6	28.1	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	10.6	20.2	52.5	1.2	3.0	40.0	5.6	6.1	91.0	61.2	1.7	7.5	3.2	3,005	2,076	682	566	135	70	240	185
8	Steve Stipanovich S. Stipanovich	103.6	1986-87	IND	81	34.1	13.2	8.3	2.2	1.3	1.2	4.7	9.4	50.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.8	4.5	83.7	58.2	2.3	6.0	1.6	2,761	1,072	670	180	106	97	130	304
9	Kevin Willis K. Willis	103.6	1986-87	ATL	81	32.4	16.1	10.5	0.8	0.8	0.8	6.6	12.4	53.6	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.8	4.0	70.9	57.0	4.0	6.5	2.1	2,626	1,304	849	62	65	61	173	313
10	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	104.0	1986-87	PHI	68	40.3	23.0	14.6	4.9	1.8	1.5	8.2	13.8	59.4	0.3	1.5	20.2	6.3	8.3	76.1	66.0	5.7	8.9	4.7	2,740	1,564	994	331	119	104	322	252
11	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	104.2	1986-87	CHI	82	36.3	14.5	13.1	3.6	1.0	0.4	5.7	12.8	44.5	0.1	0.4	36.7	3.0	4.4	68.6	49.3	3.6	9.5	3.6	2,980	1,192	1,074	296	85	36	299	315
12	Robert Parish R. Parish	104.3	1986-87	BOS	80	37.4	17.5	10.6	2.2	0.8	1.8	7.4	13.2	55.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	73.5	58.8	3.2	7.5	2.4	2,995	1,403	851	173	64	144	191	266
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	104.3	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	236	125	272	237
14	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	104.4	1986-87	ATL	82	31.6	12.8	3.6	10.0	2.1	0.4	4.2	9.2	45.1	0.0	0.3	19.0	4.5	5.4	82.8	55.3	1.0	2.6	2.6	2,590	1,053	299	823	171	30	217	287
15	A.C. Green	104.8	1986-87	LAL	79	28.4	10.8	7.8	1.1	0.9	1.0	4.0	7.4	53.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.8	3.6	78.0	59.9	2.7	5.1	1.3	2,240	852	615	84	70	80	102	171
16	Ron Harper R. Harper	105.2	1986-87	CLE	82	37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	9.0	19.7	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.3	4.7	6.9	68.4	50.3	2.1	2.7	4.2	3,064	1,874	392	394	209	84	345	247
17	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	105.3	1986-87	MIL	61	33.7	13.9	4.9	7.2	1.8	0.8	4.8	10.1	47.7	0.3	0.9	29.1	4.0	5.4	73.8	55.6	1.6	3.2	3.0	2,057	846	296	441	110	47	186	213
18	Jim Petersen J. Petersen	105.3	1986-87	HOU	82	29.3	11.3	6.8	1.5	0.5	1.2	4.7	9.2	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.5	72.7	54.5	2.2	4.6	1.9	2,403	924	557	127	43	102	152	268
19	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	105.4	1986-87	POR	82	25.5	12.3	6.0	2.4	1.5	0.9	4.5	8.9	50.9	0.0	0.3	4.3	3.2	4.4	72.0	56.5	2.5	3.6	1.8	2,088	1,009	496	194	122	77	149	328
20	Herb Williams H. Williams	105.6	1986-87	IND	74	34.1	14.9	7.3	2.4	0.8	1.3	6.1	12.7	48.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.7	3.6	74.0	52.1	1.9	5.4	2.0	2,526	1,101	543	174	59	93	145	255
21	Hot Rod Williams H. Rod Williams	105.7	1986-87	CLE	80	33.9	14.6	7.9	1.9	0.7	2.1	5.4	11.2	48.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.0	74.5	54.4	2.8	5.1	1.7	2,714	1,168	629	154	58	167	139	197
22	Moses Malone M. Malone	105.7	1986-87	WAS	73	34.1	24.1	11.3	1.6	0.8	1.3	8.2	18.0	45.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	7.8	9.5	82.4	54.5	4.7	6.6	2.8	2,488	1,760	824	120	59	92	202	139
23	Thurl Bailey T. Bailey	105.8	1986-87	UTA	81	26.6	13.8	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.1	5.7	12.8	44.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	2.9	80.5	49.0	1.8	3.5	1.5	2,155	1,116	432	102	38	88	123	150
24	Chuck Person C. Person	105.9	1986-87	IND	82	36.0	18.8	8.3	3.6	1.1	0.2	7.7	16.6	46.8	0.6	1.7	35.5	2.7	3.6	74.7	51.8	2.0	6.2	2.6	2,956	1,541	677	295	90	16	211	310
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	105.9	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	8.5	16.4	52.2	0.1	0.5	20.5	6.7	7.9	84.8	60.2	1.5	4.8	3.8	2,904	1,909	504	977	138	36	300	168