nba players best defensive ratings in career minimum 7 seasons since 2010

Since 2009-10, Tim Duncan has the lowest defensive rating when playing 7+ seasons, with a 98.0 rating.

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NAMEDRTGSEASGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
98.0
7
493
28.9
14.7
9.2
2.8
0.7
1.8
5.9
11.8
50.2
0.0
0.1
15.0
2.9
3.9
73.6
54.5
2.2
7.1
1.8
14,227
7,250
4,544
1,378
336
902
886
910
+2642
2Andrew Bogut
A. Bogut
98.2
10
444
25.7
8.3
8.6
2.0
0.6
1.8
3.8
7.0
53.4
0.0
0.0
20.0
0.8
1.5
51.5
53.9
2.3
6.3
1.5
11,412
3,690
3,823
885
257
816
671
1,327
+1485
3Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
98.4
7
407
26.5
11.8
7.3
2.2
1.0
0.7
4.9
9.8
50.1
0.0
0.1
17.4
1.9
2.3
82.9
54.3
1.0
6.3
1.4
10,783
4,794
2,980
911
414
304
564
915
+1247
4Joakim Noah
J. Noah
99.2
11
518
29.3
9.4
9.7
3.3
0.8
1.4
3.6
7.4
48.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.2
3.1
70.4
53.5
3.3
6.4
1.9
15,174
4,856
5,036
1,717
417
700
962
1,463
+552
5Dwight Howard
D. Howard
100.0
13
835
29.7
14.9
11.4
1.3
0.9
1.7
5.5
9.1
59.8
0.0
0.1
23.1
4.0
7.2
54.8
60.5
3.2
8.2
2.5
24,812
12,450
9,520
1,096
718
1,414
2,100
2,614
+1902
6Hassan Whiteside
H. Whiteside
100.4
10
511
24.7
12.6
10.8
0.6
0.5
2.2
5.3
9.0
58.6
0.0
0.1
30.8
2.1
3.5
60.5
60.2
3.1
7.7
1.5
12,645
6,450
5,523
326
271
1,143
756
1,341
+313
7Cole Aldrich
C. Aldrich
101.0
8
339
10.0
3.1
3.3
0.5
0.4
0.7
1.3
2.4
52.7
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.7
73.8
56.3
1.0
2.4
0.6
3,389
1,050
1,131
183
137
233
199
509
-370
8Tiago Splitter
T. Splitter
101.3
7
355
19.2
7.9
5.0
1.2
0.6
0.6
3.0
5.4
55.5
0.0
0.0
14.3
1.9
2.7
69.7
59.8
1.6
3.4
1.1
6,812
2,816
1,779
423
198
209
384
685
+1148
9Tony Allen
T. Allen
101.4
9
538
23.7
8.5
4.0
1.3
1.6
0.4
3.4
7.2
47.6
0.1
0.5
26.7
1.5
2.2
68.3
52.0
1.5
2.5
1.3
12,749
4,561
2,156
710
866
239
713
1,312
+621
10Nerlens Noel
N. Noel
101.4
9
467
22.0
7.1
6.1
1.1
1.3
1.5
2.9
5.4
54.6
0.0
0.0
20.0
1.3
1.9
65.5
57.3
1.9
4.1
1.3
10,281
3,338
2,834
501
588
683
593
1,192
-1287
11DeJuan Blair
D. Blair
101.5
7
424
16.6
6.8
5.1
0.8
0.7
0.3
2.9
5.6
52.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.5
60.8
54.1
1.9
3.2
1.1
7,054
2,865
2,153
349
316
127
471
1,003
+138
12Nazr Mohammed
N. Mohammed
101.7
7
367
11.9
4.1
3.4
0.3
0.3
0.6
1.7
3.5
49.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.9
62.6
51.4
1.3
2.2
0.6
4,358
1,490
1,254
114
104
203
220
584
+58
13Josh Smith
J. Smith
101.8
8
518
31.8
14.9
7.5
3.5
1.2
1.6
6.0
13.3
45.2
0.6
2.1
29.2
2.3
3.9
59.0
49.7
1.8
5.7
2.4
16,450
7,734
3,879
1,794
642
816
1,267
1,350
+555
14Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
101.9
14
967
26.3
12.1
11.9
1.2
1.2
1.2
5.1
9.4
53.9
0.1
0.2
21.7
1.9
3.9
48.9
54.4
4.1
7.8
1.7
25,450
11,696
11,513
1,187
1,171
1,197
1,683
2,724
-903
15Ian Mahinmi
I. Mahinmi
102.0
11
612
16.9
5.2
4.4
0.6
0.6
0.7
2.0
3.7
53.3
0.0
0.1
16.0
1.3
2.1
61.0
56.7
1.5
2.9
1.0
10,330
3,188
2,700
356
357
439
599
1,631
+30
16David West
D. West
102.3
9
655
26.5
12.5
5.9
2.5
0.8
0.8
5.2
10.2
50.4
0.0
0.2
26.2
2.2
2.7
79.9
54.9
1.5
4.4
1.6
17,384
8,207
3,871
1,634
511
537
1,044
1,457
+1434
17Roy Hibbert
R. Hibbert
102.3
8
592
26.0
10.3
6.6
1.4
0.4
1.8
4.1
8.8
46.4
0.0
0.0
25.0
2.1
2.8
76.3
51.4
2.4
4.3
1.7
15,380
6,117
3,930
836
221
1,070
983
1,852
+170
18Joel Anthony
J. Anthony
102.3
8
401
13.7
2.1
2.7
0.2
0.2
1.0
0.8
1.5
52.3
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.8
67.4
56.8
1.1
1.6
0.4
5,510
835
1,063
69
98
407
169
625
+332
19Chris Andersen
C. Andersen
102.4
8
366
18.0
5.5
5.0
0.4
0.5
1.3
1.9
3.3
58.4
0.0
0.1
26.5
1.6
2.4
67.6
63.3
1.6
3.4
0.6
6,581
2,003
1,829
155
178
469
232
690
+645
20Omer Asik
O. Asik
102.5
8
471
19.6
5.3
7.1
0.6
0.4
0.7
2.0
3.8
52.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
2.3
55.1
54.8
2.2
4.9
1.2
9,216
2,479
3,362
280
167
339
542
928
+428
21Pau Gasol
P. Gasol
102.8
10
642
31.4
15.4
9.7
3.2
0.5
1.5
6.0
12.2
49.5
0.3
0.6
39.4
3.1
4.0
77.5
55.3
2.4
7.3
1.9
20,180
9,892
6,218
2,073
293
941
1,199
1,254
+1174
22Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
103.0
9
579
23.5
12.1
3.0
4.0
1.1
0.3
4.0
9.2
44.0
1.4
3.9
36.3
2.6
3.1
83.4
57.4
0.5
2.5
1.9
13,622
6,999
1,754
2,297
658
157
1,117
1,097
+2776
23Kendrick Perkins
K. Perkins
103.0
8
418
22.7
5.2
5.9
1.1
0.4
1.0
2.1
4.1
51.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.7
57.6
53.4
1.5
4.4
1.6
9,494
2,175
2,473
446
157
399
675
1,130
+926
24Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
103.0
8
530
29.0
14.7
4.6
2.9
0.9
0.4
4.9
10.8
45.1
1.5
4.0
37.3
3.5
4.2
83.0
58.2
0.5
4.1
2.0
15,355
7,794
2,420
1,525
487
215
1,043
1,303
+1484
25Elton Brand
E. Brand
103.1
7
415
25.3
9.6
6.1
1.2
0.8
1.2
4.0
8.2
49.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.0
73.4
52.8
2.0
4.1
1.1
10,490
3,975
2,520
510
348
494
443
1,122
+112
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31
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20
62
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40.0
14
19
63
.232
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15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
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.659
10.0
4
53
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.646
11.0
5
52
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.634
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6
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15.0
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45
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.549
19.0
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.512
22.0
9
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.512
22.0
10
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27.0
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