best defensive rating guards nba since 2020

Since 2019-20, Paul George has the lowest defensive rating by a guard, with a 105.6 rating.

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best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games guards NBA since 2020

	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	Paul George P. George	105.6	48	29.6	21.5	5.7	3.9	1.4	0.4	7.1	16.3	43.9	3.3	7.9	41.2	4.0	4.5	87.6	58.9	0.5	5.2	2.6	1,419	1,033	272	185	68	20	125	113	+258
2	LeBron James L. James	106.1	45	33.4	25.0	7.7	7.8	1.1	0.6	9.4	18.3	51.3	2.3	6.3	36.5	4.0	5.7	69.8	60.2	0.6	7.0	3.7	1,504	1,126	346	350	48	25	168	70	+287
3	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	107.7	57	33.9	20.3	6.4	2.1	1.1	0.4	7.5	15.6	48.1	2.3	5.9	38.2	3.1	4.3	72.4	58.3	1.1	5.3	2.2	1,934	1,159	364	118	65	20	125	167	+229
4	Danny Green D. Green	108.2	212	24.2	7.7	3.1	1.3	1.2	0.6	2.7	6.6	41.0	2.0	5.0	38.8	0.4	0.5	73.8	56.8	0.7	2.4	0.9	5,130	1,628	658	280	244	128	185	383	+630
5	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	108.3	223	29.0	10.8	6.7	6.7	1.4	0.6	4.4	7.9	56.3	0.0	0.1	26.3	1.9	3.1	60.3	58.2	1.5	5.2	2.7	6,478	2,405	1,484	1,483	316	124	599	639	+337
6	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	108.6	411	22.4	6.9	3.0	2.8	1.4	0.5	2.4	5.6	43.8	1.1	3.0	36.2	1.0	1.3	76.1	56.4	0.6	2.4	1.1	9,214	2,842	1,224	1,136	582	211	450	822	+1383
7	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	109.0	312	20.7	5.0	2.1	1.1	1.6	0.8	1.9	4.3	44.0	0.9	2.6	34.7	0.4	0.5	70.3	55.8	0.6	1.6	0.6	6,462	1,567	662	336	509	248	176	548	+26
8	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	109.0	227	24.7	7.9	2.9	2.2	1.5	0.4	3.1	6.7	46.3	1.2	3.2	37.4	0.5	0.6	80.3	56.7	0.8	2.1	0.8	5,614	1,789	654	493	346	100	177	428	+1029
9	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	109.4	93	22.3	10.8	2.8	2.9	1.0	0.2	4.1	8.3	48.7	0.9	2.5	35.6	1.8	2.1	86.3	58.6	0.6	2.2	1.2	2,070	1,008	258	270	96	22	110	187	+629
10	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	109.6	63	21.3	4.4	3.5	2.3	0.9	0.6	1.5	3.9	38.3	1.0	2.9	33.0	0.4	0.6	65.8	51.9	0.6	2.9	1.1	1,339	275	221	142	57	35	67	90	-82
11	De'Anthony Melton D. Melton	109.8	355	23.3	10.1	3.8	2.7	1.4	0.5	3.6	8.7	41.1	1.6	4.6	36.1	1.3	1.7	79.0	53.6	0.8	3.0	1.4	8,288	3,583	1,340	954	511	169	504	706	+901
12	Eric Bledsoe E. Bledsoe	110.4	186	27.5	12.4	3.8	4.4	1.0	0.4	4.5	10.2	44.1	1.3	3.9	33.6	2.1	2.8	74.5	54.3	0.5	3.3	2.0	5,117	2,314	708	821	181	69	378	325	+327
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	110.4	448	34.3	28.0	5.1	5.7	1.5	0.8	9.7	18.9	51.1	1.5	4.2	35.9	7.1	8.2	86.8	62.1	0.7	4.3	2.4	15,376	12,522	2,271	2,540	665	377	1,082	1,008	+2171
14	Hugo González H. González	110.9	74	14.6	3.9	3.3	0.5	0.6	0.3	1.6	3.3	47.6	0.6	1.6	36.2	0.2	0.4	50.0	56.1	0.8	2.5	0.5	1,084	289	246	40	42	21	38	124	+246
15	Jalen Suggs J. Suggs	111.0	268	26.7	12.6	3.4	3.8	1.4	0.6	4.5	10.6	42.3	1.7	5.2	33.1	2.0	2.5	79.2	54.1	0.7	2.7	2.3	7,154	3,384	922	1,010	388	166	623	710	-17
16	Jeremy Lamb J. Lamb	111.0	138	21.7	9.8	3.5	1.7	0.9	0.5	3.4	8.0	42.6	1.2	3.3	35.1	1.8	2.1	86.6	54.9	0.5	3.0	0.8	2,991	1,350	485	230	120	67	109	235	+6
17	Jalen Williams J. Williams	111.2	248	30.9	18.0	4.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	7.0	13.7	50.9	1.3	3.5	37.4	2.7	3.4	80.8	59.2	0.8	3.8	1.9	7,671	4,464	1,140	1,105	333	135	459	589	+1015
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	111.3	442	35.5	30.5	8.6	8.6	1.3	0.5	10.3	21.7	47.4	3.3	9.3	35.6	6.6	8.7	76.1	59.8	0.9	7.8	4.0	15,682	13,495	3,813	3,801	584	212	1,785	1,044	+1541
19	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	111.3	182	20.8	7.3	3.3	4.3	0.9	0.2	3.1	7.5	41.9	0.3	1.0	24.6	0.8	1.3	59.5	45.3	0.8	2.4	1.7	3,790	1,323	595	791	166	43	305	279	-374
20	Marcus Smart M. Smart	111.3	356	30.4	11.6	3.2	4.9	1.6	0.4	3.9	9.8	40.2	1.8	5.5	33.5	1.9	2.4	79.4	53.6	0.6	2.6	2.0	10,807	4,140	1,150	1,743	552	130	709	888	+1335
21	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	111.4	272	27.5	9.4	5.1	4.0	1.9	0.4	4.0	8.2	48.8	0.6	2.1	29.8	0.8	1.3	61.4	53.8	1.5	3.6	1.5	7,491	2,555	1,393	1,080	506	122	406	541	+303
22	DeAndre' Bembry D. Bembry	111.5	51	19.1	5.7	2.9	2.1	1.0	0.4	2.3	4.5	51.3	0.3	1.0	26.4	0.9	1.3	68.2	57.0	0.6	2.2	1.4	972	293	146	107	53	18	71	87	+8
23	Wesley Matthews W. Matthews	111.5	262	19.1	5.0	2.0	0.9	0.5	0.2	1.7	4.4	37.8	1.1	3.2	34.4	0.6	0.7	79.9	53.1	0.4	1.5	0.4	5,000	1,311	517	239	135	58	113	384	+615
24	Reed Sheppard R. Sheppard	111.6	134	20.9	10.0	2.4	2.6	1.2	0.5	3.7	8.8	41.4	2.1	5.4	38.3	0.6	0.8	80.4	54.4	0.3	2.0	1.2	2,801	1,339	316	352	157	71	160	219	+231
25	Donte DiVincenzo D. DiVincenzo	111.6	471	27.0	11.3	4.4	3.1	1.2	0.3	4.0	9.4	42.3	2.4	6.3	38.3	1.0	1.3	76.7	57.0	0.9	3.5	1.5	12,694	5,338	2,054	1,481	586	140	695	904	+1435

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
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3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
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7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
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10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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