Elmore Smith has the lowest career defensive rating, with a 93.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

best NBA defensive rating with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by a player of all-time

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Elmore Smith E. Smith	93.8	11,864	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	4,801	3,832	505	325	1,183	183	1,340
2	Gar Heard G. Heard	95.4	15,493	583	26.6	8.9	8.0	1.8	1.3	1.3	3.7	8.9	41.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.5	2.2	65.8	44.9	2.3	5.7	1.2	5,167	4,653	1,060	784	780	349	1,711
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	95.5	47,368	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
4	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	95.5	19,878	524	37.9	17.1	12.8	4.0	1.1	0.9	7.2	15.7	46.3	0.0	0.1	7.1	2.6	3.3	80.3	50.1	3.0	9.8	2.2	8,970	6,696	2,104	599	488	543	1,945
5	David Robinson D. Robinson	95.6	34,271	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
6	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	95.7	32,085	1,088	29.5	5.7	9.6	1.3	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.0	47.4	0.0	0.0	13.7	1.0	2.5	41.4	47.4	3.2	6.5	1.0	6,254	10,482	1,437	1,369	2,137	1,061	2,078	+2103
7	Clifford Ray C. Ray	96.4	16,059	629	25.5	7.3	8.4	1.9	0.8	1.0	3.0	5.5	53.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.5	58.1	55.3	2.6	5.8	1.7	4,618	5,287	1,203	501	638	532	2,090
8	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	96.4	20,468	591	34.6	8.7	11.9	4.1	1.1	0.6	3.7	7.0	52.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.4	2.2	62.5	54.4	3.5	8.4	1.9	5,141	7,059	2,400	628	367	579	1,615
9	Bill Walton B. Walton	96.5	13,250	468	28.3	13.3	10.5	3.4	0.8	2.2	5.5	10.5	52.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.6	66.0	55.1	2.4	8.2	2.7	6,215	4,923	1,590	380	1,034	865	1,298
10	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	96.5	23,463	761	30.8	9.5	9.0	4.3	1.3	1.5	3.8	8.7	44.3	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.8	2.4	75.0	48.7	2.2	6.9	2.2	7,206	6,873	3,275	999	1,160	978	2,636
11	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	96.6	11,375	470	24.2	12.0	7.3	2.1	0.8	1.1	4.4	8.9	50.0	0.3	0.9	32.8	2.8	3.6	78.6	57.4	1.6	5.7	1.8	5,629	3,436	964	370	494	837	1,290	+1559
12	George Johnson G. Johnson	96.8	17,753	848	20.9	5.0	6.8	1.1	0.5	2.5	2.1	4.6	45.2	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.9	1.3	69.8	48.9	2.3	4.5	1.6	4,280	5,749	921	456	2,082	872	2,667
13	Paul Silas P. Silas	96.8	15,605	572	27.3	7.9	9.2	1.9	0.6	0.2	2.9	7.0	41.0	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.1	68.8	47.1	3.6	5.6	1.4	4,508	5,248	1,071	358	138	333	1,364
14	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	97.3	13,859	426	32.5	17.7	3.5	2.9	1.6	0.6	7.3	16.3	44.7	0.1	0.3	40.0	3.1	3.8	81.8	49.2	0.9	2.7	1.4	7,537	1,507	1,236	682	238	157	792
15	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	97.4	16,194	528	30.7	17.2	9.8	3.8	1.7	0.4	6.4	14.3	44.8	0.0	0.1	8.0	4.4	6.7	65.1	49.8	3.0	6.8	3.5	9,090	5,177	1,985	923	236	1,291	1,984
16	Slick Watts S. Watts	97.4	11,513	437	26.3	8.9	3.2	6.1	2.2	0.3	3.7	8.9	41.3				1.6	2.7	59.7	44.4	1.0	2.2	1.8	3,901	1,398	2,678	961	111	239	1,314
17	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	97.5	32,199	894	36.0	18.6	10.9	1.7	1.0	2.0	7.4	16.1	46.0	0.0	0.1	14.7	3.7	5.5	67.6	50.0	3.1	7.8	2.4	16,600	9,751	1,540	864	1,771	1,358	2,967
18	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	97.6	14,655	424	34.6	11.0	4.3	6.5	1.8	0.2	4.1	10.1	40.2				2.9	3.7	77.3	46.8	1.3	3.0	2.1	4,666	1,809	2,776	767	71	249	1,481
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	97.9	44,222	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
20	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	98.1	13,626	359	38.0	18.7	5.4	5.6	1.9	0.2	7.6	15.9	47.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.5	4.2	81.9	52.6	1.1	4.2	2.1	6,731	1,926	2,028	681	63	139	922
21	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	98.5	23,844	716	33.3	19.5	9.4	3.3	1.1	1.5	7.8	14.9	52.8	0.0	0.0	15.4	3.8	5.0	77.0	57.2	2.6	6.8	2.6	13,984	6,696	2,353	777	1,100	1,112	2,201
22	Marcus Camby M. Camby	98.5	28,684	973	29.5	9.5	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	3.9	8.3	46.6	0.0	0.1	20.5	1.8	2.6	67.0	50.3	2.7	7.1	1.4	9,262	9,513	1,837	967	2,331	1,362	2,687	-23
23	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	98.5	15,936	703	22.7	5.8	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.7	2.5	5.7	44.8	0.0	0.1	7.7	0.8	1.3	57.1	46.7	2.4	4.0	0.9	4,099	4,458	1,038	556	510	332	1,536
24	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	98.7	14,531	395	36.8	18.5	5.1	4.8	1.2	0.3	7.5	16.5	45.3				3.5	4.1	84.3	50.3	1.5	3.5	2.5	7,295	1,999	1,885	476	117	204	1,024
25	Steve Mix S. Mix	98.8	17,716	726	24.4	10.9	5.4	1.8	1.2	0.2	4.2	8.3	50.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	2.5	3.1	80.9	56.2	1.9	3.5	1.3	7,909	3,908	1,340	884	173	563	1,583