best def rating playoffs at least 20 games

Ben Wallace has the best defensive rating with 20+ games played in a single NBA playoff run, with an 83.9 rating in 2003-04.

Interpreted as:
best def rating by a player playoffs at least 20 games
NAMEDRTGGPSEASONTMMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
83.9
23
2003-04
40.2
10.3
14.3
1.9
1.9
2.4
4.0
8.9
45.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.2
5.1
42.7
46.0
4.1
10.1
1.6
924
236
328
44
44
56
37
58
+202
2Marcus Camby
M. Camby
88.6
20
1998-99
25.5
10.4
7.7
0.3
1.2
1.9
4.1
7.2
56.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.3
3.7
61.6
59.1
2.6
5.1
0.8
509
207
153
6
24
38
15
76
+30
3Lindsey Hunter
L. Hunter
90.0
23
2003-04
11.9
2.4
1.4
0.9
0.8
0.2
0.8
2.8
29.2
0.3
1.3
23.3
0.5
0.5
91.7
39.8
0.2
1.2
0.6
273
56
33
21
18
4
13
42
-36
4Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
91.3
23
2003-04
34.9
13.0
7.8
1.6
0.6
2.0
5.1
12.4
41.3
0.7
3.0
24.3
2.0
2.6
76.7
47.9
2.0
5.7
1.9
803
299
179
37
13
45
43
78
+135
5Mehmet Okur
M. Okur
91.5
22
2003-04
11.5
3.7
2.8
0.4
0.2
0.4
1.4
3.0
47.0
0.1
0.2
40.0
0.8
1.2
69.2
52.9
0.7
2.0
0.7
252
82
61
8
5
9
15
20
-17
6Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
92.1
24
2002-03
42.5
24.7
15.4
5.3
0.6
3.3
9.1
17.2
52.9
0.0
0.3
0.0
6.5
9.7
67.7
57.7
4.0
11.4
3.2
1,021
593
369
127
15
79
76
78
+181
7Tayshaun Prince
T. Prince
92.3
23
2003-04
34.6
9.9
6.0
2.3
1.1
1.3
3.8
9.2
41.0
0.6
2.1
26.5
1.8
2.4
74.5
48.3
1.8
4.2
0.8
795
228
137
53
25
31
19
61
+127
8Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
93.5
25
2004-05
39.2
10.0
11.3
1.0
1.7
2.4
4.1
8.5
48.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
1.9
4.1
46.1
48.9
3.8
7.5
1.2
979
251
282
25
43
59
30
65
+83
9Kurt Thomas
K. Thomas
93.6
20
1998-99
21.0
5.3
5.5
0.4
0.8
0.6
2.3
5.9
38.1
0.0
0.0
0.8
1.2
69.6
41.4
1.9
3.6
1.0
419
106
110
7
15
12
19
76
+54
10David Robinson
D. Robinson
93.7
23
2002-03
23.4
7.8
6.6
0.9
0.8
1.3
2.8
5.1
54.2
0.0
0.0
2.3
3.4
66.7
59.1
2.0
4.7
1.0
539
180
152
21
18
31
24
63
+55
11Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
94.2
25
1993-94
41.3
21.9
11.7
2.6
1.3
3.0
8.4
19.2
43.7
0.2
0.4
36.4
4.9
6.5
75.5
49.5
3.5
8.2
3.3
1,032
547
293
65
32
76
83
94
12Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
94.9
20
2011-12
36.9
19.2
10.3
1.5
1.2
1.5
8.0
16.0
49.7
0.1
0.2
25.0
3.3
4.0
81.3
54.1
1.6
8.8
2.2
737
384
206
30
23
29
44
59
+138
13Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
95.0
21
2005-06
10.8
3.8
2.9
0.1
0.2
1.1
1.2
1.8
70.3
0.0
0.0
1.3
2.0
66.7
72.1
0.8
2.1
0.8
226
80
61
3
5
24
17
49
+60
14Charlie Ward
C. Ward
95.1
20
1998-99
24.7
4.6
2.3
3.8
1.8
0.2
1.7
4.7
36.6
0.9
2.8
32.1
0.3
0.4
75.0
47.7
0.6
1.7
1.2
494
92
46
75
35
3
24
45
-9
15Darvin Ham
D. Ham
95.1
22
2003-04
4.9
0.7
0.6
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.7
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
50.0
0.4
0.3
0.4
108
16
14
1
3
4
8
19
-28
16Antonio McDyess
A. McDyess
95.3
25
2004-05
19.8
8.0
5.9
0.8
0.6
0.9
3.5
7.2
48.6
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.4
69.4
51.1
1.8
4.0
1.0
494
201
147
19
14
23
25
78
+52
17Kenyon Martin
K. Martin
95.3
20
2002-03
38.9
18.9
9.4
2.9
1.5
1.6
7.5
16.5
45.3
0.1
0.6
9.1
4.0
5.7
69.3
49.8
2.5
6.9
2.9
777
378
187
57
29
31
58
92
+84
18Draymond Green
D. Green
95.8
21
2014-15
37.3
13.7
10.1
5.2
1.8
1.2
4.8
11.4
41.7
1.1
4.3
26.4
3.0
4.1
73.6
51.7
2.2
7.9
2.8
784
288
212
109
38
25
58
89
+192
19Anderson Varejao
A. Varejao
95.9
20
2006-07
22.4
6.0
6.0
0.6
1.1
0.6
2.3
4.5
51.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
1.4
2.4
56.3
53.5
2.3
3.7
1.0
447
119
119
11
21
11
20
53
+94
20Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
95.9
21
1977-78
41.3
21.8
13.3
2.0
1.5
2.5
9.0
18.3
49.1
3.8
6.3
59.4
51.5
4.9
8.4
2.8
868
457
279
43
32
52
58
86
21Mike James
M. James
95.9
22
2003-04
8.9
2.6
1.2
1.1
0.2
0.0
1.0
2.4
39.6
0.3
0.6
42.9
0.4
0.7
56.3
47.5
0.3
0.9
0.7
195
57
26
24
5
0
15
23
+24
22Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
96.1
22
2003-04
41.7
21.5
13.2
2.5
0.3
2.8
8.3
14.0
59.3
0.0
0.0
5.0
11.5
42.9
56.5
4.1
9.1
2.5
917
473
291
55
7
61
55
90
+91
23Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
96.2
25
2004-05
33.0
13.6
6.9
1.3
1.0
1.8
5.4
12.4
43.9
1.2
3.4
33.7
1.6
2.2
74.1
51.1
1.6
5.4
1.5
826
341
173
32
26
44
38
95
+118
24Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
96.3
23
2003-04
38.3
16.4
3.0
5.9
1.3
0.1
4.8
12.4
38.5
1.6
4.7
34.6
5.3
5.9
89.0
54.6
0.6
2.4
2.6
881
378
70
136
31
2
60
57
+139
25Richard Hamilton
R. Hamilton
96.3
23
2003-04
40.2
21.5
4.6
4.2
1.2
0.0
7.9
17.6
44.7
0.7
1.7
38.5
5.1
6.0
84.8
53.0
1.4
3.2
3.1
924
494
106
97
27
1
72
72
+178
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1974 playoffs.

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.726
2
42
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.667
3.5
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5.0
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13.0
10
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14.0
11
27
35
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18.0
12
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37
.413
19.5
13
16
46
.258
29.0
14
16
47
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29.5
15
15
48
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30.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
50
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.769
2
46
17
.730
3.0
3
39
23
.629
9.5
4
40
24
.625
9.5
5
39
25
.609
10.5
6
38
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.603
11.0
7
36
27
.571
13.0
8
32
31
.508
17.0
9
31
32
.492
18.0
10
30
34
.469
19.5
11
23
39
.371
25.5
12
21
42
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20
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.308
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