Ben Wallace had the best defensive rating in 2003-04, with an 87.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in NBA 2004

	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	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	87.5	2003-04	DET	81	37.7	9.5	12.4	1.7	1.8	3.0	3.9	9.2	42.1	0.0	0.1	12.5	1.8	3.6	49.0	44.1	4.0	8.4	1.5	3,050	773	1,006	138	143	246	123	162	+437
2	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	88.5	2003-04	SAS	69	36.6	22.3	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	8.6	17.1	50.1	0.0	0.2	16.7	5.1	8.5	59.9	53.4	3.3	9.2	2.7	2,527	1,538	859	213	62	185	183	164	+543
3	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	91.5	2003-04	MIN	82	39.4	24.2	13.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	9.8	19.6	49.9	0.1	0.5	25.6	4.5	5.7	79.1	54.7	3.0	10.9	2.6	3,231	1,987	1,139	409	120	178	212	202	+614
4	Rasho Nesterovic R. Nesterovic	92.2	2003-04	SAS	82	28.7	8.7	7.7	1.4	0.6	2.0	4.0	8.5	46.9	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.4	47.4	47.3	3.1	4.6	1.3	2,353	710	633	114	51	165	107	247	+278
5	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	93.1	2003-04	NJN	65	34.6	16.7	9.5	2.5	1.5	1.3	6.8	13.8	48.8	0.1	0.4	28.0	3.1	4.5	68.4	52.8	2.0	7.4	2.6	2,252	1,086	617	160	95	82	168	230	+198
6	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	93.1	2003-04	SAS	77	29.4	12.8	4.5	3.8	1.8	0.2	4.3	10.2	41.8	1.1	3.2	35.9	3.1	3.9	80.2	53.6	1.1	3.4	2.1	2,260	987	344	291	136	16	161	181	+406
7	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	93.1	2003-04	IND	78	35.7	20.1	10.0	2.1	0.8	2.6	7.8	17.9	43.4	0.0	0.2	11.1	4.5	5.9	75.7	48.9	2.5	7.5	2.3	2,788	1,566	778	164	59	199	181	248	+446
8	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	93.8	2003-04	SAS	80	25.9	9.2	4.5	1.9	1.0	0.4	3.3	8.1	40.6	1.3	3.0	41.9	1.4	2.0	70.8	51.6	0.7	3.8	1.2	2,073	739	358	154	80	32	94	165	+466
9	Marcus Camby M. Camby	95.3	2003-04	DEN	72	30.0	8.6	10.1	1.8	1.2	2.6	3.6	7.6	47.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.9	72.1	51.1	2.9	7.2	1.4	2,162	622	727	132	86	187	98	239	+71
10	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	96.0	2003-04	IND	73	37.2	18.3	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	6.4	15.2	42.1	1.0	3.3	31.0	4.4	6.0	73.3	51.1	1.4	3.9	2.8	2,714	1,333	385	272	152	50	202	194	+486
11	Donyell Marshall D. Marshall	96.7	2003-04	TOT	82	36.4	14.7	9.9	1.5	1.1	1.5	5.7	12.4	46.1	1.6	4.0	40.3	1.6	2.2	73.6	54.8	2.6	7.3	1.4	2,988	1,205	808	122	93	124	117	247	-130
12	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	96.8	2003-04	NJN	67	36.6	15.5	6.4	9.2	1.8	0.2	5.5	14.3	38.4	1.4	4.4	32.1	3.1	3.7	82.7	48.5	1.3	5.1	3.2	2,450	1,036	428	618	122	14	214	110	+362
13	Samuel Dalembert S. Dalembert	96.9	2003-04	PHI	82	26.8	8.0	7.6	0.3	0.5	2.3	3.3	6.1	54.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.1	64.4	56.6	2.4	5.3	1.0	2,197	652	626	21	44	189	86	273	-51
14	Yao Ming Y. Ming	96.9	2003-04	HOU	82	32.8	17.5	9.0	1.5	0.3	1.9	6.5	12.5	52.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.4	80.9	58.6	2.4	6.6	2.5	2,692	1,431	735	122	22	156	204	273	+209
15	Bruce Bowen B. Bowen	97.3	2003-04	SAS	82	32.0	6.9	3.1	1.4	1.0	0.4	2.6	6.1	42.0	0.9	2.6	36.3	0.8	1.4	57.9	51.2	0.5	2.5	1.1	2,624	565	253	113	84	33	90	166	+394
16	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	97.3	2003-04	UTA	78	37.1	16.5	8.1	3.1	1.9	2.8	5.3	11.9	44.3	0.9	2.6	33.8	5.0	6.4	79.0	55.9	2.9	5.2	2.8	2,895	1,284	629	244	150	215	215	174	+85
17	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	97.7	2003-04	DET	82	32.9	10.3	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	4.1	8.8	46.7	0.7	1.9	36.3	1.3	1.7	76.6	53.6	1.1	3.6	1.5	2,701	841	390	191	63	69	119	149	+364
18	Al Harrington A. Harrington	97.8	2003-04	IND	79	30.9	13.3	6.4	1.7	1.0	0.3	5.3	11.5	46.3	0.3	1.0	27.3	2.3	3.2	73.4	51.4	2.1	4.4	2.1	2,441	1,048	508	131	80	22	163	250	+69
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	98.3	2003-04	LAL	67	36.8	21.5	11.5	2.9	0.5	2.5	8.3	14.1	58.4	0.0	0.0		4.9	10.1	49.0	57.8	3.7	7.8	2.9	2,464	1,439	769	196	34	166	195	225	+437
20	Lamar Odom L. Odom	98.5	2003-04	MIA	80	37.5	17.1	9.7	4.1	1.1	0.9	6.1	14.1	43.0	0.8	2.6	29.8	4.3	5.7	74.2	51.6	2.0	7.7	3.0	3,003	1,371	776	327	85	71	236	273	+59
21	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	98.6	2003-04	DET	78	35.5	17.6	3.6	4.0	1.3	0.2	6.8	14.9	45.5	0.2	0.9	26.5	3.8	4.4	86.8	52.2	1.0	2.6	2.7	2,772	1,375	279	310	103	17	210	222	+394
22	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	98.6	2003-04	NJN	82	34.7	13.1	4.0	2.5	1.5	0.5	5.3	11.7	45.3	1.2	3.4	35.1	1.3	1.7	78.7	52.6	0.7	3.3	1.2	2,842	1,072	327	206	125	40	95	144	+238
23	Jason Collins J. Collins	98.7	2003-04	NJN	78	28.5	5.9	5.1	2.0	0.9	0.7	2.1	4.9	42.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.4	73.9	49.7	1.8	3.3	1.2	2,220	462	400	153	67	56	97	251	+266
24	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	98.9	2003-04	DET	78	35.4	16.9	3.5	5.7	1.1	0.1	5.0	12.8	39.4	1.7	4.3	38.8	5.2	5.9	87.8	55.0	0.4	3.1	2.4	2,758	1,318	276	446	84	8	189	177	+412
25	Tony Parker T. Parker	98.9	2003-04	SAS	75	34.4	14.7	3.2	5.5	0.8	0.1	5.6	12.6	44.7	0.8	2.7	31.2	2.5	3.6	70.2	51.6	0.6	2.6	2.4	2,577	1,099	237	411	61	7	179	148	+394