best guard defensive rating 2001

Eddie Jones had the lowest defensive rating by a guard in 2000-01, with a 97.2 rating.

Interpreted as:
best guard defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 2001
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Eddie Jones
E. Jones
97.2
2000-01
63
36.2
17.4
4.6
2.7
1.7
0.9
6.2
13.8
44.5
1.4
3.8
37.8
3.6
4.3
84.4
55.3
1.2
3.4
2.1
2,282
1,094
292
171
110
58
135
183
+131
2Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
97.2
2000-01
77
39.8
16.9
6.4
9.8
2.2
0.3
5.9
14.2
41.1
0.9
3.0
29.7
4.3
5.2
81.4
51.0
1.2
5.2
3.7
3,065
1,299
494
753
166
23
286
171
+138
3Derek Anderson
D. Anderson
99.2
2000-01
82
34.9
15.5
4.4
3.7
1.5
0.2
5.0
12.1
41.6
1.2
3.1
39.9
4.2
4.9
85.1
54.2
0.9
3.5
2.0
2,859
1,269
363
301
120
14
165
188
+678
4Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
99.2
2000-01
71
42.0
31.1
3.8
4.6
2.5
0.3
10.7
25.5
42.0
1.4
4.3
32.0
8.2
10.1
81.4
51.8
0.7
3.1
3.3
2,979
2,207
273
325
178
20
237
147
+368
5Doug Christie
D. Christie
99.4
2000-01
81
36.3
12.3
4.4
3.6
2.3
0.6
3.8
9.7
39.5
1.2
3.1
37.6
3.5
3.9
89.7
53.8
1.2
3.2
1.9
2,939
996
355
289
183
45
154
224
+379
6Baron Davis
B. Davis
99.4
2000-01
82
38.9
13.8
5.0
7.3
2.1
0.4
5.0
11.7
42.7
1.0
3.3
31.0
2.8
4.1
67.7
51.2
1.6
3.4
2.8
3,192
1,131
408
598
170
36
226
267
+267
7Aaron McKie
A. McKie
99.5
2000-01
76
31.5
11.6
4.1
5.0
1.4
0.1
4.4
9.4
47.3
0.7
2.2
31.2
2.0
2.6
76.8
54.9
0.4
3.7
2.7
2,394
878
311
377
106
8
203
178
+340
8Tim Hardaway
T. Hardaway
101.1
2000-01
77
33.9
14.9
2.6
6.3
1.2
0.1
5.3
13.5
39.2
2.5
6.7
36.6
1.9
2.4
80.1
51.3
0.3
2.3
2.5
2,613
1,150
204
483
90
6
189
155
+227
9Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
101.2
2000-01
77
40.1
26.8
7.5
4.6
1.5
1.5
10.2
22.4
45.7
0.8
2.2
35.5
5.6
7.6
73.3
52.1
2.5
5.0
2.6
3,087
2,065
580
352
116
118
198
160
+252
10Tony Delk
T. Delk
101.2
2000-01
82
27.9
12.3
3.2
2.0
0.9
0.2
4.7
11.3
41.5
0.7
2.0
32.1
2.3
2.9
78.7
49.0
0.9
2.3
1.2
2,288
1,005
261
160
75
17
101
171
+89
11Allan Houston
A. Houston
101.6
2000-01
78
36.6
18.7
3.6
2.2
0.7
0.1
6.9
15.5
44.9
1.2
3.2
38.1
3.6
3.9
90.9
54.3
0.3
3.4
2.1
2,858
1,459
283
173
52
10
161
190
+115
12Antonio Daniels
A. Daniels
101.7
2000-01
79
26.1
9.4
2.1
3.8
0.8
0.2
3.5
7.4
46.8
0.9
2.3
40.4
1.5
2.0
77.6
56.7
0.3
1.7
1.4
2,060
745
163
304
61
14
109
120
+160
13David Wesley
D. Wesley
102.4
2000-01
82
37.9
17.2
2.7
4.4
1.6
0.2
6.4
15.1
42.2
1.2
3.1
37.6
3.3
4.1
79.9
50.9
0.8
2.0
2.1
3,106
1,414
224
361
128
16
171
220
+116
14John Stockton
J. Stockton
102.8
2000-01
82
29.2
11.5
2.8
8.7
1.6
0.3
4.0
7.9
50.4
0.7
1.6
46.2
2.8
3.4
81.7
61.0
0.7
2.1
2.5
2,397
944
227
713
132
21
203
194
+561
15Jason Williams
J. Williams
102.9
2000-01
77
29.7
9.4
2.4
5.4
1.2
0.1
3.6
9.0
40.7
1.3
4.0
31.5
0.8
1.0
78.9
49.8
0.2
2.2
2.1
2,290
720
185
416
94
9
160
114
+250
16Darrell Armstrong
D. Armstrong
102.9
2000-01
75
36.9
15.9
4.6
7.0
1.8
0.2
5.5
13.4
41.2
1.9
5.4
35.5
2.9
3.3
88.4
53.5
1.3
3.3
2.7
2,767
1,189
343
524
135
13
200
155
+208
17Terrell Brandon
T. Brandon
103.6
2000-01
78
36.2
16.0
3.8
7.5
2.1
0.3
6.6
14.5
45.1
0.4
1.2
36.3
2.5
2.9
87.1
50.7
0.8
3.1
2.0
2,821
1,250
298
583
161
21
155
138
+117
18Damon Stoudamire
D. Stoudamire
103.6
2000-01
82
32.4
13.0
3.7
5.7
1.3
0.1
5.0
11.4
43.4
1.0
2.7
37.4
2.1
2.5
83.1
51.9
0.8
2.9
2.3
2,655
1,066
303
468
106
8
191
202
+382
19Travis Best
T. Best
103.7
2000-01
77
31.9
11.9
2.9
6.1
1.4
0.1
4.5
10.2
44.0
0.5
1.3
38.1
2.4
2.9
82.7
51.7
0.5
2.4
1.6
2,457
918
222
473
110
11
127
246
+118
20Steve Francis
S. Francis
103.7
2000-01
80
39.9
19.9
6.9
6.5
1.8
0.4
6.9
15.2
45.1
1.7
4.2
39.6
4.5
5.5
81.7
56.3
2.4
4.5
3.3
3,194
1,591
553
517
141
31
265
274
+188
21Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
104.1
2000-01
TOT
83
31.2
7.6
3.7
8.0
1.0
0.1
2.9
7.0
41.9
0.8
2.5
33.8
0.9
1.1
78.5
50.6
0.8
2.9
2.1
2,588
631
305
661
84
7
175
139
+29
22Alvin Williams
A. Williams
104.1
2000-01
82
29.2
9.8
2.6
5.0
1.5
0.3
4.0
9.4
43.0
0.4
1.3
30.6
1.3
1.8
75.2
48.3
0.6
2.0
1.3
2,394
802
212
407
123
26
103
171
+154
23Howard Eisley
H. Eisley
104.8
2000-01
82
29.6
9.0
2.4
3.6
1.2
0.1
3.2
8.2
39.3
1.3
3.3
39.8
1.3
1.5
82.5
50.7
0.3
2.1
1.2
2,426
741
197
295
99
12
102
218
+167
24Jerry Stackhouse
J. Stackhouse
104.8
2000-01
80
40.2
29.8
3.9
5.1
1.2
0.7
9.7
24.1
40.2
2.1
5.9
35.1
8.3
10.1
82.2
52.1
1.2
2.7
4.1
3,215
2,380
315
410
97
54
326
160
-59
25Ruben Patterson
R. Patterson
104.8
2000-01
76
27.1
13.0
5.0
2.1
1.4
0.6
4.9
9.9
49.4
0.0
0.5
5.6
3.2
4.8
68.1
54.4
2.4
2.6
2.0
2,059
988
382
161
103
45
155
176
+102
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