Gar Heard had the lowest defensive rating in 1977-78, with a 92.5 rating.

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drtg with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders 1978

	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	Gar Heard G. Heard	92.5	1977-78	PHX	80	26.2	7.8	8.2	1.7	1.6	1.3	3.3	7.8	42.4	1.1	1.8	61.2	44.9	2.1	6.1	1.5	2,099	620	652	132	129	101	120	213
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	93.7	1977-78	LAL	62	36.5	25.8	12.9	4.3	1.7	3.0	10.7	19.4	55.0	4.4	5.6	78.3	58.9	3.0	9.9	3.4	2,265	1,600	801	269	103	185	208	182
3	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	95.5	1977-78	NOJ	82	25.8	10.2	9.3	2.8	1.1	1.6	3.7	7.3	50.5	2.7	3.5	77.9	57.1	3.0	6.2	2.7	2,119	833	759	233	89	129	225	293
4	George Johnson G. Johnson	95.6	1977-78	NJN	81	29.8	8.7	9.6	1.4	1.0	3.4	3.5	8.9	39.5	1.6	2.3	71.9	43.8	3.0	6.6	2.7	2,411	703	779	111	78	274	221	339
5	Marvin Webster M. Webster	95.6	1977-78	SEA	82	35.5	14.0	12.6	2.5	0.6	2.0	5.2	10.4	50.2	3.5	5.6	62.9	54.3	4.4	8.2	3.1	2,910	1,144	1,035	203	48	162	257	262
6	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	96.0	1977-78	POR	68	31.2	16.4	9.1	2.5	0.9	0.8	6.7	14.5	45.8	3.0	4.0	76.7	50.2	2.7	6.4	2.8	2,119	1,113	621	173	61	56	192	221
7	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	96.3	1977-78	SEA	82	27.3	10.7	8.3	1.6	0.8	0.5	4.2	9.2	45.5	2.3	3.0	77.7	50.9	2.4	5.9	2.3	2,238	876	678	134	68	40	186	300
8	Clifford Ray C. Ray	96.4	1977-78	GSW	79	28.7	8.8	9.6	1.9	0.9	1.1	3.4	6.0	57.1	1.9	3.1	60.9	59.4	3.0	6.6	1.9	2,268	692	758	147	74	90	150	291
9	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	96.6	1977-78	KCK	77	27.7	8.6	8.3	3.9	1.6	1.4	3.4	7.7	44.9	1.7	2.4	71.7	49.4	2.0	6.3	2.4	2,131	664	642	300	120	108	186	264
10	Steve Hawes S. Hawes	97.2	1977-78	ATL	75	31.0	12.7	9.2	2.5	1.0	0.8	5.2	11.4	45.3	2.3	2.9	81.8	50.0	2.4	6.8	2.0	2,325	949	690	190	78	57	148	230
11	Gus Williams G. Williams	97.3	1977-78	SEA	79	32.6	18.1	3.2	3.7	2.3	0.5	7.6	16.9	45.1	2.9	3.5	81.7	49.1	1.1	2.2	2.4	2,572	1,431	256	294	185	41	189	198
12	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	97.3	1977-78	BOS	77	41.8	18.6	14.0	4.6	1.3	0.9	7.8	15.8	49.0	3.1	3.7	84.2	53.3	3.2	10.8	2.8	3,215	1,435	1,078	351	102	67	217	297
13	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	97.3	1977-78	PHI	78	32.5	20.3	10.4	3.8	1.8	0.3	7.5	16.3	46.3	5.3	7.4	71.6	52.1	3.6	6.8	4.0	2,533	1,587	810	294	137	27	312	287
14	Bobby Jones B. Jones	97.4	1977-78	DEN	75	32.5	14.5	8.5	3.4	1.8	1.7	5.9	10.1	57.8	2.8	3.7	75.1	61.6	2.2	6.3	2.6	2,440	1,088	636	252	137	126	194	221
15	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	97.4	1977-78	WAS	80	33.1	7.6	11.9	4.1	1.2	0.6	3.2	6.1	52.3	1.2	2.2	53.8	53.5	3.6	8.4	2.2	2,644	607	955	326	98	45	173	234
16	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	97.4	1977-78	WAS	81	40.1	19.7	13.3	1.8	1.2	2.0	7.9	17.4	45.1	4.0	6.3	63.4	48.9	4.1	9.1	2.8	3,246	1,598	1,075	149	96	159	229	313
17	Bob Gross B. Gross	97.8	1977-78	POR	72	30.0	12.7	5.6	3.5	1.4	0.7	5.3	10.0	52.9	2.1	2.6	80.0	56.9	2.5	3.1	2.5	2,163	914	400	254	100	52	179	234
18	Don Buse D. Buse	97.9	1977-78	PHX	82	31.1	8.4	3.0	4.8	2.3	0.2	3.5	7.6	45.8	1.4	1.7	82.4	50.0	0.7	2.3	1.5	2,547	686	249	391	185	14	124	144
19	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	98.2	1977-78	NOJ	82	44.4	22.7	15.7	2.1	0.9	1.0	9.1	20.5	44.4	4.5	7.0	64.0	48.1	3.6	12.1	3.7	3,638	1,862	1,288	171	73	79	301	265
20	Paul Silas P. Silas	98.2	1977-78	SEA	82	26.5	5.8	8.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	5.7	39.7	1.3	2.3	58.6	43.7	3.5	4.6	1.9	2,172	477	666	145	65	16	152	182
21	Sonny Parker S. Parker	98.2	1977-78	GSW	82	25.2	11.4	4.7	1.9	1.6	0.4	5.0	9.5	51.9	1.5	2.1	70.5	54.4	2.0	2.7	1.6	2,069	934	389	155	135	36	128	186
22	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	98.3	1977-78	IND	79	30.7	13.4	10.2	2.5	1.0	1.9	5.3	10.9	48.9	2.8	3.8	72.7	53.4	3.5	6.7	2.5	2,423	1,060	802	196	81	149	194	297
23	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	98.3	1977-78	POR	81	33.8	15.9	3.4	4.7	1.9	0.4	6.6	14.8	44.2	2.8	3.7	74.3	48.2	1.0	2.4	3.0	2,741	1,285	277	380	157	29	241	268
24	Foots Walker F. Walker	98.4	1977-78	CLE	81	30.8	9.0	3.6	5.6	2.2	0.3	3.5	7.9	44.8	2.0	2.7	71.9	49.6	0.9	2.7	2.2	2,496	733	294	453	176	24	181	218
25	John Drew J. Drew	98.5	1977-78	ATL	70	31.5	23.2	7.3	2.0	1.7	0.4	8.5	17.7	48.0	6.2	8.2	76.0	54.5	3.0	4.3	3.0	2,203	1,623	511	141	119	27	210	247

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