Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Cooper and Dennis Johnson were tied for the most All-Defensive team selections, with 8 selections.
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most NBA all defense by a player in 80s| NAME | ALLDEFENSE | 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 |  | M. Cooper | 8 | 790 | 27.6 | 9.1 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 47.6 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 34.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 82.9 | 54.9 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 21,777 | 7,208 | 2,542 | 3,451 | 965 | 487 | 1,337 | 2,122 | |
| 2 |  | D. Johnson | 8 | 783 | 34.9 | 15.3 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 12.9 | 44.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 18.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 81.9 | 51.4 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 27,325 | 11,954 | 3,078 | 4,381 | 1,055 | 456 | 1,976 | 2,265 | |
| 3 |  | B. Jones | 6 | 537 | 24.2 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 7.2 | 54.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 80.1 | 60.5 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 13,014 | 5,620 | 2,411 | 1,171 | 620 | 598 | 858 | 1,400 | |
| 4 |  | M. Eaton | 5 | 568 | 30.2 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 6.3 | 44.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 64.9 | 48.1 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 17,181 | 3,969 | 4,916 | 693 | 242 | 2,391 | 1,016 | 2,037 | |
| 5 |  | K. McHale | 5 | 694 | 32.1 | 18.5 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 7.3 | 12.9 | 56.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 78.0 | 61.2 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 22,275 | 12,830 | 5,277 | 1,217 | 262 | 1,269 | 1,396 | 2,076 | |
| 6 |  | M. Cheeks | 5 | 771 | 33.9 | 12.6 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 9.6 | 52.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 25.0 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 79.4 | 57.8 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 26,174 | 9,744 | 2,284 | 5,781 | 1,768 | 260 | 1,777 | 1,736 | |
| 7 |  | S. Moncrief | 5 | 695 | 31.7 | 16.7 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 11.5 | 50.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 27.6 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 83.2 | 59.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 22,054 | 11,594 | 3,447 | 2,689 | 874 | 217 | 1,485 | 1,523 | |
| 8 |  | D. Roundfield | 5 | 526 | 32.0 | 15.6 | 9.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 12.1 | 48.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 11.5 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 74.8 | 54.2 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 2.7 | 16,836 | 8,186 | 5,058 | 1,224 | 435 | 661 | 1,403 | 1,663 | |
| 9 |  | A. Robertson | 4 | 389 | 32.2 | 16.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 6.6 | 13.7 | 48.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 26.8 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 75.4 | 52.7 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 12,525 | 6,285 | 2,087 | 2,094 | 1,128 | 204 | 1,148 | 1,336 | |
| 10 |  | H. Olajuwon | 3 | 386 | 36.2 | 23.0 | 12.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 9.0 | 17.4 | 51.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 67.2 | 55.7 | 4.5 | 7.6 | 3.0 | 13,990 | 8,883 | 4,677 | 780 | 748 | 1,201 | 1,175 | 1,562 | |
| 11 |  | P. Pressey | 3 | 523 | 29.7 | 12.0 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 9.0 | 49.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 23.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 74.4 | 55.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 15,549 | 6,278 | 2,324 | 3,028 | 823 | 349 | 1,374 | 1,587 | |
| 12 |  | K. Abdul-Jabbar | 3 | 787 | 32.6 | 20.6 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 8.5 | 14.9 | 57.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 74.3 | 60.6 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 25,675 | 16,246 | 5,980 | 2,220 | 584 | 1,594 | 2,037 | 2,258 | |
| 13 |  | L. Bird | 3 | 717 | 38.4 | 25.0 | 10.2 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 9.8 | 19.6 | 50.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 37.7 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 88.0 | 57.0 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 3.2 | 27,560 | 17,899 | 7,319 | 4,396 | 1,300 | 603 | 2,261 | 1,906 | |
| 14 | | Q. Buckner | 3 | 477 | 21.6 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 46.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 18.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 68.7 | 49.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 10,321 | 3,908 | 1,248 | 1,818 | 801 | 23 | 946 | 1,295 | |
| 15 | | T.R. Dunn | 3 | 768 | 25.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 46.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 72.2 | 50.4 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 19,610 | 4,016 | 3,700 | 1,416 | 1,131 | 216 | 661 | 1,735 | |
| 16 |  | P. Ewing | 2 | 275 | 34.3 | 21.2 | 8.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 8.4 | 15.8 | 53.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 72.8 | 57.4 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 9,419 | 5,822 | 2,422 | 519 | 364 | 776 | 954 | 1,082 | |
| 17 |  | M. Jordan | 2 | 345 | 39.0 | 32.6 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 11.9 | 23.3 | 51.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 20.2 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 84.8 | 58.9 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 13,442 | 11,263 | 2,129 | 2,046 | 962 | 411 | 1,150 | 1,085 | |
| 18 | | R. McCray | 2 | 473 | 33.7 | 12.5 | 6.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 9.4 | 51.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 12.5 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 75.8 | 56.5 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 15,952 | 5,913 | 3,232 | 1,814 | 395 | 327 | 948 | 1,076 | |
| 19 | | C. Jones | 2 | 756 | 26.1 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 47.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 78.4 | 53.1 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 19,759 | 4,763 | 5,450 | 992 | 352 | 1,006 | 1,264 | 2,496 | |
| 20 | | M. Ray Richardson | 2 | 484 | 35.9 | 16.1 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 14.5 | 46.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 22.0 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 70.1 | 50.1 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 17,371 | 7,784 | 2,823 | 3,686 | 1,363 | 188 | 1,713 | 1,671 | |
| 21 | | T. Rollins | 2 | 713 | 24.8 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 53.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 70.8 | 56.5 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 17,651 | 4,509 | 4,993 | 461 | 360 | 1,849 | 736 | 2,359 | |
| 22 | | K. Washington | 2 | 179 | 29.3 | 11.3 | 9.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 8.0 | 55.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 63.4 | 58.4 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 5,251 | 2,020 | 1,664 | 345 | 171 | 237 | 337 | 634 | |
| 23 |  | D. Rodman | 1 | 241 | 22.9 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 56.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 25.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 57.2 | 58.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 5,510 | 2,188 | 1,819 | 265 | 168 | 169 | 375 | 731 | |
| 24 |  | M. Bol | 1 | 319 | 20.5 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 42.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 21.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 57.1 | 45.7 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 6,547 | 1,039 | 1,576 | 74 | 70 | 1,252 | 240 | 830 | |
| 25 |  | J. Dumars | 1 | 312 | 30.6 | 13.0 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 10.3 | 48.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 80.6 | 54.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 9,536 | 4,047 | 658 | 1,519 | 299 | 36 | 679 | 652 | |
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