best defensive rating for small forwards 2009 season

LeBron James had the best defensive rating by a small forward in 2008-09, with a 99.0 rating.

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Assumption:2,000+ MIN/82TG
Data note: Defensive Rating: player season data complete from 1973-74

	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	LeBron James L. James	99.0	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
2	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	102.5	2008-09	CHA	71	37.6	16.6	7.8	2.7	1.7	0.9	5.5	11.4	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.8	5.1	6.4	80.4	58.5	1.6	6.2	2.1	2,669	1,182	553	189	121	67	148	210	+51
3	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	103.4	2008-09	HOU	69	35.5	17.1	5.2	3.3	1.5	0.3	6.0	15.0	40.1	2.2	5.6	39.9	2.8	3.8	74.8	51.2	0.9	4.3	2.0	2,452	1,181	359	229	105	24	140	155	+317
4	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	103.6	2008-09	BOS	81	37.5	20.5	5.6	3.6	1.0	0.3	6.7	14.6	45.7	1.5	3.8	39.1	5.7	6.8	83.0	58.2	0.7	5.0	2.8	3,035	1,658	457	294	80	27	228	215	+533
5	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	103.9	2008-09	ORL	77	36.6	16.8	5.3	4.9	0.8	0.2	5.5	13.3	41.3	1.7	4.9	35.6	4.1	5.1	80.7	54.1	0.6	4.7	2.6	2,815	1,294	410	375	64	19	204	218	+510
6	Shawn Marion S. Marion	106.3	2008-09	TOT	69	35.8	12.9	8.5	2.0	1.3	1.0	5.5	11.4	48.5	0.1	0.8	18.9	1.7	2.1	79.6	52.2	2.6	5.9	1.5	2,470	891	589	139	88	66	105	132	-32
7	Jamario Moon J. Moon	106.6	2008-09	TOT	80	25.9	7.2	4.6	1.2	1.1	0.8	2.8	5.9	46.8	0.8	2.3	35.5	0.9	1.0	85.0	56.7	0.7	3.8	0.5	2,068	577	365	95	86	60	43	133	-12
8	James Posey J. Posey	106.9	2008-09	NOH	75	28.5	8.9	4.8	1.1	0.8	0.3	2.9	7.0	41.2	1.5	4.2	36.9	1.6	1.9	82.2	56.8	0.5	4.3	1.1	2,140	668	362	82	58	21	79	216	+49
9	Michael Finley M. Finley	106.9	2008-09	SAS	81	28.8	9.7	3.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	3.7	8.5	43.7	1.6	3.9	41.1	0.6	0.8	82.3	54.7	0.3	3.0	0.8	2,336	784	270	114	37	17	61	82	+174
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	107.2	2008-09	DEN	66	34.5	22.8	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	8.1	18.3	44.3	1.0	2.6	37.1	5.6	7.1	79.3	53.2	1.6	5.2	3.0	2,277	1,504	450	222	75	24	199	195	+306
11	Ronnie Brewer R. Brewer	107.6	2008-09	UTA	81	32.2	13.7	3.7	2.2	1.7	0.4	5.2	10.2	50.8	0.3	1.0	25.9	3.0	4.3	70.2	56.5	1.2	2.5	1.4	2,605	1,111	300	179	138	30	110	128	+80
12	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	107.8	2008-09	PHI	82	39.9	18.8	5.7	5.3	1.6	0.4	6.6	14.0	47.3	1.0	3.2	30.7	4.6	6.4	72.4	56.0	1.1	4.6	2.7	3,269	1,541	471	434	131	36	222	152	+123
13	Marvin Williams M. Williams	108.0	2008-09	ATL	61	34.3	13.9	6.3	1.3	0.9	0.6	4.7	10.2	45.8	0.9	2.5	35.5	3.6	4.5	80.6	56.9	1.8	4.5	1.1	2,093	845	382	81	57	39	70	127	+1
14	Travis Outlaw T. Outlaw	108.4	2008-09	POR	81	27.7	12.8	4.1	1.0	0.6	0.7	4.8	10.5	45.3	1.1	2.9	37.7	2.2	3.0	72.3	54.1	0.9	3.2	1.2	2,246	1,034	331	83	47	57	94	168	+158
15	Danny Granger D. Granger	108.8	2008-09	IND	67	36.2	25.8	5.1	2.7	1.0	1.4	8.5	19.1	44.7	2.7	6.7	40.4	6.0	6.9	87.8	58.4	0.7	4.4	2.5	2,424	1,728	341	183	69	97	165	207	+69
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	109.0	2008-09	OKC	74	39.0	25.3	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.7	8.9	18.8	47.6	1.3	3.1	42.2	6.1	7.1	86.3	57.7	1.0	5.5	3.0	2,885	1,871	482	205	96	53	225	134	-501
17	Peja Stojakovic P. Stojakovic	109.4	2008-09	NOH	61	34.2	13.3	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.0	4.7	11.8	39.9	2.4	6.3	37.8	1.5	1.7	89.4	53.1	0.7	3.6	0.8	2,089	812	264	75	52	3	51	101	+207
18	Rudy Gay R. Gay	109.6	2008-09	MEM	79	37.3	18.9	5.5	1.7	1.2	0.7	7.2	16.0	45.3	1.1	3.1	35.1	3.3	4.4	76.7	52.8	1.4	4.2	2.6	2,945	1,493	437	135	98	59	203	221	-432
19	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	110.0	2008-09	MIL	82	35.8	19.6	4.6	2.4	0.8	0.2	6.5	14.9	43.9	1.4	3.6	39.7	5.1	6.3	80.5	55.4	0.7	3.9	2.0	2,939	1,607	374	199	66	14	165	252	-102
20	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	110.0	2008-09	DET	82	37.3	14.2	5.8	3.1	0.5	0.6	5.6	12.4	45.0	0.7	1.7	39.7	2.3	3.0	77.8	51.6	1.6	4.2	1.2	3,057	1,163	476	253	44	51	101	104	-73
21	Wilson Chandler W. Chandler	110.5	2008-09	NYK	82	33.4	14.4	5.4	2.1	0.9	0.9	5.5	12.9	43.2	1.3	3.8	32.8	2.1	2.6	79.5	51.5	1.1	4.3	1.7	2,735	1,184	445	170	71	75	139	250	-217
22	Grant Hill G. Hill	110.6	2008-09	PHX	82	29.8	12.0	4.9	2.3	1.1	0.7	4.8	9.1	52.3	0.3	0.9	31.6	2.2	2.7	80.8	58.4	0.8	4.2	1.5	2,445	985	405	186	90	54	126	182	+183
23	Matt Barnes M. Barnes	111.5	2008-09	PHX	77	27.0	10.2	5.5	2.8	0.7	0.3	3.7	8.8	42.3	1.5	4.4	34.3	1.3	1.8	74.3	53.7	1.0	4.4	1.7	2,082	788	421	212	52	26	130	209	+53
24	Dominic McGuire D. McGuire	111.9	2008-09	WAS	79	26.2	4.5	5.4	2.5	0.8	0.9	1.8	4.1	43.2	0.0	0.1	50.0	0.9	1.3	72.5	48.3	1.4	4.0	1.2	2,072	356	428	198	62	74	92	153	-366
25	Mike Miller M. Miller	112.0	2008-09	MIN	73	32.3	9.9	6.6	4.5	0.4	0.4	3.6	7.5	48.2	1.2	3.1	37.8	1.5	2.0	73.2	58.8	1.0	5.6	2.0	2,356	722	483	326	30	31	145	139	-246

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7	Hornets	2	1	.667	1.0
8	Celtics	1	1	.500	1.5
9	Cavaliers	1	1	.500	1.5
10	Magic	1	2	.333	2.0
11	Bulls	1	2	.333	2.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM
Sat 10/31	CLE	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Mon 11/2	OKC	@	CLE	7:00 PM

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34.7

Jerome

34.3

Dončić

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12.3

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12.0

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11.3

Young

10.0

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9.7

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4.3

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3.5

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4.0

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5.0

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5.0

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5.0

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86.7

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85.9

Sabonis

84.6

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190.7

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162.4

Dončić

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DraftKings Points Leaders

188

Maxey

177

Dončić

160.5

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42.4

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36.6

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36.6

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40.0

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39.5

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2	76ers	3	1	.750	0.5
3	Hawks	2	1	.667	1.0
4	Raptors	2	1	.667	1.0
5	Wizards	2	1	.667	1.0
6	Pacers	2	1	.667	1.0
7	Hornets	2	1	.667	1.0
8	Celtics	1	1	.500	1.5
9	Cavaliers	1	1	.500	1.5
10	Magic	1	2	.333	2.0
11	Bulls	1	2	.333	2.0
12	Heat	0	3	.000	3.0
13	Knicks	0	3	.000	3.0
14	Bucks	0	3	.000	3.0
15	Nets	0	3	.000	3.0

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1	Rockets	3	0	1.000
2	Lakers	3	0	1.000
3	Thunder	3	0	1.000
4	Grizzlies	3	0	1.000
5	Timberwolves	3	0	1.000
6	Trail Blazers	2	0	1.000	0.5
7	Nuggets	1	1	.500	1.5
8	Suns	1	1	.500	1.5
9	Spurs	1	2	.333	2.0
10	Mavericks	1	2	.333	2.0
11	Clippers	1	2	.333	2.0
12	Jazz	1	2	.333	2.0
13	Pelicans	0	3	.000	3.0
14	Warriors	0	3	.000	3.0
15	Kings	0	3	.000	3.0

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Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

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Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Mon 10/26	WAS	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
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