nba defensive rating leaders minimum 40 games played

Art Williams had the lowest defensive rating when playing 40+ games, with a 91.5 rating.

NAMEDRTGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Art Williams
A. Williams
91.5
67
9.2
2.6
1.7
2.4
0.7
0.0
1.1
2.5
43.5
0.4
0.5
84.4
47.5
0.3
1.4
617
173
115
163
44
3
100
2Dave Stallworth
D. Stallworth
92.0
52
9.9
4.0
2.8
0.5
0.6
0.1
1.5
3.9
39.0
0.9
1.1
85.5
45.2
1.1
1.7
515
207
145
27
31
7
71
3Jerry Sloan
J. Sloan
92.3
177
34.2
12.4
6.8
1.9
2.2
0.2
4.9
11.3
43.9
2.5
3.4
72.6
48.5
2.1
4.8
6,054
2,194
1,210
332
381
32
615
4Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
92.6
71
38.0
18.1
10.7
3.6
0.9
0.5
7.9
17.1
46.1
2.3
3.1
75.6
49.0
1.9
8.8
2,699
1,282
757
253
67
39
222
5Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
93.0
269
28.3
7.6
9.6
2.5
0.5
2.1
3.0
7.3
40.8
1.7
2.8
61.2
44.9
2.8
6.8
7,609
2,053
2,571
670
125
553
738
6Terry Driscoll
T. Driscoll
93.6
75
10.0
2.8
2.9
0.8
0.3
0.2
1.2
2.7
45.5
0.4
0.6
64.6
48.2
1.1
1.8
749
213
215
57
22
16
128
7Russ Lee
R. Lee
93.8
51
6.0
3.0
1.4
0.5
0.4
0.1
1.3
3.3
39.4
0.4
0.6
60.0
41.5
0.6
0.8
305
152
71
27
22
3
46
8Elmore Smith
E. Smith
93.8
408
29.1
11.8
9.4
1.2
0.8
2.9
4.9
9.9
49.0
2.0
3.4
59.5
51.4
2.3
7.1
1.7
11,864
4,801
3,832
505
325
1,183
183
1,340
9Jim Davis
J. Davis
94.1
157
12.9
4.1
3.7
1.1
0.6
0.4
1.5
3.5
43.3
1.1
1.6
68.4
49.2
1.3
2.4
2,025
645
578
176
89
66
287
10Tom Boerwinkle
T. Boerwinkle
94.3
304
16.8
4.9
5.8
2.9
0.4
0.5
2.0
4.1
49.2
0.9
1.3
67.9
52.8
1.8
4.0
1.2
5,119
1,501
1,756
882
110
138
26
689
11Dennis DuVal
D. DuVal
94.3
50
5.3
1.9
0.6
0.7
0.4
0.1
0.8
2.2
36.1
0.4
0.5
66.7
40.0
0.2
0.4
267
96
31
34
22
4
49
12Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
94.4
73
22.3
6.2
5.1
3.2
0.4
0.3
2.7
5.8
46.2
0.9
1.3
69.8
49.2
0.8
4.3
1,627
455
374
230
28
24
134
13Manny Leaks
M. Leaks
94.5
53
15.9
4.1
4.6
0.5
0.2
0.7
1.5
4.4
34.1
1.1
1.6
69.9
40.2
1.8
2.8
845
216
244
25
10
39
95
14Curtis Perry
C. Perry
94.5
320
30.1
10.9
9.3
2.1
1.2
0.9
4.5
9.6
46.7
1.9
2.6
71.8
50.4
3.2
6.1
1.4
9,636
3,474
2,972
678
379
291
63
1,141
15Walt Wesley
W. Wesley
94.5
85
7.7
3.2
2.4
0.3
0.2
0.3
1.3
2.9
46.3
0.5
0.9
59.5
48.8
1.0
1.4
654
272
200
27
16
25
127
16Otto Moore
O. Moore
94.9
282
23.1
6.3
7.2
1.9
0.7
1.2
2.6
5.9
43.9
1.1
1.7
65.2
47.3
1.8
5.5
6,503
1,768
2,043
545
186
342
728
17Mel Counts
M. Counts
95.2
150
14.9
5.0
4.6
1.8
0.6
0.5
2.1
5.0
41.8
0.8
1.1
75.4
45.7
1.2
3.3
2,239
756
687
274
85
74
355
18Tom Kozelko
T. Kozelko
95.3
189
10.1
2.2
1.8
0.5
0.4
0.1
0.9
2.1
41.9
0.4
0.5
74.5
46.0
0.6
1.2
1,911
407
346
99
68
16
281
19Jim Ard
J. Ard
95.3
218
12.2
3.5
3.8
0.7
0.2
0.4
1.4
3.8
36.1
0.8
1.1
69.5
41.0
1.1
2.7
0.9
2,666
771
820
149
43
96
14
384
20Fatty Taylor
F. Taylor
95.3
79
19.6
3.8
2.7
3.6
1.7
0.1
1.7
4.0
42.0
0.5
0.8
56.9
43.9
1.1
1.5
1,548
301
211
288
132
9
202
21Gar Heard
G. Heard
95.4
583
26.6
8.9
8.0
1.8
1.3
1.3
3.7
8.9
41.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.5
2.2
65.8
44.9
2.3
5.7
1.2
15,493
5,167
4,653
1,060
784
780
349
1,711
22Earl Williams
E. Williams
95.5
146
12.9
4.5
5.6
0.9
0.4
0.4
2.0
4.6
43.2
0.6
1.2
47.5
44.3
2.1
3.5
1.0
1,882
664
814
126
62
62
20
270
23Tim 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
24Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
95.5
524
37.9
17.1
12.8
4.0
1.1
0.9
7.2
15.7
46.3
0.0
0.1
7.1
2.6
3.3
80.3
50.1
3.0
9.8
2.2
19,878
8,970
6,696
2,104
599
488
543
1,945
25Joe Ellis
J. Ellis
95.5
50
10.3
2.8
2.4
0.7
0.7
0.2
1.2
3.8
32.1
0.4
0.6
58.1
34.4
0.7
1.7
515
140
122
37
33
9
76
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.671
4.5
3
48
26
.649
6.0
4
46
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.622
8.0
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17
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37.0
15
16
58
.216
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
58
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.784
2
Spurs Spurs - x
56
18
.757
2.0
3
48
26
.649
10.0
4
47
28
.627
11.5
5
45
29
.608
13.0
6
44
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.603
13.5
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41
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17.0
8
38
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.514
20.0
9
37
38
.493
21.5
10
36
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.486
22.0
11
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49
.338
33.0
12
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.333
33.5
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21
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19
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Schedule

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