smallest defensive rating player playoff 1400 min point guard

Charlie Ward has the lowest career defensive rating by a point guard in the playoffs when playing 1,400+ minutes, with a 97.9 rating.

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smallest defensive rating player playoff 1400 or more min point guard
NAMEDRTGMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Charlie Ward
C. Ward
97.9
1,567
72
21.8
5.5
2.5
3.7
1.5
0.1
2.0
4.8
42.2
0.8
2.3
34.9
0.6
0.9
71.0
52.8
0.5
2.1
1.3
396
183
264
105
10
92
146
+20
2Jo Jo White
J. Jo White
98.7
2,413
56
43.1
20.4
4.2
5.6
1.1
0.1
8.7
19.8
44.0
3.0
3.7
80.7
47.6
1.0
3.2
1,143
235
311
63
7
166
3Lionel Hollins
L. Hollins
102.4
1,561
51
30.6
12.3
2.5
4.0
1.5
0.1
5.0
12.1
41.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.3
3.2
71.0
45.8
0.5
1.9
1.7
629
127
206
78
7
54
161
4Ron Harper
R. Harper
102.5
2,257
87
25.9
7.5
3.7
2.6
1.1
0.6
2.8
6.6
43.0
0.6
2.0
30.0
1.3
1.8
68.6
50.8
1.1
2.5
0.9
652
318
227
96
53
76
190
+206
5Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
102.9
5,841
146
40.0
13.9
7.0
8.5
2.0
0.3
4.9
12.5
39.4
1.6
4.9
32.5
2.5
3.2
78.0
50.2
1.4
5.5
3.0
2,032
1,016
1,239
290
48
437
336
+146
6Baron Davis
B. Davis
103.2
1,851
50
37.0
18.8
4.3
6.2
2.3
0.5
6.6
14.9
44.2
2.0
5.7
35.0
3.7
5.2
70.9
54.8
1.0
3.3
2.6
942
213
311
114
24
131
177
+118
7Chris Childs
C. Childs
103.3
1,953
73
26.8
7.1
2.9
4.4
0.8
0.1
2.5
6.2
39.8
0.7
2.0
36.5
1.4
1.7
81.6
50.9
0.4
2.6
2.1
516
215
319
62
4
150
248
-8
8Anthony Johnson
A. Johnson
103.4
1,408
81
17.4
5.4
1.8
2.5
0.6
0.1
1.9
4.7
40.8
0.4
1.3
34.3
1.1
1.5
71.2
49.9
0.4
1.4
0.9
434
149
201
46
10
75
131
+3
9Rajon Rondo
R. Rondo
103.6
4,559
134
34.0
12.5
5.6
8.5
1.7
0.2
5.0
11.4
44.0
0.5
1.5
33.0
1.9
2.9
64.9
49.0
1.4
4.1
2.6
1,669
744
1,136
228
24
349
320
+277
10Greg Anthony
G. Anthony
103.8
1,597
102
15.7
4.5
1.2
2.3
0.8
0.2
1.5
4.2
36.2
0.6
1.9
29.4
0.9
1.4
64.3
46.8
0.3
0.9
0.9
455
124
234
82
18
94
207
+53
11Gus Williams
G. Williams
104.3
3,215
99
32.5
19.5
3.1
4.7
1.8
0.4
7.9
16.6
47.6
0.2
1.0
23.1
3.6
4.9
73.7
52.0
1.4
1.7
2.6
1,929
308
469
174
40
201
243
12Henry Bibby
H. Bibby
104.8
1,700
66
25.8
8.3
2.6
3.5
0.8
0.0
3.1
7.8
39.4
0.3
0.7
38.5
2.0
2.6
78.0
46.2
1.0
1.7
1.9
546
174
228
50
2
71
160
13Rafer Alston
R. Alston
104.9
1,494
56
26.7
9.0
2.5
3.1
1.0
0.1
3.2
8.9
36.5
1.3
4.3
31.1
1.2
1.6
76.4
47.2
0.3
2.2
1.4
505
139
171
55
8
76
105
-38
14Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
104.9
4,216
111
38.0
20.4
4.7
8.9
2.1
0.3
7.4
16.8
44.1
0.7
2.1
34.6
4.8
6.2
76.9
52.0
1.2
3.5
3.3
2,261
524
987
234
38
369
363
15Lindsey Hunter
L. Hunter
105.0
1,420
99
14.3
3.7
1.3
1.3
0.7
0.1
1.4
4.4
31.0
0.6
2.1
27.0
0.4
0.5
82.0
40.2
0.3
1.0
0.6
368
124
132
66
7
60
156
-104
16Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
105.1
5,180
137
37.8
18.1
3.5
6.0
1.1
0.2
5.3
12.8
41.4
1.9
5.2
36.7
5.7
6.4
88.1
58.1
0.5
3.0
2.3
2,486
475
823
147
22
313
358
+617
17Avery Johnson
A. Johnson
105.7
2,807
90
31.2
10.5
2.1
6.2
1.1
0.1
4.4
9.1
48.6
0.0
0.2
6.3
1.7
2.6
66.1
51.6
0.5
1.6
1.9
949
186
562
102
11
171
174
+182
18Mario Chalmers
M. Chalmers
105.9
2,877
99
29.1
8.8
2.5
3.2
1.2
0.2
3.1
7.2
42.9
1.2
3.3
35.7
1.4
1.9
74.2
54.5
0.4
2.2
1.7
872
251
321
118
15
167
274
+299
19Gerald Henderson
G. Henderson
106.0
1,570
88
17.8
7.2
1.6
2.6
0.9
0.1
2.9
6.6
44.3
0.1
0.4
15.6
1.2
1.8
69.7
48.4
0.7
0.8
1.2
631
137
229
78
7
105
182
20Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
106.1
1,642
47
34.9
14.2
1.6
6.5
0.7
0.0
5.0
11.8
42.3
0.0
0.4
11.8
4.1
5.0
82.6
50.5
0.3
1.3
3.0
667
77
306
34
2
122
118
21John Wall
J. Wall
106.1
1,434
37
38.8
21.9
4.3
9.8
1.7
1.1
7.7
18.4
41.9
0.9
3.5
26.7
5.5
6.7
82.2
51.2
0.5
3.8
3.9
810
159
364
64
41
145
84
+83
22Mookie Blaylock
M. Blaylock
106.5
2,161
54
40.0
14.2
4.9
6.6
2.1
0.4
5.2
14.0
37.0
2.3
6.6
35.0
1.6
2.3
68.3
47.4
1.2
3.7
3.0
769
266
357
116
24
162
102
+1
23Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
106.7
4,848
133
36.5
14.4
3.4
6.9
2.2
0.3
5.8
11.3
51.2
0.0
0.3
9.8
2.7
3.5
77.7
55.7
0.9
2.5
2.4
1,910
453
922
295
45
318
324
24Tom Henderson
T. Henderson
106.8
2,364
80
29.6
8.8
2.3
5.4
1.0
0.2
3.4
8.1
41.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.0
2.7
75.2
47.1
0.8
1.5
1.7
701
181
431
79
18
120
168
25John Stockton
J. Stockton
106.9
6,398
182
35.2
13.4
3.3
10.1
1.9
0.3
4.7
9.9
47.3
0.6
1.9
32.6
3.4
4.2
81.0
56.8
0.9
2.5
2.8
2,436
608
1,839
338
50
517
539
+105
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1974 playoffs.

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