
Marques Bolden had the best defensive rating with a defensive rating above 0.0 in 2019-20, with a 69.2 rating in his rookie season.
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2020 leaders in defensive rating by a player team| 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 | +/- | ||
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| 1 | M. Bolden | 69.2 | 2019-20 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +4 | ||||||
| 2 | T. Fall | 93.2 | 2019-20 | 7 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 78.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 33.3 | 75.1 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +7 | |||
| 3 | G. Antetokounmpo | 97.0 | 2019-20 | 63 | 30.4 | 29.5 | 13.6 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 10.9 | 19.7 | 55.3 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 30.4 | 6.3 | 10.0 | 63.3 | 61.3 | 2.2 | 11.4 | 3.7 | 1,917 | 1,857 | 856 | 354 | 61 | 66 | 230 | 195 | +682 | ||
| 4 | R. Anderson | 97.8 | 2019-20 | 2 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 28.6 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.7 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +7 | |||
| 5 | R. Williams III | 98.2 | 2019-20 | 29 | 13.4 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 72.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 64.7 | 72.8 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 388 | 150 | 128 | 27 | 22 | 35 | 21 | 51 | +36 | |||
| 6 | B. Lopez | 100.1 | 2019-20 | 68 | 26.7 | 12.0 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 9.9 | 43.5 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 31.4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 83.6 | 55.1 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1,817 | 813 | 312 | 99 | 46 | 163 | 70 | 163 | +526 | ||
| 7 | D. Hernandez | 100.6 | 2019-20 | 6 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 35.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 60.0 | 43.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | +11 | ||
| 8 | J. McGee | 101.0 | 2019-20 | 68 | 16.6 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 63.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 50.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 64.6 | 65.2 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 1,130 | 446 | 390 | 37 | 36 | 94 | 55 | 159 | +131 | ||
| 9 | C. Boucher | 101.0 | 2019-20 | 62 | 13.2 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 47.2 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 32.2 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 78.4 | 58.7 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 819 | 411 | 277 | 26 | 22 | 61 | 28 | 114 | +99 | ||
| 10 | D. DiVincenzo | 101.2 | 2019-20 | 66 | 23.0 | 9.2 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 7.7 | 45.5 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 33.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 73.3 | 55.7 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1,520 | 610 | 318 | 154 | 85 | 20 | 90 | 113 | +409 | ||
| 11 | N. Pelle | 101.4 | 2019-20 | 24 | 9.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 52.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 50.0 | 52.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 232 | 57 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 55 | -74 | ||
| 12 | A. Davis | 101.8 | 2019-20 | 62 | 34.4 | 26.1 | 9.3 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 8.9 | 17.7 | 50.3 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 33.0 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 84.6 | 61.0 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 2,131 | 1,618 | 577 | 200 | 91 | 143 | 154 | 156 | +241 | ||
| 13 | N. Noel | 101.9 | 2019-20 | 61 | 18.5 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 68.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 75.5 | 71.1 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1,127 | 449 | 300 | 57 | 59 | 91 | 66 | 166 | +27 | ||
| 14 | C. Brewer | 102.2 | 2019-20 | 5 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 33.3 | 47.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | +5 | ||
| 15 | E. Ilyasova | 102.3 | 2019-20 | 63 | 15.7 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 46.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 36.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 82.8 | 58.9 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 986 | 414 | 302 | 49 | 24 | 17 | 34 | 95 | +81 | ||
| 16 | S. Brown | 102.5 | 2019-20 | 52 | 14.7 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 37.1 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 32.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 80.0 | 48.6 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 766 | 266 | 183 | 51 | 29 | 7 | 42 | 54 | +67 | ||
| 17 | D. Howard | 102.6 | 2019-20 | 69 | 18.9 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 72.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 60.0 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 51.4 | 69.6 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 1,306 | 517 | 507 | 45 | 31 | 79 | 84 | 222 | +162 | ||
| 18 | S. Johnson | 102.7 | 2019-20 | 25 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 37.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 29.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 56.3 | 45.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 150 | 60 | 37 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | +12 | ||
| 19 | J. Isaac | 102.8 | 2019-20 | 34 | 28.8 | 11.9 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 9.8 | 47.0 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 34.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 77.9 | 55.2 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 980 | 404 | 231 | 48 | 53 | 78 | 49 | 83 | +18 | ||
| 20 | T. Horton-Tucker | 102.9 | 2019-20 | 6 | 13.5 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 46.7 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 30.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 50.0 | 53.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 81 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 10 | -19 | ||
| 21 | T. Antetokounmpo | 102.9 | 2019-20 | 20 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 41.2 | 49.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 129 | 55 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 18 | -16 | ||
| 22 | A. Drummond | 103.0 | 2019-20 | TOT | 57 | 33.0 | 17.7 | 15.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 7.3 | 13.8 | 53.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 14.3 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 57.5 | 55.3 | 4.4 | 10.8 | 3.6 | 1,879 | 1,010 | 864 | 152 | 109 | 93 | 203 | 201 | -191 | |
| 23 | KZ Okpala | 103.1 | 2019-20 | 5 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 50.0 | 59.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -15 | ||
| 24 | M. Gasol | 103.2 | 2019-20 | 44 | 26.4 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 6.3 | 42.7 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 38.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 73.5 | 55.1 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 1,161 | 331 | 275 | 147 | 34 | 38 | 59 | 124 | +267 | ||
| 25 | M. Bamba | 103.2 | 2019-20 | 62 | 14.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 46.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 34.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 67.4 | 54.2 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 878 | 332 | 302 | 42 | 23 | 86 | 42 | 116 | +20 | ||
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| Eastern | W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 57 | 21 | .731 | ||
| 2 | 52 | 25 | .675 | 4.5 | |
| 3 | 50 | 28 | .641 | 7.0 | |
| 4 | 48 | 29 | .623 | 8.5 | |
| 5 | 45 | 33 | .577 | 12.0 | |
| 6 | 43 | 34 | .558 | 13.5 | |
| 7 | 43 | 35 | .551 | 14.0 | |
| 8 | 42 | 36 | .538 | 15.0 | |
| 9 | 41 | 36 | .532 | 15.5 | |
| 10 | 41 | 37 | .526 | 16.0 | |
| 11 | 30 | 47 | .390 | 26.5 | |
| 12 | 29 | 48 | .377 | 27.5 | |
| 13 | 18 | 59 | .234 | 38.5 | |
| 14 | 18 | 59 | .234 | 38.5 | |
| 15 | 17 | 60 | .221 | 39.5 |
| Western | W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 61 | 16 | .792 | ||
| 2 | 59 | 19 | .756 | 2.5 | |
| 3 | 50 | 27 | .649 | 11.0 | |
| 4 | 50 | 28 | .641 | 11.5 | |
| 5 | 48 | 29 | .623 | 13.0 | |
| 6 | 46 | 31 | .597 | 15.0 | |
| 7 | 42 | 35 | .545 | 19.0 | |
| 8 | 40 | 38 | .513 | 21.5 | |
| 9 | 39 | 38 | .506 | 22.0 | |
| 10 | 36 | 41 | .468 | 25.0 | |
| 11 | 25 | 52 | .325 | 36.0 | |
| 12 | 25 | 53 | .321 | 36.5 | |
| 13 | 24 | 53 | .312 | 37.0 | |
| 14 | 21 | 57 | .269 | 40.5 | |
| 15 | 21 | 57 | .269 | 40.5 |





