Moses Malone had the best defensive rating in 1982-83, with a 96.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 1983

	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
1	Moses Malone M. Malone	96.5	1982-83	PHI	78	37.5	24.5	15.3	1.3	1.1	2.0	8.4	16.7	50.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	10.1	76.1	57.8	5.7	9.6	3.4	2,922	1,908	1,194	101	89	157	264	206
2	Rick Mahorn R. Mahorn	96.6	1982-83	WAS	82	36.9	11.0	9.5	1.4	1.0	1.8	4.6	9.4	49.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	3.1	57.5	51.0	2.1	7.4	2.1	3,023	898	779	115	86	148	170	335
3	Tree Rollins T. Rollins	96.6	1982-83	ATL	80	30.9	7.8	9.3	0.9	0.6	4.3	3.3	6.4	51.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.7	72.6	54.3	2.6	6.7	1.2	2,472	620	743	75	49	343	95	294
4	Buck Williams B. Williams	96.9	1982-83	NJN	82	36.1	17.0	12.5	1.5	1.1	1.3	6.5	11.1	58.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	6.4	62.0	61.1	4.5	8.1	3.0	2,961	1,396	1,027	125	91	110	246	270
5	Larry Nance L. Nance	97.5	1982-83	PHX	82	35.5	16.7	8.7	2.4	1.2	2.6	7.2	13.0	55.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	2.4	3.5	67.2	57.3	2.9	5.7	2.3	2,914	1,370	710	197	99	217	190	254
6	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	97.6	1982-83	NJN	81	25.8	12.0	5.2	1.4	0.8	1.9	5.0	8.3	59.9	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.2	64.6	61.9	1.6	3.6	3.5	2,093	968	420	114	67	152	281	379
7	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	97.7	1982-83	WAS	79	36.2	19.4	11.0	3.0	0.9	1.0	7.3	13.3	55.2	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.7	6.9	68.9	59.5	3.7	7.3	3.8	2,862	1,536	871	234	74	77	297	312
8	Robert Parish R. Parish	98.0	1982-83	BOS	78	31.5	19.3	10.6	1.8	1.0	1.9	7.9	14.4	55.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	5.0	69.8	58.2	3.3	7.3	2.4	2,459	1,509	827	141	79	148	185	222
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	98.0	1982-83	BOS	79	37.7	23.6	11.0	5.8	1.9	0.9	9.5	18.7	50.4	0.3	1.0	28.6	4.4	5.3	84.0	56.1	2.4	8.6	3.0	2,982	1,867	870	458	148	71	240	197
10	Alvan Adams A. Adams	98.1	1982-83	PHX	80	30.6	14.2	6.9	4.7	1.4	0.9	6.0	12.3	48.6	0.0	0.0	33.3	2.3	2.7	82.9	52.7	2.0	4.8	3.0	2,447	1,135	548	376	114	74	242	287
11	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	98.5	1982-83	PHX	77	33.6	16.5	10.4	2.8	0.7	0.6	6.4	13.6	47.4	0.0	0.0	33.3	3.6	4.6	78.1	52.8	2.6	7.8	2.9	2,586	1,269	799	219	56	43	221	274
12	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	98.6	1982-83	SEA	75	34.2	18.2	11.4	3.1	1.2	0.9	6.5	13.9	46.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.3	6.4	83.7	54.6	2.8	8.6	2.5	2,564	1,368	858	233	87	65	190	263
13	Darwin Cook D. Cook	98.6	1982-83	NJN	82	32.0	13.2	2.9	5.5	2.4	0.6	5.4	12.0	44.9	0.1	0.5	21.1	2.3	3.0	76.9	49.4	0.9	2.0	2.9	2,625	1,080	240	448	194	48	238	213
14	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	98.7	1982-83	WAS	78	36.4	18.0	6.5	3.4	1.7	0.3	7.7	16.3	47.3	0.2	0.5	35.1	2.3	3.0	78.1	50.9	1.6	4.9	2.0	2,840	1,401	508	262	135	25	157	176
15	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	98.7	1982-83	NYK	82	30.1	15.7	7.2	1.7	0.5	1.5	5.5	9.8	56.6	0.0	0.0		4.6	6.2	74.4	62.7	2.3	4.9	2.5	2,468	1,290	590	136	41	127	204	315
16	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	99.1	1982-83	NYK	81	30.0	9.5	8.1	1.8	0.7	0.3	4.0	8.7	46.2	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.5	58.7	48.5	2.5	5.7	2.3	2,426	770	657	145	57	24	190	241
17	Julius Erving J. Erving	99.4	1982-83	PHI	72	33.6	21.4	6.8	3.7	1.6	1.8	8.4	16.3	51.7	0.0	0.1	28.6	4.6	6.0	75.9	56.6	2.4	4.4	2.7	2,421	1,542	491	263	112	131	196	202
18	Albert King A. King	100.0	1982-83	NJN	79	31.0	17.0	5.8	3.7	1.2	0.5	7.4	15.5	47.5	0.1	0.3	26.1	2.2	2.9	77.5	50.8	2.0	3.8	3.1	2,447	1,346	456	291	95	41	245	278
19	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	100.1	1982-83	ATL	77	36.5	19.0	11.4	2.9	0.8	1.5	7.3	15.5	47.0	0.1	0.4	18.5	4.4	5.8	74.9	52.6	3.4	8.1	3.2	2,811	1,464	880	225	60	115	245	239
20	Bernard King B. King	100.4	1982-83	NYK	68	32.5	21.9	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.2	8.9	16.8	52.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	5.7	72.2	56.6	1.5	3.3	2.9	2,207	1,486	326	195	90	13	197	233
21	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	100.7	1982-83	PHI	79	31.2	12.5	2.6	6.9	2.3	0.4	5.1	9.4	54.2	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.3	3.0	75.4	58.2	0.7	2.0	2.3	2,465	990	209	543	184	31	179	182
22	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	100.7	1982-83	TOT	64	32.4	12.6	4.6	6.8	2.8	0.4	5.4	12.7	42.5	0.1	0.8	15.7	1.7	2.5	65.0	45.4	1.8	2.8	3.8	2,076	806	295	432	182	24	244	240
23	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	101.5	1982-83	MIL	80	35.7	21.4	7.0	4.5	1.3	0.7	9.0	17.8	50.9	0.1	0.3	20.0	3.3	4.5	73.5	54.3	2.5	4.6	2.5	2,853	1,714	562	363	100	56	196	211
24	Kevin McHale K. McHale	101.5	1982-83	BOS	82	28.6	14.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	5.9	10.9	54.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.3	71.7	57.3	2.6	4.1	1.9	2,345	1,159	553	104	34	192	159	241
25	Frank Johnson F. Johnson	101.6	1982-83	WAS	68	34.2	12.5	2.6	8.1	1.6	0.1	4.7	11.6	40.8	0.2	0.9	23.0	2.9	3.8	75.1	47.3	0.7	1.9	3.5	2,324	852	178	549	110	6	238	170