best player defensive rating minimum 34 games played

LeBron James has the most games with a defensive rating of 34.0 or above, with 1,622 games.

Interpreted as:
best player defensive rating minimum 34 regular-season games played
NAMEGPDRTGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1,622
106.3
37.6
26.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.8
19.4
50.7
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
61,030
43,440
12,095
12,016
2,417
1,185
5,650
2,862
+7508
2Vince Carter
V. Carter
1,541
107.2
30.1
16.7
4.3
3.1
1.0
0.6
6.0
13.8
43.5
1.5
4.0
37.1
3.1
3.9
79.8
53.6
1.1
3.2
1.7
46,369
25,728
6,606
4,714
1,530
888
2,590
3,995
+1817
3Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
1,522
105.3
33.8
20.7
7.5
2.4
0.8
0.8
7.3
15.6
47.1
1.3
3.4
38.0
4.8
5.4
87.9
57.7
1.0
6.6
1.6
51,369
31,560
11,489
3,651
1,210
1,281
2,494
3,601
+6541
4John Stockton
J. Stockton
1,504
104.8
31.8
13.1
2.7
10.5
2.2
0.2
4.7
9.1
51.5
0.6
1.5
38.4
3.2
3.9
82.6
60.8
0.6
2.1
2.8
47,764
19,711
4,051
15,806
3,265
315
4,245
3,941
+2941
5Karl Malone
K. Malone
1,476
101.9
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
54,854
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,087
1,145
4,524
4,577
+3010
6Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
1,462
99.7
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
7Kevin Willis
K. Willis
1,422
105.8
27.0
12.1
8.4
0.9
0.7
0.5
5.0
10.2
48.7
0.0
0.1
21.1
2.1
3.0
71.4
52.5
2.9
5.5
1.8
38,360
17,253
11,899
1,328
956
749
2,519
4,172
-818
8Jason Terry
J. Terry
1,408
108.9
29.9
13.4
2.3
3.8
1.1
0.2
4.9
11.1
44.4
1.6
4.3
38.0
2.0
2.3
84.5
55.4
0.4
2.0
1.7
42,033
18,881
3,274
5,415
1,603
275
2,415
2,576
+1716
9Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
1,392
96.2
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
47,369
26,496
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
10Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
1,391
102.8
36.0
12.6
6.3
8.7
1.9
0.3
4.5
11.2
40.0
1.4
4.1
34.9
2.2
2.8
78.5
50.7
1.3
5.0
2.9
50,110
17,529
8,725
12,091
2,684
450
4,003
2,572
+3868
11Reggie Miller
R. Miller
1,389
109.8
34.3
18.2
3.0
3.0
1.1
0.2
5.9
12.6
47.1
1.8
4.7
39.5
4.5
5.1
88.8
61.4
0.6
2.4
1.7
47,619
25,279
4,182
4,141
1,505
299
2,409
2,730
+2015
12Clifford Robinson
C. Robinson
1,380
104.3
30.8
14.2
4.6
2.2
1.0
1.0
5.4
12.2
43.8
0.9
2.5
35.6
2.6
3.7
68.9
51.2
1.3
3.2
1.8
42,561
19,591
6,306
3,094
1,402
1,390
2,502
4,175
+704
13Chris Paul
C. Paul
1,370
107.3
33.5
16.8
4.4
9.2
2.0
0.2
6.0
12.7
46.9
1.4
3.7
37.0
3.5
4.1
87.0
58.0
0.6
3.8
2.3
45,834
23,058
6,006
12,552
2,728
222
3,109
3,208
+6029
14Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1,346
106.6
36.1
25.0
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.7
19.5
44.7
1.4
4.1
32.9
6.2
7.4
83.7
55.0
1.1
4.1
3.0
48,638
33,643
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
15Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
1,343
103.6
34.2
19.7
5.6
3.5
1.3
0.6
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.6
4.3
36.8
5.2
6.4
80.6
56.8
0.8
4.8
2.6
45,880
26,397
7,527
4,708
1,752
745
3,532
3,643
+3345
16Gary Payton
G. Payton
1,335
106.7
35.3
16.3
3.9
6.7
1.8
0.2
6.5
14.0
46.6
0.8
2.7
31.7
2.4
3.4
72.9
52.8
1.0
2.9
2.3
47,116
21,813
5,269
8,966
2,445
285
3,030
3,217
+1928
17Jamal Crawford
J. Crawford
1,327
112.1
29.4
14.6
2.2
3.4
0.9
0.2
5.1
12.4
41.0
1.7
4.8
34.8
2.8
3.2
86.2
52.9
0.4
1.9
1.9
38,994
19,419
2,948
4,541
1,179
271
2,476
2,008
-1252
18Andre Miller
A. Miller
1,304
108.6
30.9
12.5
3.7
6.5
1.2
0.2
4.6
10.0
46.1
0.1
0.7
21.7
3.1
3.8
80.7
53.2
1.1
2.6
2.4
40,268
16,278
4,795
8,524
1,546
227
3,121
2,882
+810
19Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
1,301
108.6
33.1
20.9
6.9
8.0
1.6
0.3
7.5
17.2
43.8
1.1
3.7
30.8
4.7
6.1
77.1
52.6
1.6
5.4
3.9
43,023
27,176
9,025
10,351
2,038
418
5,038
3,304
+2583
20Ray Allen
R. Allen
1,300
109.3
35.6
18.9
4.1
3.4
1.1
0.2
6.6
14.6
45.2
2.3
5.7
40.0
3.4
3.8
89.4
58.0
0.9
3.1
2.1
46,344
24,505
5,272
4,361
1,451
244
2,709
2,858
+3491
21Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
1,296
107.8
30.2
9.6
3.8
8.0
1.2
0.1
3.7
8.3
44.7
0.6
1.7
33.2
1.7
2.2
77.0
52.2
1.0
2.8
2.4
39,121
12,489
4,963
10,334
1,608
117
3,155
2,230
+402
22Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
1,287
107.2
25.4
8.3
2.1
3.0
1.1
0.1
2.9
7.2
39.9
1.0
2.6
37.4
1.6
1.9
81.7
51.4
0.3
1.7
1.1
32,719
10,713
2,658
3,804
1,352
98
1,473
2,684
+4164
23Sam Perkins
S. Perkins
1,286
106.6
28.5
11.9
6.0
1.5
0.9
0.7
4.3
9.3
45.9
0.7
1.8
36.2
2.7
3.3
81.1
55.2
1.8
4.2
1.2
36,598
15,324
7,666
1,976
1,105
932
1,582
3,167
+1069
24Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
1,282
102.7
31.4
9.7
9.5
2.5
1.1
0.3
3.8
8.0
47.1
0.1
0.2
25.3
2.1
2.7
76.1
52.6
3.1
6.5
2.2
40,280
12,417
12,206
3,217
1,352
384
2,781
4,420
+171
25A.C. Green
A.C. Green
1,278
106.7
28.6
9.6
7.4
1.1
0.8
0.4
3.6
7.2
49.4
0.1
0.4
25.4
2.4
3.3
73.4
55.7
2.6
4.8
1.1
36,552
12,331
9,473
1,400
1,033
546
1,433
2,436
-378
StatMuse has game-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1984-85 season.

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53
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.646
7.0
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.634
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.561
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EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
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46
36
.561
14.0
7
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45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
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.549
15.0
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44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
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.524
17.0
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Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
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31
51
.378
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Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
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19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
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Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
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22
60
.268
42.0