active player career defense rankings

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a defensive rating of 99.4 in his career.

NAMEDRTGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
99.4
1,239
35.3
22.9
10.0
3.5
0.9
2.6
9.4
16.8
56.1
0.0
0.0
5.6
4.0
5.4
73.6
59.5
2.4
7.6
2.7
43,787
28,316
12,369
4,302
1,160
3,189
2,527
3,667
2Mahdi Abdul-Rahman
M. Abdul-Rahman
100.2
49
11.7
3.8
1.2
2.5
0.5
0.1
1.6
3.7
42.2
0.7
0.9
75.6
46.5
0.4
0.8
571
186
57
122
26
6
78
3Zaid Abdul-Aziz
Z. Abdul-Aziz
96.2
209
21.5
8.3
7.8
1.4
0.6
1.0
3.1
7.1
44.2
2.0
2.6
77.7
50.3
2.4
5.4
0.7
4,485
1,726
1,627
283
131
205
11
434
4Don Adams
D. Adams
97.4
258
23.6
6.9
4.7
1.7
1.1
0.2
2.8
6.8
40.7
1.4
2.0
72.1
45.3
1.4
3.3
6,088
1,793
1,208
439
283
55
750
5Rick Adelman
R. Adelman
96.2
113
15.0
4.4
1.5
1.5
0.9
0.1
1.7
4.1
40.6
1.1
1.6
70.9
46.4
0.4
1.1
1,692
501
164
168
106
9
164
6Lucius Allen
L. Allen
100.3
400
30.4
14.7
3.3
4.8
1.5
0.3
6.0
13.2
45.6
2.6
3.3
77.6
49.9
1.0
2.3
2.3
12,171
5,863
1,309
1,912
604
124
247
1,088
7Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
105.0
638
33.4
16.2
2.1
6.9
1.1
0.1
5.7
12.4
46.1
0.1
0.3
22.4
4.7
5.8
80.6
54.0
0.5
1.6
2.7
21,339
10,309
1,359
4,415
719
81
1,123
1,379
8Dennis Awtrey
D. Awtrey
100.5
523
19.9
4.6
4.2
2.1
0.4
0.3
1.8
3.9
45.5
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.5
66.8
49.8
1.3
2.9
1.1
10,386
2,389
2,217
1,103
186
182
245
1,116
9Mike Bantom
M. Bantom
102.3
706
27.9
12.1
6.4
2.3
0.9
0.7
4.9
10.4
46.8
0.0
0.1
20.0
2.4
3.4
69.2
50.8
2.3
4.1
2.4
19,725
8,568
4,517
1,623
630
478
946
2,489
10Dick Barnett
D. Barnett
99.4
5
11.6
4.4
0.8
1.2
0.2
0.0
2.0
5.2
38.5
0.4
0.6
66.7
40.3
0.2
0.6
58
22
4
6
1
0
2
11Jim Barnett
J. Barnett
102.1
237
19.9
9.0
2.1
2.1
0.6
0.1
3.5
7.8
44.9
2.0
2.5
81.0
50.8
0.8
1.3
4,722
2,137
503
498
131
30
420
12Rick Barry
R. Barry
99.5
554
35.4
21.2
5.2
5.7
2.0
0.5
8.6
19.1
44.9
1.0
3.1
33.0
3.9
4.2
91.6
50.5
0.9
4.3
2.5
19,585
11,729
2,876
3,163
1,104
269
574
1,464
13Butch Beard
B. Beard
99.9
392
24.2
9.2
3.7
3.5
1.3
0.1
3.6
7.2
50.3
1.9
2.5
77.3
55.3
1.2
2.5
1.9
9,505
3,591
1,452
1,365
499
36
164
1,105
14Ron Behagen
R. Behagen
97.5
388
23.5
10.3
7.0
1.6
0.7
0.4
4.1
9.7
42.5
0.0
0.0
2.0
2.7
75.4
47.2
2.3
4.7
1.9
9,131
3,977
2,712
624
290
160
189
1,293
15Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
98.7
78
31.5
13.0
9.6
2.4
0.7
0.6
5.0
10.3
48.7
3.0
4.9
61.0
52.3
3.4
6.2
2,454
1,017
745
189
52
48
234
16Dennis Bell
D. Bell
97.1
63
8.7
2.8
1.9
0.4
0.4
0.2
1.2
3.2
37.4
0.4
0.7
53.5
39.4
0.8
1.1
545
175
119
28
28
10
65
17Henry Bibby
H. Bibby
102.7
620
24.2
8.9
2.4
3.5
0.9
0.1
3.3
7.9
42.5
0.3
0.9
29.3
2.2
2.8
77.9
49.2
0.7
1.7
1.8
15,000
5,546
1,499
2,195
561
34
573
1,297
18Dave Bing
D. Bing
100.4
386
33.8
15.8
3.0
5.8
1.3
0.2
6.1
13.8
44.2
3.7
4.5
80.4
50.2
1.1
1.9
2.7
13,063
6,111
1,159
2,232
483
89
216
1,097
19John Block
J. Block
96.6
138
19.7
8.3
4.5
1.1
0.8
0.5
3.2
7.1
44.3
2.0
2.6
79.0
50.5
1.4
3.1
2,723
1,150
623
145
111
67
352
20Tom Boerwinkle
T. Boerwinkle
94.3
304
16.8
4.9
5.8
2.9
0.4
0.5
2.0
4.1
49.2
0.9
1.3
67.9
52.8
1.8
4.0
1.2
5,119
1,501
1,756
882
110
138
26
689
21Freddie Boyd
F. Boyd
102.2
245
21.9
7.9
1.3
2.8
0.8
0.1
3.3
7.7
42.4
1.3
2.0
66.1
45.7
0.2
1.1
1.0
5,372
1,924
323
685
184
29
20
467
22Steve Bracey
S. Bracey
100.7
117
15.4
5.8
1.6
2.4
0.6
0.1
2.5
5.6
45.4
0.8
1.1
70.1
48.2
0.3
1.3
1,803
684
184
283
74
6
198
23Bill Bradley
B. Bradley
101.0
310
30.1
11.0
2.7
2.8
0.7
0.2
4.8
10.7
44.3
1.5
1.7
87.0
47.8
0.6
2.1
9,336
3,400
841
864
209
65
939
24Jim Brewer
J. Brewer
98.5
703
22.7
5.8
6.3
1.5
0.8
0.7
2.5
5.7
44.8
0.0
0.1
7.7
0.8
1.3
57.1
46.7
2.4
4.0
0.9
15,936
4,099
4,458
1,038
556
510
332
1,536
25Bill Bridges
B. Bridges
97.7
97
23.0
6.5
6.5
1.8
0.7
0.4
2.6
6.2
41.4
1.4
2.0
67.2
45.8
2.6
3.9
2,227
635
633
179
69
36
284
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119.4

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117.2

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2.2

14th

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35.8

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TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
23
1
.958
2
Lakers Lakers
17
6
.739
5.5
3
Nuggets Nuggets
17
6
.739
5.5
4
Rockets Rockets
15
6
.714
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
16
7
.696
6.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
12/10
SAS SAS
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM
Thu
12/18
LAL LAL
@
UTA UTA
9:00 PM
Sat
12/20
LAL LAL
@
LAC LAC
10:30 PM
Tue
12/23
LAL LAL
@
PHX PHX
9:00 PM
Thu
12/25
HOU HOU
@
LAL LAL
8:00 PM
Last Game
LAL Lakers

17 - 6

112

Final

108

PHI 76ers

13 - 10

Sun 7 Dec 2025

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WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
23
1
.958
2
Lakers Lakers
17
6
.739
5.5
3
Nuggets Nuggets
17
6
.739
5.5
4
Rockets Rockets
15
6
.714
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
16
7
.696
6.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
15
9
.625
8.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
19
5
.792
2
Knicks Knicks
16
7
.696
2.5
3
Celtics Celtics
15
9
.625
4.0
4
Raptors Raptors
15
10
.600
4.5
5
Magic Magic
14
10
.583
5.0
6
Heat Heat
14
10
.583
5.0

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
11/10
MEM MEM
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NYK NYK
120-133
Mon
11/10
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@
OKC OKC
102-126
Mon
11/10
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
100-102
Mon
11/10
IND IND
@
UTA UTA
128-152
Mon
11/10
DEN DEN
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SAC SAC
122-108

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
12/9
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
6:00 PM
Tue
12/9
NYK NYK
@
TOR TOR
8:30 PM
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12/10
PHX PHX
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OKC OKC
7:30 PM
Wed
12/10
SAS SAS
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LAL LAL
10:00 PM
Thu
12/11
BOS BOS
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MIL MIL
8:00 PM