player average defensive rating each year

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a defensive rating of 88.8 in 1973-74.

NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
88.8
1973-74
MIL MIL
81
43.8
27.0
14.5
4.8
1.4
3.5
11.7
21.7
53.9
3.6
5.2
70.2
56.4
3.5
11.0
3,548
2,191
1,178
386
112
283
238
2Mahdi Abdul-Rahman
M. Abdul-Rahman
100.2
1973-74
SEA SEA
49
11.7
3.8
1.2
2.5
0.5
0.1
1.6
3.7
42.2
0.7
0.9
75.6
46.5
0.4
0.8
571
186
57
122
26
6
78
3Zaid Abdul-Aziz
Z. Abdul-Aziz
95.7
1973-74
HOU HOU
79
31.1
10.9
11.7
2.1
1.0
1.3
4.3
9.3
45.9
2.4
3.0
80.4
51.6
3.3
8.4
2,459
865
923
166
80
104
227
4Don Adams
D. Adams
94.0
1973-74
DET DET
74
31.1
10.3
6.1
1.9
1.5
0.2
4.1
10.0
40.8
2.1
2.7
76.1
45.7
1.8
4.3
2,298
759
448
141
110
12
242
5Rick Adelman
R. Adelman
94.1
1973-74
CHI CHI
55
11.2
3.3
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.0
1.2
3.1
37.6
1.0
1.4
71.1
44.7
0.3
1.0
618
182
69
56
36
1
63
6Lucius Allen
L. Allen
94.8
1973-74
MIL MIL
72
33.2
17.6
4.0
5.2
1.9
0.3
7.3
14.8
49.5
3.0
3.8
78.8
53.6
1.2
2.8
2,388
1,268
291
374
137
22
215
7Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
102.4
1973-74
KCO KCO
35
36.3
17.6
2.4
7.6
1.6
0.2
6.3
14.1
45.1
4.9
6.0
82.0
52.7
0.6
1.8
1,272
617
85
266
56
7
76
8Dennis Awtrey
D. Awtrey
93.5
1973-74
CHI CHI
68
11.1
2.7
2.6
1.3
0.3
0.2
1.0
1.8
52.8
0.8
1.4
57.4
56.0
0.7
1.8
756
184
174
86
22
14
128
9Mike Bantom
M. Bantom
100.7
1973-74
PHX PHX
76
26.1
10.1
6.8
2.1
0.7
0.6
4.1
10.4
39.9
1.9
2.8
66.2
43.7
2.3
4.6
1,982
769
519
163
50
47
289
10Dick Barnett
D. Barnett
99.4
1973-74
NYK NYK
5
11.6
4.4
0.8
1.2
0.2
0.0
2.0
5.2
38.5
0.4
0.6
66.7
40.3
0.2
0.6
58
22
4
6
1
0
2
11Jim Barnett
J. Barnett
101.1
1973-74
GSW GSW
77
21.9
11.5
2.9
2.7
0.7
0.1
4.5
9.8
46.4
2.4
2.9
81.4
51.7
1.0
1.9
1,689
884
222
209
56
11
146
12Rick Barry
R. Barry
96.8
1973-74
GSW GSW
80
36.5
25.1
6.8
6.1
2.1
0.5
10.0
21.8
45.6
5.2
5.8
89.9
51.5
1.3
5.5
2,918
2,009
540
484
169
40
265
13Butch Beard
B. Beard
98.8
1973-74
GSW GSW
79
27.0
10.2
4.9
3.8
1.3
0.1
4.0
7.8
51.2
2.2
3.0
73.9
55.9
1.7
3.2
2,134
805
389
300
105
9
241
14Ron Behagen
R. Behagen
99.1
1973-74
KCO KCO
80
25.7
11.0
7.1
1.7
0.7
0.5
4.5
10.3
43.2
2.0
2.7
76.4
47.6
2.4
4.7
2,059
876
567
134
56
37
291
15Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
98.7
1973-74
ATL ATL
77
31.7
13.1
9.6
2.5
0.7
0.6
5.1
10.4
48.6
3.0
5.0
60.8
52.1
3.4
6.2
2,440
1,011
740
189
52
48
232
16Dennis Bell
D. Bell
102.6
1973-74
NYK NYK
1
4.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
17Henry Bibby
H. Bibby
93.5
1973-74
NYK NYK
66
14.9
7.5
2.0
1.4
1.0
0.0
3.2
7.0
45.2
1.1
1.3
83.0
48.9
0.7
1.3
986
493
133
91
65
2
123
18Dave Bing
D. Bing
97.8
1973-74
DET DET
81
38.6
18.8
3.5
6.9
1.3
0.2
7.2
16.5
43.6
4.4
5.4
81.3
49.7
1.3
2.1
3,124
1,520
281
555
109
17
216
19John Block
J. Block
99.2
1973-74
KCO KCO
82
21.7
8.7
4.7
1.1
0.8
0.4
3.4
7.7
43.4
2.0
2.5
79.6
49.3
1.6
3.2
1,777
714
389
94
68
35
229
20Tom Boerwinkle
T. Boerwinkle
90.2
1973-74
CHI CHI
46
13.1
3.4
4.6
2.0
0.3
0.4
1.3
2.6
48.7
0.9
1.3
70.0
54.3
1.2
3.5
602
158
213
94
16
18
80
21Freddie Boyd
F. Boyd
102.7
1973-74
PHI PHI
75
24.2
9.5
1.2
3.3
0.8
0.1
3.8
9.5
40.2
1.9
2.6
72.3
44.7
0.2
1.0
1,818
713
93
249
60
9
173
22Steve Bracey
S. Bracey
100.8
1973-74
ATL ATL
75
19.5
7.3
1.9
3.1
0.8
0.1
3.2
6.9
46.3
0.9
1.3
71.9
49.0
0.3
1.6
1,463
551
146
231
60
5
157
23Bill Bradley
B. Bradley
98.6
1973-74
NYK NYK
82
34.3
14.0
3.1
3.0
0.5
0.3
6.1
13.6
45.1
1.8
2.0
87.4
48.5
0.7
2.4
2,813
1,150
253
242
42
21
278
24Jim Brewer
J. Brewer
99.3
1973-74
CLE CLE
82
22.7
6.1
6.4
1.8
0.6
0.4
2.6
6.7
38.3
1.0
1.5
65.0
41.5
2.5
3.9
1,862
500
524
149
46
35
192
25Bill Bridges
B. Bridges
97.2
1973-74
LAL LAL
65
27.9
8.4
7.7
2.3
0.9
0.5
3.3
7.9
42.1
1.8
2.5
70.7
46.8
3.0
4.7
1,812
548
499
148
58
31
219
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
11/11
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BOS BOS
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