best defensive rating in the nba since 1977

Since 1976-77, Fatty Taylor has the best defensive rating, with a 95.3 rating.

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Assumption:1,000+ MIN/82TG
Data note: Defensive Rating: player season data complete from 1973-74

	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	Fatty Taylor F. Taylor	95.3	79	19.6	3.8	2.7	3.6	1.7	0.1	1.7	4.0	42.0				0.5	0.8	56.9	43.9	1.1	1.5		1,548	301	211	288	132	9		202
2	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	95.5	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
3	David Robinson D. Robinson	95.6	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
4	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	95.7	1,088	29.5	5.7	9.6	1.3	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.0	47.4	0.0	0.0	13.7	1.0	2.5	41.4	47.4	3.2	6.5	1.0	32,085	6,254	10,482	1,437	1,369	2,137	1,061	2,078	+2103
5	Elmore Smith E. Smith	95.8	175	21.7	10.1	7.0	0.6	0.5	1.9	4.1	8.3	49.2				1.9	3.1	62.0	52.3	1.9	5.1	1.7	3,792	1,764	1,223	113	92	336	183	508
6	Otto Moore O. Moore	95.8	81	25.7	5.9	7.9	2.2	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.9	40.5				1.1	1.7	67.9	44.5	2.1	5.8		2,084	477	636	181	54	117		231
7	Curtis Perry C. Perry	96.1	89	24.8	8.3	7.2	1.4	0.9	0.6	3.2	7.4	44.0				1.8	2.3	78.7	49.5	2.7	4.6	1.4	2,209	741	645	127	83	50	63	283
8	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	96.6	470	24.2	12.0	7.3	2.1	0.8	1.1	4.4	8.9	50.0	0.3	0.9	32.8	2.8	3.6	78.6	57.4	1.6	5.7	1.8	11,375	5,629	3,436	964	370	494	837	1,290	+1559
9	Gar Heard G. Heard	97.0	349	22.1	6.4	6.2	1.4	1.2	1.0	2.6	6.5	40.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	1.6	70.3	44.7	1.8	4.4	1.2	7,709	2,244	2,171	500	425	334	349	866
10	Kim Hughes K. Hughes	97.5	341	16.8	2.7	4.7	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.3	2.8	44.9	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.5	33.3	44.4	1.7	3.0	0.9	5,719	932	1,592	319	321	382	229	976
11	Bill Walton B. Walton	97.7	382	27.3	12.9	10.0	3.1	0.8	2.2	5.3	10.0	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.5	67.1	56.1	2.3	7.6	2.7	10,410	4,944	3,801	1,203	302	858	865	1,039
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	97.9	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
13	George Johnson G. Johnson	98.4	618	21.5	5.0	6.5	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.1	4.7	44.2	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.9	1.3	72.6	48.3	2.2	4.3	1.6	13,278	3,111	4,026	699	338	1,648	872	2,010
14	Marcus Camby M. Camby	98.5	973	29.5	9.5	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	3.9	8.3	46.6	0.0	0.1	20.5	1.8	2.6	67.0	50.3	2.7	7.1	1.4	28,684	9,262	9,513	1,837	967	2,331	1,362	2,687	-23
15	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	98.5	451	29.4	16.2	9.3	3.6	1.6	0.4	6.1	13.3	45.5	0.0	0.1	8.0	4.1	6.5	63.1	50.2	3.0	6.4	3.5	13,248	7,321	4,210	1,626	725	195	1,291	1,650
16	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	98.6	520	26.7	7.9	7.0	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.2	7.1	45.0	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.5	2.1	74.8	49.5	1.7	5.3	2.2	13,895	4,124	3,645	2,170	602	674	978	1,822
17	Jim Fox J. Fox	98.6	71	16.4	6.5	4.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	2.6	5.6	46.2				1.3	1.6	83.3	51.7	1.4	3.2		1,165	463	329	49	20	25		158
18	Leonard Gray L. Gray	98.9	83	19.7	7.6	3.5	1.5	0.7	0.4	3.1	7.1	43.6				1.4	1.9	74.7	47.9	1.0	2.5		1,639	634	293	124	58	31		273
19	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	98.9	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	40,594	24,815	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,537	4,034	+412
20	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	99.0	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
21	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	99.1	1,196	30.8	9.8	10.3	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.5	6.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.1	68.4	57.3	3.2	7.1	1.8	36,791	11,729	12,359	1,240	494	3,289	2,173	3,383	+1607
22	Yao Ming Y. Ming	99.1	486	32.5	19.0	9.2	1.6	0.4	1.9	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.1	83.3	59.6	2.5	6.7	2.7	15,818	9,247	4,494	769	189	920	1,311	1,596	+1491
23	Chuck Terry C. Terry	99.1	61	17.6	5.0	2.3	0.6	1.0	0.2	2.1	5.2	40.3				0.8	1.0	77.4	44.0	0.7	1.6		1,075	304	143	39	58	10		120
24	Len Elmore L. Elmore	99.1	505	16.6	4.6	4.2	0.9	0.8	0.8	1.8	4.5	41.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.3	71.5	45.8	1.4	2.8	1.0	8,384	2,327	2,146	459	379	405	522	1,258
25	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	99.2	301	35.9	15.4	10.7	3.8	1.1	0.8	6.6	14.0	46.7	0.0	0.1	7.1	2.3	2.8	81.9	50.5	2.5	8.3	2.2	10,793	4,644	3,235	1,129	323	243	543	1,094

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Mon 11/9	DEN	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 11/11	DEN	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	DEN	@	NOP	7:00 PM
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Wembanyama

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2	Celtics	8	2	.800	0.5
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4	Hawks	7	4	.636	2.0
5	Knicks	5	4	.556	3.0
6	Raptors	5	4	.556	3.0
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4	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	1.0
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6	Rockets	7	3	.700	1.5
7	Grizzlies	6	3	.667	2.0
8	Trail Blazers	6	3	.667	2.0
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10	Mavericks	6	4	.600	2.5
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