best defensive rating in 2012 minimum 2000 minutes played

Dwight Howard had the lowest defensive rating with 2,000+ minutes played in 2011-12, with a 95.6 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating by a player in 2012 minimum 2000 minutes played
NAMEDRTGMINSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Dwight Howard
D. Howard
95.6
2,070
2011-12
ORL ORL
54
38.3
20.6
14.5
1.9
1.5
2.1
7.7
13.4
57.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
5.2
10.6
49.1
56.9
3.7
10.8
3.2
1,113
785
104
81
116
175
159
+179
2Josh Smith
J. Smith
95.9
2,329
2011-12
ATL ATL
66
35.3
18.8
9.6
3.9
1.4
1.7
7.6
16.7
45.8
0.4
1.7
25.7
3.1
4.9
63.0
49.9
2.1
7.5
2.5
1,239
632
257
93
115
164
172
+274
3LeBron James
L. James
97.3
2,326
2011-12
MIA MIA
62
37.5
27.1
7.9
6.2
1.9
0.8
10.0
18.9
53.1
0.9
2.4
36.2
6.2
8.1
77.1
60.5
1.5
6.4
3.4
1,683
492
387
115
50
213
96
+473
4Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
97.7
2,209
2011-12
PHI PHI
62
35.6
12.4
6.1
5.5
1.7
0.5
4.6
10.2
45.4
1.2
3.1
39.4
2.0
3.2
61.7
53.7
0.9
5.2
1.9
771
381
339
107
30
115
92
+217
5Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
98.6
2,075
2011-12
BOS BOS
61
34.0
19.4
5.2
4.5
1.1
0.4
6.5
14.6
44.3
1.6
4.5
36.6
4.8
5.6
85.2
56.7
0.6
4.6
2.8
1,181
317
274
70
26
173
147
+192
6Tyson Chandler
T. Chandler
98.8
2,061
2011-12
NYK NYK
62
33.2
11.3
9.9
0.9
0.9
1.4
3.9
5.7
67.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.5
5.1
68.9
70.8
3.4
6.5
1.6
699
612
56
56
89
102
186
+125
7Marc Gasol
M. Gasol
99.2
2,370
2011-12
MEM MEM
65
36.5
14.6
8.9
3.1
1.0
1.9
5.5
11.4
48.2
0.0
0.2
8.3
3.6
4.9
74.8
54.1
1.8
7.1
1.9
952
579
204
62
121
121
201
+274
8Luol Deng
L. Deng
99.4
2,129
2011-12
CHI CHI
54
39.4
15.3
6.5
2.9
1.0
0.7
5.8
14.0
41.2
1.5
4.0
36.7
2.4
3.1
77.0
50.0
1.4
5.1
1.8
828
350
157
56
36
96
81
+377
9Chris Bosh
C. Bosh
99.7
2,007
2011-12
MIA MIA
57
35.2
18.0
7.9
1.8
0.9
0.8
6.9
14.2
48.7
0.2
0.6
28.6
4.0
4.9
82.1
55.1
1.6
6.3
2.1
1,025
452
103
51
45
117
128
+388
10Andrew Bynum
A. Bynum
100.4
2,112
2011-12
LAL LAL
60
35.2
18.7
11.8
1.4
0.5
1.9
7.4
13.3
55.8
0.0
0.1
20.0
3.9
5.6
69.2
59.4
3.2
8.6
2.5
1,123
709
85
27
116
152
104
+115
11Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
100.8
2,196
2011-12
PHI PHI
65
33.8
13.5
3.3
4.5
1.6
0.3
5.5
12.8
43.2
1.0
2.6
38.0
1.4
1.8
78.3
49.6
0.9
2.4
2.1
879
212
290
103
18
135
137
+215
12Kevin Durant
K. Durant
101.1
2,546
2011-12
OKC OKC
66
38.6
28.0
8.0
3.5
1.3
1.2
9.7
19.7
49.6
2.0
5.2
38.7
6.5
7.6
86.0
61.0
0.6
7.4
3.8
1,850
527
231
88
77
248
133
+369
13Paul Millsap
P. Millsap
101.7
2,100
2011-12
UTA UTA
64
32.8
16.6
8.8
2.3
1.8
0.8
6.7
13.5
49.5
0.1
0.5
22.6
3.2
4.0
79.2
54.5
2.8
6.0
1.8
1,061
563
150
118
52
112
222
+196
14Jeff Teague
J. Teague
102.0
2,183
2011-12
ATL ATL
66
33.1
12.6
2.4
4.9
1.6
0.6
4.8
10.2
47.6
0.8
2.3
34.2
2.1
2.8
75.7
55.1
0.3
2.1
2.0
831
159
321
106
37
134
145
+232
15Rudy Gay
R. Gay
102.1
2,422
2011-12
MEM MEM
65
37.3
19.0
6.4
2.3
1.5
0.8
7.5
16.4
45.5
0.8
2.7
31.2
3.2
4.0
79.1
52.1
2.0
4.4
2.5
1,232
417
147
95
55
161
138
+95
16Mike Conley
M. Conley
102.4
2,174
2011-12
MEM MEM
62
35.1
12.7
2.5
6.5
2.2
0.2
4.8
11.0
43.3
1.0
2.6
37.7
2.2
2.5
86.1
52.3
0.4
2.2
2.0
788
156
404
136
11
125
133
+258
17Marcin Gortat
M. Gortat
102.5
2,114
2011-12
PHX PHX
66
32.0
15.4
10.0
0.9
0.7
1.5
6.5
11.7
55.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.8
64.9
57.8
2.8
7.2
1.4
1,017
659
59
48
99
90
142
+89
18Greg Monroe
G. Monroe
102.6
2,082
2011-12
DET DET
66
31.5
15.4
9.7
2.3
1.3
0.7
6.2
11.8
52.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
4.1
73.9
56.3
3.6
6.0
2.4
1,015
637
152
83
46
161
180
-202
19Pau Gasol
P. Gasol
102.6
2,430
2011-12
LAL LAL
65
37.4
17.4
10.4
3.6
0.6
1.4
7.1
14.1
50.1
0.1
0.4
25.9
3.1
4.0
78.2
54.7
2.8
7.6
2.2
1,129
678
237
37
88
142
127
+156
20Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
103.0
2,079
2011-12
DAL DAL
62
33.5
21.6
6.7
2.2
0.7
0.5
7.6
16.7
45.7
1.3
3.4
36.8
5.1
5.7
89.6
56.4
0.7
6.0
1.9
1,342
418
136
42
30
117
129
+261
21Al Jefferson
A. Jefferson
103.1
2,075
2011-12
UTA UTA
61
34.0
19.2
9.6
2.2
0.8
1.7
8.5
17.2
49.2
0.0
0.1
25.0
2.2
2.9
77.4
52.0
2.2
7.4
1.0
1,170
585
134
47
101
62
155
+162
22Blake Griffin
B. Griffin
104.1
2,392
2011-12
LAC LAC
66
36.2
20.7
10.9
3.2
0.8
0.7
8.5
15.5
54.9
0.0
0.2
12.5
3.7
7.1
52.1
55.7
3.3
7.6
2.3
1,368
717
210
54
48
150
216
+334
23Kevin Love
K. Love
104.2
2,145
2011-12
MIN MIN
55
39.0
26.0
13.3
2.0
0.9
0.5
8.6
19.3
44.8
1.9
5.1
37.2
6.9
8.4
82.4
56.8
4.1
9.2
2.3
1,432
734
111
47
28
128
152
+27
24Danny Granger
D. Granger
104.4
2,062
2011-12
IND IND
62
33.3
18.7
5.0
1.8
1.0
0.6
6.3
15.2
41.6
2.0
5.2
38.1
4.1
4.7
87.3
54.2
1.3
3.7
1.8
1,159
307
109
62
40
110
144
+296
25Chris Paul
C. Paul
104.5
2,181
2011-12
LAC LAC
60
36.4
19.8
3.6
9.1
2.5
0.1
7.1
14.8
47.8
1.3
3.6
37.1
4.3
5.0
86.1
58.1
0.7
2.9
2.1
1,189
213
543
152
4
124
138
+326
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