highest defensive rating by a point guard in nba history

Trae Young has the highest career defensive rating by a point guard, with a 118.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest defensive rating with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by a point guard in NBA history
NAMEDRTGMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Trae Young
T. Young
118.3
16,920
494
34.3
25.2
3.4
9.8
1.0
0.2
7.9
18.4
43.2
2.6
7.5
35.1
6.6
7.6
87.3
57.9
0.6
2.8
4.2
12,425
1,704
4,843
517
75
2,080
861
-154
2Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
115.7
16,252
545
29.8
19.0
3.2
5.2
0.7
0.1
6.9
14.3
48.6
1.7
4.5
38.7
3.4
4.1
82.6
59.0
0.5
2.7
1.8
10,357
1,746
2,816
391
55
981
1,031
+1569
3Spencer Dinwiddie
S. Dinwiddie
115.3
16,700
584
28.6
13.5
3.1
5.2
0.7
0.3
4.4
10.5
41.8
1.6
4.8
33.7
3.1
3.9
79.4
55.3
0.4
2.6
1.7
7,913
1,790
3,040
427
160
969
1,288
-523
4Darius Garland
D. Garland
115.2
13,531
410
33.0
18.8
2.6
6.7
1.1
0.1
6.9
15.2
45.3
2.3
6.1
38.6
2.7
3.1
86.7
56.8
0.5
2.1
2.9
7,695
1,084
2,748
469
47
1,207
755
+878
5Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
115.1
10,210
383
26.7
14.5
3.5
4.1
0.8
0.1
4.9
11.4
42.7
2.2
5.8
37.6
2.6
3.1
85.1
57.0
0.5
3.0
1.3
5,568
1,344
1,564
308
48
510
750
+800
6Tyus Jones
T. Jones
115.1
15,316
739
20.7
7.3
1.9
4.3
1.0
0.1
2.8
6.4
44.1
1.0
2.6
37.1
0.7
0.8
82.2
54.0
0.3
1.7
0.8
5,424
1,437
3,168
703
68
577
551
-406
7Jamal Murray
J. Murray
114.8
17,078
512
33.4
20.1
4.0
5.4
1.1
0.4
7.4
15.9
46.4
2.4
6.1
39.4
3.0
3.4
87.1
57.8
0.8
3.3
2.2
10,303
2,058
2,761
547
194
1,113
951
+2228
8De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
114.7
19,324
584
33.1
21.2
3.9
6.1
1.4
0.4
7.8
16.7
47.1
1.6
4.7
33.2
4.0
5.3
74.7
55.9
0.6
3.3
2.7
12,397
2,283
3,587
822
235
1,572
1,500
-263
9D'Angelo Russell
D. Russell
114.5
19,239
655
29.4
17.0
3.3
5.6
1.0
0.3
6.1
14.3
42.7
2.5
6.8
36.3
2.3
2.9
79.3
54.4
0.5
2.9
2.6
11,132
2,177
3,690
678
209
1,695
1,231
-1074
10Lee Mayberry
L. Mayberry
114.3
10,337
496
20.8
5.1
1.3
3.6
0.7
0.1
1.9
4.6
41.5
0.8
2.0
37.7
0.5
0.8
65.9
51.6
0.3
1.0
1.2
2,546
642
1,767
352
43
591
865
-511
11Malcolm Brogdon
M. Brogdon
114.2
11,648
399
29.2
15.2
4.1
4.9
0.8
0.2
5.6
12.2
45.6
1.6
4.3
38.2
2.5
2.8
86.7
56.6
0.7
3.3
1.7
6,076
1,629
1,951
324
95
698
744
+63
12Ja Morant
J. Morant
113.5
10,370
327
31.7
22.4
4.6
7.4
1.0
0.3
8.1
17.3
46.6
1.3
4.3
31.1
4.9
6.4
77.3
55.7
0.9
3.7
3.4
7,331
1,513
2,428
335
92
1,108
555
+770
13Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
113.3
32,612
900
36.2
25.1
4.3
6.7
1.0
0.3
8.1
18.4
43.9
3.1
8.4
37.1
5.8
6.5
89.9
59.0
0.6
3.7
2.8
22,598
3,845
6,069
874
267
2,541
1,708
+2415
14Geoff Huston
G. Huston
113.2
12,252
496
24.7
8.8
1.4
5.1
0.7
0.1
3.7
7.7
48.3
0.0
0.1
25.4
1.4
2.0
70.8
51.7
0.4
1.0
1.8
4,380
684
2,509
331
32
899
844
15Terry Rozier
T. Rozier
113.0
18,357
665
27.6
13.9
3.9
3.5
0.9
0.2
5.1
12.1
41.8
2.0
5.6
36.1
1.8
2.1
82.9
53.4
0.7
3.3
1.3
9,252
2,610
2,337
615
164
897
973
-1111
16Dennis Schröder
D. Schröder
112.7
24,363
894
27.3
13.8
2.9
4.9
0.8
0.1
5.0
11.7
43.0
1.3
3.7
34.2
2.5
3.0
83.6
53.1
0.4
2.5
2.2
12,377
2,583
4,365
741
130
1,989
1,832
-163
17Johnny Dawkins
J. Dawkins
112.5
14,859
541
27.5
11.1
2.5
5.5
1.1
0.1
4.4
9.6
45.6
0.3
1.0
33.0
2.0
2.3
85.7
52.2
0.6
1.9
2.0
5,984
1,336
2,997
618
29
1,108
837
18Trey Burke
T. Burke
112.4
10,401
498
20.9
9.6
1.8
3.1
0.6
0.1
3.7
9.0
41.0
1.1
3.3
34.5
1.1
1.3
81.0
50.0
0.3
1.4
1.1
4,792
878
1,522
274
52
555
641
-547
19Scott Skiles
S. Skiles
112.4
16,789
600
28.0
11.1
2.5
6.5
0.8
0.0
3.8
8.8
43.5
0.9
2.3
37.9
2.6
2.9
88.9
55.2
0.5
2.1
2.5
6,652
1,526
3,881
500
29
1,497
1,343
20Dejounte Murray
D. Murray
112.0
14,845
507
29.3
15.5
5.8
5.4
1.5
0.3
6.2
13.6
45.3
1.2
3.5
34.0
2.0
2.5
79.3
52.8
0.9
4.9
2.1
7,865
2,943
2,743
748
141
1,077
911
-324
21Sebastian Telfair
S. Telfair
112.0
12,149
564
21.5
7.4
1.6
3.5
0.7
0.1
2.7
7.0
39.0
0.6
2.0
31.9
1.3
1.7
77.7
47.8
0.3
1.3
1.5
4,183
898
1,960
413
75
859
1,196
-1493
22Isaiah Thomas
I. Thomas
111.9
15,582
556
28.0
17.5
2.4
4.8
0.8
0.1
5.7
13.1
43.4
1.9
5.2
36.3
4.2
4.8
87.2
57.3
0.5
1.9
2.2
9,723
1,321
2,641
472
61
1,242
1,146
+215
23Pooh Richardson
P. Richardson
111.9
19,399
639
30.4
11.1
2.8
6.5
1.3
0.2
4.8
10.7
44.4
0.6
1.7
32.9
1.0
1.5
65.2
48.6
0.7
2.1
1.8
7,083
1,807
4,180
817
111
1,165
1,129
-400
24Tyronn Lue
T. Lue
111.8
12,564
554
22.7
8.5
1.7
3.1
0.5
0.0
3.2
7.3
43.7
0.8
2.1
39.1
1.3
1.6
82.9
53.3
0.2
1.5
1.2
4,710
943
1,727
286
10
659
1,057
-1365
25John Paxson
J. Paxson
111.5
17,257
772
22.4
7.2
1.2
3.6
0.7
0.1
3.1
6.2
49.9
0.4
1.0
35.5
0.6
0.8
80.4
54.8
0.2
1.0
0.8
5,560
906
2,758
517
44
651
1,430
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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114.8

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114.5

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36.8

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7:30 PM
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3/12
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7:30 PM
Sat
3/14
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3:00 PM
Mon
3/16
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
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131

Final

113

MIL Bucks

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.738
2
41
21
.661
4.5
3
40
23
.635
6.0
4
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.619
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.565
10.5
6
34
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.548
11.5
7
33
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.541
12.0
8
34
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.540
12.0
9
32
31
.508
14.0
10
32
31
.508
14.0
11
26
35
.426
19.0
12
26
37
.413
20.0
13
16
46
.258
29.5
14
15
47
.242
30.5
15
15
47
.242
30.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
49
15
.766
2
45
17
.726
3.0
3
40
23
.635
8.5
4
38
23
.623
9.5
5
39
24
.619
9.5
6
37
25
.597
11.0
7
35
27
.565
13.0
8
32
30
.516
16.0
9
30
31
.492
17.5
10
30
33
.476
18.5
11
23
38
.377
24.5
12
21
41
.339
27.0
13
20
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.313
29.0
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19
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.302
29.5
15
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95-102

Schedule

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