points guards with best defensive rating

Roger Burkman has the best career defensive rating by a guard when scoring >0 points, with an 89.4 rating.

NAMEDRTGPTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Roger Burkman
R. Burkman
89.4
5
6
5.0
0.8
1.0
0.8
1.0
0.3
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.8
1.0
83.3
37.7
0.3
0.7
0.5
30
6
5
6
2
3
6
2Art Williams
A. Williams
91.5
173
67
9.2
2.6
1.7
2.4
0.7
0.0
1.1
2.5
43.5
0.4
0.5
84.4
47.5
0.3
1.4
617
115
163
44
3
100
3Russ Lee
R. Lee
92.1
87
36
4.6
2.4
1.1
0.6
0.3
0.0
1.1
2.6
40.4
0.3
0.4
68.8
43.1
0.4
0.7
166
40
20
11
0
29
4Jerry Sloan
J. Sloan
92.3
2,194
177
34.2
12.4
6.8
1.9
2.2
0.2
4.9
11.3
43.9
2.5
3.4
72.6
48.5
2.1
4.8
6,054
1,210
332
381
32
615
5Dave Britton
D. Britton
92.9
4
2
4.5
2.0
1.0
1.5
0.5
0.0
1.0
1.5
66.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
66.7
0.0
1.0
1.0
9
2
3
1
0
2
2
6Rich Rinaldi
R. Rinaldi
93.1
9
7
6.9
1.3
1.0
1.4
0.4
0.1
0.4
3.1
13.6
0.4
0.6
75.0
18.9
0.3
0.7
48
7
10
3
1
7
7Ron Rowan
R. Rowan
93.8
12
7
2.3
1.7
0.1
0.1
0.6
0.0
0.6
1.3
44.4
0.1
0.1
100.0
0.4
0.6
75.0
55.8
0.1
0.0
0.4
16
1
1
4
0
3
1
8Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
94.1
6
4
9.5
1.5
1.3
1.8
1.3
0.5
0.8
3.3
23.1
0.0
0.5
0.0
21.6
0.3
1.0
0.8
38
5
7
5
2
3
3
9Dennis DuVal
D. DuVal
94.3
96
50
5.3
1.9
0.6
0.7
0.4
0.1
0.8
2.2
36.1
0.4
0.5
66.7
40.0
0.2
0.4
267
31
34
22
4
49
10Tito Maddox
T. Maddox
94.6
11
9
3.9
1.2
0.8
0.6
0.3
0.1
0.3
1.3
25.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.6
0.9
62.5
35.4
0.1
0.7
0.3
35
7
5
3
1
3
4
-8
11Howard Nathan
H. Nathan
94.7
13
5
3.0
2.6
0.0
0.4
0.6
0.0
1.0
1.8
55.6
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.6
0.8
75.0
60.4
0.0
0.0
1.6
15
0
2
3
0
8
2
12Tony Jackson
T. Jackson
94.9
2
2
7.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
0.0
0.5
1.5
33.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
33.3
0.0
1.0
0.0
14
2
2
2
0
0
1
13Jerry West
J. West
95.3
629
31
31.2
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
116
206
81
23
80
14Fatty Taylor
F. Taylor
95.3
301
79
19.6
3.8
2.7
3.6
1.7
0.1
1.7
4.0
42.0
0.5
0.8
56.9
43.9
1.1
1.5
1,548
211
288
132
9
202
15Larry Fogle
L. Fogle
95.4
2
2
7.0
1.0
1.5
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.5
2.5
20.0
0.0
0.0
20.0
0.5
1.0
14
3
0
1
0
4
16Jimmy Jones
J. Jones
95.9
901
140
18.5
6.4
1.9
2.0
0.8
0.1
2.6
5.1
50.5
1.3
1.7
73.8
54.8
0.5
1.5
2,590
272
283
111
15
321
17Rick Adelman
R. Adelman
96.2
501
113
15.0
4.4
1.5
1.5
0.9
0.1
1.7
4.1
40.6
1.1
1.6
70.9
46.4
0.4
1.1
1,692
164
168
106
9
164
18Allie McGuire
A. McGuire
96.2
4
2
5.0
2.0
1.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
50.0
0.0
1.0
10
2
1
0
0
2
19Mike D'Antoni
M. D'Antoni
96.5
432
130
14.3
3.3
1.4
1.9
1.2
0.2
1.4
3.6
39.2
0.5
0.7
73.6
42.6
0.3
1.1
1,858
186
248
152
27
239
20Pepe Sanchez
P. Sanchez
97.0
20
38
4.9
0.5
0.6
1.3
0.4
0.0
0.2
0.9
27.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
100.0
29.5
0.2
0.4
0.2
187
21
49
16
1
8
24
-4
21Dick Garrett
D. Garrett
97.0
101
40
8.2
2.5
1.0
0.6
0.3
0.0
1.1
3.2
34.1
0.4
0.5
78.9
37.6
0.4
0.6
326
40
23
10
1
56
22Ben Kelso
B. Kelso
97.2
85
46
6.5
1.8
0.7
0.4
0.3
0.0
0.8
2.1
36.5
0.3
0.5
68.2
40.2
0.3
0.3
298
31
18
12
1
45
23Phil Chenier
P. Chenier
97.3
7,537
426
32.5
17.7
3.5
2.9
1.6
0.6
7.3
16.3
44.7
0.1
0.3
40.0
3.1
3.8
81.8
49.2
0.9
2.7
1.4
13,859
1,507
1,236
682
238
157
792
24Melvin Sanders
M. Sanders
97.4
41
16
7.1
2.6
1.4
0.2
0.3
0.0
1.0
2.1
48.5
0.1
0.2
66.7
0.4
0.6
70.0
54.8
0.3
1.2
0.5
113
23
3
5
0
8
20
-19
25Slick Watts
S. Watts
97.4
3,901
437
26.3
8.9
3.2
6.1
2.2
0.3
3.7
8.9
41.3
1.6
2.7
59.7
44.4
1.0
2.2
1.8
11,513
1,398
2,678
961
111
239
1,314
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.659
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.512
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