best guard defender per 36 minutes nba

Jason Kidd has played the most career minutes by a guard, with 50,111 minutes on the court.

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best guard defender per 36 or more minutes NBA
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1Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
50,111
1,391
36.0
12.6
6.3
8.7
1.9
0.3
4.5
11.2
40.0
1.4
4.1
34.9
2.2
2.8
78.5
50.7
1.3
5.0
2.9
17,529
8,725
12,091
2,684
450
4,003
2,572
+3868
2John Stockton
J. Stockton
47,764
1,504
31.8
13.1
2.7
10.5
2.2
0.2
4.7
9.1
51.5
0.6
1.5
38.4
3.2
3.9
82.6
60.8
0.6
2.1
2.8
19,711
4,051
15,806
3,265
315
4,244
3,942
+2941
3Reggie Miller
R. Miller
47,619
1,389
34.3
18.2
3.0
3.0
1.1
0.2
5.9
12.6
47.1
1.8
4.7
39.5
4.5
5.1
88.8
61.4
0.6
2.4
1.7
25,279
4,182
4,141
1,505
299
2,409
2,730
+2015
4Gary Payton
G. Payton
47,117
1,335
35.3
16.3
3.9
6.7
1.8
0.2
6.5
14.0
46.6
0.8
2.7
31.7
2.4
3.4
72.9
52.8
1.0
2.9
2.3
21,813
5,269
8,966
2,445
285
3,030
3,217
+1928
5Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
46,774
1,280
36.5
25.4
5.3
4.8
1.5
0.5
8.8
19.6
45.1
1.3
4.0
33.4
6.4
7.6
83.7
55.3
1.1
4.2
3.0
32,482
6,800
6,122
1,882
627
3,881
3,238
+4724
6Ray Allen
R. Allen
46,344
1,300
35.6
18.9
4.1
3.4
1.1
0.2
6.6
14.6
45.2
2.3
5.7
40.0
3.4
3.8
89.4
58.0
0.9
3.1
2.1
24,505
5,272
4,361
1,451
244
2,709
2,858
+3491
7Chris Paul
C. Paul
45,836
1,370
33.5
16.8
4.4
9.2
2.0
0.2
6.0
12.7
46.9
1.4
3.7
37.0
3.5
4.1
87.0
58.0
0.6
3.8
2.3
23,058
6,006
12,552
2,728
222
3,109
3,208
+6029
8Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
43,886
1,040
42.2
25.7
7.5
9.5
1.1
0.1
9.1
18.9
48.5
7.4
8.8
83.8
56.4
1.0
3.0
26,710
7,804
9,887
77
4
2,931
9Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
43,025
1,301
33.1
20.9
6.9
8.0
1.6
0.3
7.5
17.2
43.8
1.1
3.7
30.8
4.7
6.1
77.1
52.6
1.6
5.4
3.9
27,176
9,025
10,351
2,038
418
5,038
3,304
+2583
10James Harden
J. Harden
42,449
1,221
34.8
24.0
5.6
7.3
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.4
7.1
8.2
86.3
60.8
0.7
4.8
3.7
29,339
6,809
8,873
1,794
683
4,505
2,994
+4709
11Jason Terry
J. Terry
42,034
1,410
29.8
13.4
2.3
3.8
1.1
0.2
4.9
11.1
44.4
1.6
4.3
38.0
2.0
2.3
84.5
55.4
0.4
2.0
1.7
18,881
3,274
5,415
1,603
275
2,415
2,577
+1718
12Andre Miller
A. Miller
40,268
1,304
30.9
12.5
3.7
6.5
1.2
0.2
4.6
10.0
46.1
0.1
0.7
21.7
3.1
3.8
80.7
53.2
1.1
2.6
2.4
16,278
4,795
8,524
1,546
227
3,121
2,882
+810
13Hal Greer
H. Greer
39,788
1,122
35.5
19.2
5.0
4.0
7.6
16.8
45.2
4.1
5.1
80.1
50.6
21,586
5,665
4,540
3,855
14Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
39,121
1,296
30.2
9.6
3.8
8.0
1.2
0.1
3.7
8.3
44.7
0.6
1.7
33.2
1.7
2.2
77.0
52.2
1.0
2.8
2.4
12,489
4,963
10,334
1,608
117
3,155
2,230
+402
15Tony Parker
T. Parker
38,279
1,254
30.5
15.5
2.7
5.6
0.8
0.1
6.2
12.6
49.1
0.4
1.3
32.4
2.7
3.6
75.1
54.6
0.4
2.4
2.3
19,473
3,396
7,036
1,053
98
2,865
2,059
+5690
16Steve Nash
S. Nash
38,069
1,217
31.3
14.3
3.0
8.5
0.7
0.1
5.2
10.6
49.0
1.4
3.2
42.8
2.5
2.8
90.4
60.5
0.5
2.5
2.9
17,387
3,642
10,335
899
102
3,478
1,982
+5043
17Lenny Wilkens
L. Wilkens
38,064
1,077
35.3
16.5
4.7
6.7
1.3
0.2
5.7
13.3
43.2
5.0
6.5
77.4
51.1
0.8
2.0
17,772
5,030
7,211
174
26
3,285
18Derek Harper
D. Harper
37,786
1,199
31.5
13.3
2.4
5.5
1.6
0.3
5.2
11.2
46.3
0.9
2.5
35.4
2.1
2.9
74.5
53.7
0.6
1.8
1.9
16,006
2,884
6,577
1,957
304
2,334
2,755
-353
19Mike Conley
M. Conley
37,587
1,226
30.7
13.6
2.9
5.5
1.3
0.2
4.8
10.9
43.6
1.6
4.2
38.7
2.5
3.0
82.6
55.6
0.5
2.4
1.8
16,715
3,547
6,782
1,638
256
2,214
2,354
+2728
20Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
37,584
914
41.1
26.7
3.7
6.2
2.2
0.2
9.3
21.8
42.5
1.2
3.7
31.3
7.0
8.9
78.0
51.8
0.8
2.9
3.6
24,368
3,394
5,624
1,983
164
3,262
1,777
+799
21Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
37,537
1,086
34.6
20.4
6.1
5.6
2.0
0.7
7.7
16.3
47.2
0.8
2.4
31.8
4.3
5.5
78.8
54.7
2.4
3.7
2.7
22,195
6,677
6,125
2,207
719
2,977
3,285
+434
22Jamal Crawford
J. Crawford
36,837
1,245
29.6
14.8
2.3
3.5
0.9
0.2
5.1
12.5
41.0
1.7
4.9
34.8
2.8
3.3
86.2
52.9
0.4
1.9
1.9
18,411
2,819
4,327
1,118
257
2,342
1,893
-1271
23Kyle Lowry
K. Lowry
36,798
1,187
31.0
13.8
4.2
6.0
1.3
0.3
4.4
10.5
42.3
1.9
5.1
36.7
3.1
3.8
81.5
56.9
0.8
3.4
2.2
16,373
4,970
7,110
1,501
353
2,632
3,169
+2796
24Jerry West
J. West
36,571
932
39.2
27.0
5.8
6.7
2.6
0.7
9.7
20.4
47.4
7.7
9.4
81.4
55.0
1.0
2.8
25,192
5,376
6,238
81
23
2,435
25Stephen Curry
S. Curry
36,303
1,069
34.0
24.8
4.7
6.3
1.5
0.3
8.4
17.9
47.1
4.0
9.4
42.2
4.0
4.3
91.2
62.6
0.6
4.0
3.1
26,528
4,973
6,743
1,602
282
3,308
2,385
+6266
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