Patrick Ewing had the lowest defensive rating in 1993-94, with a 92.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

fewest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in 1994

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	92.7	1993-94	NYK	79	37.6	24.5	11.2	2.3	1.1	2.7	9.4	19.0	49.6	0.1	0.2	28.6	5.6	7.4	76.5	55.1	2.8	8.4	3.3	2,972	1,939	885	179	90	217	260	275
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	94.9	1993-94	HOU	80	41.0	27.3	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	11.2	21.2	52.8	0.1	0.2	42.1	4.9	6.8	71.6	56.5	2.9	9.1	3.4	3,277	2,184	955	287	128	297	271	289
3	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	95.7	1993-94	NYK	82	35.8	11.8	11.8	2.7	1.3	0.2	4.4	9.3	47.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.8	77.6	54.0	4.3	7.5	2.4	2,932	969	965	218	110	18	193	293
4	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	95.7	1993-94	SEA	79	32.9	18.1	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	6.7	12.5	53.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.6	6.2	74.1	59.3	3.9	6.8	3.3	2,597	1,431	851	207	142	166	259	312
5	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	96.2	1993-94	DEN	82	34.8	12.0	11.8	1.5	0.7	4.1	4.5	7.8	56.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	5.4	58.3	59.0	3.5	8.4	2.5	2,853	986	971	127	59	336	206	262
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	96.9	1993-94	CHI	72	38.3	22.0	8.7	5.6	2.9	0.8	8.7	17.8	49.1	0.9	2.7	32.0	3.8	5.7	66.0	54.4	2.4	6.3	3.2	2,759	1,587	629	403	211	58	232	227
7	David Robinson D. Robinson	97.9	1993-94	SAS	80	40.5	29.8	10.7	4.8	1.7	3.3	10.5	20.7	50.7	0.1	0.4	34.5	8.7	11.6	74.9	57.7	3.0	7.7	3.2	3,241	2,383	855	381	139	265	253	228
8	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	99.8	1993-94	SAS	79	37.8	4.7	17.3	2.3	0.7	0.4	2.0	3.7	53.4	0.1	0.3	20.8	0.7	1.3	52.0	54.9	5.7	11.6	1.7	2,989	370	1,367	184	52	32	138	229
9	Robert Horry R. Horry	99.8	1993-94	HOU	81	29.3	9.9	5.4	2.9	1.5	0.9	4.0	8.7	45.9	0.5	1.7	32.4	1.4	1.9	73.2	52.1	1.6	3.9	1.7	2,370	803	440	231	119	75	137	186
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	99.8	1993-94	UTA	82	40.6	25.2	11.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	9.4	18.9	49.7	0.1	0.4	25.0	6.2	9.0	69.4	55.0	2.9	8.6	2.9	3,329	2,063	940	328	125	126	234	268
11	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	99.9	1993-94	ATL	81	36.0	13.8	5.2	9.7	2.6	0.5	5.5	13.3	41.1	1.4	4.2	33.4	1.4	2.0	73.0	48.7	1.4	3.8	2.4	2,915	1,118	424	789	212	44	196	144
12	John Starks J. Starks	100.0	1993-94	NYK	59	34.9	19.0	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	6.9	16.6	42.0	1.9	5.7	33.5	3.2	4.2	75.4	51.6	0.6	2.5	3.1	2,057	1,120	185	348	95	6	184	191
13	Kevin Willis K. Willis	100.2	1993-94	ATL	80	35.8	19.1	12.0	1.9	1.0	0.5	7.8	15.7	49.9	0.1	0.3	37.5	3.4	4.7	71.3	53.8	4.2	7.9	2.4	2,867	1,531	963	150	79	38	188	250
14	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	100.9	1993-94	HOU	82	35.5	14.0	10.6	2.3	0.8	0.3	5.5	9.8	56.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.7	65.7	59.3	3.3	7.3	2.3	2,909	1,149	870	189	66	28	185	253
15	Horace Grant H. Grant	101.0	1993-94	CHI	70	36.7	15.1	11.0	3.4	1.1	1.2	6.6	12.5	52.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	3.3	59.6	54.0	4.4	6.6	1.6	2,570	1,057	769	236	74	84	109	164
16	Craig Ehlo C. Ehlo	101.2	1993-94	ATL	82	26.2	10.0	3.4	3.3	1.7	0.3	3.9	8.6	44.6	0.9	2.7	34.8	1.4	1.9	72.7	52.9	0.9	2.5	1.6	2,147	821	279	273	136	26	130	161
17	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	101.8	1993-94	NJN	77	36.1	20.2	11.3	3.4	0.9	1.8	7.0	15.7	44.7	0.5	1.6	31.4	5.7	7.4	77.4	53.4	3.4	7.9	2.7	2,778	1,559	870	262	68	142	208	209
18	Dale Davis D. Davis	102.0	1993-94	IND	66	34.7	11.7	10.9	1.5	0.7	1.6	4.7	8.8	52.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	4.5	52.7	54.2	4.2	6.6	1.5	2,292	771	718	100	48	106	102	214
19	Stacey Augmon S. Augmon	102.2	1993-94	ATL	82	31.8	14.8	4.8	2.3	1.8	0.5	5.4	10.5	51.0	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.1	5.3	76.4	57.6	2.2	2.6	1.8	2,605	1,212	394	187	149	45	147	179
20	LaPhonso Ellis L. Ellis	102.3	1993-94	DEN	79	34.2	15.4	8.6	2.1	0.8	1.0	6.1	12.2	50.2	0.1	0.3	30.4	3.1	4.5	67.4	54.2	2.8	5.8	2.2	2,699	1,215	682	167	63	80	172	304
21	Kendall Gill K. Gill	102.5	1993-94	SEA	79	30.8	14.1	3.4	3.5	1.9	0.4	5.4	12.3	44.3	0.5	1.5	31.7	2.7	3.5	78.2	51.0	1.2	2.2	1.8	2,435	1,111	268	275	151	32	143	194
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	102.6	1993-94	ORL	81	39.8	29.3	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	11.8	19.6	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8	10.5	55.4	60.5	4.7	8.5	2.7	3,224	2,377	1,072	195	76	231	222	281
23	Reggie Williams R. Williams	102.7	1993-94	DEN	82	32.4	13.0	4.8	3.7	1.4	0.8	5.1	12.4	41.2	0.8	2.8	27.8	2.0	2.7	73.3	47.8	1.2	3.6	2.0	2,654	1,065	392	300	117	66	163	288
24	Felton Spencer F. Spencer	102.8	1993-94	UTA	79	28.0	8.6	8.3	0.5	0.5	0.8	3.2	6.4	50.5	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.4	60.7	54.0	3.0	5.4	1.6	2,210	677	658	43	41	67	127	304
25	Rik Smits R. Smits	103.0	1993-94	IND	78	27.1	15.7	6.2	2.0	0.6	1.1	6.3	11.8	53.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	3.8	79.3	58.0	1.7	4.5	1.9	2,113	1,224	483	156	49	82	151	281

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