nba guards by best defensive rating while averaging over 23 points per game

Paul Pierce has the best career defensive rating by a guard when scoring >23.0 points per game, with a 101.5 rating.

NAMEDRTGPPGGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
101.5
25.0
288
39.0
6.7
4.2
1.6
0.7
8.1
19.2
42.4
1.9
5.5
35.0
6.8
8.4
80.7
54.5
1.0
5.7
3.4
11,237
7,201
1,943
1,214
472
213
984
820
+373
2Pete Maravich
P. Maravich
102.2
24.8
432
37.0
4.3
5.3
1.4
0.3
9.7
22.1
44.0
0.2
0.3
66.7
5.4
6.5
83.0
49.8
1.0
3.3
3.7
15,999
10,730
1,847
2,269
587
108
530
1,175
3Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
102.6
31.5
930
38.6
6.3
5.4
2.5
0.9
11.8
23.3
50.5
0.6
1.8
33.2
7.3
8.7
83.8
58.0
1.7
4.6
2.8
35,887
29,277
5,836
5,012
2,306
828
2,589
2,493
+1416
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
105.2
25.4
1,280
36.5
5.3
4.8
1.5
0.5
8.8
19.6
45.1
1.3
4.0
33.4
6.4
7.6
83.7
55.3
1.1
4.2
3.0
46,774
32,482
6,800
6,122
1,882
627
3,881
3,238
+4724
5Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
105.5
26.7
914
41.1
3.7
6.2
2.2
0.2
9.3
21.8
42.5
1.2
3.7
31.3
7.0
8.9
78.0
51.8
0.8
2.9
3.6
37,584
24,368
3,394
5,624
1,983
164
3,262
1,777
+799
6George Gervin
G. Gervin
108.4
26.5
709
33.6
4.4
2.8
1.2
0.8
10.3
20.3
50.8
0.1
0.5
29.7
5.8
6.8
84.5
56.8
1.5
3.0
3.0
23,831
18,813
3,153
1,976
836
566
2,137
2,045
7James Harden
J. Harden
108.7
24.0
1,221
34.8
5.6
7.3
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.4
7.1
8.2
86.3
60.8
0.7
4.8
3.7
42,449
29,339
6,809
8,873
1,794
683
4,505
2,994
+4709
8Stephen Curry
S. Curry
108.9
24.8
1,069
34.0
4.7
6.3
1.5
0.3
8.4
17.9
47.1
4.0
9.4
42.2
4.0
4.3
91.2
62.6
0.6
4.0
3.1
36,303
26,528
4,973
6,743
1,602
282
3,308
2,385
+6266
9Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
110.5
25.1
609
33.8
4.3
4.8
1.4
0.3
8.9
19.6
45.3
3.0
8.3
36.6
4.3
5.1
84.4
57.5
0.8
3.5
2.7
20,586
15,272
2,640
2,928
844
193
1,645
1,463
+2960
10Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
110.6
25.3
530
33.1
4.7
5.3
1.4
0.8
8.8
17.3
50.8
1.4
3.8
36.0
6.3
7.3
86.4
61.6
0.7
4.0
2.3
17,550
13,411
2,503
2,810
761
422
1,223
1,183
+2062
11Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
111.0
23.7
779
34.5
4.1
5.6
1.3
0.4
8.7
18.4
47.4
2.4
6.1
39.4
3.8
4.3
88.8
58.4
0.8
3.3
2.5
26,879
18,433
3,173
4,365
1,022
337
1,942
1,770
+1962
12Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
111.0
29.2
514
35.0
8.5
8.2
1.3
0.5
9.8
21.0
46.9
3.2
9.0
35.2
6.4
8.5
75.5
59.2
0.9
7.6
4.0
18,000
15,021
4,376
4,230
661
237
2,032
1,181
+1423
13Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
112.6
24.6
442
34.8
5.2
4.1
1.3
0.6
8.6
19.0
45.3
3.0
8.0
36.9
4.4
5.5
80.2
57.4
0.7
4.5
2.9
15,399
10,854
2,319
1,826
587
282
1,273
888
+942
14Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
113.3
25.1
900
36.2
4.3
6.7
1.0
0.3
8.1
18.4
43.9
3.1
8.4
37.1
5.8
6.5
89.9
59.0
0.6
3.7
2.8
32,612
22,598
3,845
6,069
874
267
2,541
1,708
+2415
15Devin Booker
D. Booker
115.6
24.6
737
34.3
4.0
5.3
0.9
0.3
8.5
18.4
46.3
2.1
6.0
35.2
5.4
6.2
87.3
58.1
0.6
3.4
3.0
25,294
18,120
2,966
3,908
628
208
2,236
2,140
+231
16Trae Young
T. Young
118.3
25.1
498
34.1
3.4
9.8
1.0
0.2
7.9
18.3
43.3
2.6
7.4
35.2
6.6
7.6
87.2
58.0
0.6
2.8
4.2
17,005
12,489
1,717
4,868
518
76
2,090
874
-187
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56
26
.683
4.0
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53
29
.646
7.0
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52
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32
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.780
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62
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.756
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3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
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15.0
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45
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.549
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42
40
.512
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.512
22.0
10
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27.0
11
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38.0
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