point guard with best defensive rating over a 5 year period when playing more than 25 minutes per game

Norm Van Lier has the lowest defensive rating by a point guard with more than 25.0 minutes per game in a season, with a 94.0 rating in 1973-74.

NAME DRTG MPG SEASON TM GP PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1 Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
94.0
35.8
1973-74
CHI CHI
80
14.3
4.7
6.9
2.0
0.1
5.3
13.1
40.6
3.6
4.6
77.8
47.0
1.4
3.3
2,863
1,142
377
548
162
7
282
2 Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
94.1
41.7
1973-74
NYK NYK
80
20.5
6.7
6.9
2.0
0.2
8.4
17.9
47.2
3.7
4.4
83.8
51.9
1.5
5.2
3,338
1,643
536
551
161
15
212
3 Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
94.3
37.0
1974-75
CHI CHI
70
15.0
4.7
5.8
2.0
0.2
5.8
13.9
42.0
3.4
4.3
79.2
47.7
1.2
3.5
2,590
1,050
328
403
139
14
246
4 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
94.5
32.0
1974-75
WAS WAS
81
11.6
1.9
8.0
1.9
0.1
5.0
10.2
49.1
1.6
2.3
70.4
51.9
0.7
1.2
2,589
943
152
650
152
11
320
5 Nate McMillan
N. McMillan
95.0
25.8
1993-94
SEA SEA
73
6.0
3.9
5.3
3.0
0.3
2.4
5.4
44.7
0.7
1.8
39.1
0.4
0.8
56.4
52.0
0.7
3.2
1.7
1,887
437
283
387
216
22
126
201
6 Jerry West
J. West
95.3
31.2
1973-74
LAL LAL
31
20.3
3.7
6.6
2.6
0.7
7.5
16.7
44.7
5.3
6.4
83.3
51.9
1.0
2.8
967
629
116
206
81
23
80
7 Slick Watts
S. Watts
95.4
25.1
1974-75
SEA SEA
82
6.8
3.2
6.1
2.3
0.1
2.8
6.7
42.1
1.1
1.9
60.8
45.0
1.2
2.0
2,056
557
262
499
190
12
254
8 Charlie Ward
C. Ward
95.9
31.1
1998-99
NYK NYK
50
7.6
3.4
5.4
2.1
0.2
2.7
6.7
40.4
1.1
3.0
35.6
1.1
1.6
70.5
51.3
0.5
3.0
2.6
1,556
378
172
271
103
8
131
105
+77
9 Slick Watts
S. Watts
95.9
33.9
1975-76
SEA SEA
82
13.0
4.5
8.1
3.2
0.2
5.3
12.4
42.7
2.4
4.2
57.8
45.7
1.4
3.1
2,776
1,065
365
661
261
16
270
10 Mookie Blaylock
M. Blaylock
96.2
36.7
1998-99
ATL ATL
48
13.3
4.7
5.8
2.1
0.2
5.1
13.6
37.9
1.6
5.2
30.7
1.4
1.9
75.8
46.3
0.9
3.7
2.4
1,763
640
224
278
99
9
115
61
+220
11 Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
96.3
37.4
2002-03
NJN NJN
80
18.7
6.3
8.9
2.2
0.3
6.4
15.6
41.4
1.6
4.6
34.1
4.2
5.0
84.1
52.6
1.4
4.9
3.7
2,989
1,495
504
711
179
25
296
127
+497
12 Anfernee Hardaway
A. Hardaway
96.7
38.9
1998-99
ORL ORL
50
15.8
5.7
5.3
2.2
0.5
6.0
14.3
42.0
0.8
2.8
28.6
3.0
4.2
70.6
48.8
1.5
4.2
3.0
1,944
791
284
266
111
23
150
111
+129
13 Jamaal Tinsley
J. Tinsley
96.7
26.5
2003-04
IND IND
52
8.3
2.6
5.8
1.6
0.3
2.9
7.1
41.4
1.5
4.0
37.2
0.9
1.3
73.1
54.1
0.5
2.1
2.1
1,378
432
136
303
84
17
110
132
+337
14 Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
96.8
36.6
2003-04
NJN NJN
67
15.5
6.4
9.2
1.8
0.2
5.5
14.3
38.4
1.4
4.4
32.1
3.1
3.7
82.7
48.5
1.3
5.1
3.2
2,450
1,036
428
618
122
14
214
110
+362
15 Jo Jo White
J. Jo White
96.9
39.3
1974-75
BOS BOS
82
18.3
3.8
5.6
1.6
0.2
8.0
17.6
45.7
2.3
2.7
83.4
48.8
1.0
2.8
3,220
1,502
311
458
128
17
207
16 Slick Watts
S. Watts
97.1
33.3
1976-77
SEA SEA
79
13.0
3.9
8.0
2.7
0.3
5.4
12.8
42.2
2.2
3.7
58.7
44.9
1.0
2.9
2,627
1,028
307
630
214
25
256
17 Jo Jo White
J. Jo White
97.1
39.5
1973-74
BOS BOS
82
18.1
4.3
5.5
1.3
0.3
7.9
17.6
44.9
2.3
2.8
83.7
48.2
1.2
3.1
3,238
1,488
351
448
105
25
185
18 Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
97.2
39.8
2000-01
PHX PHX
77
16.9
6.4
9.8
2.2
0.3
5.9
14.2
41.1
0.9
3.0
29.7
4.3
5.2
81.4
51.0
1.2
5.2
3.7
3,065
1,299
494
753
166
23
286
171
+138
19 Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
97.3
41.1
1974-75
NYK NYK
78
21.5
6.0
6.1
2.4
0.2
8.6
17.8
48.3
4.2
5.1
82.8
53.4
1.2
4.8
3,204
1,675
465
474
190
14
205
20 Gus Williams
G. Williams
97.3
32.6
1977-78
SEA SEA
79
18.1
3.2
3.7
2.3
0.5
7.6
16.9
45.1
2.9
3.5
81.7
49.1
1.1
2.2
2.4
2,572
1,431
256
294
185
41
189
198
21 Lionel Hollins
L. Hollins
97.3
25.6
1975-76
POR POR
74
10.8
2.4
4.1
1.8
0.4
4.2
10.0
42.1
2.4
3.3
72.1
47.2
0.5
1.8
1,891
800
175
306
131
28
235
22 Brevin Knight
B. Knight
97.3
31.0
1997-98
CLE CLE
80
9.0
3.2
8.2
2.5
0.2
3.3
7.4
44.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.5
3.1
80.1
51.5
0.8
2.3
2.4
2,483
723
253
656
196
18
194
271
+298
23 Charlie Ward
C. Ward
97.5
28.3
1997-98
NYK NYK
82
7.8
3.3
5.7
1.8
0.5
2.9
6.3
45.5
1.0
2.6
37.7
1.1
1.4
80.5
56.7
0.4
3.0
2.1
2,317
642
274
466
144
37
175
195
+278
24 Jim Price
J. Price
97.5
32.0
1973-74
LAL LAL
82
15.4
4.6
4.5
1.9
0.4
6.6
14.6
44.9
2.3
2.9
79.9
48.6
1.5
3.1
2,628
1,263
378
369
157
29
229
25 Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
97.5
37.3
2001-02
NJN NJN
82
14.7
7.3
9.9
2.1
0.2
5.4
13.9
39.1
1.4
4.4
32.1
2.5
3.0
81.4
48.4
1.6
5.7
3.5
3,056
1,208
595
808
175
20
286
136
+346
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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