best defensive rating by a point guard in 2023 in 55 games

Alex Caruso had the lowest defensive rating by a point guard with 55+ games played in 2022-23, with a 109.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating by a point guard in 2023 in 55 or more games
NAMEDRTGGPSEASONTMMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Alex Caruso
A. Caruso
109.3
67
2022-23
CHI CHI
23.5
5.6
2.9
2.9
1.5
0.7
1.9
4.3
45.5
0.8
2.3
36.4
0.9
1.1
80.8
58.8
0.6
2.3
1.1
1,575
374
196
193
98
46
77
159
+199
2De'Anthony Melton
D. Melton
111.0
77
2022-23
PHI PHI
27.9
10.1
4.1
2.6
1.6
0.5
3.6
8.5
42.5
2.0
5.2
39.0
0.9
1.1
79.3
56.6
0.9
3.2
1.3
2,150
780
312
197
126
41
102
191
+102
3Marcus Smart
M. Smart
111.7
61
2022-23
BOS BOS
32.1
11.5
3.1
6.3
1.5
0.4
4.1
9.9
41.5
1.9
5.6
33.6
1.4
1.9
74.6
53.8
0.8
2.4
2.3
1,957
703
191
382
93
23
143
172
+240
4Dyson Daniels
D. Daniels
112.1
59
2022-23
NOP NOP
17.7
3.8
3.2
2.3
0.7
0.2
1.5
3.5
41.8
0.5
1.5
31.4
0.4
0.7
65.0
50.3
0.6
2.6
1.0
1,042
227
188
134
43
11
57
99
-9
5Ja Morant
J. Morant
112.2
61
2022-23
MEM MEM
31.9
26.2
5.9
8.1
1.1
0.3
9.3
19.9
46.6
1.5
4.9
30.7
6.1
8.1
74.8
55.7
1.0
4.9
3.4
1,948
1,596
357
493
66
16
206
100
+303
6Chris Paul
C. Paul
112.3
59
2022-23
PHX PHX
32.0
13.9
4.3
8.9
1.5
0.4
5.0
11.3
44.0
1.7
4.4
37.5
2.3
2.7
83.1
55.5
0.5
3.8
1.9
1,889
819
251
524
91
22
114
126
+84
7Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
112.4
67
2022-23
MIL MIL
32.6
19.3
5.1
7.4
1.2
0.4
7.3
15.3
47.9
2.4
6.1
38.4
2.3
2.6
85.9
58.6
1.2
3.9
2.9
2,182
1,290
341
495
79
25
197
116
+481
8Malcolm Brogdon
M. Brogdon
112.6
67
2022-23
BOS BOS
26.0
14.9
4.2
3.7
0.7
0.3
5.3
10.9
48.4
2.0
4.4
44.4
2.4
2.7
87.0
61.5
0.6
3.6
1.5
1,744
1,000
280
248
45
18
98
109
+182
9Jose Alvarado
J. Alvarado
112.8
61
2022-23
NOP NOP
21.5
9.0
2.3
3.0
1.1
0.2
3.3
8.0
41.1
1.4
4.0
33.6
1.1
1.3
81.3
52.5
0.5
1.9
1.3
1,310
550
141
186
67
10
81
125
+105
10Jevon Carter
J. Carter
112.8
81
2022-23
MIL MIL
22.4
8.0
2.5
2.4
0.8
0.4
3.0
7.0
42.3
1.8
4.2
42.1
0.4
0.5
81.6
56.0
0.4
2.1
1.0
1,811
651
202
197
66
29
78
158
+62
11Darius Garland
D. Garland
113.0
69
2022-23
CLE CLE
35.5
21.6
2.7
7.8
1.2
0.1
7.6
16.4
46.2
2.4
6.0
41.0
4.0
4.7
86.3
58.7
0.4
2.3
2.9
2,447
1,490
185
538
85
9
199
148
+438
12Jordan Goodwin
J. Goodwin
113.3
62
2022-23
WAS WAS
17.8
6.6
3.3
2.7
0.9
0.4
2.5
5.7
44.8
0.6
1.9
32.2
0.9
1.1
76.8
53.1
0.9
2.4
0.9
1,105
407
205
168
58
26
57
95
-117
13Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
113.3
73
2022-23
TOT
29.1
15.9
5.8
7.5
1.0
0.5
5.9
13.6
43.6
1.2
3.9
31.1
2.8
4.3
65.6
51.3
1.2
4.6
3.5
2,126
1,159
423
551
76
33
255
162
-21
14Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
113.3
66
2022-23
DAL DAL
36.2
32.4
8.6
8.0
1.4
0.5
10.9
22.0
49.6
2.8
8.2
34.2
7.8
10.5
74.2
60.9
0.8
7.8
3.6
2,390
2,138
569
529
90
33
236
166
+128
15Tyus Jones
T. Jones
113.5
80
2022-23
MEM MEM
24.2
10.3
2.5
5.2
1.0
0.1
3.9
8.9
43.8
1.5
4.1
37.1
1.0
1.3
80.0
54.6
0.4
2.2
0.9
1,939
823
200
417
83
6
74
32
+95
16Patrick Beverley
P. Beverley
113.5
67
2022-23
TOT
27.1
6.2
3.7
2.9
0.9
0.6
2.1
5.4
40.0
1.2
3.6
33.5
0.7
1.0
72.3
53.4
0.7
3.0
0.9
1,816
415
247
194
63
41
60
187
-80
17Markelle Fultz
M. Fultz
113.8
60
2022-23
ORL ORL
29.6
14.0
3.9
5.7
1.5
0.4
5.8
11.3
51.4
0.5
1.5
31.0
1.9
2.4
78.3
56.4
1.2
2.8
2.3
1,778
837
234
341
87
26
139
131
-130
18Bruce Brown
B. Brown
113.9
80
2022-23
DEN DEN
28.5
11.5
4.1
3.4
1.1
0.6
4.5
9.3
48.3
1.1
3.2
35.8
1.5
1.9
75.8
57.1
0.8
3.3
1.5
2,279
923
328
268
87
51
123
190
+31
19Kyle Lowry
K. Lowry
114.0
55
2022-23
MIA MIA
31.2
11.2
4.1
5.1
1.0
0.4
3.6
8.8
40.4
1.9
5.6
34.5
2.1
2.5
85.9
56.5
0.8
3.3
1.9
1,718
615
225
281
57
21
103
143
+55
20Coby White
C. White
114.1
74
2022-23
CHI CHI
23.4
9.7
2.9
2.8
0.7
0.1
3.6
8.0
44.3
1.7
4.6
37.2
0.8
0.9
87.1
57.2
0.2
2.6
1.0
1,730
715
212
204
54
6
74
122
+143
21Fred VanVleet
F. VanVleet
114.2
69
2022-23
TOR TOR
36.7
19.3
4.1
7.2
1.8
0.6
6.3
16.1
39.3
3.0
8.8
34.2
3.7
4.1
89.8
54.0
0.4
3.6
2.0
2,535
1,335
280
495
123
38
140
193
+195
22Cole Anthony
C. Anthony
114.5
60
2022-23
ORL ORL
25.9
13.0
4.8
3.9
0.6
0.5
4.6
10.2
45.4
1.3
3.4
36.4
2.5
2.8
89.4
57.0
0.8
4.0
1.5
1,552
781
288
235
37
31
91
158
-26
23Stephen Curry
S. Curry
114.8
56
2022-23
GSW GSW
34.7
29.4
6.1
6.3
0.9
0.4
10.0
20.2
49.3
4.9
11.4
42.7
4.6
5.0
91.5
65.6
0.7
5.4
3.2
1,941
1,648
341
352
52
20
179
117
+268
24Bones Hyland
B. Hyland
115.0
56
2022-23
TOT
19.4
11.8
2.4
3.1
0.7
0.3
4.1
10.2
39.9
2.1
5.6
37.1
1.5
1.8
84.3
53.5
0.4
2.1
1.5
1,085
659
135
172
39
15
82
96
-129
25Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
115.4
81
2022-23
NYK NYK
28.9
14.9
4.2
3.4
1.0
0.2
5.2
11.6
44.8
2.1
5.6
37.0
2.5
3.1
81.9
57.8
0.7
3.4
1.2
2,344
1,209
337
279
80
14
100
166
+318
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