Alonzo Mourning had the lowest defensive rating in 1996-97, with a 95.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

1997 player with 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	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	95.3	1996-97	MIA	66	35.2	19.8	9.9	1.6	0.8	2.9	7.2	13.4	53.4	0.0	0.1	11.1	5.5	8.6	64.2	57.8	2.9	7.1	3.4	2,320	1,310	656	104	56	189	226	272	+465
2	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	95.5	1996-97	NYK	78	37.0	22.4	10.7	2.0	0.9	2.4	8.4	17.2	48.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.6	7.5	75.4	54.8	2.2	8.4	3.4	2,887	1,751	834	156	69	189	269	250	+315
3	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	96.7	1996-97	ATL	80	37.2	13.3	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	4.8	9.0	52.7	0.0	0.0		3.8	5.4	70.5	58.4	3.4	8.3	2.3	2,973	1,066	929	110	49	264	186	249	+432
4	P.J. Brown	98.0	1996-97	MIA	80	32.4	9.5	8.4	1.2	1.1	1.2	3.8	8.2	45.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.8	73.2	50.5	3.0	5.4	1.4	2,592	761	670	92	85	98	113	283	+346
5	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	98.5	1996-97	NYK	80	35.9	10.8	9.8	2.8	1.4	0.3	4.2	8.7	48.8	0.1	0.2	26.3	2.3	2.8	80.8	54.5	3.1	6.7	2.1	2,873	864	781	221	111	21	171	305	+105
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	99.0	1996-97	HOU	78	36.6	23.2	9.2	3.0	1.5	2.2	9.3	18.3	51.0	0.1	0.2	31.3	4.5	5.7	78.7	55.8	2.2	7.0	3.6	2,852	1,810	716	236	117	173	281	249	+382
7	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	99.0	1996-97	SEA	81	34.0	18.7	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	6.5	12.7	51.0	0.1	0.4	36.4	5.6	7.5	74.2	58.3	3.4	6.6	3.5	2,750	1,516	807	156	125	81	280	320	+462
8	Grant Hill G. Hill	99.7	1996-97	DET	80	39.3	21.4	9.0	7.3	1.8	0.6	7.8	15.7	49.6	0.1	0.4	30.3	5.6	7.9	71.1	55.6	1.5	7.5	3.2	3,147	1,710	721	583	144	48	259	186	+413
9	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	100.0	1996-97	HOU	53	37.9	19.2	13.5	4.7	1.3	0.5	6.3	13.1	48.4	1.1	3.9	28.3	5.4	7.8	69.4	58.1	4.0	9.5	2.8	2,009	1,016	716	248	69	25	151	153	+312
10	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	100.1	1996-97	ATL	78	39.2	17.4	5.3	5.9	2.7	0.3	6.4	14.9	43.2	2.8	7.7	36.6	1.7	2.2	75.3	54.8	1.5	3.8	2.4	3,056	1,354	413	463	212	20	185	141	+585
11	Tyrone Hill T. Hill	100.5	1996-97	CLE	74	34.9	12.9	9.9	1.2	0.9	0.4	4.8	8.0	60.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	5.1	63.3	62.6	3.5	6.4	2.0	2,582	955	736	92	63	30	147	268	+243
12	Chris Webber C. Webber	100.5	1996-97	WAS	72	39.0	20.1	10.3	4.6	1.7	1.9	8.4	16.2	51.8	0.8	2.1	39.7	2.5	4.3	56.5	55.4	3.3	7.0	3.2	2,806	1,445	743	331	122	137	230	258	+158
13	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	100.9	1996-97	ATL	82	38.3	18.1	8.8	2.7	1.2	0.8	6.7	13.8	48.6	0.4	1.1	35.2	4.4	5.4	81.6	56.2	2.6	6.2	2.7	3,140	1,486	720	223	102	64	218	277	+582
14	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	101.2	1996-97	CHI	82	37.7	20.2	6.5	5.7	1.9	0.5	7.9	16.7	47.4	1.9	5.2	36.8	2.5	3.5	70.1	55.4	2.0	4.5	2.6	3,095	1,656	531	467	154	45	214	213	+807
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	101.2	1996-97	UTA	82	36.6	27.4	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	8.4	75.5	60.0	2.4	7.5	2.8	2,998	2,249	809	368	113	48	233	217	+768
16	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	101.8	1996-97	CLE	78	36.8	19.5	3.9	6.3	1.8	0.4	7.4	16.8	43.8	1.3	3.5	37.3	3.4	3.8	90.2	52.6	0.6	3.2	2.3	2,868	1,519	301	490	138	30	178	177	+128
17	John Starks J. Starks	101.8	1996-97	NYK	77	26.5	13.8	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	4.8	11.1	43.1	1.9	5.3	36.9	2.2	2.9	76.9	55.5	0.5	2.2	2.1	2,042	1,061	205	217	90	11	158	196	+209
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	101.8	1996-97	CHI	82	37.9	29.6	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	11.2	23.1	48.6	1.4	3.6	37.4	5.9	7.0	83.3	56.7	1.4	4.5	2.0	3,106	2,431	482	352	140	44	166	156	+818
19	Bob Sura B. Sura	101.9	1996-97	CLE	82	27.7	9.2	3.8	4.8	1.1	0.4	3.1	7.2	43.1	0.6	2.0	32.3	2.4	3.9	61.4	51.9	0.9	2.8	2.2	2,269	755	308	390	90	33	181	218	+11
20	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	102.0	1996-97	MIA	81	38.7	20.3	3.4	8.6	1.9	0.1	7.1	17.1	41.5	2.5	7.3	34.4	3.6	4.5	79.9	53.2	0.6	2.8	2.8	3,136	1,644	277	695	151	9	230	165	+535
21	Bobby Phills B. Phills	102.4	1996-97	CLE	69	34.4	12.6	3.6	3.4	1.6	0.3	4.8	11.1	42.8	1.2	3.1	39.4	1.8	2.5	71.8	51.4	0.9	2.6	2.0	2,375	866	245	233	113	21	135	174	+111
22	Dale Davis D. Davis	102.5	1996-97	IND	80	32.4	10.4	9.7	0.7	0.8	1.0	4.6	8.6	53.8	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.7	42.8	53.2	3.8	5.9	1.4	2,589	832	772	59	60	77	108	233	+12
23	Chris Childs C. Childs	102.6	1996-97	NYK	65	31.9	9.3	2.9	6.1	1.2	0.2	3.2	7.8	41.4	1.1	2.8	38.7	1.7	2.3	75.8	52.6	0.3	2.6	2.8	2,076	605	191	398	78	11	180	213	+163
24	Chris Mills C. Mills	102.9	1996-97	CLE	80	39.6	13.4	6.2	2.5	1.1	0.5	5.1	11.2	45.3	1.1	2.8	39.1	2.2	2.6	84.2	54.4	1.5	4.7	1.5	3,167	1,072	497	198	86	41	120	222	+219
25	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	103.0	1996-97	HOU	62	36.6	18.0	6.0	5.7	1.9	0.6	6.4	14.5	44.2	1.9	5.4	35.5	3.2	4.3	75.0	54.8	1.9	4.1	2.5	2,271	1,114	373	354	119	36	156	151	+365

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
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Playoffs APG Leaders

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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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