guards lead in defensive rating 2021

Gary Payton II had the lowest defensive rating by a guard with a defensive rating above 0.0 in 2020-21, with a 95.2 rating.

  • Regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Gary Payton II
G. Payton II
95.2
2020-21
GSW GSW
10
4.0
2.5
1.1
0.1
0.6
0.1
1.0
1.3
76.9
0.2
0.4
50.0
0.3
0.4
75.0
84.7
0.2
0.9
0.1
40
25
11
1
6
1
1
8
+3
2Matisse Thybulle
M. Thybulle
103.1
2020-21
PHI PHI
65
20.0
3.9
1.9
1.0
1.6
1.1
1.6
3.7
42.0
0.7
2.2
30.1
0.1
0.3
44.4
50.8
0.5
1.4
0.5
1,298
255
124
63
105
71
32
127
+96
3LeBron James
L. James
106.1
2020-21
LAL LAL
45
33.4
25.0
7.7
7.8
1.1
0.6
9.4
18.3
51.3
2.3
6.3
36.5
4.0
5.7
69.8
60.2
0.6
7.0
3.7
1,504
1,126
346
350
48
25
168
70
+287
4Ben Simmons
B. Simmons
106.1
2020-21
PHI PHI
58
32.4
14.3
7.2
6.9
1.6
0.6
5.6
10.1
55.7
0.1
0.2
30.0
3.0
4.9
61.3
58.4
1.6
5.6
3.0
1,877
829
417
401
93
35
173
171
+329
5Alex Caruso
A. Caruso
106.4
2020-21
LAL LAL
58
21.0
6.4
2.9
2.8
1.1
0.3
2.3
5.3
43.6
0.9
2.4
40.1
0.8
1.3
64.5
54.7
0.5
2.4
1.3
1,216
370
170
160
64
15
76
108
+120
6Talen Horton-Tucker
T. Horton-Tucker
106.7
2020-21
LAL LAL
65
20.1
9.0
2.6
2.8
1.0
0.3
3.4
7.5
45.8
0.6
2.0
28.2
1.5
2.0
77.5
53.6
0.4
2.2
1.6
1,304
585
169
181
63
21
105
127
+13
7Danny Green
D. Green
107.5
2020-21
PHI PHI
69
28.0
9.5
3.8
1.7
1.3
0.8
3.2
7.9
41.2
2.5
6.3
40.5
0.4
0.6
77.5
58.2
0.8
3.0
1.0
1,934
654
260
118
92
56
67
125
+312
8Frank Ntilikina
F. Ntilikina
107.8
2020-21
NYK NYK
33
9.8
2.7
0.9
0.6
0.5
0.1
0.9
2.4
36.7
0.7
1.5
47.9
0.2
0.5
44.4
51.2
0.2
0.8
0.3
322
89
31
19
18
4
11
45
-34
9Kent Bazemore
K. Bazemore
107.9
2020-21
GSW GSW
67
19.9
7.2
3.4
1.6
1.0
0.5
2.6
5.9
44.9
1.1
2.7
40.8
0.8
1.2
69.2
56.4
0.4
3.0
1.2
1,333
481
229
108
69
33
82
158
+168
10Tyrell Terry
T. Terry
108.4
2020-21
DAL DAL
11
5.1
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.5
1.5
31.3
0.0
0.6
0.0
0.1
0.3
33.3
31.8
0.0
0.5
0.2
56
11
6
6
5
0
2
2
0
11Mike Conley
M. Conley
108.9
2020-21
UTA UTA
51
29.4
16.2
3.5
6.0
1.4
0.2
5.6
12.5
44.4
2.7
6.6
41.2
2.4
2.8
85.2
58.9
0.7
2.8
1.9
1,498
827
177
305
70
9
99
98
+548
12De'Anthony Melton
D. Melton
108.9
2020-21
MEM MEM
52
20.1
9.1
3.1
2.5
1.2
0.6
3.3
7.6
43.8
1.7
4.1
41.2
0.8
1.0
80.4
56.8
0.6
2.5
1.3
1,045
472
161
132
60
31
66
85
+119
13Alec Burks
A. Burks
109.0
2020-21
NYK NYK
49
25.6
12.7
4.6
2.2
0.6
0.3
4.3
10.2
42.0
2.1
5.0
41.5
2.1
2.4
85.6
56.4
0.4
4.2
1.0
1,254
623
227
107
31
14
49
102
+125
14Nate Hinton
N. Hinton
109.0
2020-21
DAL DAL
21
4.4
2.0
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.7
2.0
35.7
0.2
0.9
21.1
0.3
0.5
70.0
44.2
0.0
0.4
0.2
93
41
9
8
7
2
5
8
-54
15Dennis Schröder
D. Schröder
109.2
2020-21
LAL LAL
61
32.1
15.4
3.5
5.8
1.1
0.2
5.4
12.5
43.7
1.2
3.5
33.5
3.4
4.0
84.8
54.3
0.5
3.0
2.7
1,956
941
211
351
70
13
163
159
+84
16Furkan Korkmaz
F. Korkmaz
109.4
2020-21
PHI PHI
55
19.3
9.1
2.1
1.5
0.9
0.2
3.1
7.7
40.1
1.8
4.9
37.5
1.1
1.5
73.2
54.4
0.3
1.7
0.8
1,061
501
113
82
49
9
46
64
+142
17Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
K. Caldwell-Pope
109.4
2020-21
LAL LAL
67
28.4
9.7
2.7
1.9
0.9
0.4
3.3
7.6
43.1
1.8
4.4
41.0
1.4
1.7
86.6
58.8
0.4
2.3
1.0
1,902
653
179
127
62
26
66
114
+138
18John Konchar
J. Konchar
109.4
2020-21
MEM MEM
43
13.4
4.3
3.0
1.1
0.7
0.2
1.6
3.2
50.0
0.5
1.3
37.5
0.6
0.7
83.3
60.8
0.8
2.2
0.4
575
184
128
47
30
9
18
40
+16
19Jordan Clarkson
J. Clarkson
109.5
2020-21
UTA UTA
68
26.7
18.4
4.0
2.5
0.9
0.1
6.7
15.8
42.5
3.1
8.8
34.7
1.9
2.1
89.6
54.9
0.7
3.3
1.7
1,818
1,251
274
168
61
10
115
110
+301
20Wesley Matthews
W. Matthews
109.6
2020-21
LAL LAL
58
19.5
4.8
1.6
0.9
0.7
0.3
1.5
4.3
35.3
1.1
3.4
33.5
0.6
0.7
85.4
51.7
0.3
1.3
0.4
1,130
279
93
54
38
17
26
80
+38
21Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
109.6
2020-21
MIA MIA
63
21.3
4.4
3.5
2.3
0.9
0.6
1.5
3.9
38.3
1.0
2.9
33.0
0.4
0.6
65.8
51.9
0.6
2.9
1.1
1,339
275
221
142
57
35
67
90
-82
22Devon Dotson
D. Dotson
109.7
2020-21
CHI CHI
11
4.5
2.1
0.5
0.6
0.4
0.0
1.0
1.9
52.4
0.1
0.6
14.3
0.0
0.0
54.8
0.2
0.3
0.0
50
23
5
7
4
0
0
3
+32
23Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
109.7
2020-21
WAS WAS
65
36.4
22.2
11.5
11.7
1.4
0.4
8.4
19.0
43.9
1.3
4.2
31.5
4.2
6.4
65.6
50.9
1.7
9.9
4.8
2,369
1,445
750
763
89
23
312
190
-87
24Trent Forrest
T. Forrest
109.8
2020-21
UTA UTA
30
10.1
2.9
1.5
1.5
0.3
0.1
1.1
2.4
45.1
0.2
0.9
19.2
0.6
0.6
100.0
55.4
0.4
1.1
0.7
302
88
44
45
9
4
21
22
-49
25Dennis Smith Jr.
D. Smith Jr.
110.0
2020-21
TOT
23
18.3
6.7
2.4
3.3
1.0
0.6
2.5
6.3
40.0
0.8
2.5
32.8
0.8
1.1
73.1
49.2
0.5
1.9
1.1
420
154
55
77
23
14
26
37
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Warriors Warriors
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Fri
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GSW GSW
10:00 PM
Sat
10/24
GSW GSW
@
PHX PHX
10:00 PM
Mon
10/26
GSW GSW
@
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10:00 PM
Wed
10/28
GSW GSW
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MIN MIN
8:00 PM
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Pistons Pistons - z
60
22
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Celtics Celtics - x
56
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Knicks Knicks - x
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Cavaliers Cavaliers - x
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15.0
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Hornets Hornets
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Heat Heat
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39
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17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
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Nets Nets - e
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Pacers Pacers - e
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Spurs Spurs - x
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20
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2.0
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54
28
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Lakers Lakers - x
53
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.646
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Rockets Rockets - x
52
30
.634
12.0
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Timberwolves Timberwolves - x
49
33
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15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
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8
Trail Blazers Trail Blazers - x
42
40
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Clippers Clippers
42
40
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22.0
10
Warriors Warriors
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Pelicans Pelicans - e
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56
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Mavericks Mavericks - e
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Grizzlies Grizzlies - e
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Kings Kings - e
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BOS BOS
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DET DET
3:00 PM
Tue
10/20
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NYK NYK
7:00 PM
Tue
10/20
OKC OKC
@
SAS SAS
9:30 PM
Wed
10/21
ATL ATL
@
ORL ORL
7:00 PM
Wed
10/21
MIL MIL
@
WAS WAS
7:00 PM