best defensive rating in a single game with at least 20 minutes played

Kevin Garnett has the best defensive rating in a game with 20+ minutes played, with a 43.4 rating against the Magic on January 23, 2012.

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  • Data note: Defensive Rating: player game data may be incomplete before 1984-85
NAMEDRTGMINDATETMOPPPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
43.4
29
1/23/2012
vs
14
10
2
5
2
5
9
55.6
0
0
4
4
100.0
65.1
3
7
3
2
+26
2Charlie Ward
C. Ward
45.1
23
11/4/1997
vs
5
2
4
5
4
2
2
100.0
0
0
1
2
50.0
86.8
0
2
1
2
+13
3Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
47.0
32
4/10/1999
@
19
6
2
2
7
6
9
66.7
0
0
7
10
70.0
70.9
2
4
2
3
+34
4David Robinson
D. Robinson
49.0
21
11/8/1995
vs
31
8
0
3
3
13
19
68.4
0
0
5
6
83.3
71.6
3
5
1
3
5Kelvin Cato
K. Cato
49.0
23
11/3/2003
@
2
8
0
3
3
1
3
33.3
0
0
0
2
0.0
25.8
0
8
1
5
+14
6Jose Calderon
J. Calderon
49.7
25
3/19/2008
vs
10
5
10
4
0
4
5
80.0
1
2
50.0
1
2
50.0
85.0
0
5
1
1
+27
7Pau Gasol
P. Gasol
50.1
31
1/11/2011
vs
13
14
3
3
1
6
12
50.0
0
0
1
1
100.0
52.3
3
11
0
2
+41
8Derrick McKey
D. McKey
50.5
21
2/27/1998
vs
8
3
0
3
3
4
5
80.0
0
0
0
0
80.0
0
3
1
1
+19
9Taj Gibson
T. Gibson
51.4
21
1/14/2013
vs
8
7
0
1
5
4
8
50.0
0
0
0
0
50.0
2
5
1
2
+18
10Ron Harper
R. Harper
51.4
26
3/12/1999
vs
8
3
5
6
3
3
7
42.9
1
2
50.0
1
2
50.0
50.8
1
2
2
3
+28
11Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
51.8
46
2/1/2003
@
17
25
4
1
5
6
13
46.2
0
0
5
7
71.4
52.9
2
23
6
2
+2
12James Posey
J. Posey
52.2
25
12/13/2003
vs
8
4
2
6
1
3
7
42.9
2
4
50.0
0
0
57.1
2
2
2
2
+11
13Marcus Camby
M. Camby
52.6
24
1/27/2012
vs
0
20
3
2
2
0
4
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
2
18
1
2
+21
14Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
52.6
29
1/14/2012
vs
5
3
6
6
1
2
2
100.0
1
1
100.0
0
0
125.0
0
3
2
1
+19
15Carlos Boozer
C. Boozer
52.6
35
3/19/2012
@
24
13
2
4
0
12
18
66.7
0
0
0
0
66.7
0
13
1
4
+19
16P.J. Brown
P.J. Brown
52.7
25
4/10/1999
@
4
4
2
2
1
2
8
25.0
0
0
0
0
25.0
1
3
2
4
+26
17Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
52.7
38
12/10/1985
vs
18
18
3
1
5
7
12
58.3
0
0
4
7
57.1
59.7
3
15
5
4
18Robert Parish
R. Parish
53.1
35
11/15/1988
@
8
16
0
2
5
4
10
40.0
0
0
0
0
40.0
3
13
7
2
19Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
53.4
21
12/21/2012
vs
11
14
2
1
5
5
7
71.4
0
0
1
4
25.0
62.8
5
9
1
1
+10
20Karl Malone
K. Malone
53.4
30
11/27/1989
vs
22
17
1
1
0
9
13
69.2
0
1
0.0
4
6
66.7
70.3
3
14
10
3
21Dwight Howard
D. Howard
53.5
26
4/13/2011
vs
13
13
2
4
1
3
7
42.9
0
0
7
9
77.8
59.3
3
10
5
4
+26
22Jamal Mashburn
J. Mashburn
53.6
23
4/10/1999
@
14
6
1
1
0
4
8
50.0
0
0
6
6
100.0
65.8
1
5
2
4
+18
23Andrew Bogut
A. Bogut
53.7
23
3/11/2013
vs
4
11
1
2
1
1
4
25.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
41.0
2
9
0
5
+35
24Will Perdue
W. Perdue
53.9
26
11/8/1995
vs
7
11
1
1
5
2
3
66.7
0
0
3
4
75.0
73.5
3
8
1
5
25Dan Majerle
D. Majerle
53.9
30
4/10/1999
@
0
10
3
0
1
0
4
0.0
0
2
0.0
0
0
0.0
1
9
1
1
+30

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TEAMWLPCTGB
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4
1
.800
2
4
1
.800
3
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3
1
.750
0.5
4
3
1
.750
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3
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.600
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1
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1
.800
2
4
1
.800
3
3
1
.750
0.5
4
3
1
.750
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5
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.600
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.500
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.400
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9
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.400
2.0
10
2
3
.400
2.0
11
1
3
.250
2.5
12
1
4
.200
3.0
13
1
4
.200
3.0
14
1
4
.200
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15
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4
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
5
0
1.000
2
4
0
1.000
0.5
3
3
0
1.000
1.0
4
4
1
.800
1.0
5
4
1
.800
1.0
6
3
2
.600
2.0
7
3
2
.600
2.0
8
3
2
.600
2.0
9
2
2
.500
2.5
10
2
3
.400
3.0
11
1
2
.333
3.0
12
1
3
.250
3.5
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1
4
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4.0
14
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