Robert Parish had the lowest defensive rating in 1978-79, with a 94.3 rating.

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drtg with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leader 1979

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Robert Parish R. Parish	94.3	1978-79	GSW	76	31.7	17.2	12.1	1.5	1.3	2.9	7.3	14.6	49.9	2.6	3.7	69.8	52.9	3.5	8.6	3.1	2,411	1,304	916	115	100	217	233	303
2	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	96.5	1978-79	PHI	78	27.8	9.3	9.6	1.9	0.5	2.0	3.9	8.2	47.4	1.6	2.1	74.7	51.2	2.3	7.3	2.0	2,171	725	747	151	39	157	156	303
3	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	96.6	1978-79	SEA	82	36.1	15.6	12.4	3.2	1.0	0.8	5.8	12.6	46.0	4.0	4.9	81.4	52.9	2.8	9.5	3.1	2,958	1,281	1,013	261	82	67	253	295
4	George Johnson G. Johnson	97.0	1978-79	NJN	78	26.4	6.6	7.9	1.1	0.9	3.2	2.6	6.2	42.7	1.3	1.8	76.1	47.5	2.6	5.3	2.3	2,058	517	616	88	68	253	178	315
5	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	97.2	1978-79	PHI	78	26.1	13.1	8.1	1.6	0.4	1.8	5.5	10.7	51.7	2.0	3.0	67.2	54.5	1.6	6.5	2.5	2,035	1,018	631	128	32	143	197	295
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	97.9	1978-79	LAL	80	39.5	23.8	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	9.7	16.8	57.7	4.4	5.9	73.6	61.2	2.6	10.2	3.5	3,157	1,903	1,025	431	76	316	282	230
7	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	98.4	1978-79	KCK	82	32.0	10.6	8.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	4.3	8.5	50.2	2.0	2.8	73.9	54.4	2.2	6.4	3.0	2,627	867	702	430	106	141	245	309
8	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	98.5	1978-79	DEN	76	33.6	22.6	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	7.9	16.8	47.4	6.7	10.1	66.5	53.3	3.4	8.0	4.6	2,552	1,715	864	283	129	52	346	321
9	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	98.9	1978-79	NOJ	80	33.8	15.7	12.8	3.6	1.6	2.1	5.5	10.9	50.6	4.7	5.7	81.4	58.5	3.8	9.0	3.6	2,705	1,253	1,026	285	126	166	288	309
10	Bobby Jones B. Jones	99.0	1978-79	PHI	80	28.8	12.1	6.6	2.5	1.3	1.2	4.7	8.8	53.7	2.6	3.5	75.5	58.4	2.5	4.2	2.1	2,304	965	531	201	107	96	165	245
11	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	99.2	1978-79	ATL	80	31.7	15.3	10.8	1.6	1.1	2.2	5.8	11.5	50.4	3.8	5.3	71.4	55.6	4.1	6.7	2.6	2,539	1,224	865	131	87	176	209	358
12	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	99.5	1978-79	WAS	82	37.9	21.8	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	8.8	18.0	48.7	4.3	6.5	65.4	52.3	3.8	8.3	2.9	3,105	1,789	994	143	75	190	235	308
13	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	99.5	1978-79	SEA	76	28.4	13.5	6.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	5.9	11.3	51.9	1.7	2.5	69.3	54.3	2.4	3.8	2.5	2,158	1,023	468	110	76	75	188	266
14	Bill Robinzine B. Robinzine	99.6	1978-79	KCK	82	26.6	13.4	7.8	1.3	1.3	0.2	5.6	10.2	54.8	2.2	3.0	73.2	58.1	2.7	5.1	2.2	2,179	1,098	638	104	105	15	179	367
15	Julius Erving J. Erving	99.6	1978-79	PHI	78	35.9	23.1	7.2	4.6	1.7	1.3	9.2	18.7	49.1	4.8	6.4	74.5	53.8	2.5	4.7	4.0	2,802	1,803	564	357	133	100	315	207
16	Alvan Adams A. Adams	99.6	1978-79	PHX	77	30.7	17.8	9.2	4.7	1.4	0.8	7.4	13.9	53.0	3.0	3.8	79.9	57.0	2.9	6.3	3.6	2,364	1,369	705	360	110	63	279	246
17	Gus Williams G. Williams	99.7	1978-79	SEA	76	29.8	19.2	3.2	4.0	2.1	0.4	8.0	16.1	49.5	3.2	4.2	77.5	53.4	1.5	1.8	2.5	2,266	1,457	245	307	158	29	190	162
18	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	100.1	1978-79	PHI	82	29.4	8.4	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1	3.6	7.0	51.0	1.2	1.7	72.1	54.1	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,409	685	254	431	174	12	193	198
19	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	100.2	1978-79	POR	73	29.4	14.7	8.3	2.4	0.9	1.8	6.3	12.8	49.0	2.1	3.7	57.2	50.8	2.7	5.6	2.8	2,144	1,074	604	176	67	134	205	270
20	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	100.4	1978-79	NJN	82	27.6	12.4	2.6	4.5	2.5	0.5	4.9	11.7	41.8	2.6	3.3	77.7	47.0	0.9	1.7	3.0	2,260	1,015	215	365	201	40	244	209
21	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	100.6	1978-79	WAS	77	31.2	10.9	10.8	4.1	0.9	0.5	4.5	7.8	57.7	2.0	3.1	64.3	59.9	3.6	7.2	2.0	2,406	843	830	315	71	37	156	204
22	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	101.0	1978-79	SAS	81	36.4	22.1	9.8	4.1	1.9	0.2	9.2	18.3	50.4	3.6	4.3	84.5	54.7	3.2	6.5	3.7	2,947	1,791	790	335	154	19	300	192
23	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	101.0	1978-79	SEA	80	34.0	15.9	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	6.0	13.9	43.4	3.8	4.9	78.1	49.5	1.8	2.9	2.4	2,717	1,270	374	280	100	97	191	209
24	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	101.0	1978-79	SAS	79	26.9	11.5	7.9	2.3	0.4	1.6	5.1	9.6	52.6	1.4	2.5	58.8	54.1	2.1	5.8	2.0	2,122	912	625	178	35	125	157	204
25	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	101.3	1978-79	POR	69	35.7	20.4	10.4	3.1	1.0	1.2	8.2	17.5	47.0	3.9	5.0	78.3	51.7	2.8	7.6	3.4	2,462	1,406	716	215	66	81	233	254

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