nba best defensive rating 2016-17 to 2018-19

Between the 2016-17 and 2018-19 seasons, Hassan Whiteside had the best defensive rating, with a 99.4 rating.

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	NAME	DRTG	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	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	99.4	203	27.3	14.5	12.4	0.8	0.7	1.9	6.1	11.0	55.7	0.0	0.1	22.2	2.3	3.9	59.0	57.3	3.6	8.9	1.7	5,551	2,950	2,523	167	140	391	343	549	+41
2	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	99.5	238	32.3	15.3	15.1	1.8	1.6	1.5	6.3	11.9	53.1	0.0	0.2	12.5	2.6	4.9	53.3	54.3	4.9	10.2	2.2	7,681	3,646	3,594	439	374	354	527	759	-155
3	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	99.6	218	32.7	14.6	12.3	1.6	0.7	2.4	5.3	8.2	65.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9	5.9	65.3	67.5	3.6	8.7	1.8	7,137	3,177	2,677	338	159	530	384	630	+1161
4	Dejounte 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
5	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	102.3	171	22.2	9.9	7.4	2.6	0.3	1.0	3.7	7.7	47.7	0.6	1.4	44.3	1.8	2.5	73.0	55.6	1.5	5.8	1.2	3,799	1,685	1,257	440	53	164	205	260	+251
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	102.4	158	30.7	24.3	11.4	3.2	0.7	2.0	8.2	17.0	48.1	1.1	3.6	31.5	6.8	8.6	78.8	58.4	2.3	9.1	3.7	4,854	3,833	1,804	499	113	309	577	532	+921
7	Thabo Sefolosha T. Sefolosha	102.4	150	20.1	6.3	3.7	1.1	1.3	0.3	2.4	5.2	46.3	0.7	1.9	37.9	0.8	1.0	74.8	55.6	0.6	3.1	0.8	3,011	946	554	167	191	48	113	197	+119
8	Anthony Davis A. Davis	102.7	206	35.4	27.5	11.6	2.7	1.4	2.4	10.1	19.5	51.8	0.7	2.1	32.4	6.6	8.1	80.9	59.6	2.6	9.0	2.2	7,285	5,661	2,388	549	297	495	455	459	+482
9	Dwight Howard D. Howard	102.8	164	29.8	15.0	12.4	1.3	0.7	1.4	5.7	9.7	58.8	0.0	0.1	11.1	3.6	6.4	55.9	59.9	3.5	8.9	2.4	4,892	2,464	2,035	213	119	227	394	486	-69
10	Kyle Anderson K. Anderson	102.8	189	22.6	6.2	4.5	2.2	1.2	0.7	2.5	4.9	51.4	0.2	0.7	32.8	1.0	1.4	69.7	56.6	0.9	3.7	1.0	4,279	1,177	855	421	220	123	191	289	+259
11	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	102.8	143	33.0	25.4	6.4	3.4	1.8	0.6	8.7	17.8	48.9	1.9	5.1	37.3	6.0	7.0	86.7	60.7	1.1	5.2	2.0	4,724	3,630	911	480	257	88	291	218	+809
12	Derrick Favors D. Favors	102.9	203	25.1	11.4	7.0	1.2	0.8	1.1	4.7	8.6	55.3	0.2	0.7	22.5	1.8	2.7	65.4	58.5	2.4	4.5	1.1	5,105	2,317	1,417	247	155	228	232	430	+388
13	David Lee D. Lee	103.0	79	18.7	7.3	5.6	1.6	0.4	0.5	3.1	5.3	59.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.4	70.8	61.3	1.9	3.7	1.0	1,477	576	441	124	31	40	82	125	+315
14	Draymond Green D. Green	103.0	212	32.2	9.6	7.6	7.1	1.6	1.3	3.5	8.0	43.8	1.0	3.2	30.0	1.6	2.3	73.0	53.5	1.1	6.5	2.6	6,823	2,035	1,615	1,495	344	267	555	599	+1595
15	JaVale McGee J. McGee	103.1	217	13.9	7.7	4.5	0.5	0.4	1.3	3.4	5.4	63.1	0.0	0.1	4.8	0.9	1.5	60.3	63.7	1.6	2.9	0.8	3,025	1,679	979	102	87	272	175	408	+193
16	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	103.2	150	33.2	24.3	11.1	4.6	1.5	1.4	8.2	17.8	46.2	1.7	5.0	34.7	6.1	8.1	75.9	56.9	2.0	9.1	3.9	4,973	3,640	1,658	696	219	213	583	570	+118
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	103.5	227	35.1	25.7	10.4	5.4	1.5	1.6	9.3	17.2	54.2	0.6	2.3	27.5	6.4	8.5	75.2	61.3	2.0	8.3	3.2	7,959	5,840	2,351	1,219	332	367	725	709	+848
18	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	103.7	234	35.7	26.8	10.6	10.4	1.8	0.4	9.4	21.8	43.3	1.8	5.6	31.5	6.1	7.9	76.6	52.9	1.7	8.9	4.9	8,346	6,261	2,475	2,444	421	84	1,144	635	+926
19	Zaza Pachulia Z. Pachulia	104.0	207	15.1	5.1	4.8	1.6	0.6	0.3	1.9	3.7	52.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	78.7	58.3	1.6	3.2	1.0	3,118	1,066	996	332	128	67	216	439	+518
20	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	104.1	216	25.2	13.5	8.9	2.3	0.9	1.3	5.4	10.7	50.7	0.0	0.2	8.1	2.7	3.9	67.7	54.4	2.7	6.2	2.3	5,453	2,919	1,923	499	185	288	494	658	+536
21	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	104.1	206	23.7	13.1	8.9	1.0	0.4	0.9	5.3	9.4	56.1	0.2	0.6	36.3	2.4	3.0	80.4	61.5	2.5	6.4	1.5	4,884	2,702	1,838	208	85	185	311	554	+407
22	Myles Turner M. Turner	104.2	220	29.5	13.6	7.0	1.4	0.8	2.2	5.1	10.4	49.4	0.8	2.1	36.8	2.5	3.2	77.9	57.4	1.5	5.5	1.4	6,496	2,985	1,537	308	172	489	301	643	+381
23	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	104.4	134	19.3	8.2	2.2	2.6	0.9	0.2	2.8	6.7	41.2	1.1	3.1	36.5	1.5	1.8	82.4	54.3	0.4	1.9	1.5	2,590	1,093	299	346	125	32	201	245	+330
24	Robert Covington R. Covington	104.5	182	32.1	12.8	5.8	1.7	1.9	1.0	4.4	10.6	41.1	2.3	6.5	35.8	1.8	2.2	82.0	55.5	1.0	4.9	1.7	5,847	2,338	1,062	304	338	188	304	567	+454
25	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	104.6	227	31.0	12.0	14.0	1.6	0.6	1.2	4.7	7.1	66.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	4.4	57.1	66.5	3.8	10.3	1.8	7,041	2,714	3,187	369	132	277	405	582	+120

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Wed 10/21	MIN	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIA	@	CHA	6:00 PM
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10.7

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Daniels

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BPG Leaders

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113.0

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6.5

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