best defensive rating nba by decade

Peter Aluma has the best defensive rating in a decade, with a 73.1 rating in the 1990s.

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best defensive rating by a player NBA by decade
NAMEDRTGDECADEGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Peter Aluma
P. Aluma
73.1
1990s
2
2.5
1.0
1.0
0.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
1.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
50.0
0.5
0.5
1.0
5
2
2
0
1
1
2
4
-7
2Javin DeLaurier
J. DeLaurier
74.0
2020s
1
3.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
3
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
+4
3Martynas Andriuskevicius
M. Andriuskevicius
78.1
2000s
6
1.5
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.5
0.0
9
0
4
0
2
0
0
1
+11
4Cozell McQueen
C. McQueen
84.8
1980s
3
2.3
2.0
2.7
0.0
0.0
0.3
1.0
1.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
1.0
1.7
0.0
7
6
8
0
0
1
0
1
5Torgeir Bryn
T. Bryn
84.8
1990s
3
3.3
1.3
0.7
0.0
0.7
0.3
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.3
2.0
66.7
43.1
0.0
0.7
0.3
10
4
2
0
2
1
1
5
6Leonard Miller
L. Miller
85.4
2020s
1
2.0
2.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
2.0
0.0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
+3
7M.J. Walker
M.J. Walker
85.9
2020s
2
4.0
0.0
0.5
0.5
1.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
8
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
-3
8Tom Hovasse
T. Hovasse
86.2
1990s
2
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
9Dick Cunningham
D. Cunningham
87.9
1970s
10
5.3
0.6
1.8
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.6
50.0
0.0
0.7
0.0
33.0
0.1
1.7
53
6
18
1
2
2
6
10Sim Bhullar
S. Bhullar
88.2
2010s
3
1.0
0.7
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.3
0.3
0.7
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
50.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
3
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
+1
11Matt Steigenga
M. Steigenga
88.6
1990s
2
6.0
1.5
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
2.0
25.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.5
1.0
50.0
30.7
0.0
1.5
1.0
12
3
3
2
1
1
2
1
-4
12JJ O'Brien
JJ O'Brien
88.7
2010s
2
3.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
6
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
-8
13Roger Burkman
R. Burkman
89.4
1980s
6
5.0
0.8
1.0
0.8
1.0
0.3
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.8
1.0
83.3
37.7
0.3
0.7
0.5
30
5
6
5
6
2
3
6
14Cedric Lewis
C. Lewis
89.9
1990s
3
1.3
1.3
0.7
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.7
1.0
66.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
66.7
0.7
0.0
0.0
4
4
2
0
1
0
0
0
15Rodrick Rhodes
R. Rhodes
90.0
2000s
1
8.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
2.0
8
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
-15
16Zach Lofton
Z. Lofton
90.2
2010s
1
4.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
4
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
17Trey Gilder
T. Gilder
90.7
2010s
2
2.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.5
0.5
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
5
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
+3
18Jerome James
J. James
91.0
1990s
16
2.6
1.5
1.1
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.6
1.5
37.5
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.8
50.0
41.0
0.4
0.7
0.6
42
24
17
1
2
6
9
11
-16
19Bill Walton
B. Walton
91.0
1970s
209
33.7
17.1
13.5
4.4
1.0
2.6
7.0
13.8
51.0
3.0
4.5
67.4
54.2
2.6
10.9
3.6
7,033
3,578
2,822
923
204
533
206
578
20Art Williams
A. Williams
91.5
1970s
67
9.2
2.6
1.7
2.4
0.7
0.0
1.1
2.5
43.5
0.4
0.5
84.4
47.5
0.3
1.4
617
173
115
163
44
3
100
21Ben Davis
B. Davis
91.7
2000s
5
4.4
0.8
1.8
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.4
1.2
33.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
33.3
0.6
1.2
0.6
22
4
9
2
1
1
3
2
-16
22Trevor Winter
T. Winter
91.8
1990s
1
5.0
0.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
0.0
5
0
3
0
0
0
0
5
-2
23Dave Stallworth
D. Stallworth
92.0
1970s
52
9.9
4.0
2.8
0.5
0.6
0.1
1.5
3.9
39.0
0.9
1.1
85.5
45.2
1.1
1.7
515
207
145
27
31
7
71
24Ian Mahinmi
I. Mahinmi
92.1
2000s
6
3.8
3.5
0.8
0.2
0.0
0.7
1.0
2.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
1.5
100.0
65.8
0.0
0.8
0.3
23
21
5
1
0
4
2
4
-14
25Jerry Sloan
J. Sloan
92.3
1970s
177
34.2
12.4
6.8
1.9
2.2
0.2
4.9
11.3
43.9
2.5
3.4
72.6
48.5
2.1
4.8
6,054
2,194
1,210
332
381
32
615
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16.5
13
14
37
.275
24.0
14
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38
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24.5
15
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40
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
40
13
.755
2
36
16
.692
3.5
3
34
19
.642
6.0
4
32
19
.627
7.0
5
32
19
.627
7.0
6
32
22
.593
8.5
7
31
22
.585
9.0
8
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25
.528
12.0
9
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.481
14.5
10
25
28
.472
15.0
11
20
31
.392
19.0
12
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20.5
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.302
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