best defensive rating forwards in nba 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Tim Duncan had the lowest defensive rating by a forward, with a 93.6 rating.

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best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games forwards in NBA 2000s

	NAME	DRTG	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	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	93.6	534	37.6	22.2	12.1	3.3	0.8	2.5	8.4	16.8	49.9	0.0	0.2	22.9	5.4	7.8	68.7	54.8	3.2	8.9	2.8	20,073	11,874	6,472	1,747	429	1,318	1,503	1,432	+4041
2	Kelvin Cato K. Cato	95.1	69	25.3	6.1	6.8	1.0	0.8	1.4	2.3	5.2	44.7	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.1	67.6	49.5	2.2	4.6	1.2	1,743	418	472	72	52	96	84	203	+71
3	Tyson Chandler T. Chandler	95.2	115	25.8	7.4	9.1	0.8	0.7	1.6	2.4	5.0	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.9	67.2	54.9	3.0	6.1	1.4	2,971	853	1,045	88	86	184	156	355	-49
4	Chris Andersen C. Andersen	96.2	71	14.5	3.4	4.2	0.5	0.5	1.6	1.3	2.9	44.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.5	58.9	48.6	1.3	2.9	0.7	1,029	243	298	35	34	114	48	119	-16
5	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	97.0	137	23.9	4.1	7.5	0.8	0.9	1.5	1.7	3.6	48.5	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.3	45.5	48.9	2.5	5.0	0.7	3,273	555	1,027	111	120	205	101	244	+460
6	Chuck Hayes C. Hayes	97.3	197	19.4	4.2	5.7	0.8	0.9	0.4	1.8	3.4	55.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	60.1	56.3	2.0	3.7	0.7	3,824	823	1,127	152	181	75	138	569	+610
7	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	97.7	155	29.0	13.5	7.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	4.8	10.5	46.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.8	5.1	75.2	53.0	1.9	5.5	1.8	4,493	2,096	1,138	206	120	277	282	544	+156
8	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	97.8	769	38.2	21.6	12.1	4.7	1.3	1.6	8.5	17.1	49.9	0.2	0.7	28.6	4.4	5.6	79.4	55.4	2.6	9.4	2.6	29,345	16,638	9,288	3,603	1,037	1,206	2,003	1,882	+3322
9	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	97.9	322	36.3	20.6	9.9	2.0	0.7	2.3	7.8	16.9	46.3	0.0	0.2	20.3	4.8	6.7	72.9	51.8	2.4	7.5	2.5	11,691	6,629	3,195	652	222	748	817	1,144	+865
10	Jeff Foster J. Foster	98.3	71	16.2	3.5	5.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	1.4	3.0	46.9	0.0	0.1	28.6	0.7	1.3	51.6	49.2	2.0	3.5	0.7	1,152	249	389	33	39	28	52	152	+34
11	Robert Horry R. Horry	98.8	648	20.6	5.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	0.8	1.9	4.7	39.5	0.7	1.9	34.1	0.9	1.3	72.7	50.3	1.4	2.9	0.9	13,330	3,459	2,770	1,095	535	504	583	1,432	+1966
12	A.C. Green	99.0	164	20.4	4.8	4.9	0.7	0.5	0.2	1.9	4.3	44.6	0.0	0.1	10.0	0.9	1.3	70.4	48.7	1.6	3.2	0.6	3,340	780	799	119	83	26	98	246	+432
13	Brian Grant B. Grant	99.7	135	26.5	8.4	6.8	1.5	0.6	0.4	3.4	7.1	47.7	0.0	0.0	25.0	1.6	2.1	74.7	52.1	2.1	4.7	1.5	3,578	1,132	919	201	80	59	206	402	+49
14	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	99.8	166	30.8	14.4	8.0	1.9	0.5	1.2	5.3	11.9	44.4	0.6	1.7	36.0	3.3	4.2	78.2	52.5	2.0	6.0	2.0	5,110	2,391	1,325	312	86	202	334	406	+71
15	Rodney Rogers R. Rogers	99.8	436	23.9	10.3	4.5	1.8	0.9	0.5	4.0	9.0	43.9	0.9	2.6	35.2	1.5	2.1	73.0	52.1	1.3	3.2	1.6	10,428	4,506	1,970	792	407	201	703	1,332	+588
16	Dale Davis D. Davis	99.8	74	28.7	10.0	9.9	0.9	0.7	1.3	4.1	8.1	50.2	0.0	0.0		1.9	2.7	68.5	53.7	3.5	6.4	1.2	2,127	743	729	64	52	94	91	203	+173
17	Chris Webber C. Webber	100.0	492	37.2	21.4	9.8	4.3	1.4	1.2	8.9	19.2	46.1	0.2	0.6	26.7	3.5	4.9	71.6	50.1	2.4	7.4	2.7	18,324	10,534	4,804	2,128	697	586	1,317	1,527	+1331
18	Shawn Marion S. Marion	100.1	664	37.3	17.3	9.7	2.1	1.8	1.3	7.0	14.7	47.5	0.9	2.6	33.8	2.5	3.0	82.1	54.0	2.5	7.2	1.6	24,757	11,485	6,425	1,368	1,203	838	1,067	1,646	+1649
19	Malik Rose M. Rose	100.2	659	18.0	6.7	4.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	2.4	5.5	43.4	0.0	0.1	17.8	1.9	2.5	75.8	50.5	1.5	3.0	1.4	11,842	4,401	2,935	604	398	247	918	1,583	+331
20	Anderson Varejao A. Varejao	100.2	135	23.5	7.1	6.2	0.8	0.9	0.8	2.7	5.2	52.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.8	58.9	55.6	2.0	4.2	0.8	3,169	960	838	108	116	104	106	361	+528
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	100.3	366	36.0	21.8	8.5	4.2	1.4	0.7	7.8	16.1	48.1	0.0	0.1	30.2	6.2	7.9	78.5	55.5	1.6	6.9	2.9	13,191	7,982	3,129	1,548	510	243	1,051	994	+1303
22	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	100.3	538	35.9	16.9	7.5	2.1	1.0	1.5	6.7	14.3	46.7	1.1	3.3	34.0	2.4	3.3	73.1	53.6	1.7	5.8	1.7	19,289	9,105	4,011	1,139	556	787	917	1,515	+2695
23	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	100.4	548	32.5	14.1	7.1	2.1	1.3	1.2	5.8	12.0	48.3	0.1	0.4	23.0	2.4	3.7	64.8	51.7	1.8	5.3	2.0	17,807	7,741	3,887	1,140	688	675	1,091	1,911	+1020
24	Bonzi Wells B. Wells	100.4	103	25.1	11.3	4.7	2.3	1.1	0.3	4.6	9.1	50.6	0.2	0.6	31.6	2.0	3.1	63.7	54.3	1.4	3.3	2.2	2,585	1,167	487	239	118	33	226	265	+166
25	Bo Outlaw B. Outlaw	100.4	441	21.4	4.6	4.7	1.7	0.9	1.1	1.9	3.3	57.2	0.0	0.0	18.2	0.8	1.5	52.5	57.7	1.8	3.0	1.1	9,430	2,016	2,086	730	394	477	486	956	+584

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1	Thunder	64	18	.780
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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
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11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
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13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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