Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a defensive rating of 97.9 in 1978-79.

	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	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
2	Tom Abernethy T. Abernethy	103.3	1978-79	GSW	70	17.4	6.0	3.1	1.1	0.6	0.2	2.5	4.9	51.5	1.0	1.3	74.5	55.0	1.1	2.0	0.5	1,219	422	216	79	39	13	32	133
3	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
4	Lucius Allen L. Allen	102.6	1978-79	KCK	31	13.3	5.1	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	2.2	5.6	39.7	0.6	1.1	57.6	41.6	0.5	1.0	1.0	413	157	46	44	21	6	30	52
5	Kim Anderson K. Anderson	104.9	1978-79	POR	21	10.7	3.0	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.2	1.1	3.7	31.2	0.7	1.3	53.6	35.3	0.8	1.3	1.0	224	63	45	15	4	5	22	42
6	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	109.3	1978-79	BOS	69	24.1	11.0	1.5	4.7	0.8	0.1	3.8	8.3	45.2	3.5	4.4	78.8	53.7	0.4	1.1	2.9	1,662	760	103	324	55	6	197	132
7	Tate Armstrong T. Armstrong	107.1	1978-79	CHI	26	10.0	2.5	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.1	2.7	40.0	0.4	0.5	76.9	43.6	0.3	0.5	0.8	259	66	20	31	10	0	21	22
8	Dennis Awtrey D. Awtrey	103.0	1978-79	TOT	63	11.8	2.0	2.4	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.7	41.1	0.7	0.9	73.2	49.0	0.7	1.7	0.8	746	129	151	69	16	13	52	106
9	Gus Bailey G. Bailey	113.9	1978-79	NOJ	2	4.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	28.6	0.0	0.0		28.6	1.0	0.0	0.5	9	4	2	2	0	0	1	1
10	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	100.7	1978-79	WAS	82	18.9	7.8	5.5	1.4	0.7	0.4	3.2	6.8	46.5	1.5	2.1	69.2	50.3	1.7	3.7	1.2	1,552	639	450	116	58	30	97	166
11	Mike Bantom M. Bantom	102.5	1978-79	IND	81	31.2	14.7	8.0	2.8	1.2	0.8	6.0	12.8	46.5	2.8	4.2	67.2	50.3	2.8	5.2	2.4	2,528	1,191	650	223	99	62	193	316
12	Tom Barker T. Barker	105.8	1978-79	TOT	39	12.2	4.2	3.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.7	4.0	43.6	0.7	0.9	73.0	47.3	1.2	1.9	0.9	476	163	119	15	10	11	34	76
13	Marvin Barnes M. Barnes	102.9	1978-79	BOS	38	20.9	8.1	4.7	1.4	1.0	1.0	3.5	7.1	49.1	1.1	1.7	65.2	51.5	1.5	3.2	1.8	796	309	177	53	38	39	68	144
14	Rick Barry R. Barry	108.2	1978-79	HOU	80	32.1	13.5	3.5	6.3	1.2	0.5	5.8	12.5	46.1	2.0	2.1	94.7	50.4	0.5	3.0	2.5	2,566	1,082	277	502	95	38	198	195
15	Tim Bassett T. Bassett	102.3	1978-79	NJN	82	18.4	3.9	5.1	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.4	3.8	37.1	1.1	1.6	67.9	43.3	2.1	3.0	1.3	1,508	321	418	99	44	29	103	219
16	Butch Beard B. Beard	102.4	1978-79	NYK	7	12.1	3.1	1.4	2.7	1.0	0.0	1.6	3.7	42.3	0.0	0.0		42.3	0.1	1.3	1.4	85	22	10	19	7	0	10	13
17	Ron Behagen R. Behagen	102.8	1978-79	TOT	15	11.0	4.4	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	1.9	4.1	45.2	0.7	0.9	76.9	48.7	0.9	1.9	0.7	165	66	42	7	4	1	11	36
18	Kent Benson K. Benson	101.4	1978-79	MIL	82	26.0	12.3	7.1	2.5	1.1	1.0	5.0	9.7	51.8	2.2	3.0	73.5	55.5	2.3	4.8	1.9	2,132	1,006	584	204	89	81	156	280
19	Del Beshore D. Beshore	112.8	1978-79	MIL	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Henry Bibby H. Bibby	104.5	1978-79	PHI	82	31.0	12.2	3.0	4.5	0.9	0.1	4.5	10.6	42.3	3.2	4.1	79.4	49.3	0.9	2.1	2.4	2,538	1,002	244	371	72	7	197	199
21	Bob Bigelow B. Bigelow	110.6	1978-79	SDC	29	14.2	2.9	1.6	0.9	0.4	0.1	1.2	3.1	40.0	0.4	0.7	61.9	42.8	0.5	1.1	0.6	413	85	46	25	12	2	18	37
22	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	104.1	1978-79	KCK	82	34.6	21.7	4.3	3.4	1.5	0.2	9.0	17.8	50.9	3.6	5.0	72.5	54.4	2.1	2.2	2.4	2,839	1,778	354	281	125	17	200	255
23	Ron Boone R. Boone	106.1	1978-79	LAL	82	19.3	7.4	1.8	1.9	0.8	0.1	3.2	6.9	45.5	1.1	1.3	86.5	49.5	0.6	1.1	1.8	1,583	608	145	154	66	11	147	171
24	Tom Boswell T. Boswell	104.2	1978-79	DEN	79	27.9	10.6	6.8	3.1	0.6	0.6	4.1	7.6	53.2	2.5	3.6	69.7	57.7	3.1	3.7	2.3	2,201	840	538	242	50	51	185	263
25	Dennis Boyd D. Boyd	111.8	1978-79	DET	5	8.0	1.2	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.4	25.0	0.0	0.0		25.0	0.0	0.4	1.2	40	6	2	7	0	0	6	5

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