nba player defensive rating leaders in 2020

Giannis Antetokounmpo had the lowest defensive rating in 2019-20, with a 97.0 rating.

Interpreted as:
NBA player defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders in 2020
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
97.0
2019-20
MIL MIL
63
30.4
29.5
13.6
5.6
1.0
1.0
10.9
19.7
55.3
1.4
4.7
30.4
6.3
10.0
63.3
61.3
2.2
11.4
3.7
1,917
1,857
856
354
61
66
230
195
+682
2Brook Lopez
B. Lopez
100.1
2019-20
MIL MIL
68
26.7
12.0
4.6
1.5
0.7
2.4
4.3
9.9
43.5
1.5
4.8
31.4
1.9
2.2
83.6
55.1
0.9
3.7
1.0
1,817
813
312
99
46
163
70
163
+526
3Anthony Davis
A. Davis
101.8
2019-20
LAL LAL
62
34.4
26.1
9.3
3.2
1.5
2.3
8.9
17.7
50.3
1.2
3.5
33.0
7.2
8.5
84.6
61.0
2.3
7.0
2.5
2,131
1,618
577
200
91
143
154
156
+241
4Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
103.0
2019-20
TOT
57
33.0
17.7
15.2
2.7
1.9
1.6
7.3
13.8
53.3
0.1
0.6
14.3
3.0
5.2
57.5
55.3
4.4
10.8
3.6
1,879
1,010
864
152
109
93
203
201
-191
5Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
103.9
2019-20
UTA UTA
68
34.3
15.1
13.5
1.5
0.8
2.0
5.7
8.2
69.3
0.0
0.0
3.7
5.9
63.0
69.9
3.4
10.1
1.9
2,333
1,026
916
101
51
135
130
215
+293
6Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
104.3
2019-20
LAC LAC
57
32.4
27.1
7.1
4.9
1.8
0.6
9.3
19.9
47.0
2.2
5.7
37.8
6.2
7.1
88.6
58.9
0.9
6.1
2.6
1,848
1,543
402
280
103
33
149
113
+478
7Khris Middleton
K. Middleton
104.3
2019-20
MIL MIL
62
29.9
20.9
6.2
4.3
0.9
0.1
7.6
15.3
49.7
2.4
5.7
41.5
3.4
3.7
91.6
61.9
0.7
5.5
2.2
1,853
1,297
382
265
53
7
137
142
+501
8OG Anunoby
OG Anunoby
104.3
2019-20
TOR TOR
69
29.9
10.6
5.3
1.6
1.4
0.7
4.1
8.2
50.5
1.3
3.3
39.0
1.0
1.5
70.6
60.0
1.2
4.1
1.1
2,066
733
364
108
96
45
79
167
+273
9Pascal Siakam
P. Siakam
104.8
2019-20
TOR TOR
60
35.2
22.9
7.3
3.5
1.0
0.9
8.3
18.4
45.3
2.2
6.1
35.9
4.0
5.1
79.2
55.4
1.1
6.3
2.5
2,110
1,371
439
207
61
53
148
170
+397
10Myles Turner
M. Turner
104.9
2019-20
IND IND
62
29.5
12.1
6.6
1.2
0.7
2.1
4.3
9.5
45.7
1.4
4.0
34.4
2.0
2.7
75.1
56.6
1.4
5.2
1.4
1,826
749
407
72
46
132
85
166
-7
11Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
105.6
2019-20
BOS BOS
66
34.3
23.4
7.0
3.0
1.4
0.9
8.4
18.6
45.0
2.9
7.1
40.3
3.8
4.7
81.2
56.7
1.0
6.0
2.3
2,265
1,547
460
200
93
57
155
136
+501
12Fred VanVleet
F. VanVleet
105.8
2019-20
TOR TOR
54
35.7
17.6
3.8
6.6
1.9
0.3
5.9
14.3
41.3
2.7
6.9
39.0
3.1
3.7
84.8
55.3
0.3
3.4
2.2
1,928
952
203
357
100
17
121
132
+204
13Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
105.8
2019-20
MIA MIA
72
33.6
15.9
10.2
5.1
1.1
1.3
6.1
11.0
55.7
0.0
0.2
14.3
3.7
5.3
69.1
59.8
2.4
7.8
2.8
2,417
1,146
735
368
82
93
204
182
+244
14Jarrett Allen
J. Allen
105.9
2019-20
BKN BKN
70
26.5
11.1
9.6
1.6
0.6
1.3
4.3
6.6
64.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.4
3.9
63.3
66.4
3.1
6.5
1.1
1,852
775
671
110
40
92
77
162
+45
15Domantas Sabonis
D. Sabonis
105.9
2019-20
IND IND
62
34.8
18.5
12.4
5.0
0.8
0.5
7.4
13.7
54.0
0.3
1.1
25.4
3.5
4.8
72.3
58.6
3.0
9.4
2.7
2,159
1,147
771
310
47
30
170
195
+163
16Kyle Lowry
K. Lowry
106.1
2019-20
TOR TOR
58
36.2
19.4
5.0
7.5
1.4
0.4
5.8
13.8
41.6
2.8
8.0
35.2
5.1
5.9
85.7
59.0
0.6
4.5
3.1
2,098
1,126
292
433
82
26
178
190
+275
17Ben Simmons
B. Simmons
106.1
2019-20
PHI PHI
57
35.4
16.4
7.8
8.0
2.1
0.6
6.6
11.4
58.0
0.0
0.1
28.6
3.2
5.2
62.1
60.2
2.0
5.8
3.5
2,017
937
444
455
119
33
200
186
+62
18LeBron James
L. James
106.2
2019-20
LAL LAL
67
34.6
25.3
7.8
10.2
1.2
0.5
9.6
19.4
49.3
2.2
6.3
34.8
3.9
5.7
69.3
57.7
1.0
6.9
3.9
2,316
1,698
525
684
78
36
261
118
+441
19Jonas Valančiūnas
J. Valančiūnas
106.6
2019-20
MEM MEM
70
26.4
14.9
11.3
1.9
0.4
1.1
6.2
10.6
58.5
0.5
1.3
35.2
2.1
2.9
74.0
63.1
3.0
8.2
1.8
1,845
1,044
788
131
30
76
127
185
+5
20Hassan Whiteside
H. Whiteside
106.9
2019-20
POR POR
67
30.0
15.5
13.5
1.2
0.4
2.9
6.5
10.5
62.1
0.1
0.1
57.1
2.4
3.6
68.6
64.4
3.9
9.7
1.8
2,008
1,040
905
78
26
196
120
196
+114
21Justin Holiday
J. Holiday
107.1
2019-20
IND IND
73
25.0
8.3
3.3
1.3
1.2
0.6
2.8
6.7
42.8
1.8
4.5
40.5
0.7
0.9
79.1
58.5
0.4
2.8
0.6
1,826
603
238
93
87
46
44
137
+36
22Marcus Smart
M. Smart
107.2
2019-20
BOS BOS
60
32.0
12.9
3.8
4.9
1.7
0.5
4.3
11.4
37.5
2.3
6.6
34.7
2.1
2.5
83.6
51.8
0.7
3.1
1.7
1,919
776
225
291
101
29
103
162
+281
23Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
107.2
2019-20
ORL ORL
62
32.2
19.6
10.9
3.6
0.9
0.8
8.0
16.7
47.7
1.6
4.7
33.9
2.1
2.7
78.4
54.9
2.3
8.6
1.4
1,998
1,215
673
222
54
47
88
135
+52
24Robert Covington
R. Covington
107.5
2019-20
TOT
70
30.5
12.4
6.6
1.3
1.6
1.3
4.4
10.3
42.2
2.3
6.9
33.5
1.4
1.8
79.8
55.9
0.9
5.7
1.5
2,137
870
463
88
115
93
103
220
+34
25Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
107.7
2019-20
MIA MIA
58
33.8
19.9
6.7
6.0
1.8
0.6
5.9
13.1
45.5
0.5
2.1
24.4
7.6
9.1
83.4
58.5
1.8
4.8
2.2
1,959
1,157
386
350
103
32
127
81
+257
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