best individual defensive rating 1970s

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Bill Walton had the lowest defensive rating, with a 91.0 rating.

Interpreted as:
best individual defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games 1970s
NAMEDRTGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bill Walton
B. Walton
91.0
209
33.7
17.1
13.5
4.4
1.0
2.6
7.0
13.8
51.0
3.0
4.5
67.4
54.2
2.6
10.9
3.6
7,033
3,578
2,822
923
204
533
206
578
2Jerry Sloan
J. Sloan
92.3
177
34.2
12.4
6.8
1.9
2.2
0.2
4.9
11.3
43.9
2.5
3.4
72.6
48.5
2.1
4.8
6,054
2,194
1,210
332
381
32
615
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
92.4
452
40.1
26.7
14.1
4.6
1.3
3.5
11.1
20.3
54.6
4.6
6.3
72.7
58.0
3.1
11.0
3.5
18,112
12,070
6,389
2,082
576
1,595
490
1,409
4Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
92.6
71
38.0
18.1
10.7
3.6
0.9
0.5
7.9
17.1
46.1
2.3
3.1
75.6
49.0
1.9
8.8
2,699
1,282
757
253
67
39
222
5Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
93.0
269
28.3
7.6
9.6
2.5
0.5
2.1
3.0
7.3
40.8
1.7
2.8
61.2
44.9
2.8
6.8
7,609
2,053
2,571
670
125
553
738
6Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
93.1
488
40.5
21.6
13.2
1.9
1.2
2.5
8.6
18.6
46.2
4.4
6.5
68.3
50.3
3.5
9.7
2.8
19,757
10,536
6,443
940
606
1,198
464
1,716
7Elmore Smith
E. Smith
93.8
408
29.1
11.8
9.4
1.2
0.8
2.9
4.9
9.9
49.0
2.0
3.4
59.5
51.4
2.3
7.1
1.7
11,864
4,801
3,832
505
325
1,183
183
1,340
8Gar Heard
G. Heard
94.1
423
29.5
10.4
9.3
2.0
1.4
1.6
4.3
10.3
41.9
1.7
2.6
64.0
45.0
2.6
6.7
1.3
12,459
4,384
3,925
841
596
659
180
1,338
9Jim Davis
J. Davis
94.1
157
12.9
4.1
3.7
1.1
0.6
0.4
1.5
3.5
43.3
1.1
1.6
68.4
49.2
1.3
2.4
2,025
645
578
176
89
66
287
10George Johnson
G. Johnson
94.3
467
22.7
6.1
8.0
1.1
0.6
2.4
2.5
5.7
44.5
1.1
1.5
68.9
48.1
2.7
5.3
2.5
10,596
2,856
3,729
525
301
1,138
399
1,557
11Tom Boerwinkle
T. Boerwinkle
94.3
304
16.8
4.9
5.8
2.9
0.4
0.5
2.0
4.1
49.2
0.9
1.3
67.9
52.8
1.8
4.0
1.2
5,119
1,501
1,756
882
110
138
26
689
12Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
94.4
73
22.3
6.2
5.1
3.2
0.4
0.3
2.7
5.8
46.2
0.9
1.3
69.8
49.2
0.8
4.3
1,627
455
374
230
28
24
134
13Robert Parish
R. Parish
94.4
235
24.5
12.9
9.1
1.2
1.0
1.8
5.4
11.0
49.0
2.1
3.0
67.3
52.0
2.9
6.2
2.7
5,764
3,026
2,139
284
234
434
434
818
14Curtis Perry
C. Perry
94.5
320
30.1
10.9
9.3
2.1
1.2
0.9
4.5
9.6
46.7
1.9
2.6
71.8
50.4
3.2
6.1
1.4
9,636
3,474
2,972
678
379
291
63
1,141
15Clifford Ray
C. Ray
94.6
482
28.1
8.2
9.6
2.0
0.9
1.2
3.3
6.1
53.8
1.6
2.8
58.8
56.0
3.0
6.5
1.9
13,538
3,971
4,604
968
426
593
303
1,630
16Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
94.7
418
40.0
18.4
14.1
4.3
1.2
1.0
7.7
16.7
46.5
2.9
3.7
80.4
50.5
3.3
10.8
2.7
16,705
7,706
5,888
1,816
500
412
391
1,592
17Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
94.7
446
34.7
8.6
11.9
4.2
1.1
0.6
3.6
6.9
52.2
1.4
2.3
61.5
54.4
3.5
8.4
2.1
15,463
3,840
5,292
1,864
511
270
329
1,195
18Otto Moore
O. Moore
94.9
282
23.1
6.3
7.2
1.9
0.7
1.2
2.6
5.9
43.9
1.1
1.7
65.2
47.3
1.8
5.5
6,503
1,768
2,043
545
186
342
728
19Sam Lacey
S. Lacey
95.0
482
35.1
11.4
11.0
4.6
1.5
1.8
4.6
10.3
44.4
2.2
2.9
74.8
48.9
2.6
8.4
2.7
16,921
5,482
5,306
2,221
742
868
431
1,679
20Kim Hughes
K. Hughes
95.2
218
18.4
3.0
5.2
1.0
1.0
1.2
1.4
3.2
44.0
0.2
0.7
32.2
43.4
1.8
3.4
1.0
4,021
658
1,139
210
227
270
135
686
21George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
95.3
310
34.8
21.8
11.5
4.0
2.0
0.5
8.1
17.9
45.1
5.7
8.2
69.9
50.9
3.6
7.8
4.3
10,800
6,761
3,552
1,238
627
157
658
1,241
22Fatty Taylor
F. Taylor
95.3
79
19.6
3.8
2.7
3.6
1.7
0.1
1.7
4.0
42.0
0.5
0.8
56.9
43.9
1.1
1.5
1,548
301
211
288
132
9
202
23Bobby Jones
B. Jones
95.4
237
30.2
13.9
7.8
3.0
1.8
1.6
5.6
9.9
56.3
2.8
3.7
74.0
60.2
2.3
5.5
2.3
7,163
3,291
1,845
717
430
384
359
704
24Caldwell Jones
C. Jones
95.6
240
24.3
6.9
8.3
1.4
0.5
2.0
2.9
5.9
48.3
1.2
1.8
65.2
51.3
2.2
6.0
1.8
5,830
1,653
1,983
335
108
484
284
885
25Happy Hairston
H. Hairston
95.8
151
32.6
12.4
13.2
2.5
0.8
0.2
4.3
8.6
50.7
3.7
4.7
78.2
58.1
4.2
8.9
4,917
1,872
1,986
381
116
28
482
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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32
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31
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20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
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62
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.756
2.0
3
54
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.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
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.634
12.0
6
49
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.598
15.0
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Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
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.512
22.0
10
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.451
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11
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.317
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