Jason Kidd had the lowest defensive rating by a guard in 2001-02, with a 97.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games guard 2002

	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	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	97.5	2001-02	NJN	82	37.3	14.7	7.3	9.9	2.1	0.2	5.4	13.9	39.1	1.4	4.4	32.1	2.5	3.0	81.4	48.4	1.6	5.7	3.5	3,056	1,208	595	808	175	20	286	136	+346
2	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	99.2	2001-02	BOS	82	40.3	26.1	6.9	3.2	1.9	1.0	8.6	19.5	44.2	2.6	6.3	40.4	6.3	7.8	80.9	57.0	1.0	5.9	2.9	3,302	2,144	566	261	154	86	241	237	+314
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	99.7	2001-02	PHI	60	43.7	31.4	4.5	5.5	2.8	0.2	11.1	27.8	39.8	1.3	4.5	29.1	7.9	9.8	81.2	48.9	0.7	3.8	4.0	2,622	1,883	269	331	168	13	237	102	+278
4	Eddie Jones E. Jones	100.2	2001-02	MIA	81	39.0	18.3	4.7	3.2	1.4	1.0	6.4	14.8	43.2	1.8	4.7	39.0	3.7	4.4	83.7	54.6	0.8	3.9	1.8	3,156	1,480	378	262	117	77	148	258	+72
5	Doug Christie D. Christie	100.8	2001-02	SAC	81	34.5	12.0	4.6	4.2	2.0	0.3	4.2	9.1	46.0	1.1	3.2	35.2	2.5	3.0	85.1	57.8	0.9	3.7	2.0	2,798	972	374	340	160	25	164	209	+485
6	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	100.8	2001-02	NJN	82	31.7	13.4	3.4	2.6	1.6	0.4	5.3	11.5	46.6	1.2	3.0	40.5	1.6	2.1	74.4	54.2	0.8	2.5	1.3	2,601	1,102	275	216	130	31	109	108	+234
7	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	101.2	2001-02	BOS	76	32.0	9.6	3.6	5.3	1.9	0.1	4.1	9.4	43.6	0.1	0.4	27.3	1.3	1.7	74.2	47.2	0.8	2.9	1.6	2,430	731	275	403	141	10	119	210	+251
8	Eric Snow E. Snow	102.3	2001-02	PHI	61	36.5	12.1	3.5	6.6	1.6	0.1	4.5	10.2	44.2	0.0	0.4	11.1	3.0	3.7	80.6	51.0	0.5	3.0	2.3	2,225	738	215	400	95	9	138	167	+216
9	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	102.3	2001-02	MIA	76	30.2	10.4	3.1	6.1	1.1	0.1	4.2	9.4	44.3	0.1	0.3	30.8	2.0	2.6	76.6	49.5	0.6	2.4	2.1	2,294	794	232	463	82	11	159	114	+93
10	Tony Parker T. Parker	102.5	2001-02	SAS	77	29.4	9.2	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.1	3.5	8.3	41.9	0.8	2.5	32.3	1.4	2.1	67.5	49.7	0.4	2.1	2.0	2,267	705	197	334	89	7	151	166	+177
11	Bonzi Wells B. Wells	102.5	2001-02	POR	74	31.7	17.0	6.0	2.8	1.5	0.3	6.6	14.0	46.9	0.9	2.3	38.4	2.9	3.9	74.1	53.8	1.6	4.4	2.6	2,348	1,255	444	204	113	25	191	208	+175
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	102.9	2001-02	LAL	80	38.3	25.2	5.5	5.5	1.5	0.4	9.4	20.0	46.9	0.4	1.7	25.0	6.1	7.4	82.9	54.4	1.4	4.1	2.8	3,063	2,019	441	438	118	35	223	228	+444
13	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	103.2	2001-02	IND	80	30.5	9.4	3.7	8.1	1.7	0.5	3.6	9.5	38.0	0.5	2.2	24.0	1.6	2.3	70.4	44.6	1.0	2.8	3.4	2,442	751	298	647	138	40	270	248	+43
14	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	103.4	2001-02	ORL	76	38.3	25.6	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	9.4	20.9	45.1	1.4	3.7	36.4	5.5	7.3	74.8	53.2	2.0	5.9	2.5	2,912	1,948	597	400	119	73	189	139	+291
15	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	103.6	2001-02	PHX	80	30.8	12.0	4.4	4.1	1.5	0.4	4.9	11.6	41.8	0.3	1.0	27.7	2.0	2.4	81.0	47.2	1.2	3.2	2.4	2,462	959	350	324	122	32	189	184	-67
16	Baron Davis B. Davis	103.7	2001-02	CHA	82	40.5	18.1	4.3	8.5	2.1	0.6	6.8	16.4	41.7	2.1	5.8	35.6	2.4	4.1	58.0	49.8	1.1	3.1	3.0	3,318	1,484	349	698	172	47	246	241	+149
17	Steve Smith S. Smith	104.2	2001-02	SAS	77	28.7	11.6	2.5	2.0	0.7	0.2	4.0	8.9	45.5	1.5	3.2	47.2	2.1	2.4	87.8	58.8	0.6	1.9	1.4	2,211	895	193	151	54	15	108	158	+292
18	Brent Barry B. Barry	104.2	2001-02	SEA	81	37.5	14.4	5.4	5.3	1.8	0.5	5.0	9.8	50.8	2.0	4.8	42.4	2.4	2.9	84.6	65.2	0.7	4.7	2.0	3,040	1,164	441	426	147	37	165	182	+200
19	Alvin Williams A. Williams	104.4	2001-02	TOR	82	35.7	11.8	3.4	5.7	1.6	0.3	4.9	11.8	41.5	0.8	2.4	32.1	1.3	1.7	73.6	47.0	0.7	2.7	1.8	2,927	971	281	468	135	26	150	191	-30
20	Antonio Daniels A. Daniels	104.5	2001-02	SAS	82	26.5	9.2	2.1	2.8	0.6	0.1	3.3	7.5	44.0	0.7	2.4	29.1	1.9	2.6	75.2	53.4	0.3	1.9	0.9	2,175	753	176	228	48	12	70	104	+264
21	John Stockton J. Stockton	104.6	2001-02	UTA	82	31.3	13.4	3.2	8.2	1.9	0.3	4.9	9.5	51.7	0.3	1.0	32.1	3.4	3.9	85.7	60.1	0.7	2.5	2.5	2,566	1,102	263	674	152	24	208	209	+166
22	Vince Carter V. Carter	104.8	2001-02	TOR	60	39.8	24.7	5.2	4.0	1.6	0.7	9.3	21.8	42.8	2.0	5.2	38.7	4.1	5.1	79.8	51.5	2.3	2.9	2.6	2,385	1,484	313	239	94	43	154	191	+66
23	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	104.9	2001-02	SAC	80	33.2	13.7	2.8	5.0	1.1	0.2	5.6	12.3	45.3	0.6	1.7	37.0	1.9	2.4	80.3	51.3	0.5	2.3	1.7	2,659	1,098	222	403	87	15	134	133	+392
24	Darrell Armstrong D. Armstrong	105.1	2001-02	ORL	82	33.3	12.4	3.9	5.5	1.9	0.1	4.2	10.1	41.9	1.7	4.9	34.9	2.2	2.5	88.8	55.3	1.0	2.9	2.1	2,730	1,015	319	453	157	10	175	166	+204
25	Chucky Atkins C. Atkins	106.4	2001-02	DET	79	28.9	12.1	2.0	3.3	0.9	0.1	4.7	10.0	46.6	1.7	4.3	41.1	1.1	1.5	69.2	56.8	0.4	1.6	1.6	2,285	957	158	263	72	11	128	177	+56