Larry Bird had his best defensive rating in a season in 1982-83, with a 98.0 rating.

Interpreted as:

Larry Bird lowest defensive rating in a regular season

	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	Larry Bird L. Bird	98.0	1982-83	BOS	79	37.7	23.6	11.0	5.8	1.9	0.9	9.5	18.7	50.4	0.3	1.0	28.6	4.4	5.3	84.0	56.1	2.4	8.6	3.0	2,982	1,867	870	458	148	71	240	197
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	98.2	1979-80	BOS	82	36.0	21.3	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	8.5	17.8	47.4	0.7	1.7	40.6	3.7	4.4	83.6	53.8	2.6	7.8	3.2	2,955	1,745	852	370	143	53	263	279
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	98.6	1980-81	BOS	82	39.5	21.2	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	8.8	18.3	47.8	0.2	0.9	27.0	3.5	4.0	86.3	52.8	2.3	8.6	3.5	3,239	1,741	895	451	161	63	289	239
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	99.3	1985-86	BOS	82	38.0	25.8	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	9.7	19.6	49.6	1.0	2.4	42.3	5.4	6.0	89.6	58.0	2.3	7.5	3.2	3,113	2,115	805	557	166	51	266	182
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	99.4	1981-82	BOS	77	38.0	22.9	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	9.2	18.4	50.3	0.1	0.7	21.2	4.3	4.9	86.3	55.7	2.6	8.3	3.3	2,923	1,761	837	447	143	66	254	244
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	100.8	1983-84	BOS	79	38.3	24.2	10.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	9.6	19.5	49.2	0.2	0.9	24.7	4.7	5.3	88.8	55.2	2.3	7.8	3.0	3,028	1,908	796	520	144	69	237	197
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	102.7	1984-85	BOS	80	39.5	28.7	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	11.5	22.0	52.2	0.7	1.6	42.7	5.0	5.7	88.2	58.5	2.1	8.5	3.1	3,161	2,295	842	531	129	98	248	208
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	103.3	1990-91	BOS	60	38.0	19.4	8.5	7.2	1.8	1.0	7.7	17.0	45.4	1.3	3.3	38.9	2.7	3.1	89.1	53.0	0.9	7.6	3.1	2,277	1,164	509	431	108	58	187	118
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	103.6	1986-87	BOS	74	40.6	28.1	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	10.6	20.2	52.5	1.2	3.0	40.0	5.6	6.1	91.0	61.2	1.7	7.5	3.2	3,005	2,076	682	566	135	70	240	185
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	104.3	1991-92	BOS	45	36.9	20.2	9.6	6.8	0.9	0.7	7.8	16.8	46.6	1.2	2.8	40.6	3.3	3.6	92.6	54.7	1.0	8.6	2.8	1,662	908	434	306	42	33	125	82
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	105.0	1989-90	BOS	75	39.3	24.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	9.6	20.2	47.3	0.9	2.6	33.3	4.3	4.6	93.0	54.6	1.2	8.3	3.2	2,944	1,820	712	562	106	61	243	173
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	106.0	1987-88	BOS	76	39.0	29.9	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	11.6	22.0	52.7	1.3	3.1	41.4	5.5	6.0	91.6	60.8	1.4	7.8	2.8	2,965	2,275	703	467	125	57	213	157
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	107.4	1988-89	BOS	6	31.5	19.3	6.2	4.8	1.0	0.8	8.2	17.3	47.1	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.2	94.7	51.6	0.2	6.0	1.8	189	116	37	29	6	5	11	18

StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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1	Pistons	28	9	.757
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4	Raptors	23	16	.590	6.0
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Sat 1/10	SAS	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Mon 1/12	BOS	@	IND	7:30 PM
Thu 1/15	BOS	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Sat 1/17	BOS	@	ATL	7:30 PM
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3	Knicks	24	14	.632	4.5
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4	Timberwolves	25	14	.641	7.0
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6	Rockets	22	13	.629	8.0
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8	Warriors	21	18	.538	11.0
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11	Clippers	14	23	.378	17.0
12	Mavericks	14	24	.368	17.5
13	Jazz	13	24	.351	18.0
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