best defensive rating by sg 1970s minimum 7000 minutes

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Phil Chenier had the lowest defensive rating by a shooting guard when playing 7,000+ minutes, with a 96.6 rating.

  • Regular season
NAMEDRTGMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Phil Chenier
P. Chenier
96.6
12,927
374
34.6
19.2
3.8
3.0
1.7
0.6
7.9
17.6
45.1
3.4
4.1
82.1
49.5
0.9
2.9
1.6
7,182
1,421
1,140
649
223
98
727
2Don Chaney
D. Chaney
97.9
8,783
360
24.4
7.6
3.7
2.2
1.3
0.5
3.2
7.5
42.9
1.2
1.5
81.0
46.8
1.7
2.0
1.1
2,746
1,335
806
461
185
126
989
3Fred Brown
F. Brown
98.6
11,749
383
30.7
18.9
3.9
3.4
1.8
0.2
8.1
16.8
48.1
2.7
3.1
86.6
51.9
1.2
2.6
2.3
7,236
1,481
1,321
700
94
164
974
4Larry Steele
L. Steele
99.0
7,849
303
25.9
9.2
2.8
2.9
1.9
0.2
3.7
7.5
49.8
1.8
2.2
81.1
54.6
0.9
1.8
1.0
2,792
837
869
577
66
66
903
5Nate Williams
N. Williams
99.5
7,006
321
21.8
11.8
3.4
1.4
1.1
0.3
5.0
10.7
46.7
1.8
2.2
83.1
50.6
1.1
2.3
1.1
3,793
1,092
462
358
103
176
891
6Paul Westphal
P. Westphal
100.2
7,868
325
24.2
16.4
1.9
4.2
1.1
0.4
6.7
13.0
52.0
3.0
3.7
80.4
56.4
0.5
1.4
3.2
5,346
629
1,372
366
124
512
686
7Chris Ford
C. Ford
100.8
14,077
489
28.8
9.9
3.4
3.8
1.8
0.3
4.3
9.4
46.3
1.3
1.7
73.9
49.2
1.3
2.2
2.7
4,859
1,676
1,873
899
132
442
1,151
8Dick Snyder
D. Snyder
101.0
10,415
434
24.0
11.0
2.3
2.4
0.7
0.4
4.7
9.7
48.2
1.7
2.0
85.0
52.3
0.6
1.7
0.7
4,780
988
1,045
300
157
84
1,001
9Phil Smith
P. Smith
101.3
11,956
379
31.5
17.3
3.6
3.9
1.3
0.3
7.0
14.6
48.0
3.3
4.2
79.0
52.7
1.1
2.4
3.1
6,551
1,360
1,479
477
97
436
969
10Wilbur Holland
W. Holland
101.6
8,171
276
29.6
13.6
3.1
3.3
1.7
0.2
5.8
12.9
45.2
2.0
2.5
79.9
48.7
1.0
2.1
2.5
3,760
842
922
475
44
408
747
11Doug Collins
D. Collins
101.9
12,653
367
34.5
18.5
3.3
3.3
1.3
0.3
7.3
14.4
50.4
3.9
4.7
82.8
55.9
1.2
2.2
3.0
6,784
1,216
1,226
481
103
381
1,146
12Pete Maravich
P. Maravich
102.1
10,141
260
39.0
27.3
4.5
5.2
1.3
0.3
10.6
23.8
44.4
6.2
7.4
82.7
50.4
1.0
3.5
4.1
7,089
1,169
1,363
342
76
200
753
13Randy Smith
R. Smith
102.3
18,432
492
37.5
20.1
4.3
5.5
2.1
0.1
8.2
17.2
47.5
3.8
4.8
78.8
52.0
1.3
3.1
3.3
9,907
2,138
2,695
1,018
35
541
1,447
14Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
102.4
13,315
412
32.3
18.1
2.9
3.9
1.1
0.3
7.4
15.4
48.2
3.3
4.0
82.2
52.8
0.6
2.3
2.0
7,454
1,200
1,600
452
118
277
1,015
15John Mengelt
J. Mengelt
102.6
9,305
441
21.1
10.1
2.0
2.2
0.7
0.1
3.9
8.2
47.5
2.3
2.8
80.8
53.4
0.5
1.5
1.6
4,450
869
990
314
28
244
919
16Dick Van Arsdale
D. Van Arsdale
102.8
8,656
284
30.5
13.6
2.3
2.7
0.9
0.2
5.1
10.5
48.1
3.5
4.1
84.5
55.1
0.7
1.7
3,859
664
779
264
44
625
17David Thompson
D. Thompson
103.0
8,696
238
36.5
25.7
4.2
3.9
1.2
1.0
9.8
19.2
51.3
6.0
7.9
76.6
56.8
1.7
2.5
2.8
6,122
998
924
276
234
431
629
18Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
103.5
13,667
411
33.3
18.8
2.7
5.1
1.3
0.2
7.4
16.4
45.5
4.0
4.7
84.1
51.1
1.1
1.6
2.5
7,747
1,104
2,087
545
72
390
1,085
19Brian Winters
B. Winters
104.0
9,637
305
31.6
17.6
2.7
4.4
1.3
0.4
7.6
16.2
46.8
2.4
2.9
84.1
50.3
0.8
1.9
3.1
5,365
814
1,337
405
110
493
890
20Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
104.3
8,272
299
27.7
14.2
2.5
2.4
1.1
0.2
6.0
12.5
48.3
2.1
2.5
82.3
52.0
1.0
1.5
1.6
4,234
757
703
343
67
249
730
21Ron Boone
R. Boone
104.3
7,257
246
29.5
15.7
3.0
3.3
1.2
0.2
6.4
13.9
45.9
3.0
3.5
85.1
51.0
1.2
1.8
2.7
3,874
735
803
290
41
450
662
22Austin Carr
A. Carr
104.3
12,772
433
29.5
15.6
2.9
2.9
0.9
0.1
6.5
14.3
45.3
2.7
3.3
82.0
49.7
1.4
1.5
2.0
6,760
1,245
1,243
379
61
321
937
23Mike Newlin
M. Newlin
104.3
12,312
395
31.2
14.9
3.1
4.6
1.1
0.1
5.5
11.6
47.5
3.8
4.4
86.8
54.8
0.8
2.3
2.3
5,881
1,232
1,834
415
33
175
1,254
24John Williamson
J. Williamson
104.4
7,663
221
34.7
22.2
2.8
3.0
1.3
0.2
8.9
19.7
45.3
4.4
5.2
83.2
50.4
0.7
2.1
3.1
4,915
616
670
290
35
461
697
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TEAMWLPCTGB
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32
50
.390
28.0
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.378
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EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
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46
36
.561
14.0
7
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45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
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22
60
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42.0
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22
60
.268
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122-113
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