best defensive rating team 1981 players

Alvan Adams had the best defensive rating in 1980-81, with a 96.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games team 1981 players
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Alvan Adams
A. Adams
96.3
1980-81
PHX PHX
75
27.4
14.9
7.3
4.6
1.4
0.9
6.1
11.6
52.6
0.0
0.0
2.7
3.5
76.8
56.7
2.1
5.2
3.0
2,054
1,115
546
344
106
69
226
226
2Robert Parish
R. Parish
96.5
1980-81
BOS BOS
82
28.0
18.9
9.5
1.8
1.0
2.6
7.7
14.2
54.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.4
4.8
71.0
57.9
3.0
6.5
2.3
2,298
1,552
777
144
81
214
191
310
3Julius Erving
J. Erving
96.7
1980-81
PHI PHI
82
35.0
24.6
8.0
4.4
2.1
1.8
9.7
18.6
52.1
0.0
0.2
22.2
5.1
6.5
78.7
57.2
3.0
5.0
3.2
2,874
2,014
657
364
173
147
266
233
4Caldwell Jones
C. Jones
97.3
1980-81
PHI PHI
81
32.6
7.2
10.0
1.5
0.7
1.7
2.7
6.0
44.9
0.0
0.0
1.8
2.4
76.7
51.2
2.5
7.6
2.1
2,639
584
813
122
53
134
168
271
5Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
98.0
1980-81
PHI PHI
76
27.5
14.0
7.2
1.4
0.5
1.5
5.6
9.2
60.7
0.0
0.0
2.9
4.0
72.0
64.1
1.4
5.8
2.9
2,088
1,065
545
109
38
112
220
316
6Bobby Jones
B. Jones
98.5
1980-81
PHI PHI
81
25.3
13.5
5.4
2.8
1.2
0.9
5.0
9.3
53.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.5
4.3
81.3
60.4
1.8
3.6
1.8
2,046
1,096
435
226
95
74
149
226
7Larry Bird
L. Bird
98.6
1980-81
BOS BOS
82
39.5
21.2
10.9
5.5
2.0
0.8
8.8
18.3
47.8
0.2
0.9
27.0
3.5
4.0
86.3
52.8
2.3
8.6
3.5
3,239
1,741
895
451
161
63
289
239
8Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
98.6
1980-81
PHI PHI
81
29.8
9.4
3.0
6.9
2.4
0.5
3.8
7.2
53.4
0.0
0.1
37.5
1.7
2.2
78.7
57.9
0.8
2.2
2.1
2,415
763
245
560
193
39
174
231
9Jeff Cook
J. Cook
99.7
1980-81
PHX PHX
79
27.7
8.5
5.9
2.5
1.0
0.7
3.6
7.8
46.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.3
2.0
64.5
49.1
2.2
3.8
1.8
2,192
672
467
201
82
54
146
236
10Mickey Johnson
M. Johnson
99.8
1980-81
MIL MIL
82
25.8
12.5
6.6
3.5
1.1
0.9
4.6
10.3
44.8
0.0
0.2
16.7
3.2
4.0
78.9
51.6
2.2
4.4
2.8
2,118
1,023
545
286
94
71
230
256
11Sam Lacey
S. Lacey
100.0
1980-81
KCK KCK
82
27.2
6.9
7.1
4.9
1.2
1.5
2.9
6.5
44.2
0.0
0.1
20.0
1.1
1.4
78.6
48.3
1.6
5.5
2.2
2,228
567
584
399
95
120
182
302
12Truck Robinson
T. Robinson
100.1
1980-81
PHX PHX
82
37.7
18.8
9.6
2.5
0.8
0.5
7.9
15.6
50.5
0.0
0.0
3.0
4.8
62.9
53.1
2.6
7.0
3.0
3,088
1,543
789
206
68
38
250
220
13Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
100.3
1980-81
PHX PHX
79
33.1
18.8
4.6
3.7
1.7
0.8
6.7
15.4
43.6
0.1
0.6
21.6
5.2
6.3
82.0
51.6
2.0
2.6
2.6
2,615
1,486
363
291
136
61
208
244
14Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
100.3
1980-81
WAS WAS
81
36.2
17.8
9.7
1.2
0.8
2.1
7.2
16.0
45.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.3
5.4
61.7
48.3
2.9
6.8
2.3
2,931
1,439
789
98
68
171
189
300
15Quinn Buckner
Q. Buckner
100.4
1980-81
MIL MIL
82
29.1
13.3
3.6
4.7
2.4
0.0
5.7
11.7
49.3
0.0
0.1
16.7
1.8
2.5
73.4
52.2
1.1
2.6
2.9
2,384
1,092
298
384
197
3
236
271
16Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
100.4
1980-81
WAS WAS
63
32.3
8.0
10.7
2.7
0.8
0.6
3.6
6.8
52.4
0.0
0.1
50.0
0.9
1.4
64.0
54.3
3.3
7.4
1.5
2,032
507
673
170
52
36
97
171
17Greg Ballard
G. Ballard
101.0
1980-81
WAS WAS
82
31.8
15.5
7.1
2.4
1.4
0.5
6.7
14.5
46.3
0.1
0.4
21.9
2.0
2.4
84.7
50.0
2.0
5.0
1.4
2,610
1,271
580
195
118
39
117
194
18Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
101.2
1980-81
LAL LAL
80
37.2
26.2
10.3
3.4
0.7
2.9
10.5
18.2
57.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.3
6.9
76.6
61.6
2.5
7.8
3.1
2,976
2,095
821
272
59
228
249
244
19Jack Sikma
J. Sikma
101.4
1980-81
SEA SEA
82
35.6
18.7
10.4
3.0
1.0
1.1
7.3
16.0
45.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.1
5.0
82.3
51.2
2.2
8.1
2.5
2,920
1,530
852
248
78
93
201
282
20Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
101.5
1980-81
DET DET
82
31.1
13.4
6.9
1.7
1.4
2.2
5.8
10.9
53.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.8
3.0
59.2
54.7
2.4
4.5
2.0
2,549
1,100
567
136
112
180
163
215
21Kermit Washington
K. Washington
102.0
1980-81
POR POR
73
29.0
11.4
9.4
2.0
1.2
1.2
4.5
7.8
56.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.9
62.8
59.6
3.2
6.2
2.0
2,120
831
686
149
85
86
144
258
22Micheal Ray Richardson
M. Ray Richardson
102.0
1980-81
NYK NYK
79
40.2
16.4
6.9
7.9
2.9
0.4
6.6
14.1
46.9
0.3
1.3
22.5
2.8
4.3
66.3
51.1
2.2
4.7
3.8
3,175
1,293
545
627
232
35
302
258
23Lionel Hollins
L. Hollins
102.1
1980-81
PHI PHI
82
26.3
9.5
2.3
4.3
1.3
0.2
4.0
8.5
47.0
0.0
0.2
13.3
1.5
2.1
73.1
50.6
0.6
1.8
2.5
2,154
781
191
352
104
18
207
205
24Walter Davis
W. Davis
102.2
1980-81
PHX PHX
78
28.0
18.0
2.6
3.9
1.2
0.2
7.6
14.1
53.9
0.1
0.2
41.2
2.7
3.2
83.6
57.9
0.8
1.8
2.8
2,182
1,402
200
302
97
12
222
192
25Reggie King
R. King
102.4
1980-81
KCK KCK
81
33.9
14.9
9.7
1.5
1.3
0.5
5.8
10.7
54.4
0.0
0.0
3.3
4.8
68.4
58.3
2.9
6.8
2.0
2,743
1,208
786
122
102
41
164
227
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Knicks Knicks - x
53
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Cavaliers Cavaliers - x
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Raptors Raptors - x
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45
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45
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Hornets Hornets
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Heat Heat
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64
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Spurs Spurs - x
62
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54
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Lakers Lakers - x
53
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
3/29
MIA MIA
@
IND IND
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Sun
3/29
WAS WAS
@
POR POR
88-123
Sun
3/29
BOS BOS
@
CHA CHA
114-99
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SAC SAC
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BKN BKN
99-116
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3/29
ORL ORL
@
TOR TOR
87-139

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
5/25
NYK NYK
@
CLE CLE
8:00 PM
Tue
5/26
SAS SAS
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Wed
5/27
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Thu
5/28
OKC OKC
@
SAS SAS
8:30 PM
Fri
5/29
NYK NYK
@
CLE CLE
8:00 PM