best nba defensive rating since 1980

Since 1979-80, Tim Duncan has the lowest defensive rating, with a 95.5 rating.

Interpreted as:
best NBA defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player since 1980
NAMEDRTGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
95.5
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
47,368
26,496
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
2David Robinson
D. Robinson
95.6
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
34,271
20,790
10,497
2,441
1,388
2,954
2,417
2,835
+2454
3Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
95.7
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
32,085
6,254
10,482
1,437
1,369
2,137
1,061
2,078
+2103
4Arvydas Sabonis
A. Sabonis
96.6
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
11,375
5,629
3,436
964
370
494
837
1,290
+1559
5Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
97.9
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
44,222
26,946
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
6Marcus Camby
M. Camby
98.5
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
28,684
9,262
9,513
1,837
967
2,331
1,362
2,687
-23
7Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
98.9
1,183
34.3
21.0
9.8
1.9
1.0
2.4
8.2
16.3
50.4
0.0
0.1
15.2
4.6
6.2
74.0
55.3
2.3
7.5
3.0
40,594
24,815
11,607
2,215
1,136
2,894
3,537
4,034
+412
8Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
99.0
1,462
34.5
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.3
1.4
7.2
14.5
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.6
2.2
7.8
2.2
50,418
26,071
14,662
5,445
1,859
2,037
3,179
3,561
+4913
9Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
99.1
1,196
30.8
9.8
10.3
1.0
0.4
2.8
3.5
6.7
51.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.8
4.1
68.4
57.3
3.2
7.1
1.8
36,791
11,729
12,359
1,240
494
3,289
2,173
3,383
+1607
10Yao Ming
Y. Ming
99.1
486
32.5
19.0
9.2
1.6
0.4
1.9
7.0
13.3
52.4
0.0
0.0
20.0
5.1
6.1
83.3
59.6
2.5
6.7
2.7
15,818
9,247
4,494
769
189
920
1,311
1,596
+1491
11Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
99.4
838
31.0
17.1
8.5
1.1
0.5
2.8
6.1
11.6
52.7
0.0
0.1
24.7
4.8
7.0
69.2
58.3
2.6
5.9
2.6
25,975
14,311
7,137
946
414
2,356
2,209
2,810
+1651
12Ivan Johnson
I. Johnson
99.4
125
15.8
6.5
3.9
0.6
0.8
0.3
2.6
5.0
51.7
0.0
0.2
15.8
1.2
1.8
66.2
55.1
1.1
2.8
1.1
1,969
808
492
78
99
32
140
247
+10
13Malik Rose
M. Rose
99.7
813
16.5
6.2
4.1
0.8
0.6
0.4
2.2
5.0
43.7
0.0
0.1
17.7
1.7
2.3
74.3
50.7
1.4
2.7
1.3
13,404
5,003
3,371
684
487
293
1,059
1,896
+355
14Johnny High
J. High
99.7
274
16.6
5.1
2.3
1.9
1.2
0.3
1.9
4.3
43.5
0.0
0.1
10.5
1.4
2.2
61.9
48.6
0.8
1.5
1.7
4,538
1,396
617
525
325
86
455
712
15Charlie Ward
C. Ward
99.9
630
22.3
6.3
2.6
4.0
1.2
0.2
2.2
5.4
40.8
1.0
2.8
36.4
0.8
1.0
77.1
53.1
0.4
2.2
1.6
14,080
3,947
1,648
2,539
776
128
1,038
1,276
+757
16Ed Sherod
E. Sherod
99.9
64
25.4
6.2
2.3
4.9
1.5
0.2
2.7
6.6
40.6
0.0
0.2
7.7
0.8
1.3
65.0
43.3
0.7
1.7
1.6
1,624
395
149
311
96
14
104
112
17Dwight Howard
D. Howard
99.9
1,242
31.8
15.7
11.8
1.3
0.9
1.8
5.7
9.7
58.7
0.0
0.1
21.4
4.3
7.6
56.7
60.2
3.3
8.4
2.7
39,435
19,485
14,627
1,676
1,081
2,228
3,302
3,912
+2878
18Len Elmore
L. Elmore
99.9
350
16.4
4.6
3.7
0.9
0.7
0.7
1.8
4.3
42.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.3
72.8
47.1
1.3
2.4
1.1
5,747
1,603
1,309
302
243
251
376
890
19Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
100.0
106
29.9
11.9
7.6
2.7
0.9
0.7
5.3
11.7
45.1
0.0
0.1
7.1
1.4
1.7
79.5
47.9
1.9
5.7
1.4
3,173
1,264
808
288
99
76
152
353
20Jermaine O'Neal
J. O'Neal
100.0
1,011
27.1
13.2
7.2
1.4
0.5
1.8
5.1
10.9
46.7
0.0
0.1
14.7
3.0
4.2
71.5
51.7
2.0
5.2
1.9
27,364
13,309
7,261
1,369
470
1,820
1,872
2,896
+861
21Shawn Kemp
S. Kemp
100.1
1,051
27.9
14.6
8.4
1.6
1.1
1.2
5.2
10.7
48.8
0.0
0.1
27.7
4.1
5.5
74.1
55.5
2.9
5.5
2.6
29,293
15,347
8,834
1,704
1,185
1,279
2,766
3,826
+468
22Greg Ostertag
G. Ostertag
100.1
756
19.5
4.6
5.5
0.6
0.3
1.7
1.8
3.6
48.6
0.0
0.0
10.0
1.1
1.9
56.9
51.6
2.0
3.5
0.9
14,753
3,512
4,145
443
189
1,293
684
1,873
+1544
23Kelvin Cato
K. Cato
100.1
541
19.6
5.5
5.3
0.5
0.5
1.3
2.1
4.1
50.7
0.0
0.0
7.7
1.3
2.0
64.4
54.8
1.6
3.7
0.8
10,617
2,960
2,874
244
292
685
448
1,347
+1
24Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
100.2
911
31.7
7.3
13.1
1.8
0.7
0.6
3.0
5.8
52.1
0.1
0.4
23.1
1.2
2.0
58.4
54.6
4.8
8.4
1.6
28,839
6,683
11,954
1,600
611
531
1,484
2,843
+827
25Joakim Noah
J. Noah
100.2
672
27.7
8.8
9.0
2.8
0.8
1.3
3.3
6.8
49.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
2.9
70.0
54.0
3.2
5.8
1.7
18,646
5,881
6,058
1,907
534
874
1,133
1,874
+589
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2
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.719
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.588
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.545
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.529
7.5
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.469
9.5
10
15
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.441
10.5
11
14
19
.424
11.0
12
11
21
.344
13.5
13
10
20
.333
13.5
14
7
24
.226
17.0
15
6
27
.182
19.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
28
5
.848
2
23
9
.719
4.5
3
22
10
.688
5.5
4
20
10
.667
6.5
5
20
11
.645
7.0
6
21
12
.636
7.0
7
19
13
.594
8.5
8
17
16
.515
11.0
9
15
18
.455
13.0
10
14
19
.424
14.0
11
12
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.375
15.5
12
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.353
16.5
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.344
16.5
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.242
20.0
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129-101
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117-115

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Wed
12/31
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