best career defensive rating since 1970

Since 1969-70, Jerry Sloan has the lowest defensive rating, with a 92.3 rating.

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  • Assumption:1,000+ MIN/82TG
  • Data note: Defensive Rating: player season data complete from 1973-74
NAMEDRTGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Jerry Sloan
J. Sloan
92.3
177
34.2
12.4
6.8
1.9
2.2
0.2
4.9
11.3
43.9
2.5
3.4
72.6
48.5
2.1
4.8
6,054
2,194
1,210
332
381
32
615
2Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
92.6
71
38.0
18.1
10.7
3.6
0.9
0.5
7.9
17.1
46.1
2.3
3.1
75.6
49.0
1.9
8.8
2,699
1,282
757
253
67
39
222
3Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
93.0
269
28.3
7.6
9.6
2.5
0.5
2.1
3.0
7.3
40.8
1.7
2.8
61.2
44.9
2.8
6.8
7,609
2,053
2,571
670
125
553
738
4Elmore Smith
E. Smith
93.8
408
29.1
11.8
9.4
1.2
0.8
2.9
4.9
9.9
49.0
2.0
3.4
59.5
51.4
2.3
7.1
1.7
11,864
4,801
3,832
505
325
1,183
183
1,340
5Jim Davis
J. Davis
94.1
157
12.9
4.1
3.7
1.1
0.6
0.4
1.5
3.5
43.3
1.1
1.6
68.4
49.2
1.3
2.4
2,025
645
578
176
89
66
287
6Tom 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
7Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
94.4
73
22.3
6.2
5.1
3.2
0.4
0.3
2.7
5.8
46.2
0.9
1.3
69.8
49.2
0.8
4.3
1,627
455
374
230
28
24
134
8Curtis Perry
C. Perry
94.5
320
30.1
10.9
9.3
2.1
1.2
0.9
4.5
9.6
46.7
1.9
2.6
71.8
50.4
3.2
6.1
1.4
9,636
3,474
2,972
678
379
291
63
1,141
9Otto Moore
O. Moore
94.9
282
23.1
6.3
7.2
1.9
0.7
1.2
2.6
5.9
43.9
1.1
1.7
65.2
47.3
1.8
5.5
6,503
1,768
2,043
545
186
342
728
10Fatty Taylor
F. Taylor
95.3
79
19.6
3.8
2.7
3.6
1.7
0.1
1.7
4.0
42.0
0.5
0.8
56.9
43.9
1.1
1.5
1,548
301
211
288
132
9
202
11Gar Heard
G. Heard
95.4
583
26.6
8.9
8.0
1.8
1.3
1.3
3.7
8.9
41.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.5
2.2
65.8
44.9
2.3
5.7
1.2
15,493
5,167
4,653
1,060
784
780
349
1,711
12Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
95.5
1,392
34.0
19.0
10.8
3.0
0.7
2.2
7.4
14.6
50.6
0.0
0.1
17.9
4.2
6.1
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
47,368
26,496
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
13Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
95.5
524
37.9
17.1
12.8
4.0
1.1
0.9
7.2
15.7
46.3
0.0
0.1
7.1
2.6
3.3
80.3
50.1
3.0
9.8
2.2
19,878
8,970
6,696
2,104
599
488
543
1,945
14David Robinson
D. Robinson
95.6
987
34.7
21.1
10.6
2.5
1.4
3.0
7.5
14.4
51.8
0.0
0.1
25.0
6.1
8.3
73.6
58.3
3.1
7.5
2.4
34,271
20,790
10,497
2,441
1,388
2,954
2,417
2,835
+2454
15Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
95.7
1,088
29.5
5.7
9.6
1.3
1.3
2.0
2.4
5.0
47.4
0.0
0.0
13.7
1.0
2.5
41.4
47.4
3.2
6.5
1.0
32,085
6,254
10,482
1,437
1,369
2,137
1,061
2,078
+2103
16Happy Hairston
H. Hairston
95.8
151
32.6
12.4
13.2
2.5
0.8
0.2
4.3
8.6
50.7
3.7
4.7
78.2
58.1
4.2
8.9
4,917
1,872
1,986
381
116
28
482
17Clifford Ray
C. Ray
96.4
629
25.5
7.3
8.4
1.9
0.8
1.0
3.0
5.5
53.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
2.5
58.1
55.3
2.6
5.8
1.7
16,059
4,618
5,287
1,203
501
638
532
2,090
18Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
96.4
591
34.6
8.7
11.9
4.1
1.1
0.6
3.7
7.0
52.1
0.0
0.0
50.0
1.4
2.2
62.5
54.4
3.5
8.4
1.9
20,468
5,141
7,059
2,400
628
367
579
1,615
19Cornell Warner
C. Warner
96.4
246
26.9
6.8
8.1
1.3
0.5
0.6
2.8
6.0
47.6
1.2
1.6
70.5
51.1
2.4
5.7
6,606
1,680
2,000
315
132
144
782
20Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
96.4
100
35.0
18.4
8.7
5.5
1.2
0.5
7.1
16.7
42.5
4.1
5.3
77.6
48.1
1.6
7.1
3,499
1,837
873
549
115
45
327
21Bill Walton
B. Walton
96.5
468
28.3
13.3
10.5
3.4
0.8
2.2
5.5
10.5
52.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.4
3.6
66.0
55.1
2.4
8.2
2.7
13,250
6,215
4,923
1,590
380
1,034
865
1,298
22Sam Lacey
S. Lacey
96.5
761
30.8
9.5
9.0
4.3
1.3
1.5
3.8
8.7
44.3
0.0
0.1
18.8
1.8
2.4
75.0
48.7
2.2
6.9
2.2
23,463
7,206
6,873
3,275
999
1,160
978
2,636
23Arvydas Sabonis
A. Sabonis
96.6
470
24.2
12.0
7.3
2.1
0.8
1.1
4.4
8.9
50.0
0.3
0.9
32.8
2.8
3.6
78.6
57.4
1.6
5.7
1.8
11,375
5,629
3,436
964
370
494
837
1,290
+1559
24Chet Walker
C. Walker
96.6
158
32.4
19.3
5.3
2.3
0.7
0.1
6.9
14.3
48.6
5.4
6.2
86.8
56.7
1.6
3.8
5,113
3,044
838
369
117
10
382
25Tom Burleson
T. Burleson
96.6
446
21.1
9.4
6.3
1.3
0.7
1.3
3.5
7.9
44.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.4
3.3
72.6
50.3
2.1
4.2
1.2
9,425
4,190
2,794
601
312
591
236
1,317

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TEAMWLPCTGB
11
4
8
.333
6.0
12
4
9
.308
6.5
13
3
9
.250
7.0
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7:00 PM
Wed
11/18
@
7:30 PM
Fri
11/20
@
8:00 PM
Sun
11/22
@
7:00 PM
Mon
11/23
@
8:00 PM
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EasternWLPCTGB
1
10
2
.833
2
10
3
.769
0.5
3
8
4
.667
2.0
4
7
6
.538
3.5
5
7
6
.538
3.5
6
7
7
.500
4.0
7
6
6
.500
4.0
8
5
7
.417
5.0
9
5
7
.417
5.0
10
5
8
.385
5.5
11
4
8
.333
6.0
12
4
9
.308
6.5
13
3
9
.250
7.0
14
3
9
.250
7.0
15
1
12
.077
9.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
11
2
.846
2
11
2
.846
3
10
3
.769
1.0
4
9
3
.750
1.5
5
9
4
.692
2.0
6
9
4
.692
2.0
7
7
4
.636
3.0
8
8
5
.615
3.0
9
8
5
.615
3.0
10
7
6
.538
4.0
11
5
6
.455
5.0
12
4
10
.286
7.5
13
3
8
.273
7.0
14
1
11
.083
9.5
15
1
12
.077
10.0

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10/21
@
132-125
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116-128

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11/15
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11/15
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