lowest defensive rating in 1000 or more games since 1979

Since 1978-79, Tim Duncan has the lowest defensive rating when playing 1,000+ games, with a 95.5 rating.

Interpreted as:
lowest defensive rating by a player in 1000 or more games since 1979
NAMEDRTGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
95.5
1,392
34.0
19.0
10.8
3.0
0.7
2.2
7.4
14.6
50.6
0.0
0.1
17.9
4.2
6.1
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
47,368
26,496
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
2Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
95.7
1,088
29.5
5.7
9.6
1.3
1.3
2.0
2.4
5.0
47.4
0.0
0.0
13.7
1.0
2.5
41.4
47.4
3.2
6.5
1.0
32,085
6,254
10,482
1,437
1,369
2,137
1,061
2,078
+2103
3Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
97.9
1,238
35.7
21.8
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
8.7
17.0
51.2
0.0
0.1
20.2
4.4
6.2
71.2
55.3
3.3
7.8
3.0
44,222
26,946
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
4Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
98.9
1,183
34.3
21.0
9.8
1.9
1.0
2.4
8.2
16.3
50.4
0.0
0.1
15.2
4.6
6.2
74.0
55.3
2.3
7.5
3.0
40,594
24,815
11,607
2,215
1,136
2,894
3,537
4,034
+412
5Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
99.0
1,462
34.5
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.3
1.4
7.2
14.5
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.6
2.2
7.8
2.2
50,418
26,071
14,662
5,445
1,859
2,037
3,179
3,561
+4913
6Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
99.1
1,196
30.8
9.8
10.3
1.0
0.4
2.8
3.5
6.7
51.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.8
4.1
68.4
57.3
3.2
7.1
1.8
36,791
11,729
12,359
1,240
494
3,289
2,173
3,383
+1607
7Dwight Howard
D. Howard
99.9
1,242
31.8
15.7
11.8
1.3
0.9
1.8
5.7
9.7
58.7
0.0
0.1
21.4
4.3
7.6
56.7
60.2
3.3
8.4
2.7
39,435
19,485
14,627
1,676
1,081
2,228
3,302
3,912
+2878
8Jermaine O'Neal
J. O'Neal
100.0
1,011
27.1
13.2
7.2
1.4
0.5
1.8
5.1
10.9
46.7
0.0
0.1
14.7
3.0
4.2
71.5
51.7
2.0
5.2
1.9
27,364
13,309
7,261
1,369
470
1,820
1,872
2,896
+861
9Shawn Kemp
S. Kemp
100.1
1,051
27.9
14.6
8.4
1.6
1.1
1.2
5.2
10.7
48.8
0.0
0.1
27.7
4.1
5.5
74.1
55.5
2.9
5.5
2.6
29,293
15,347
8,834
1,704
1,185
1,279
2,766
3,826
+468
10Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
100.4
1,057
25.4
13.3
3.5
3.8
1.3
0.3
4.3
9.7
44.7
1.4
3.8
36.9
3.2
3.9
82.7
58.2
0.6
2.8
2.0
26,859
14,043
3,697
4,001
1,392
319
2,116
2,212
+5468
11Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
100.9
1,109
32.7
14.4
6.7
1.8
1.0
1.3
5.7
12.2
46.7
1.0
2.9
33.6
2.1
2.9
72.1
53.6
1.4
5.3
1.5
36,243
16,006
7,404
1,994
1,090
1,460
1,693
3,259
+4390
12Tree Rollins
T. Rollins
100.9
1,076
20.7
5.2
5.8
0.5
0.4
2.2
2.2
4.1
52.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.3
69.9
55.9
1.8
3.9
0.9
22,233
5,639
6,198
581
455
2,324
936
3,051
13Karl Malone
K. Malone
101.1
1,476
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
54,852
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
14Kurt Thomas
K. Thomas
101.1
1,110
24.5
8.1
6.6
1.1
0.7
0.8
3.5
7.1
48.6
0.0
0.0
28.1
1.2
1.5
76.0
51.9
1.7
4.9
1.1
27,160
8,973
7,328
1,204
724
841
1,241
3,579
+426
15Robert Horry
R. Horry
101.1
1,107
24.5
7.0
4.8
2.1
1.0
0.9
2.5
6.0
42.5
0.7
2.1
34.1
1.2
1.6
72.6
52.0
1.5
3.3
1.2
27,069
7,715
5,269
2,343
1,158
1,035
1,378
2,680
+2683
16Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
101.3
1,207
34.7
23.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
41,918
28,596
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
17Vlade Divac
V. Divac
101.4
1,134
29.8
11.8
8.2
3.1
1.1
1.4
4.6
9.3
49.5
0.1
0.4
23.5
2.5
3.7
69.2
54.3
2.5
5.7
2.2
33,838
13,398
9,326
3,541
1,288
1,631
2,470
3,609
+2228
18Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
101.4
1,178
34.9
16.1
6.4
5.2
2.0
0.8
6.3
13.3
47.3
0.8
2.5
32.6
2.7
3.8
70.4
53.6
1.8
4.6
2.8
41,069
18,940
7,494
6,135
2,307
947
3,257
3,329
+2022
19Shawn Marion
S. Marion
101.5
1,163
34.5
15.2
8.7
1.9
1.5
1.1
6.3
12.9
48.4
0.7
2.1
33.1
2.0
2.5
81.0
54.2
2.3
6.3
1.5
40,097
17,700
10,101
2,198
1,759
1,233
1,750
2,535
+1971
20Jack Sikma
J. Sikma
101.8
1,025
33.9
16.0
9.9
3.3
1.1
1.0
5.9
12.7
46.4
0.2
0.7
32.8
4.0
4.7
85.3
54.1
2.3
7.6
2.3
34,705
16,411
10,138
3,354
1,094
1,008
2,400
3,579
21Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
101.9
1,391
36.0
12.6
6.3
8.7
1.9
0.3
4.5
11.2
40.0
1.4
4.1
34.9
2.2
2.8
78.5
50.7
1.3
5.0
2.9
50,111
17,529
8,725
12,091
2,684
450
4,003
2,572
+3868
22P.J. Brown
P.J. Brown
102.0
1,089
31.1
9.1
7.7
1.5
0.8
1.0
3.5
7.7
46.0
0.0
0.1
13.6
2.0
2.5
79.4
51.6
2.8
5.0
1.2
33,823
9,870
8,409
1,661
912
1,116
1,342
3,218
+1378
23Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
102.1
1,282
31.4
9.7
9.5
2.5
1.1
0.3
3.8
8.0
47.1
0.1
0.2
25.3
2.1
2.7
76.1
52.6
3.1
6.5
2.2
40,280
12,417
12,205
3,217
1,351
384
2,785
4,421
+171
24Nazr Mohammed
N. Mohammed
102.1
1,005
15.8
5.8
4.7
0.4
0.4
0.6
2.4
4.9
48.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.6
64.0
51.6
1.8
2.9
0.9
15,891
5,827
4,708
375
432
639
919
2,156
-915
25Elden Campbell
E. Campbell
102.2
1,044
24.7
10.3
5.9
1.1
0.7
1.5
3.9
8.5
46.0
0.0
0.0
5.4
2.6
3.7
69.9
51.3
1.8
4.1
1.3
25,776
10,805
6,116
1,199
702
1,602
1,367
3,006
+568
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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