Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Rex Chapman had the highest defensive rating by a shooting guard, with a 114.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest def rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games shooting guard 1980s

	NAME	DRTG	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	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	114.8	75	29.6	16.9	2.5	2.3	0.9	0.3	7.0	16.9	41.4	0.8	2.5	31.4	2.1	2.6	79.5	46.7	1.0	1.5	1.5	2,219	1,267	187	176	70	25	113	167
2	James Silas J. Silas	114.5	67	21.6	11.2	1.6	3.3	0.6	0.1	3.7	8.6	43.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	4.3	86.0	53.5	0.4	1.2	1.6	1,447	748	109	222	40	6	107	109
3	Rod Higgins R. Higgins	114.2	68	32.2	15.5	4.3	2.8	1.0	0.5	5.6	10.7	52.6	0.3	0.6	48.7	4.0	4.7	84.8	60.8	1.4	2.9	1.6	2,188	1,054	293	188	70	31	111	188
4	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	114.2	82	35.0	19.5	2.5	5.0	1.6	0.5	7.4	16.7	44.5	0.5	1.7	29.4	4.1	5.1	81.0	51.4	0.8	1.7	3.1	2,873	1,598	202	406	134	41	251	226
5	Jon Sundvold J. Sundvold	113.8	68	19.7	10.4	1.3	2.0	0.4	0.0	4.5	9.9	45.5	0.7	1.4	52.2	0.7	0.8	82.5	50.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	1,338	709	87	137	27	1	87	78
6	Terry Teagle T. Teagle	112.9	373	19.9	10.6	2.2	1.4	0.7	0.2	4.4	9.5	46.5	0.1	0.3	23.1	1.7	2.2	77.5	50.7	0.9	1.3	1.5	7,439	3,957	806	508	250	78	547	814
7	Derek Smith D. Smith	112.8	304	27.1	14.8	3.6	2.5	0.8	0.5	5.8	11.5	49.9	0.1	0.4	25.4	3.2	4.2	76.2	55.3	1.3	2.3	2.0	8,250	4,500	1,090	750	229	150	603	973
8	Tony Brown T. Brown	112.7	87	28.4	10.6	2.7	3.1	1.1	0.2	4.3	9.8	44.2	0.1	0.3	22.7	1.9	2.5	73.5	48.5	1.0	1.7	1.8	2,471	918	235	273	94	15	157	289
9	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	112.6	137	27.5	14.7	2.2	2.7	1.2	0.4	5.6	11.3	49.4	0.2	0.7	26.7	3.3	3.9	85.3	56.3	0.6	1.6	1.7	3,768	2,010	296	366	168	59	229	347
10	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	112.3	75	34.7	20.3	5.5	3.8	1.4	0.7	8.2	16.0	51.0	0.0	0.2	6.7	4.0	5.2	76.0	55.5	2.1	3.5	2.4	2,605	1,525	416	283	107	50	183	214
11	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	112.3	630	33.7	19.2	3.7	3.1	0.7	0.3	7.4	14.8	50.3	0.1	0.3	27.2	4.3	5.1	83.3	56.4	1.2	2.4	2.0	21,258	12,127	2,308	1,954	472	196	1,234	990
12	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	112.3	79	32.6	15.1	2.8	3.0	1.5	0.5	5.6	12.3	45.5	0.9	2.1	42.8	3.1	3.7	83.1	54.4	0.6	2.2	2.0	2,577	1,196	225	239	120	37	158	184
13	Eric Money E. Money	112.2	61	25.4	10.3	1.7	4.2	0.9	0.2	4.5	9.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		1.4	1.7	78.3	53.1	0.5	1.2	2.5	1,549	629	104	254	53	11	155	146
14	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	112.2	239	37.9	26.1	4.7	2.5	1.2	0.3	10.1	19.9	50.7	1.5	3.5	42.4	4.5	5.6	79.1	58.3	2.1	2.6	2.6	9,053	6,232	1,129	599	286	65	628	685
15	Ledell Eackles L. Eackles	112.1	80	18.2	11.5	2.3	1.5	0.5	0.1	4.0	9.2	43.4	0.1	0.5	22.5	3.4	4.3	78.6	51.9	1.3	1.0	1.6	1,459	917	180	123	41	5	128	156
16	Freeman Williams F. Williams	112.0	251	21.6	15.9	1.6	1.7	0.8	0.1	6.5	14.0	46.2	0.5	1.5	33.1	2.5	3.0	83.0	52.0	0.8	0.8	1.9	5,411	3,992	412	433	205	16	469	445
17	Larry Drew L. Drew	112.0	75	26.3	11.9	1.7	4.5	0.9	0.0	5.0	10.3	48.5	0.1	0.4	32.3	1.7	2.1	79.5	52.5	0.3	1.3	1.8	1,971	890	125	338	66	2	133	134
18	Ron Boone R. Boone	111.8	133	26.6	10.6	2.3	3.5	1.0	0.1	4.2	9.7	43.9	0.2	0.7	33.7	1.9	2.2	86.2	49.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3,538	1,410	311	470	130	11	308	358
19	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	111.8	148	25.6	15.0	2.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	5.7	11.1	51.2	0.0	0.3	8.1	3.6	4.1	87.4	58.0	1.2	1.5	1.4	3,785	2,225	401	204	91	37	201	365
20	Mike McGee M. McGee	111.8	80	25.3	13.0	2.4	1.5	1.0	0.2	5.4	11.5	47.3	1.2	3.2	36.5	1.0	1.8	53.5	52.9	0.9	1.5	1.6	2,027	1,038	189	116	80	12	124	184
21	Tom Garrick T. Garrick	111.7	71	21.1	6.4	2.2	3.4	1.1	0.1	2.5	5.1	49.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.4	1.8	80.3	54.7	0.5	1.7	1.6	1,499	454	156	243	78	9	116	141
22	David Wingate D. Wingate	111.6	171	19.9	8.0	1.7	2.0	0.9	0.3	3.1	7.4	42.1	0.1	0.6	25.5	1.6	2.1	74.9	47.8	0.7	1.0	1.6	3,403	1,362	294	347	149	43	267	337
23	Randy Wittman R. Wittman	111.6	417	25.4	9.1	1.6	2.7	0.6	0.1	4.1	8.2	50.3	0.0	0.1	34.8	0.9	1.1	75.4	52.6	0.4	1.2	1.0	10,580	3,813	688	1,126	238	57	405	525
24	Reggie Miller R. Miller	111.5	156	28.1	12.8	3.1	2.3	0.9	0.3	4.5	9.3	48.3	1.0	2.7	38.2	2.8	3.4	82.9	59.3	1.1	2.0	1.6	4,376	2,003	482	359	146	48	244	327
25	Albert King A. King	111.4	118	20.2	7.2	3.0	1.6	0.6	0.2	3.0	7.3	40.6	0.2	0.7	30.9	1.0	1.3	76.2	45.2	0.9	2.1	1.4	2,384	844	356	188	66	25	167	316

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Tue 12/23	WAS	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Fri 12/26	CHA	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Mon 12/29	MIL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Wed 12/31	GSW	@	CHA	1:00 PM
Fri 1/2	CHA	@	MIL	8:00 PM

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RPG Leaders

12.1

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11.1

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APG Leaders

10.7

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9.2

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8.9

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SPG Leaders

2.4

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2.0

Daniels

1.9

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BPG Leaders

2.5

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1.9

Stewart

1.8

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3PM Leaders

4.0

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3.8

Maxey

3.7

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TS% Leaders

71.0

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121.6

120.6

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DRtg Rankings

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110.5

112.6

112.7

112.8

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NetRtg Rankings

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8.9

8.6

7.9

6.6

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1,694.9

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DraftKings Points Leaders

1,805.3

Jokić

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USG% Leaders

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1.92

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	22	6	.786
2	Knicks	20	8	.714	2.0
3	Celtics	17	11	.607	5.0
4	76ers	16	11	.593	5.5
5	Magic	16	12	.571	6.0
6	Raptors	17	13	.567	6.0
7	Cavaliers	15	14	.517	7.5
8	Heat	15	14	.517	7.5
9	Hawks	15	15	.500	8.0
10	Bulls	13	15	.464	9.0
11	Bucks	11	18	.379	11.5
12	Hornets	9	19	.321	13.0
13	Nets	8	19	.296	13.5
14	Pacers	6	22	.214	16.0
15	Wizards	5	22	.185	16.5

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1	Thunder	25	3	.893
2	Spurs	21	7	.750	4.0
3	Nuggets	20	7	.741	4.5
4	Lakers	19	8	.704	5.5
5	Timberwolves	19	10	.655	6.5
6	Rockets	17	9	.654	7.0
7	Suns	15	13	.536	10.0
8	Warriors	14	15	.483	11.5
9	Grizzlies	13	15	.464	12.0
10	Trail Blazers	12	16	.429	13.0
11	Mavericks	11	18	.379	14.5
12	Jazz	10	17	.370	14.5
13	Clippers	7	21	.250	18.0
14	Kings	7	22	.241	18.5
15	Pelicans	7	22	.241	18.5