Patrick Ewing had the lowest defensive rating in 1992-93, with a 94.2 rating.

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best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player NBA 1993

	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	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	94.2	1992-93	NYK	81	37.1	24.2	12.1	1.9	0.9	2.0	9.6	19.1	50.3	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.9	6.9	71.9	54.6	2.4	9.7	3.3	3,003	1,959	980	151	74	161	265	286
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	96.1	1992-93	HOU	82	39.5	26.1	13.0	3.5	1.8	4.2	10.3	19.5	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.4	7.0	77.9	57.7	3.5	9.6	3.2	3,242	2,140	1,068	291	150	342	262	305
3	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	97.7	1992-93	NYK	82	27.2	6.9	8.6	1.5	1.0	0.2	2.7	5.3	50.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.1	72.2	55.6	3.5	5.1	1.5	2,230	565	708	126	85	15	124	289
4	David Robinson D. Robinson	99.9	1992-93	SAS	82	39.2	23.4	11.7	3.7	1.5	3.2	8.2	16.4	50.1	0.0	0.2	17.6	6.8	9.3	73.2	56.9	2.8	8.9	2.9	3,211	1,916	956	301	127	264	241	239
5	Charles Smith C. Smith	100.0	1992-93	NYK	81	26.8	12.4	5.3	1.8	0.6	1.2	4.4	9.4	46.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	4.5	78.2	54.2	2.1	3.2	1.9	2,172	1,003	432	142	48	96	155	254
6	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	100.1	1992-93	SEA	78	33.1	17.8	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	6.6	13.4	49.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.6	6.4	71.2	54.7	3.7	7.0	2.8	2,582	1,388	833	155	119	146	217	327
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	100.4	1992-93	ORL	81	37.9	23.4	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	9.0	16.1	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	8.9	59.2	58.4	4.2	9.6	3.8	3,071	1,893	1,122	152	60	286	307	321
8	Anthony Mason A. Mason	100.7	1992-93	NYK	81	30.6	10.3	7.9	2.1	0.5	0.2	3.9	7.8	50.2	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.6	68.2	54.9	2.9	5.0	1.7	2,482	831	640	170	43	19	137	240
9	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	101.3	1992-93	NJN	76	36.3	20.7	11.2	3.6	1.2	1.7	7.4	16.1	46.0	0.3	1.3	23.2	5.5	6.9	80.8	54.0	3.3	8.0	3.2	2,759	1,572	852	276	92	126	243	210
10	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	101.5	1992-93	DEN	82	36.9	13.8	13.0	1.8	0.5	3.5	4.9	9.5	51.0	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.0	68.1	56.7	4.2	8.9	2.6	3,029	1,131	1,070	147	43	287	216	284
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	102.4	1992-93	CHI	78	39.3	32.6	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	12.7	25.7	49.5	1.0	2.9	35.2	6.1	7.3	83.7	56.4	1.7	5.0	2.7	3,067	2,541	522	428	221	61	207	188
12	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	102.5	1992-93	DET	62	38.9	7.5	18.3	1.6	0.8	0.7	3.0	6.9	42.7	0.2	1.2	20.5	1.4	2.6	53.4	46.7	5.9	12.3	1.7	2,410	468	1,132	102	48	45	103	201
13	John Starks J. Starks	102.6	1992-93	NYK	80	31.0	17.5	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	6.4	15.0	42.8	1.4	4.2	32.1	3.3	4.1	79.5	51.9	0.7	1.9	2.2	2,477	1,397	204	404	91	12	173	234
14	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	102.6	1992-93	POR	82	31.4	19.1	6.6	2.2	1.2	2.0	7.7	16.3	47.3	0.2	0.9	24.7	3.5	5.1	69.0	51.7	2.0	4.6	2.1	2,575	1,570	542	182	98	163	173	287
15	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	102.6	1992-93	PHX	76	37.6	25.6	12.2	5.1	1.6	1.0	9.4	18.1	52.0	0.9	2.9	30.5	5.9	7.7	76.5	59.6	3.1	9.1	3.1	2,859	1,944	928	385	119	74	233	196
16	Vlade Divac V. Divac	103.2	1992-93	LAL	82	30.8	12.8	8.9	2.8	1.6	1.7	4.8	10.0	48.5	0.3	0.9	28.0	2.9	4.2	68.9	54.2	2.7	6.2	2.6	2,525	1,050	729	232	128	140	214	311
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	103.2	1992-93	UTA	82	37.8	27.0	11.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	9.7	17.6	55.2	0.0	0.2	20.0	7.5	10.2	74.0	61.2	2.8	8.4	2.9	3,099	2,217	919	308	124	85	240	261
18	Sam Bowie S. Bowie	103.3	1992-93	NJN	79	26.5	9.1	7.0	1.6	0.4	1.6	3.6	8.1	45.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	1.8	2.3	77.9	50.0	2.0	5.0	1.5	2,092	717	556	127	32	128	120	226
19	Larry Nance L. Nance	103.4	1992-93	CLE	77	35.8	16.5	8.7	2.9	0.7	2.6	6.9	12.6	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.2	81.8	58.7	2.4	6.3	1.4	2,753	1,268	668	223	54	198	107	223
20	Robert Parish R. Parish	103.5	1992-93	BOS	79	27.2	12.6	9.4	0.8	0.7	1.4	5.3	9.8	53.5	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.0	68.9	56.5	3.1	6.3	1.5	2,146	994	740	61	57	107	120	201
21	Chris Morris C. Morris	103.5	1992-93	NJN	77	29.9	14.1	5.9	1.4	1.9	0.7	5.7	11.8	48.1	0.2	1.0	22.4	2.6	3.2	79.4	53.4	2.9	2.9	1.5	2,302	1,086	454	106	144	52	119	171
22	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	103.7	1992-93	CHI	81	38.6	18.6	7.7	6.3	2.1	0.9	7.8	16.4	47.3	0.3	1.1	23.7	2.9	4.3	66.3	51.0	2.5	5.2	3.0	3,123	1,510	621	507	173	73	246	219
23	Buck Williams B. Williams	103.8	1992-93	POR	82	30.5	8.3	8.4	0.9	1.0	0.7	3.3	6.4	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.6	64.5	54.5	2.8	5.6	1.2	2,498	678	690	75	81	61	101	270
24	Michael Cage M. Cage	103.9	1992-93	SEA	82	26.3	6.1	8.0	0.8	0.9	0.6	2.7	5.1	52.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.6	46.9	52.7	3.3	4.8	0.7	2,156	499	659	69	76	46	59	183
25	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	104.6	1992-93	CLE	71	37.9	20.2	10.2	4.4	0.7	0.8	7.3	12.8	57.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	5.5	6.9	79.5	63.5	2.3	7.9	2.1	2,691	1,432	726	312	53	56	150	174

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1	Pistons	31	10	.756
2	Celtics	26	16	.619	5.5
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Wed 1/21	BKN	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Sat 1/24	NYK	@	PHI	3:00 PM
Tue 1/27	SAC	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Wed 1/28	NYK	@	TOR	7:30 PM
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1	Pistons	31	10	.756
2	Celtics	26	16	.619	5.5
3	Knicks	25	18	.581	7.0
4	Raptors	25	19	.568	7.5
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Tue 1/20	MIN	@	UTA	9:00 PM
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