best defensive rating centers since 2010

Since 2009-10, Tim Duncan has the lowest defensive rating by a center, with a 98.0 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games centers since 2010
NAMEDRTGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
98.0
493
28.9
14.7
9.2
2.8
0.7
1.8
5.9
11.8
50.2
0.0
0.1
15.0
2.9
3.9
73.6
54.5
2.2
7.1
1.8
14,227
7,250
4,544
1,378
336
902
886
910
+2642
2Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
98.1
229
26.0
11.5
7.4
2.2
1.0
0.8
4.9
10.0
48.6
0.0
0.2
17.1
1.7
2.1
81.7
52.5
1.1
6.3
1.4
5,947
2,626
1,693
493
223
180
332
527
+328
3Andrew Bogut
A. Bogut
98.2
444
25.7
8.3
8.6
2.0
0.6
1.8
3.8
7.0
53.4
0.0
0.0
20.0
0.8
1.5
51.5
53.9
2.3
6.3
1.5
11,412
3,690
3,823
885
257
816
671
1,327
+1485
4Carlos Boozer
C. Boozer
98.6
59
31.9
17.5
9.6
2.5
0.8
0.3
7.3
14.3
51.0
0.0
0.0
2.9
4.1
70.1
54.2
2.2
7.4
2.5
1,882
1,033
565
145
45
18
149
186
+275
5Marcus Camby
M. Camby
99.2
142
22.1
4.3
8.6
1.7
0.7
1.3
1.8
4.5
41.3
0.0
0.0
33.3
0.6
1.1
52.3
43.2
2.6
6.0
0.9
3,142
606
1,216
242
97
191
134
294
+50
6Joakim Noah
J. Noah
99.2
518
29.3
9.4
9.7
3.3
0.8
1.4
3.6
7.4
48.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.2
3.1
70.4
53.5
3.3
6.4
1.9
15,174
4,856
5,036
1,717
417
700
962
1,463
+552
7Dwight Howard
D. Howard
100.0
835
29.7
14.9
11.4
1.3
0.9
1.7
5.5
9.1
59.8
0.0
0.1
23.1
4.0
7.2
54.8
60.5
3.2
8.2
2.5
24,812
12,450
9,520
1,096
718
1,414
2,100
2,614
+1902
8Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
100.3
100
20.8
8.6
4.1
0.9
0.9
0.9
3.2
7.9
40.5
1.0
3.6
29.0
1.1
1.5
75.9
50.0
0.5
3.6
0.7
2,076
856
408
86
93
85
73
262
+62
9Hassan Whiteside
H. Whiteside
100.4
511
24.7
12.6
10.8
0.6
0.5
2.2
5.3
9.0
58.6
0.0
0.1
30.8
2.1
3.5
60.5
60.2
3.1
7.7
1.5
12,645
6,450
5,523
326
271
1,143
756
1,341
+313
10Nerlens Noel
N. Noel
100.8
349
20.8
6.1
5.7
0.9
1.2
1.5
2.5
4.6
54.6
0.0
0.0
16.7
1.1
1.6
67.4
57.5
1.9
3.9
1.1
7,269
2,146
1,998
329
405
533
384
874
-746
11Tiago Splitter
T. Splitter
101.3
355
19.2
7.9
5.0
1.2
0.6
0.6
3.0
5.4
55.5
0.0
0.0
14.3
1.9
2.7
69.7
59.8
1.6
3.4
1.1
6,812
2,816
1,779
423
198
209
384
685
+1148
12Andrew Bynum
A. Bynum
101.3
205
29.8
14.3
9.3
1.2
0.4
1.7
5.7
10.4
55.0
0.0
0.0
16.7
2.9
4.2
70.2
58.8
2.9
6.4
1.8
6,105
2,937
1,903
255
87
345
375
468
+459
13Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
101.7
939
26.5
12.3
12.0
1.2
1.2
1.3
5.2
9.5
54.1
0.0
0.2
18.7
2.0
4.0
48.8
54.4
4.1
7.9
1.8
24,920
11,540
11,295
1,134
1,152
1,178
1,652
2,670
-839
14Boris Diaw
B. Diaw
101.8
76
18.2
6.4
3.1
2.3
0.3
0.3
2.7
5.0
52.7
0.3
0.9
36.2
0.7
1.0
73.7
58.2
0.8
2.3
1.3
1,386
485
233
176
26
21
97
102
+292
15Jermaine O'Neal
J. O'Neal
101.8
218
22.5
9.2
5.7
0.8
0.3
1.3
3.7
7.3
50.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.9
2.5
74.5
54.7
1.6
4.1
1.4
4,904
2,007
1,244
181
68
286
298
585
+114
16Roy Hibbert
R. Hibbert
102.3
592
26.0
10.3
6.6
1.4
0.4
1.8
4.1
8.8
46.4
0.0
0.0
25.0
2.1
2.8
76.3
51.4
2.4
4.3
1.7
15,380
6,117
3,930
836
221
1,070
983
1,852
+170
17Pau Gasol
P. Gasol
102.5
528
30.5
15.3
9.7
3.1
0.4
1.5
5.9
12.0
49.7
0.3
0.7
41.2
3.2
4.0
78.1
55.7
2.4
7.3
1.8
16,095
8,090
5,119
1,636
232
792
953
1,034
+920
18Omer Asik
O. Asik
102.5
471
19.6
5.3
7.1
0.6
0.4
0.7
2.0
3.8
52.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
2.3
55.1
54.8
2.2
4.9
1.2
9,216
2,479
3,362
280
167
339
542
928
+428
19Andray Blatche
A. Blatche
102.8
155
20.5
10.7
5.2
1.3
1.0
0.6
4.3
8.7
49.4
0.1
0.5
23.7
2.0
2.8
71.4
53.9
1.8
3.4
1.5
3,173
1,664
807
197
161
92
233
329
-1
20Glen Davis
G. Davis
102.8
146
27.1
10.7
5.3
1.2
0.9
0.4
4.3
9.5
45.2
0.0
0.2
23.1
2.0
2.8
72.1
49.5
1.4
3.9
1.1
3,960
1,556
776
169
136
59
161
390
-25
21Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
102.9
872
30.7
12.5
11.7
1.4
0.7
2.1
4.7
7.1
65.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.1
4.9
63.6
67.4
3.4
8.3
1.6
26,793
10,929
10,188
1,199
606
1,792
1,395
2,331
+3640
22Emeka Okafor
E. Okafor
102.9
286
27.4
9.6
8.6
0.8
0.6
1.3
4.0
7.6
52.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.6
2.9
56.7
54.0
2.8
5.8
1.4
7,843
2,740
2,451
222
163
382
387
696
-169
23Anthony Davis
A. Davis
102.9
131
34.8
27.1
11.9
2.9
1.4
2.3
9.9
19.5
50.9
0.7
2.1
31.5
6.6
8.2
79.9
58.7
2.6
9.2
2.2
4,558
3,551
1,556
375
182
302
293
300
+184
24Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Z. Ilgauskas
103.0
136
18.3
6.1
4.6
0.5
0.3
0.8
2.6
5.6
47.0
0.1
0.2
45.8
0.8
1.1
75.5
50.7
1.6
3.0
0.8
2,484
834
632
74
37
108
115
368
+438
25Kendrick Perkins
K. Perkins
103.0
418
22.7
5.2
5.9
1.1
0.4
1.0
2.1
4.1
51.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.7
57.6
53.4
1.5
4.4
1.6
9,494
2,175
2,473
446
157
399
675
1,130
+926
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22.5
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
37
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.822
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31
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.689
6.0
3
30
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.667
7.0
4
26
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.619
9.5
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27
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.614
9.5
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.605
10.0
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10.0
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12.5
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