best defensive rating 90s by center

Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, David Robinson had the best defensive rating by a center, with a 96.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games 90s by center
NAMEDRTGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1David Robinson
D. Robinson
96.3
685
37.0
24.4
11.5
3.0
1.6
3.4
8.6
16.5
52.3
0.0
0.1
25.8
7.1
9.7
74.0
58.9
3.4
8.1
2.8
25,364
16,715
7,881
2,028
1,073
2,323
1,944
2,057
+708
2Arvydas Sabonis
A. Sabonis
96.6
265
27.1
14.2
8.5
2.3
0.9
1.2
5.1
10.1
50.7
0.5
1.4
33.3
3.4
4.4
77.8
58.7
1.9
6.6
2.2
7,179
3,759
2,257
613
226
305
580
828
+809
3Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Z. Ilgauskas
97.1
87
29.3
14.0
8.8
0.9
0.6
1.6
5.6
10.7
51.8
0.0
0.0
25.0
2.9
3.8
74.7
56.3
3.4
5.4
1.8
2,550
1,215
767
75
56
142
155
312
+199
4Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
97.3
689
38.1
23.9
11.6
3.0
1.8
3.5
9.6
18.7
51.3
0.0
0.1
24.0
4.7
6.3
74.7
55.7
2.9
8.7
3.3
26,260
16,484
8,000
2,079
1,229
2,381
2,240
2,445
+513
5Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
97.3
702
37.2
24.1
11.0
2.2
0.9
2.7
9.4
18.7
50.3
0.0
0.1
19.2
5.3
7.0
74.8
55.3
2.4
8.6
3.2
26,132
16,914
7,733
1,511
661
1,898
2,225
2,398
+446
6Robert Traylor
R. Traylor
97.9
49
16.0
5.3
3.7
0.8
0.9
0.9
2.2
4.1
53.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.6
53.8
54.8
1.6
2.1
0.9
786
259
182
38
44
44
42
140
+68
7Greg Ostertag
G. Ostertag
99.1
245
20.8
5.5
6.0
0.3
0.3
2.0
2.1
4.2
49.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.3
2.1
61.0
52.8
1.9
4.0
0.9
5,107
1,337
1,462
80
69
478
218
630
+1042
8Tony Battie
T. Battie
99.1
50
22.4
6.7
6.0
1.1
0.6
1.4
2.9
5.7
51.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.8
1.2
67.2
54.1
1.9
4.1
0.9
1,121
335
300
53
29
71
45
159
+7
9Michael Doleac
M. Doleac
99.6
49
15.9
6.2
3.0
0.4
0.4
0.3
2.6
5.4
46.8
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.6
67.5
50.3
1.3
1.7
0.5
780
304
148
20
19
17
26
117
+128
10Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
99.7
603
36.7
12.9
12.1
1.5
0.5
3.6
4.6
8.8
52.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.7
5.5
66.3
57.4
3.7
8.3
2.4
22,130
7,762
7,282
900
322
2,174
1,464
2,009
+1078
11Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
100.2
455
35.8
21.0
10.2
1.5
0.7
3.0
7.3
14.0
52.1
0.0
0.2
26.3
6.3
8.8
71.2
58.5
3.1
7.1
3.3
16,286
9,541
4,624
662
303
1,372
1,482
1,654
+1234
12Ervin Johnson
E. Johnson
100.5
403
21.3
5.6
6.8
0.5
0.6
1.6
2.2
4.4
50.7
0.0
0.0
16.7
1.1
1.8
62.1
53.7
2.2
4.7
1.1
8,593
2,249
2,758
220
240
660
458
1,213
-447
13Joe Smith
J. Smith
100.9
43
33.0
13.7
8.2
1.6
0.7
1.5
5.2
12.1
42.7
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.3
4.4
75.5
48.6
3.6
4.7
1.5
1,418
588
354
68
32
66
66
147
+26
14Chris Dudley
C. Dudley
101.3
560
22.3
4.6
7.7
0.5
0.4
1.5
1.8
4.5
40.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.9
48.9
43.2
3.1
4.6
0.9
12,498
2,593
4,332
256
247
849
523
1,744
+114
15Isaac Austin
I. Austin
101.6
300
20.1
8.6
4.9
1.3
0.6
0.5
3.4
7.3
46.3
0.0
0.1
10.0
1.9
2.8
66.4
50.5
1.6
3.2
1.8
6,025
2,586
1,455
393
168
160
529
709
-6
16Jim McIlvaine
J. McIlvaine
101.7
317
14.8
2.8
3.1
0.2
0.3
1.8
1.1
2.4
45.6
0.0
0.0
10.0
0.6
1.1
55.3
48.4
1.2
1.9
0.6
4,686
887
978
65
103
559
184
812
+400
17Michael Stewart
M. Stewart
101.8
123
17.5
3.5
5.2
0.5
0.3
1.8
1.4
3.1
47.1
0.0
0.0
0.7
1.4
49.1
48.5
2.0
3.2
0.8
2,155
436
635
66
33
223
97
327
-176
18Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
101.8
455
37.3
27.1
12.2
2.5
0.8
2.6
10.9
18.8
57.8
0.0
0.0
6.3
5.4
10.1
53.6
58.4
4.0
8.2
2.9
16,985
12,343
5,537
1,131
364
1,197
1,331
1,581
+1142
19Vitaly Potapenko
V. Potapenko
101.9
210
19.3
7.3
4.1
0.8
0.4
0.5
3.0
6.3
47.2
0.0
0.0
25.0
1.4
2.0
67.2
50.8
1.6
2.5
1.6
4,044
1,534
862
172
88
98
341
583
-29
20Theo Ratliff
T. Ratliff
102.0
233
21.6
6.8
4.7
0.4
0.4
2.1
2.6
5.0
52.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.6
2.2
70.2
57.1
1.9
2.8
1.0
5,044
1,589
1,100
83
95
485
228
617
+112
21Chris Webber
C. Webber
102.2
147
35.7
19.6
9.3
3.7
1.4
2.0
8.3
16.2
51.3
0.4
1.5
29.7
2.6
4.7
56.0
53.9
3.3
6.0
2.7
5,247
2,888
1,368
545
204
288
391
516
+45
22Kevin Willis
K. Willis
102.3
42
29.0
12.0
8.3
1.6
0.7
0.7
4.5
10.6
41.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.1
3.7
83.9
48.9
2.6
5.7
2.0
1,216
504
350
67
28
28
86
134
-75
23Travis Knight
T. Knight
102.3
182
17.5
5.4
4.5
1.0
0.6
0.9
2.2
4.6
47.4
0.1
0.3
26.8
0.9
1.3
71.1
51.8
1.7
2.8
0.9
3,184
980
812
174
106
167
171
531
+3
24Shawn Bradley
S. Bradley
102.4
396
29.0
11.0
7.9
0.9
0.7
3.4
4.5
10.2
44.2
0.0
0.1
8.0
2.0
3.0
67.1
47.8
2.7
5.2
1.9
11,483
4,338
3,124
366
274
1,330
755
1,398
-242
25Vlade Divac
V. Divac
102.5
715
30.5
12.5
8.8
2.9
1.2
1.6
4.9
9.7
50.4
0.1
0.5
23.3
2.6
3.7
70.3
55.1
2.8
6.0
2.2
21,793
8,902
6,257
2,044
875
1,158
1,591
2,401
+507
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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WesternWLPCTGB
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64
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.780
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62
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.756
2.0
3
54
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.659
10.0
4
53
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.646
11.0
5
52
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.634
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49
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45
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