highest nba player efficiency rating by an nba player while winning defensive player of the year

Giannis Antetokounmpo has the highest PER by a Defensive Player of the Year in a season, with a 31.9 rating in 2019-20.

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highest NBA player efficiency rating by an NBA player while winning defensive player of the year in a regular season

	NAME	PER	DPOY	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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31.9	1	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.7	1	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
3	David Robinson D. Robinson	27.5	1	1991-92	SAS	68	37.7	23.2	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	8.7	15.8	55.1	0.0	0.1	12.5	5.8	8.3	70.1	59.7	3.8	8.4	2.7	2,564	1,578	829	181	158	305	182	219
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27.3	1	1992-93	HOU	82	39.5	26.1	13.0	3.5	1.8	4.2	10.3	19.5	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.4	7.0	77.9	57.7	3.5	9.6	3.2	3,242	2,140	1,068	291	150	342	262	305
5	Dwight Howard D. Howard	26.1	1	2010-11	ORL	78	37.6	22.9	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	7.9	13.4	59.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.0	11.7	59.6	61.6	4.0	10.1	3.6	2,935	1,784	1,098	107	107	186	279	258	+498
6	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	26	1	2015-16	SAS	72	33.1	21.2	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	7.7	15.1	50.6	1.8	4.0	44.3	4.1	4.6	87.4	61.6	1.3	5.5	1.5	2,380	1,523	493	186	128	71	105	133	+653
7	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	25.8	1	1999-00	MIA	79	34.8	21.7	9.5	1.6	0.5	3.7	8.3	15.0	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.2	7.4	71.1	59.6	2.7	6.8	2.7	2,748	1,718	753	123	40	294	217	308	+270
8	Dwight Howard D. Howard	25.4	1	2008-09	ORL	79	35.7	20.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	7.1	12.4	57.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.4	10.7	59.4	60.0	4.3	9.6	3.0	2,821	1,624	1,093	112	77	231	240	270	+553
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25.3	1	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
10	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	25.3	1	2007-08	BOS	71	32.8	18.8	9.2	3.4	1.4	1.3	7.5	13.9	53.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.8	4.7	80.1	58.8	1.9	7.3	1.9	2,328	1,337	655	244	100	89	138	163	+736
11	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	24.6	1	2018-19	UTA	81	31.8	15.9	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	5.9	8.8	66.9	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.4	63.6	68.2	3.8	9.0	1.6	2,577	1,284	1,041	161	66	187	130	231	+384
12	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	24.6	1	1998-99	MIA	46	38.1	20.1	11.0	1.6	0.7	3.9	7.0	13.8	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	9.2	65.2	56.3	3.6	7.4	3.0	1,753	924	507	74	34	180	139	161	+340
13	Dwight Howard D. Howard	24	1	2009-10	ORL	82	34.7	18.3	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	6.2	10.2	61.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.9	10.0	59.2	63.0	3.5	9.7	3.3	2,843	1,503	1,082	144	75	228	274	287	+619
14	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	23.6	1	2020-21	UTA	71	30.8	14.3	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	5.5	8.2	67.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.3	62.3	68.3	3.4	10.1	1.7	2,187	1,015	960	89	40	190	118	163	+728
15	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	22.6	1	1982-83	MIL	76	35.7	22.5	5.8	3.9	1.5	0.3	8.0	15.2	52.4	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.6	7.9	82.6	60.2	2.5	3.2	2.6	2,710	1,712	437	300	113	23	197	180
16	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	22.1	1	2014-15	SAS	64	31.8	16.5	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	6.2	12.8	47.9	1.0	3.0	34.9	3.2	3.9	80.2	56.7	1.3	5.9	1.5	2,033	1,057	461	161	148	48	97	128	+441
17	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	21.7	1	2022-23	MEM	63	28.4	18.6	6.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	6.6	13.0	50.6	1.6	4.5	35.5	3.8	4.9	78.8	61.3	1.7	5.0	1.7	1,787	1,173	426	60	65	189	107	227	+367
18	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	20.7	1	2017-18	UTA	56	32.4	13.5	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	4.9	7.9	62.2	0.0	0.0		3.6	5.3	68.2	65.7	2.9	7.8	1.9	1,816	756	601	80	44	129	107	153	+341
19	Joakim Noah J. Noah	20	1	2013-14	CHI	80	35.3	12.6	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	4.8	10.0	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.2	73.7	53.1	3.5	7.7	2.4	2,820	1,007	900	431	99	121	194	245	+232
20	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	19.8	1	1983-84	MIL	79	38.9	20.9	6.7	4.5	1.4	0.3	7.1	14.2	49.8	0.1	0.2	27.8	6.7	7.9	84.8	59.1	2.7	4.0	2.7	3,075	1,654	528	358	108	27	217	204
21	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	19.8	1	1997-98	ATL	82	35.6	13.4	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	4.9	9.1	53.7	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.5	67.0	58.4	3.4	8.0	2.0	2,917	1,101	932	82	34	277	168	254	+421
22	Gary Payton G. Payton	19.6	1	1995-96	SEA	81	39.0	19.3	4.2	7.5	2.9	0.2	7.6	15.8	48.4	1.2	3.7	32.8	2.8	3.8	74.8	55.4	1.3	2.9	3.2	3,162	1,563	339	608	231	19	260	221
23	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	19.5	1	2012-13	MEM	80	35.0	14.1	7.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	5.4	10.9	49.4	0.0	0.2	7.1	3.4	4.0	84.8	55.9	2.3	5.5	2.0	2,796	1,127	622	318	80	139	157	255	+434
24	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	19.5	1	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	17.0	6.3	5.5	3.7	0.5	6.9	13.3	51.4	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.2	4.0	79.5	56.3	2.2	4.0	3.1	2,878	1,392	516	448	301	40	256	296
25	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	19.4	1	2023-24	MIN	76	34.1	14.0	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	5.3	8.1	66.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	5.1	63.8	67.6	3.8	9.2	1.6	2,593	1,061	982	102	52	162	119	238	+411