Slick Watts has the lowest career defensive rating by a point guard, with a 97.4 rating.

best defensive rating point guards in nba history
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best defensive rating with a minimum of 10000 minutes played point guards in NBA history
Watts Van Lier Frazier Price Ward Bing White Buckner Walker Kidd Hollins Williams Cleamons Bibby Porter Buse Snow McMillan Tinsley Armstrong Knight Carter Stockton Rondo Childs Anthony Brown 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 97.4 97.6 98.1 99.6 99.9 100.4 100.9 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.2 102.5 102.6 102.7 103.0 103.1 103.6 103.7 103.7 103.9 103.9 103.9 104.0 104.0 104.1 104.1 104.2
NAME DRTG MIN GP MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
Slick Watts Slick Watts 97.4 11,513 437 26.3 8.9 3.2 6.1 2.2 0.3 1.8 3.7 8.9 41.3 1.6 2.7 59.7 3,901 1,398 2,678 961 111 239 1,314
Norm Van Lier Norm Van Lier 97.6 14,655 424 34.6 11.0 4.3 6.5 1.8 0.2 2.1 4.1 10.1 40.2 2.9 3.7 77.3 4,666 1,809 2,776 767 71 249 1,481
Walt Frazier Walt Frazier 98.1 13,626 359 38.0 18.7 5.4 5.6 1.9 0.2 2.1 7.6 15.9 47.9 0.0 0.3 0.0 3.5 4.2 81.9 6,731 1,926 2,028 681 63 139 922
Jim Price Jim Price 99.6 10,159 370 27.5 11.1 3.3 4.1 1.6 0.3 1.7 4.6 10.5 44.4 1.9 2.3 81.6 4,123 1,220 1,528 596 106 275 1,003
Charlie Ward Charlie Ward 99.9 14,080 630 22.3 6.3 2.6 4.0 1.2 0.2 1.6 2.2 5.4 40.8 1.0 2.8 36.4 0.8 1.0 77.1 3,947 1,648 2,539 776 128 1,038 1,276 +757
Dave Bing Dave Bing 100.4 11,547 322 35.9 16.9 3.2 6.1 1.3 0.3 2.7 6.5 14.7 44.0 4.0 4.9 80.7 5,433 1,016 1,957 422 84 216 947
Jo Jo White Jo Jo White 100.9 19,315 541 35.7 16.0 3.6 4.9 1.3 0.2 2.4 6.8 15.3 44.6 0.0 0.1 16.7 2.3 2.8 85.0 8,632 1,940 2,675 686 112 504 1,257
Quinn Buckner Quinn Buckner 101.1 16,245 719 22.6 8.2 2.7 4.3 1.9 0.1 2.2 3.5 7.7 46.1 0.0 0.1 18.4 1.2 1.8 65.7 5,929 1,969 3,114 1,337 80 1,382 2,097
Foots Walker Foots Walker 101.5 15,036 658 22.9 6.4 2.6 4.7 1.5 0.1 1.8 2.3 5.4 43.5 0.0 0.1 22.7 1.7 2.2 76.2 4,199 1,686 3,111 992 83 792 1,414
Jason Kidd Jason Kidd 101.9 48,068 1,315 36.6 13.0 6.4 9.0 1.9 0.3 3.0 4.6 11.5 40.1 1.4 4.1 34.9 2.3 3.0 78.4 17,071 8,402 11,842 2,559 425 3,927 2,447 +3681
Lionel Hollins Lionel Hollins 102.2 14,987 545 27.5 11.7 2.4 4.6 1.6 0.3 2.7 4.8 10.8 44.3 0.0 0.2 15.7 2.1 2.9 74.7 6,387 1,325 2,528 874 162 1,063 1,540
Gus Williams Gus Williams 102.5 25,164 792 31.8 17.6 2.8 5.6 2.0 0.4 2.5 7.2 15.7 46.2 0.2 0.9 23.6 3.0 4.0 75.7 13,955 2,182 4,458 1,621 286 1,592 1,584
Jim Cleamons Jim Cleamons 102.6 13,392 455 29.4 9.5 3.4 4.4 1.0 0.2 1.6 4.0 8.6 46.2 0.1 0.4 22.6 1.6 2.1 76.5 4,344 1,563 2,008 465 103 251 966
Henry Bibby Henry Bibby 102.7 15,000 620 24.2 8.9 2.4 3.5 0.9 0.1 1.8 3.3 7.9 42.5 0.3 0.9 29.3 2.2 2.8 77.9 5,546 1,499 2,195 561 34 573 1,297
Kevin Porter Kevin Porter 103.0 17,890 588 30.4 12.2 1.9 8.6 1.4 0.1 3.5 5.1 10.5 48.5 0.0 0.1 18.8 2.0 2.7 74.5 7,173 1,107 5,077 830 72 1,133 2,045
Don Buse Don Buse 103.1 15,975 590 27.1 7.1 2.4 4.7 1.8 0.2 1.1 2.9 6.5 44.5 0.4 1.3 33.4 1.0 1.3 78.0 4,188 1,423 2,780 1,086 89 563 906
Eric Snow Eric Snow 103.6 21,288 765 27.8 7.1 2.6 5.1 1.2 0.1 1.7 2.6 6.2 42.7 0.1 0.3 19.1 1.8 2.4 76.4 5,469 1,986 3,928 908 89 1,302 1,824 +549
Nate McMillan Nate McMillan 103.7 18,749 700 26.8 6.2 4.2 6.4 2.0 0.5 1.9 2.4 5.4 44.6 0.4 1.1 33.8 1.0 1.6 65.3 4,333 2,931 4,467 1,426 332 1,352 2,156 +219
Jamaal Tinsley Jamaal Tinsley 103.7 14,443 547 26.4 8.5 2.9 6.1 1.4 0.3 2.5 3.2 8.2 39.3 0.7 2.4 29.9 1.3 1.9 71.6 4,652 1,605 3,330 776 155 1,375 1,306 +503
Darrell Armstrong Darrell Armstrong 103.9 16,167 675 24.0 9.1 2.7 3.9 1.3 0.1 1.8 3.2 7.8 40.8 1.1 3.4 33.3 1.6 1.9 86.9 6,169 1,854 2,648 906 80 1,187 1,098 +387
Brevin Knight Brevin Knight 103.9 18,176 729 24.9 7.3 2.4 6.1 1.7 0.1 1.9 2.8 6.7 41.2 0.0 0.2 13.4 1.8 2.2 78.9 5,342 1,785 4,481 1,229 87 1,367 1,856 -1087
Anthony Carter Anthony Carter 103.9 11,721 590 19.9 4.9 2.1 3.9 1.0 0.2 1.6 2.0 5.0 40.3 0.2 0.7 24.5 0.7 1.0 70.2 2,899 1,251 2,294 574 109 919 1,054 -289
John Stockton John Stockton 104.0 47,764 1,504 31.8 13.1 2.7 10.5 2.2 0.2 2.8 4.7 9.1 51.5 0.6 1.5 38.4 3.2 3.9 82.6 19,711 4,051 15,806 3,265 315 4,244 3,942 +2941
Rajon Rondo Rajon Rondo 104.0 28,570 957 29.9 9.8 4.5 7.9 1.6 0.1 2.7 4.1 8.9 45.6 0.5 1.4 32.4 1.2 1.9 61.1 9,337 4,349 7,584 1,518 125 2,586 1,997 +1331
Chris Childs Chris Childs 104.1 13,617 541 25.2 6.9 2.4 4.9 0.9 0.1 2.0 2.4 5.9 40.3 0.7 2.0 34.4 1.4 1.7 81.6 3,710 1,308 2,633 490 54 1,064 1,586 +98
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Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
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49 33 .598 15.0
4
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48 34 .585 16.0
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47 35 .573 17.0
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57 25 .695
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NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
4/22
PHX PHX
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MIN MIN
93-105
Mon
4/22
DAL DAL
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LAC LAC
96-93
Mon
4/22
IND IND
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MIL MIL
125-108
Sun
4/21
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
101-104
Sun
4/21
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
99-101

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
MIA MIA
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BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Wed
4/24
NOP NOP
@
OKC OKC
9:30 PM
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
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ORL ORL
7:00 PM
Thu
4/25
NYK NYK
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PHI PHI
7:30 PM
Thu
4/25
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM