nba league average defensive rating 1989 per position

Point guards had a PER of 15.4 in 1988-89.

POSITIONPERDRTGSEASONGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
15.4
108.7
1988-89
3,980
24.4
9.7
2.6
5.5
1.3
0.1
3.7
8.1
46.0
0.3
1.0
31.5
1.9
2.4
81.1
53.1
0.7
1.9
2.0
96,957
38,687
10,288
21,741
5,106
589
7,893
7,701
2
Shooting Guard
15.3
109.1
1988-89
4,131
24.7
12.3
3.0
3.0
1.1
0.2
4.8
10.4
46.6
0.4
1.2
35.0
2.3
2.9
79.9
53.2
1.0
2.1
1.7
102,193
50,995
12,571
12,266
4,419
982
6,919
8,469
3
Small Forward
15.5
108.5
1988-89
4,158
25.3
13.1
4.4
2.0
0.9
0.5
5.2
10.9
47.8
0.2
0.6
30.6
2.5
3.2
77.7
53.3
1.6
2.8
1.8
105,045
54,663
18,437
8,447
3,745
1,967
7,313
9,952
4
Power Forward
14.8
106.9
1988-89
4,333
23.1
9.9
5.7
1.3
0.7
0.7
3.8
7.7
49.5
0.1
0.3
28.4
2.3
3.0
74.4
55.1
2.0
3.7
1.5
100,113
42,998
24,796
5,700
3,080
2,987
6,463
11,027
5
Center
13.8
105.8
1988-89
4,434
20.5
8.2
5.4
1.0
0.5
1.0
3.2
6.5
49.2
0.0
0.1
28.7
1.8
2.5
71.6
54.1
1.7
3.7
1.4
90,842
36,454
23,939
4,277
2,269
4,424
6,083
11,355
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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62
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.756
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