Michael Jordan had the best defensive rating by a guard in 1995-96, with a 99.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

lowest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a guard 1996

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	99.4	1995-96	CHI	82	37.7	30.4	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	11.2	22.6	49.5	1.4	3.2	42.7	6.7	8.0	83.4	58.2	1.8	4.8	2.4	3,090	2,491	543	352	180	42	197	195
2	Gary Payton G. Payton	101.6	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
3	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	103.8	1995-96	SEA	82	34.4	15.6	3.6	2.7	1.8	0.2	5.4	11.4	47.3	1.8	4.6	38.4	3.0	3.5	87.4	60.3	1.0	2.6	2.0	2,823	1,281	297	218	149	14	164	172
4	Aaron McKie A. McKie	104.4	1995-96	POR	81	27.9	10.7	3.8	2.5	1.1	0.3	4.2	8.9	46.7	0.5	1.4	32.5	1.9	2.5	76.4	53.4	1.1	2.7	1.7	2,259	864	304	205	92	21	135	205
5	John Starks J. Starks	104.9	1995-96	NYK	81	30.8	12.6	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.1	4.6	10.4	44.3	1.8	4.9	36.1	1.6	2.1	75.3	55.5	0.4	2.5	1.9	2,491	1,024	237	315	103	11	156	226
6	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	105.4	1995-96	POR	67	37.7	18.7	4.4	9.6	1.4	0.2	7.0	15.3	46.0	0.6	1.7	34.2	4.1	6.3	65.2	51.9	1.3	3.1	3.8	2,526	1,256	297	640	97	16	255	135
7	Derek Harper D. Harper	105.5	1995-96	NYK	82	35.3	14.0	2.5	4.3	1.6	0.1	5.3	11.5	46.4	1.5	4.0	37.2	1.9	2.5	75.7	55.8	0.4	2.1	2.2	2,893	1,149	202	352	131	5	178	201
8	Eddie Jones E. Jones	105.8	1995-96	LAL	70	31.2	12.8	3.3	3.5	1.8	0.6	4.8	9.8	49.2	1.2	3.2	36.6	1.9	2.6	73.9	58.3	0.6	2.7	1.4	2,184	893	233	246	129	45	99	162
9	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	106.0	1995-96	ATL	81	35.7	15.7	4.1	5.9	2.6	0.2	5.6	13.9	40.5	2.9	7.7	37.1	1.6	2.1	74.7	52.9	1.4	2.7	2.3	2,893	1,268	332	478	212	17	188	151
10	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	106.0	1995-96	CLE	75	34.3	19.3	3.3	6.5	1.8	0.4	6.8	14.6	46.5	1.2	3.1	38.7	4.5	5.1	88.7	57.3	0.6	2.7	1.9	2,570	1,449	248	487	132	33	142	146
11	Lindsey Hunter L. Hunter	106.0	1995-96	DET	80	26.7	8.5	2.4	2.4	1.1	0.2	3.0	7.9	38.1	1.5	3.6	40.5	1.1	1.5	70.0	49.9	0.6	1.9	1.0	2,138	679	194	188	84	18	80	185
12	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	106.3	1995-96	ORL	77	35.3	14.7	5.4	3.6	1.6	0.6	5.2	11.7	44.2	2.2	5.6	39.1	2.2	3.1	69.2	56.2	1.2	4.2	1.8	2,717	1,134	415	279	121	46	141	135
13	Vinny Del Negro V. Del Negro	106.7	1995-96	SAS	82	33.7	14.5	3.3	3.8	1.0	0.1	5.8	11.7	49.7	0.7	1.8	38.0	2.2	2.6	83.2	56.4	0.4	2.9	1.2	2,766	1,191	272	315	85	6	100	166
14	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	106.8	1995-96	SAS	82	37.6	13.1	2.5	9.6	1.5	0.3	5.3	10.8	49.4	0.1	0.4	19.4	2.3	3.2	72.1	53.4	0.5	2.1	2.4	3,084	1,071	206	789	119	21	195	179
15	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	107.0	1995-96	ORL	82	36.8	21.7	4.3	7.1	2.0	0.5	7.6	14.8	51.3	1.1	3.5	31.4	5.4	7.1	76.7	60.5	1.6	2.7	2.8	3,015	1,780	354	582	166	41	229	160
16	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	107.2	1995-96	CLE	82	28.9	10.6	3.7	2.6	1.0	0.4	3.7	9.1	40.5	1.8	5.0	35.3	1.5	2.1	71.0	53.0	0.9	2.9	1.1	2,367	872	305	214	81	34	93	131
17	Bimbo Coles B. Coles	107.4	1995-96	TOT	81	32.3	11.0	3.2	5.2	1.2	0.2	3.9	9.6	40.9	1.1	3.1	34.6	2.1	2.6	79.6	51.3	0.6	2.6	2.1	2,615	892	260	422	94	17	171	253
18	Bobby Phills B. Phills	107.5	1995-96	CLE	72	35.1	14.6	3.6	3.8	1.4	0.4	5.4	11.5	46.7	1.3	2.9	44.1	2.6	3.3	77.5	56.4	0.9	2.8	1.8	2,530	1,051	261	271	102	27	126	192
19	Chris Childs C. Childs	107.7	1995-96	NJN	78	30.9	12.8	3.1	7.0	1.4	0.1	4.2	10.0	41.6	1.2	3.3	36.7	3.3	3.9	85.2	54.9	0.7	2.5	2.9	2,408	1,002	245	548	111	8	230	246
20	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	107.7	1995-96	TOT	80	31.7	15.2	2.9	8.0	1.7	0.2	5.2	12.4	42.2	1.7	4.7	36.4	3.0	3.8	79.0	54.0	0.4	2.4	2.9	2,534	1,217	229	640	132	17	235	201
21	John Stockton J. Stockton	107.9	1995-96	UTA	82	35.5	14.7	2.8	11.2	1.7	0.2	5.4	10.0	53.8	1.2	2.7	42.2	2.9	3.4	83.0	64.2	0.7	2.1	3.0	2,915	1,209	226	916	140	15	246	207
22	Allan Houston A. Houston	108.1	1995-96	DET	82	37.5	19.7	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.2	6.9	15.2	45.3	2.3	5.5	42.7	3.6	4.4	82.3	57.6	0.7	3.0	2.8	3,072	1,617	300	250	61	16	233	233
23	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	108.2	1995-96	IND	81	32.6	10.0	3.8	7.8	1.2	0.1	3.7	7.7	47.3	0.8	1.8	43.0	1.9	2.4	78.5	56.8	0.8	3.0	2.5	2,643	806	307	635	100	5	201	153
24	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	108.6	1995-96	UTA	82	31.6	15.2	2.5	4.1	1.3	0.2	5.4	10.7	50.2	1.3	2.7	46.6	3.2	3.5	89.3	61.9	0.8	1.8	1.5	2,588	1,247	209	340	106	20	127	171
25	Greg Anthony G. Anthony	108.7	1995-96	VAN	69	30.4	14.0	2.5	6.9	1.7	0.2	4.7	11.3	41.5	1.3	3.9	33.2	3.3	4.3	77.1	53.0	0.4	2.1	2.3	2,096	967	174	476	116	11	160	137