list the top player defensive ratings for last decade nba

Between the 2009-10 and 2018-19 seasons, Hassan Whiteside had the best defensive rating, with a 97.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
list the top player defensive ratings with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games for last decade NBA
NAMEDRTGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Hassan Whiteside
H. Whiteside
97.9
343
26.0
13.4
11.4
0.6
0.6
2.3
5.6
9.7
57.4
0.0
0.1
22.2
2.2
3.7
59.3
58.9
3.3
8.1
1.6
8,929
4,583
3,909
202
214
798
543
893
+74
2Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
98.0
493
28.9
14.7
9.2
2.8
0.7
1.8
5.9
11.8
50.2
0.0
0.1
15.0
2.9
3.9
73.6
54.5
2.2
7.1
1.8
14,227
7,250
4,544
1,378
336
902
886
910
+2642
3Andrew Bogut
A. Bogut
98.2
444
25.7
8.3
8.6
2.0
0.6
1.8
3.8
7.0
53.4
0.0
0.0
20.0
0.8
1.5
51.5
53.9
2.3
6.3
1.5
11,412
3,690
3,823
885
257
816
671
1,327
+1485
4Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
98.4
407
26.5
11.8
7.3
2.2
1.0
0.7
4.9
9.8
50.1
0.0
0.1
17.4
1.9
2.3
82.9
54.3
1.0
6.3
1.4
10,783
4,794
2,980
911
414
304
564
915
+1247
5Joakim Noah
J. Noah
99.2
513
29.5
9.4
9.8
3.3
0.8
1.4
3.6
7.5
48.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.2
3.1
70.3
53.5
3.3
6.4
1.9
15,124
4,842
5,020
1,710
416
699
956
1,454
+571
6Dwight Howard
D. Howard
99.3
637
33.5
17.4
12.7
1.5
1.0
1.9
6.4
10.7
59.2
0.0
0.1
9.8
4.7
8.6
54.5
60.0
3.5
9.2
2.9
21,340
11,079
8,077
955
623
1,237
1,857
2,077
+1934
7Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
99.4
406
28.7
11.1
10.5
1.3
0.7
2.2
4.1
6.5
62.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
4.7
63.1
65.0
3.2
7.3
1.6
11,661
4,524
4,275
545
276
895
641
1,025
+1292
8Ivan Johnson
I. Johnson
99.4
125
15.8
6.5
3.9
0.6
0.8
0.3
2.6
5.0
51.7
0.0
0.2
15.8
1.2
1.8
66.2
55.1
1.1
2.8
1.1
1,969
808
492
78
99
32
140
247
+10
9Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
99.5
467
30.8
17.7
6.3
2.4
1.8
0.7
6.4
12.9
49.5
1.4
3.6
38.3
3.5
4.1
84.8
59.9
1.3
5.1
1.5
14,404
8,250
2,950
1,123
829
313
679
793
+2764
10Marcus Camby
M. Camby
99.8
216
25.3
5.4
9.7
2.0
0.9
1.6
2.3
5.3
44.1
0.0
0.1
30.8
0.7
1.3
57.5
46.3
2.8
6.8
1.0
5,456
1,162
2,087
428
192
337
225
455
+152
11Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
100.1
542
30.8
14.1
13.7
1.2
1.3
1.6
6.0
11.0
54.3
0.0
0.1
14.7
2.1
4.8
44.8
53.8
4.8
8.9
1.8
16,710
7,661
7,424
626
726
845
969
1,706
-367
12Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
100.3
100
20.8
8.6
4.1
0.9
0.9
0.9
3.2
7.9
40.5
1.0
3.6
29.0
1.1
1.5
75.9
50.0
0.5
3.6
0.7
2,076
856
408
86
93
85
73
262
+62
13Carlos Boozer
C. Boozer
100.5
429
30.0
15.6
9.1
2.1
0.8
0.3
6.7
13.2
50.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.3
3.2
71.9
53.6
2.0
7.1
2.1
12,882
6,702
3,888
909
352
140
898
1,263
+388
14Draymond Green
D. Green
100.7
533
28.1
9.1
6.9
4.9
1.4
1.1
3.3
7.5
43.9
0.9
2.8
32.3
1.6
2.2
70.6
53.5
1.2
5.8
2.0
14,979
4,825
3,700
2,589
730
576
1,089
1,482
+3565
15Nerlens Noel
N. Noel
100.9
300
22.8
8.2
6.5
1.2
1.4
1.4
3.4
6.4
52.3
0.0
0.0
25.0
1.4
2.3
63.1
54.9
2.0
4.4
1.4
6,850
2,445
1,940
365
413
410
429
751
-1167
16Tiago Splitter
T. Splitter
101.3
355
19.2
7.9
5.0
1.2
0.6
0.6
3.0
5.4
55.5
0.0
0.0
14.3
1.9
2.7
69.7
59.8
1.6
3.4
1.1
6,812
2,816
1,779
423
198
209
384
685
+1148
17Andrew Bynum
A. Bynum
101.3
205
29.8
14.3
9.3
1.2
0.4
1.7
5.7
10.4
55.0
0.0
0.0
16.7
2.9
4.2
70.2
58.8
2.9
6.4
1.8
6,105
2,937
1,903
255
87
345
375
468
+459
18Kyle Anderson
K. Anderson
101.3
300
19.6
5.3
3.9
1.9
1.0
0.5
2.1
4.4
49.2
0.2
0.6
32.4
0.9
1.2
70.6
54.6
0.7
3.3
0.9
5,882
1,601
1,171
572
295
159
260
414
+425
19Tony Allen
T. Allen
101.4
538
23.7
8.5
4.0
1.3
1.6
0.4
3.4
7.2
47.6
0.1
0.5
26.7
1.5
2.2
68.3
52.0
1.5
2.5
1.3
12,749
4,561
2,156
710
866
239
713
1,312
+621
20Lamar Odom
L. Odom
101.4
296
26.6
9.2
7.4
2.5
0.7
0.7
3.7
7.9
46.2
0.6
1.9
30.7
1.3
2.0
65.3
52.3
1.7
5.7
1.4
7,867
2,724
2,200
741
211
196
427
738
+903
21DeJuan Blair
D. Blair
101.5
424
16.6
6.8
5.1
0.8
0.7
0.3
2.9
5.6
52.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.5
60.8
54.1
1.9
3.2
1.1
7,054
2,865
2,153
349
316
127
471
1,003
+138
22Dejounte Murray
D. Murray
101.7
119
17.4
6.6
4.2
2.3
0.9
0.3
2.7
6.1
44.1
0.2
0.5
31.6
1.1
1.5
70.8
48.8
1.0
3.2
1.4
2,065
784
501
279
105
37
172
180
+152
23Ronnie Brewer
R. Brewer
101.7
289
21.4
5.7
2.9
1.7
1.1
0.2
2.3
5.2
44.7
0.2
0.7
27.0
0.8
1.4
60.0
48.9
0.7
2.1
0.6
6,171
1,655
834
491
318
65
187
263
+470
24Josh Smith
J. Smith
101.8
518
31.8
14.9
7.5
3.5
1.2
1.6
6.0
13.3
45.2
0.6
2.1
29.2
2.3
3.9
59.0
49.7
1.8
5.7
2.4
16,450
7,734
3,879
1,794
642
816
1,267
1,350
+555
25Jermaine O'Neal
J. O'Neal
101.8
218
22.5
9.2
5.7
0.8
0.3
1.3
3.7
7.3
50.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.9
2.5
74.5
54.7
1.6
4.1
1.4
4,904
2,007
1,244
181
68
286
298
585
+114
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