best defensive rating shootint guard since 2000

Since 1999-00, George Lynch has the lowest defensive rating by a guard, with a 100.1 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games shootint guard since 2000
NAMEDRTGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1George Lynch
G. Lynch
100.1
81
18.5
4.5
4.4
1.3
0.8
0.2
1.8
4.4
40.9
0.3
1.0
35.4
0.5
0.9
55.4
46.4
1.7
2.6
0.6
1,497
363
353
104
66
19
52
136
+129
2Aaron McKie
A. McKie
100.4
138
28.9
10.7
3.8
4.1
1.2
0.2
4.1
8.8
46.1
0.8
2.2
34.7
1.8
2.3
77.4
54.3
0.4
3.3
2.2
3,986
1,472
523
567
167
22
298
259
+435
3Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
100.4
1,057
25.4
13.3
3.5
3.8
1.3
0.3
4.3
9.7
44.7
1.4
3.8
36.9
3.2
3.9
82.7
58.2
0.6
2.8
2.0
26,859
14,043
3,697
4,001
1,392
319
2,116
2,212
+5468
4Terry Porter
T. Porter
100.7
220
20.8
7.3
2.5
3.1
0.7
0.2
2.5
5.6
44.1
1.1
2.5
42.6
1.4
1.7
80.5
58.2
0.3
2.3
1.3
4,585
1,613
556
677
147
36
289
256
+1135
5Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
100.7
1,044
35.7
12.3
6.4
8.5
1.9
0.3
4.3
10.8
39.9
1.5
4.3
35.5
2.1
2.6
81.2
51.3
1.1
5.3
2.8
37,267
12,860
6,644
8,921
1,958
335
2,872
1,907
+3269
6Dan Majerle
D. Majerle
100.9
187
25.6
5.7
3.6
2.1
1.0
0.3
1.9
5.2
36.7
1.3
3.9
34.2
0.6
0.8
75.7
51.7
0.4
3.2
0.7
4,794
1,073
675
384
190
47
132
358
+375
7Kerry Kittles
K. Kittles
101.0
302
31.6
12.9
3.7
2.5
1.5
0.4
5.1
11.2
45.5
1.2
3.3
37.7
1.5
1.9
77.2
53.6
0.7
2.9
1.1
9,533
3,898
1,111
754
443
123
322
494
+720
8Ron Harper
R. Harper
101.0
127
25.0
6.8
4.0
3.0
1.0
0.5
2.7
6.3
42.3
0.4
1.4
29.2
1.1
1.5
68.7
48.7
1.1
2.8
1.5
3,181
864
503
383
124
64
194
234
+409
9Mario Elie
M. Elie
101.1
147
25.3
6.0
2.7
2.2
0.9
0.1
2.0
4.8
42.5
0.7
1.9
38.5
1.2
1.5
83.0
55.6
0.6
2.2
1.3
3,723
889
404
324
131
21
190
268
+344
10Charlie Ward
C. Ward
101.1
347
21.9
6.5
2.5
3.9
1.1
0.2
2.3
5.8
40.2
1.2
3.2
37.5
0.6
0.8
79.9
53.1
0.3
2.2
1.4
7,613
2,258
874
1,340
390
62
498
683
+318
11Bonzi Wells
B. Wells
101.5
481
26.0
12.4
4.7
2.1
1.4
0.3
4.8
10.7
45.2
0.4
1.3
32.7
2.3
3.2
71.3
51.0
1.4
3.3
2.0
12,513
5,949
2,241
1,007
650
158
983
1,256
+495
12Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
101.5
288
39.0
25.0
6.7
4.2
1.6
0.7
8.1
19.2
42.4
1.9
5.5
35.0
6.8
8.4
80.7
54.5
1.0
5.7
3.4
11,237
7,201
1,943
1,214
472
213
984
820
+373
13Eddie Jones
E. Jones
101.6
530
33.9
14.8
4.1
2.9
1.5
0.6
5.1
12.0
42.2
1.7
4.5
37.1
3.0
3.6
83.3
54.5
0.7
3.3
1.6
17,985
7,844
2,148
1,524
800
294
826
1,377
+933
14Vincent Yarbrough
V. Yarbrough
101.8
59
23.4
6.9
2.7
2.2
1.0
0.6
2.8
7.3
39.3
0.4
1.3
26.9
0.8
1.1
79.0
44.6
0.6
2.1
1.4
1,381
406
162
130
57
33
81
145
-180
15Nick Calathes
N. Calathes
101.9
129
15.6
4.6
1.9
2.7
1.0
0.1
1.9
4.3
44.1
0.2
0.8
28.8
0.5
0.9
58.1
48.4
0.3
1.6
1.3
2,011
590
243
353
129
13
162
217
+107
16Tony Allen
T. Allen
102.0
757
21.7
8.1
3.4
1.3
1.4
0.4
3.1
6.6
47.3
0.2
0.5
27.7
1.7
2.4
71.5
52.9
1.2
2.2
1.4
16,406
6,115
2,604
991
1,029
307
1,032
1,781
+700
17Doug Christie
D. Christie
102.1
456
33.3
10.6
4.1
4.1
1.9
0.5
3.7
8.5
43.3
0.9
2.6
35.9
2.3
2.6
85.8
54.5
0.9
3.2
1.9
15,201
4,821
1,875
1,886
865
210
871
1,088
+1808
18Nick Anderson
N. Anderson
102.5
93
24.3
8.8
3.9
1.5
1.1
0.2
3.4
9.0
38.1
1.5
4.7
32.6
0.4
0.8
48.7
46.9
0.9
3.0
1.1
2,263
819
364
136
104
20
102
131
+21
19Paul George
P. George
102.5
175
26.5
13.2
4.9
2.3
1.4
0.5
4.6
10.4
44.2
1.6
4.3
38.2
2.4
2.9
82.6
56.7
0.7
4.3
1.8
4,642
2,307
866
408
238
84
312
431
+498
20Rodney White
R. White
102.9
72
21.7
9.0
3.0
1.7
0.6
0.4
3.6
8.9
40.8
0.4
1.9
23.9
1.4
1.7
78.4
46.9
0.6
2.4
2.2
1,563
650
213
121
45
32
156
134
-309
21Jon Barry
J. Barry
102.9
432
20.1
6.9
2.3
2.5
0.9
0.2
2.4
5.3
44.6
1.1
2.5
41.5
1.2
1.3
88.7
59.2
0.4
1.8
1.1
8,697
2,997
980
1,100
390
65
472
594
+922
22Ronnie Brewer
R. Brewer
103.0
337
23.5
7.8
2.9
1.7
1.3
0.2
3.1
6.3
49.8
0.1
0.6
23.7
1.4
2.1
67.8
54.2
0.9
2.0
0.8
7,921
2,643
973
589
435
83
260
380
+788
23John Stockton
J. Stockton
103.2
328
29.5
12.0
2.8
8.3
1.7
0.2
4.3
8.5
50.2
0.5
1.3
38.4
2.9
3.5
84.0
59.5
0.6
2.1
2.4
9,670
3,920
906
2,719
564
76
772
779
+1481
24Brian Shaw
B. Shaw
103.4
284
16.2
4.0
2.6
2.3
0.5
0.2
1.6
4.1
38.5
0.4
1.4
32.6
0.4
0.6
75.5
46.3
0.5
2.2
0.9
4,613
1,145
751
651
141
57
258
369
+217
25Chris Childs
C. Childs
103.4
229
22.8
4.5
2.2
4.4
0.7
0.1
1.7
4.4
38.1
0.4
1.5
30.7
0.7
0.9
81.9
47.3
0.3
1.9
1.7
5,216
1,038
508
1,007
159
25
390
676
-60
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64
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3
54
28
.659
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53
29
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.549
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8
42
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.512
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.512
22.0
10
37
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