best pg in defensive rating 2021

Gary Payton II had the lowest defensive rating by a point guard with a defensive rating above 0.0 in 2020-21, with a 95.2 rating.

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NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Gary Payton II
G. Payton II
95.2
2020-21
GSW GSW
10
4.0
2.5
1.1
0.1
0.6
0.1
1.0
1.3
76.9
0.2
0.4
50.0
0.3
0.4
75.0
84.7
0.2
0.9
0.1
40
25
11
1
6
1
1
8
+3
2LeBron James
L. James
106.1
2020-21
LAL LAL
45
33.4
25.0
7.7
7.8
1.1
0.6
9.4
18.3
51.3
2.3
6.3
36.5
4.0
5.7
69.8
60.2
0.6
7.0
3.7
1,504
1,126
346
350
48
25
168
70
+287
3Ben Simmons
B. Simmons
106.1
2020-21
PHI PHI
58
32.4
14.3
7.2
6.9
1.6
0.6
5.6
10.1
55.7
0.1
0.2
30.0
3.0
4.9
61.3
58.4
1.6
5.6
3.0
1,877
829
417
401
93
35
173
171
+329
4Alex Caruso
A. Caruso
106.4
2020-21
LAL LAL
58
21.0
6.4
2.9
2.8
1.1
0.3
2.3
5.3
43.6
0.9
2.4
40.1
0.8
1.3
64.5
54.7
0.5
2.4
1.3
1,216
370
170
160
64
15
76
108
+120
5Frank Ntilikina
F. Ntilikina
107.8
2020-21
NYK NYK
33
9.8
2.7
0.9
0.6
0.5
0.1
0.9
2.4
36.7
0.7
1.5
47.9
0.2
0.5
44.4
51.2
0.2
0.8
0.3
322
89
31
19
18
4
11
45
-34
6Tyrell Terry
T. Terry
108.4
2020-21
DAL DAL
11
5.1
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.5
1.5
31.3
0.0
0.6
0.0
0.1
0.3
33.3
31.8
0.0
0.5
0.2
56
11
6
6
5
0
2
2
0
7Mike Conley
M. Conley
108.9
2020-21
UTA UTA
51
29.4
16.2
3.5
6.0
1.4
0.2
5.6
12.5
44.4
2.7
6.6
41.2
2.4
2.8
85.2
58.9
0.7
2.8
1.9
1,498
827
177
305
70
9
99
98
+548
8De'Anthony Melton
D. Melton
108.9
2020-21
MEM MEM
52
20.1
9.1
3.1
2.5
1.2
0.6
3.3
7.6
43.8
1.7
4.1
41.2
0.8
1.0
80.4
56.8
0.6
2.5
1.3
1,045
472
161
132
60
31
66
85
+119
9Dennis Schröder
D. Schröder
109.2
2020-21
LAL LAL
61
32.1
15.4
3.5
5.8
1.1
0.2
5.4
12.5
43.7
1.2
3.5
33.5
3.4
4.0
84.8
54.3
0.5
3.0
2.7
1,956
941
211
351
70
13
163
159
+84
10Devon Dotson
D. Dotson
109.7
2020-21
CHI CHI
11
4.5
2.1
0.5
0.6
0.4
0.0
1.0
1.9
52.4
0.1
0.6
14.3
0.0
0.0
54.8
0.2
0.3
0.0
50
23
5
7
4
0
0
3
+32
11Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
109.7
2020-21
WAS WAS
65
36.4
22.2
11.5
11.7
1.4
0.4
8.4
19.0
43.9
1.3
4.2
31.5
4.2
6.4
65.6
50.9
1.7
9.9
4.8
2,369
1,445
750
763
89
23
312
190
-87
12Dennis Smith Jr.
D. Smith Jr.
110.0
2020-21
TOT
23
18.3
6.7
2.4
3.3
1.0
0.6
2.5
6.3
40.0
0.8
2.5
32.8
0.8
1.1
73.1
49.2
0.5
1.9
1.1
420
154
55
77
23
14
26
37
-19
13Kris Dunn
K. Dunn
110.1
2020-21
ATL ATL
4
11.3
1.3
1.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.3
3.0
8.3
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.8
1.0
75.0
18.2
0.0
1.5
0.8
45
5
6
2
2
2
3
10
-31
14LaMelo Ball
L. Ball
110.3
2020-21
CHA CHA
51
28.8
15.7
5.9
6.1
1.6
0.4
5.7
13.2
43.6
1.8
5.1
35.2
2.5
3.2
75.8
53.9
1.2
4.7
2.8
1,468
803
302
313
81
18
145
136
-84
15Patrick Beverley
P. Beverley
110.4
2020-21
LAC LAC
37
22.5
7.5
3.2
2.1
0.8
0.8
2.5
5.9
42.3
1.5
3.8
39.7
1.0
1.2
80.0
58.0
0.8
2.4
0.9
832
278
119
76
29
28
34
108
+148
16Elfrid Payton
E. Payton
110.4
2020-21
NYK NYK
63
23.6
10.1
3.4
3.2
0.7
0.1
4.3
9.9
43.2
0.4
1.6
28.6
1.2
1.7
68.2
47.8
1.0
2.4
1.6
1,484
639
216
203
47
9
103
116
-98
17T.J. McConnell
T.J. McConnell
110.5
2020-21
IND IND
69
26.0
8.6
3.7
6.6
1.9
0.3
4.0
7.1
55.9
0.2
0.7
31.3
0.5
0.7
68.8
58.3
0.8
2.9
2.0
1,796
596
256
456
128
23
135
113
+70
18Yogi Ferrell
Y. Ferrell
110.6
2020-21
TOT
10
13.6
5.6
1.9
2.2
0.7
0.3
2.0
5.7
35.1
0.9
2.8
32.1
0.7
0.9
77.8
45.9
0.5
1.4
0.3
136
56
19
22
7
3
3
11
-1
19Chris Paul
C. Paul
110.6
2020-21
PHX PHX
70
31.4
16.4
4.5
8.9
1.4
0.3
6.3
12.6
49.9
1.5
3.7
39.5
2.4
2.6
93.4
59.9
0.4
4.1
2.2
2,199
1,149
312
622
99
19
156
166
+310
20Derrick Rose
D. Rose
110.8
2020-21
TOT
50
25.6
14.7
2.6
4.2
1.0
0.4
5.7
12.2
47.0
1.0
2.6
38.8
2.2
2.5
86.6
55.0
0.4
2.2
1.6
1,279
734
130
209
49
19
78
56
+133
21Dejounte Murray
D. Murray
110.8
2020-21
SAS SAS
67
31.9
15.7
7.1
5.4
1.5
0.1
6.6
14.5
45.3
0.9
3.0
31.7
1.6
2.0
79.1
50.9
0.9
6.2
1.7
2,139
1,051
473
363
101
7
117
135
+88
22Isaiah Joe
I. Joe
111.2
2020-21
PHI PHI
41
9.3
3.7
0.9
0.5
0.3
0.1
1.2
3.2
36.1
1.0
2.6
36.8
0.4
0.6
75.0
53.3
0.1
0.7
0.3
383
153
36
20
12
4
11
34
+2
23Stephen Curry
S. Curry
111.2
2020-21
GSW GSW
63
34.1
32.0
5.5
5.8
1.2
0.1
10.4
21.7
48.2
5.3
12.7
42.1
5.7
6.3
91.6
65.5
0.5
5.0
3.4
2,151
2,015
345
363
77
8
213
119
+242
24Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
111.3
2020-21
DAL DAL
66
34.3
27.7
8.0
8.6
1.0
0.5
9.8
20.5
47.9
2.9
8.3
35.0
5.2
7.1
73.0
58.7
0.8
7.2
4.3
2,262
1,830
527
567
64
36
281
152
+164
25Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
111.3
2020-21
NYK NYK
64
19.4
11.4
2.1
2.0
0.5
0.2
3.6
9.1
39.5
1.8
4.7
38.9
2.4
2.7
89.1
55.7
0.4
1.8
0.9
1,243
731
137
127
30
12
58
114
+182
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PHX PHX
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Pistons Pistons - z
60
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Celtics Celtics - x
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Knicks Knicks - x
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Rockets Rockets - x
52
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DET DET
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Tue
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NYK NYK
7:00 PM
Tue
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SAS SAS
9:30 PM
Wed
10/21
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ORL ORL
7:00 PM
Wed
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MIL MIL
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WAS WAS
7:00 PM