David Robinson had the lowest defensive rating in 1998-99, with an 88.0 rating.

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best NBA defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 1999

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	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	88.0	1998-99	SAS	49	31.7	15.8	10.0	2.1	1.4	2.4	5.5	10.8	50.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.9	7.4	65.8	56.4	3.0	7.0	2.2	1,554	775	492	103	69	119	108	143	+331
2	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	91.2	1998-99	NYK	38	34.2	17.3	9.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	6.5	14.9	43.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.3	6.1	70.6	49.1	1.9	8.0	2.6	1,300	657	377	43	30	100	99	105	+47
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	91.5	1998-99	SAS	50	39.3	21.7	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	8.4	16.9	49.5	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.9	7.2	69.0	54.1	3.2	8.2	2.9	1,963	1,084	571	121	45	126	146	147	+371
4	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	92.3	1998-99	ATL	50	36.6	10.8	12.2	1.1	0.3	2.9	3.5	6.8	51.2	0.0	0.0		3.9	5.7	68.4	58.4	3.8	8.4	1.9	1,829	541	610	57	16	147	94	145	+225
5	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	92.8	1998-99	MIA	46	38.1	20.1	11.0	1.6	0.7	3.9	7.0	13.8	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	9.2	65.2	56.3	3.6	7.4	3.0	1,753	924	507	74	34	180	139	161	+340
6	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	93.6	1998-99	POR	50	27.0	12.1	7.9	2.4	0.7	1.3	4.6	9.6	48.5	0.1	0.5	29.2	2.7	3.5	77.1	54.6	1.8	6.1	1.7	1,349	606	393	119	34	63	85	147	+159
7	Theo Ratliff T. Ratliff	94.3	1998-99	PHI	50	32.5	11.2	8.1	0.6	0.9	3.0	3.9	8.4	47.0	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.6	72.5	53.9	2.8	5.4	1.8	1,627	560	407	30	45	149	92	180	+51
8	Greg Ostertag G. Ostertag	95.1	1998-99	UTA	48	27.9	5.7	7.3	0.5	0.3	2.7	2.1	4.3	47.6	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.5	62.0	52.3	2.2	5.1	0.9	1,340	273	348	23	12	131	45	140	+318
9	George Lynch G. Lynch	95.3	1998-99	PHI	43	30.6	8.3	6.5	1.8	2.0	0.5	3.4	8.1	42.1	0.2	0.5	39.1	1.2	2.0	63.1	46.1	2.6	3.9	1.8	1,315	356	279	76	85	22	79	142	+109
10	Grant Long G. Long	95.6	1998-99	ATL	50	27.6	9.8	5.9	1.1	1.1	0.3	3.0	7.2	42.1	0.1	0.4	16.7	3.7	4.7	78.3	52.9	2.0	3.9	1.5	1,380	489	296	53	57	16	74	143	+205
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	95.8	1998-99	UTA	49	37.4	23.8	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	8.0	16.3	49.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	9.8	78.8	57.7	2.2	7.3	3.3	1,832	1,164	463	201	62	28	162	134	+355
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	95.8	1998-99	HOU	50	35.7	18.9	9.6	1.8	1.6	2.5	7.5	14.5	51.4	0.1	0.3	30.8	3.9	5.4	71.7	55.9	2.1	7.4	2.8	1,784	945	478	88	82	123	139	160	+61
13	Charlie Ward C. Ward	95.9	1998-99	NYK	50	31.1	7.6	3.4	5.4	2.1	0.2	2.7	6.7	40.4	1.1	3.0	35.6	1.1	1.6	70.5	51.3	0.5	3.0	2.6	1,556	378	172	271	103	8	131	105	+77
14	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	96.2	1998-99	ATL	48	36.7	13.3	4.7	5.8	2.1	0.2	5.1	13.6	37.9	1.6	5.2	30.7	1.4	1.9	75.8	46.3	0.9	3.7	2.4	1,763	640	224	278	99	9	115	61	+220
15	Darrell Armstrong D. Armstrong	96.4	1998-99	ORL	50	30.0	13.8	3.6	6.7	2.2	0.1	4.6	10.4	44.1	1.4	3.8	36.5	3.2	3.6	90.4	57.5	1.1	2.5	3.2	1,502	690	180	335	108	4	158	90	+191
16	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	96.7	1998-99	ORL	50	38.9	15.8	5.7	5.3	2.2	0.5	6.0	14.3	42.0	0.8	2.8	28.6	3.0	4.2	70.6	48.8	1.5	4.2	3.0	1,944	791	284	266	111	23	150	111	+129
17	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	96.8	1998-99	POR	49	28.9	12.8	4.9	1.2	1.0	1.1	4.9	9.7	50.8	0.3	0.6	41.9	2.7	3.7	73.2	56.6	1.2	3.8	1.6	1,414	628	241	60	48	54	80	175	+303
18	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	96.9	1998-99	WAS	46	26.8	6.0	8.3	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.5	4.3	57.8	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.9	35.6	53.9	3.0	5.4	0.8	1,231	277	384	18	50	90	36	111	+12
19	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	97.1	1998-99	MIN	47	37.9	20.8	10.4	4.3	1.7	1.8	8.8	19.1	46.0	0.1	0.3	28.6	3.1	4.4	70.4	49.3	3.5	6.9	2.9	1,780	977	489	202	78	83	135	152	+76
20	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	97.1	1998-99	DAL	49	26.4	8.6	8.0	0.8	0.7	3.2	3.4	7.1	48.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.3	74.8	52.7	2.7	5.3	1.1	1,294	420	392	40	35	159	56	153	+134
21	Isaac Austin I. Austin	97.4	1998-99	ORL	49	25.7	9.7	4.8	1.8	1.0	0.7	3.8	9.2	40.8	0.0	0.1	28.6	2.1	3.2	66.9	45.7	1.7	3.1	2.3	1,259	477	237	89	47	35	114	125	-15
22	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	97.4	1998-99	ORL	47	33.6	14.9	5.9	1.9	1.4	0.3	5.4	13.6	39.5	2.0	5.9	34.7	2.1	3.4	61.1	49.3	1.1	4.8	1.8	1,581	701	277	91	64	15	83	72	+89
23	Brian Grant B. Grant	97.5	1998-99	POR	48	31.8	11.5	9.8	1.4	0.4	0.7	3.8	8.0	47.9	0.0	0.0		3.8	4.7	81.4	57.1	3.6	6.2	2.0	1,525	550	470	67	21	34	96	136	+260
24	Horace Grant H. Grant	97.5	1998-99	ORL	50	33.2	8.9	7.0	1.8	0.9	1.2	4.0	9.1	43.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.4	67.1	45.5	2.3	4.7	0.9	1,660	443	351	90	46	60	44	99	+42
25	P.J. Brown	97.7	1998-99	MIA	50	32.2	11.4	6.9	1.3	0.9	1.0	4.6	9.5	48.0	0.0	0.0		2.3	2.9	77.4	52.7	2.3	4.6	1.4	1,611	571	346	66	46	48	69	166	+202

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