Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the best defensive rating in 1975-76, with a 90.0 rating.

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drtg with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leader 1976

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	90.0	1975-76	LAL	82	41.2	27.7	16.9	5.0	1.5	4.1	11.1	21.1	52.9	5.5	7.8	70.3	56.7	3.3	13.5	3,379	2,275	1,383	413	119	338	292
2	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	91.1	1975-76	WAS	80	37.2	19.8	11.0	1.5	1.3	2.5	8.1	17.3	47.0	3.6	5.7	62.8	50.1	2.6	8.4	2,975	1,585	878	121	104	202	293
3	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	92.1	1975-76	PHI	77	38.3	23.0	12.6	4.7	2.6	0.5	8.4	20.2	41.7	6.2	8.3	74.0	48.2	3.4	9.2	2,946	1,769	967	359	198	41	334
4	Clifford Ray C. Ray	92.1	1975-76	GSW	82	26.6	6.9	9.5	1.8	1.0	1.0	2.6	4.9	52.5	1.7	2.8	60.9	55.8	3.3	6.2	2,184	564	776	149	78	83	247
5	Otto Moore O. Moore	92.2	1975-76	NOJ	81	29.7	9.0	9.8	2.7	1.0	1.7	3.6	8.3	43.6	1.8	2.8	63.7	47.3	2.0	7.8	2,407	730	793	216	85	136	250
6	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	92.3	1975-76	BOS	78	39.8	19.0	16.0	4.2	1.2	0.9	7.8	16.7	46.8	3.3	4.4	75.6	50.8	4.3	11.7	3,101	1,479	1,246	325	94	71	314
7	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	92.6	1975-76	WAS	78	37.5	9.6	13.3	5.2	1.1	0.8	4.1	7.3	56.1	1.5	2.5	58.5	57.4	3.5	9.8	2,922	750	1,036	404	84	59	203
8	Elmore Smith E. Smith	93.5	1975-76	MIL	78	36.0	15.6	11.4	1.2	1.0	3.1	6.4	12.3	51.8	2.8	4.5	63.2	54.5	2.6	8.9	2,809	1,218	893	97	78	238	268
9	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	93.7	1975-76	WAS	82	25.1	11.2	6.8	1.4	0.5	1.3	4.3	9.5	45.4	2.6	3.8	67.2	50.1	1.7	5.1	2,055	919	557	113	42	107	239
10	Rick Barry R. Barry	93.8	1975-76	GSW	81	38.5	21.0	6.1	6.1	2.5	0.3	8.7	20.0	43.5	3.5	3.8	92.3	48.3	0.9	5.2	3,122	1,701	496	496	202	27	215
11	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	94.2	1975-76	GSW	82	33.1	17.8	8.8	2.0	1.2	0.4	7.5	16.3	46.3	2.8	3.6	77.2	49.9	2.4	6.4	2,716	1,461	720	167	102	31	222
12	Gar Heard G. Heard	94.5	1975-76	TOT	86	31.9	11.0	10.1	2.2	1.4	1.1	4.6	10.5	43.5	1.8	2.9	63.7	46.6	2.9	7.2	2,747	942	869	190	117	96	303
13	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	94.5	1975-76	CLE	82	35.5	11.5	10.9	2.5	1.1	1.1	4.9	10.7	45.8	1.7	2.6	65.4	48.5	3.6	7.2	2,913	940	891	209	94	89	214
14	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	94.6	1975-76	KCK	81	38.1	12.8	12.6	4.7	1.6	1.7	5.0	12.6	40.1	2.7	3.5	75.9	45.2	2.7	10.0	3,083	1,035	1,024	378	132	134	286
15	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	94.8	1975-76	CHI	81	29.5	15.3	9.4	1.6	1.1	0.8	5.9	12.8	46.3	3.5	4.4	78.6	52.0	3.4	5.9	2,390	1,239	758	130	93	66	292
16	Tom Boerwinkle T. Boerwinkle	94.8	1975-76	CHI	74	27.6	8.8	10.7	3.8	0.6	0.7	3.6	7.2	50.0	1.6	2.4	66.7	53.3	3.6	7.1	2,045	648	792	283	47	52	263
17	Paul Silas P. Silas	94.9	1975-76	BOS	81	32.9	10.7	12.7	2.5	0.7	0.4	3.9	9.1	42.6	2.9	4.1	70.9	48.8	4.5	8.1	2,662	866	1,025	203	56	33	227
18	Alvan Adams A. Adams	94.9	1975-76	PHX	80	33.2	19.0	9.1	5.6	1.5	1.5	7.9	16.8	46.9	3.3	4.4	73.5	50.7	2.7	6.4	2,656	1,519	727	450	121	116	274
19	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	95.6	1975-76	BUF	78	42.7	31.1	12.4	4.0	1.2	2.1	12.0	24.6	48.7	7.2	9.4	76.2	54.2	3.1	9.3	3,328	2,427	965	315	93	160	298
20	Slick Watts S. Watts	95.9	1975-76	SEA	82	33.9	13.0	4.5	8.1	3.2	0.2	5.3	12.4	42.7	2.4	4.2	57.8	45.7	1.4	3.1	2,776	1,065	365	661	261	16	270
21	Curtis Perry C. Perry	96.0	1975-76	PHX	71	33.1	13.3	9.6	2.6	1.2	0.9	5.4	10.9	49.7	2.5	3.4	73.2	53.7	2.8	6.9	2,353	947	684	182	84	66	269
22	Jim Chones J. Chones	96.1	1975-76	CLE	82	33.4	15.8	9.0	2.0	0.5	1.1	6.9	15.3	44.8	2.1	3.2	66.2	47.3	2.4	6.6	2,741	1,298	739	163	42	93	241
23	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	96.2	1975-76	WAS	80	36.9	19.9	4.0	3.2	2.0	0.6	8.2	16.9	48.3	3.5	4.3	82.7	52.8	1.1	3.0	2,952	1,590	320	255	158	45	186
24	Lloyd Neal L. Neal	96.8	1975-76	POR	68	34.1	15.5	8.6	1.7	0.8	1.6	6.4	13.3	48.1	2.7	3.9	69.4	51.7	2.1	6.5	2,320	1,056	585	118	53	107	254
25	Larry Steele L. Steele	96.9	1975-76	POR	81	29.4	9.9	3.6	4.0	2.1	0.2	4.0	8.0	49.5	1.9	2.5	75.9	53.9	1.0	2.7	2,382	798	292	324	170	19	289

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