Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, David Robinson had the lowest defensive rating, with a 93.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

best individual defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games 2000s

	NAME	DRTG	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	David Robinson D. Robinson	93.3	302	29.5	13.5	8.7	1.4	1.0	2.1	4.9	9.8	49.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.3	71.9	55.9	2.5	6.2	1.6	8,907	4,075	2,616	413	315	631	473	778	+1746
2	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	94.0	756	33.5	6.8	11.2	1.6	1.4	2.3	2.8	5.9	46.7	0.0	0.1	11.6	1.2	2.9	42.5	47.0	3.6	7.7	1.1	25,340	5,114	8,500	1,179	1,063	1,775	837	1,552	+2284
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	94.6	767	36.5	21.4	11.7	3.3	0.8	2.3	8.2	16.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	20.7	5.1	7.4	68.6	55.1	3.1	8.7	2.7	27,974	16,431	8,999	2,502	589	1,786	2,070	1,993	+5468
4	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	96.5	205	20.5	9.1	5.8	1.7	0.7	0.9	3.5	7.2	48.9	0.1	0.2	27.5	2.0	2.5	80.5	54.9	1.2	4.6	1.3	4,196	1,870	1,179	351	144	189	257	462	+750
5	Marcus Camby M. Camby	96.7	585	31.4	10.4	10.8	2.0	1.0	2.7	4.2	8.8	47.5	0.0	0.1	20.3	2.0	2.8	69.8	51.5	2.7	8.1	1.4	18,384	6,071	6,313	1,189	612	1,560	830	1,687	+267
6	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	97.7	478	27.7	14.7	4.1	3.6	1.5	0.3	4.7	10.4	45.4	1.4	3.7	37.6	3.9	4.8	82.1	59.0	0.8	3.2	2.1	13,237	7,044	1,943	1,704	734	162	999	1,115	+2692
7	Chuck Hayes C. Hayes	97.8	268	17.5	3.4	5.1	0.7	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.9	52.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.7	57.6	53.6	1.8	3.4	0.6	4,682	914	1,377	194	215	94	163	703	+555
8	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	97.8	769	38.2	21.6	12.1	4.7	1.3	1.6	8.5	17.1	49.9	0.2	0.7	28.6	4.4	5.6	79.4	55.4	2.6	9.4	2.6	29,345	16,638	9,288	3,603	1,037	1,206	2,003	1,882	+3322
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	97.9	163	24.4	9.7	6.6	1.2	1.1	1.5	4.1	8.6	47.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.4	60.7	50.0	1.8	4.8	1.5	3,972	1,579	1,071	199	185	248	252	376	+51
10	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	98.0	383	25.3	12.5	6.6	0.7	0.3	2.6	4.7	8.6	53.9	0.0	0.0	11.1	3.1	4.8	65.0	57.8	2.0	4.5	1.9	9,689	4,770	2,513	284	111	984	727	1,156	+417
11	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	98.1	593	24.7	6.7	8.6	0.6	0.3	1.9	2.3	4.6	50.6	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.7	72.7	57.2	2.6	5.9	1.2	14,661	3,967	5,077	340	172	1,115	709	1,374	+529
12	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	98.1	394	23.3	9.9	5.6	1.1	0.6	1.3	3.6	8.1	44.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.7	73.6	51.0	1.5	4.1	1.4	9,182	3,907	2,211	450	238	523	551	1,136	+368
13	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	98.8	436	18.5	5.5	4.9	0.5	0.6	1.8	2.1	4.4	49.0	0.0	0.0	14.3	1.2	1.6	79.4	54.6	1.5	3.4	0.7	8,048	2,414	2,144	207	258	789	304	1,169	+1023
14	Robert Horry R. Horry	98.8	648	20.6	5.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	0.8	1.9	4.7	39.5	0.7	1.9	34.1	0.9	1.3	72.7	50.3	1.4	2.9	0.9	13,330	3,459	2,770	1,095	535	504	583	1,432	+1966
15	A.C. Green	99.0	164	20.4	4.8	4.9	0.7	0.5	0.2	1.9	4.3	44.6	0.0	0.1	10.0	0.9	1.3	70.4	48.7	1.6	3.2	0.6	3,340	780	799	119	83	26	98	246	+432
16	Yao Ming Y. Ming	99.0	481	32.7	19.1	9.3	1.6	0.4	1.9	7.0	13.3	52.5	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.2	83.2	59.6	2.5	6.7	2.7	15,727	9,196	4,467	765	189	912	1,304	1,583	+1518
17	Vlade Divac V. Divac	99.4	419	28.7	10.7	7.3	3.6	1.0	1.1	4.1	8.6	47.9	0.1	0.2	24.2	2.5	3.7	67.1	52.7	2.1	5.2	2.1	12,045	4,496	3,069	1,497	413	473	879	1,208	+1721
18	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	99.6	652	32.0	16.5	8.6	1.8	0.6	2.2	6.3	13.8	46.0	0.0	0.1	15.9	3.8	5.3	72.0	51.3	2.3	6.3	2.3	20,883	10,758	5,595	1,150	381	1,436	1,478	2,123	+755
19	Dwight Howard D. Howard	99.7	407	35.9	17.3	12.5	1.4	0.9	2.0	6.1	10.8	56.8	0.0	0.0	8.3	5.1	8.4	60.1	59.7	3.6	8.9	3.0	14,623	7,035	5,107	580	363	814	1,202	1,298	+976
20	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	99.7	206	24.5	10.1	7.0	0.9	0.5	1.1	3.9	8.7	44.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.2	70.8	49.8	1.6	5.5	1.7	5,043	2,079	1,452	185	111	220	358	554	-34
21	Rodney Rogers R. Rogers	99.8	436	23.9	10.3	4.5	1.8	0.9	0.5	4.0	9.0	43.9	0.9	2.6	35.2	1.5	2.1	73.0	52.1	1.3	3.2	1.6	10,428	4,506	1,970	792	407	201	703	1,332	+588
22	Keon Clark K. Clark	99.9	325	23.3	8.6	6.2	1.0	0.5	1.7	3.5	7.0	50.2	0.0	0.1	5.6	1.5	2.4	64.9	53.2	1.9	4.2	1.4	7,562	2,789	2,000	312	174	540	449	961	+69
23	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	99.9	760	37.3	14.0	7.0	9.2	1.9	0.3	5.0	12.3	40.2	1.5	4.2	34.8	2.6	3.3	81.1	50.9	1.3	5.7	3.1	28,311	10,649	5,327	7,029	1,472	236	2,331	1,438	+2576
24	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	100.0	269	28.8	12.2	7.4	1.7	0.6	1.1	4.5	10.2	44.1	0.5	1.4	33.9	2.7	3.5	78.1	51.9	2.0	5.4	1.8	7,745	3,273	1,982	445	162	297	489	662	+229
25	Shawn Marion S. Marion	100.0	745	37.6	17.8	9.9	2.0	1.8	1.3	7.2	14.9	48.1	0.9	2.7	33.7	2.5	3.1	82.0	54.6	2.6	7.3	1.6	28,020	13,254	7,384	1,511	1,363	975	1,192	1,869	+2061