Ben Wallace has the lowest career defensive rating by a center in the playoffs when playing 1,500+ minutes, with a 91.3 rating.
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smallest defensive rating player playoff 1500 or more min centers| NAME | DRTG | MIN | GP | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Wallace | 91.3 | 4,044 | 103 | 39.3 | 8.6 | 12.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 6.9 | 47.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 42.6 | 47.9 | 4.0 | 8.9 | 1.2 | 882 | 1,332 | 154 | 187 | 232 | 126 | 257 | +386 |
| 2 |  | D. Cowens | 93.4 | 2,729 | 65 | 42.0 | 18.9 | 14.1 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 8.2 | 18.4 | 44.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 79.5 | 47.7 | 3.7 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 1,229 | 917 | 252 | 78 | 56 | 8 | 294 | |
| 3 |  | C. Ray | 95.5 | 1,538 | 51 | 30.2 | 8.4 | 10.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 54.3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 57.7 | 56.0 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 429 | 533 | 108 | 51 | 70 | 189 | ||||||
| 4 |  | D. Robinson | 95.9 | 4,221 | 123 | 34.3 | 18.1 | 10.6 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 13.0 | 47.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 10.0 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 70.8 | 54.7 | 3.0 | 7.6 | 2.3 | 2,221 | 1,301 | 280 | 151 | 312 | 280 | 423 | +362 |
| 5 |  | W. Unseld | 97.1 | 3,209 | 79 | 40.6 | 9.5 | 13.3 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 7.5 | 51.7 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 61.0 | 54.2 | 3.9 | 9.4 | 1.8 | 751 | 1,048 | 313 | 67 | 55 | 69 | 238 | |
| 6 |  | A. Mourning | 98.1 | 2,597 | 95 | 27.3 | 13.6 | 7.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 9.1 | 51.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36.8 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 64.9 | 57.0 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 1,291 | 665 | 81 | 45 | 215 | 226 | 330 | +43 |
| 7 |  | P. Ewing | 99.8 | 5,207 | 139 | 37.5 | 20.2 | 10.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 7.9 | 16.9 | 46.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 34.8 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 71.8 | 51.7 | 2.4 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 2,813 | 1,435 | 275 | 122 | 303 | 345 | 522 | +8 |
| 8 | | G. Ostertag | 99.9 | 1,768 | 89 | 19.9 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 46.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 57.3 | 50.1 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 372 | 482 | 31 | 29 | 165 | 68 | 247 | +85 | |
| 9 |  | R. Wallace | 100.4 | 1,690 | 61 | 27.7 | 10.3 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 9.1 | 42.3 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 34.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 80.2 | 52.1 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 627 | 327 | 68 | 50 | 76 | 60 | 225 | +54 |
| 10 | | M. Camby | 100.7 | 1,736 | 59 | 29.4 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 39.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 50.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 55.3 | 42.7 | 2.2 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 382 | 559 | 89 | 37 | 113 | 64 | 183 | -218 |
| 11 | | C. Jones | 100.7 | 3,123 | 99 | 31.5 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 48.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 76.3 | 53.8 | 2.5 | 6.9 | 1.8 | 774 | 930 | 138 | 49 | 203 | 144 | 378 | |
| 12 |  | T. Duncan | 100.9 | 4,569 | 133 | 34.4 | 17.5 | 10.2 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 7.0 | 14.2 | 49.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 16.7 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 66.6 | 53.4 | 2.8 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 2,334 | 1,360 | 340 | 88 | 250 | 255 | 334 | +513 |
| 13 |  | D. Howard | 101.2 | 3,945 | 125 | 31.6 | 15.3 | 11.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 9.2 | 58.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 14.3 | 4.4 | 8.0 | 54.8 | 59.9 | 3.5 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 1,909 | 1,473 | 149 | 94 | 248 | 323 | 467 | -77 |
| 14 |  | A. Adams | 101.3 | 2,288 | 78 | 29.3 | 13.8 | 7.5 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 11.9 | 47.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 76.6 | 51.6 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 1,076 | 588 | 320 | 88 | 71 | 154 | 251 | ||
| 15 |  | H. Olajuwon | 101.4 | 5,749 | 145 | 39.6 | 25.9 | 11.2 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 10.4 | 19.6 | 52.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 22.2 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 71.9 | 56.9 | 3.2 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 3,755 | 1,621 | 458 | 245 | 472 | 424 | 562 | -29 |
| 16 | | E. Johnson | 101.4 | 1,582 | 77 | 20.5 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 46.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 67.8 | 50.7 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 267 | 468 | 36 | 39 | 82 | 41 | 219 | +88 | |
| 17 |  | D. Mutombo | 101.5 | 3,117 | 101 | 30.9 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 51.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 70.3 | 58.7 | 2.9 | 6.6 | 1.5 | 918 | 962 | 78 | 40 | 251 | 149 | 259 | -71 |
| 18 | | A. Davis | 101.6 | 1,502 | 49 | 30.7 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 48.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 71.8 | 55.4 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 525 | 389 | 51 | 31 | 64 | 80 | 160 | +60 | |
| 19 |  | J. Noah | 101.6 | 2,103 | 62 | 33.9 | 9.3 | 10.6 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 7.9 | 46.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 67.6 | 50.8 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 579 | 659 | 167 | 58 | 106 | 106 | 218 | -145 | |
| 20 | | B. Lanier | 101.8 | 2,361 | 67 | 35.2 | 18.6 | 9.6 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 7.6 | 14.3 | 53.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 76.8 | 57.3 | 2.7 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 1,244 | 645 | 235 | 62 | 99 | 105 | 233 | |
| 21 | | D. Dawkins | 102.0 | 2,734 | 109 | 25.1 | 12.6 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 9.1 | 54.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 70.3 | 58.6 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 1,375 | 665 | 119 | 47 | 165 | 200 | 438 | |
| 22 | | Z. Ilgauskas | 102.1 | 2,123 | 80 | 26.5 | 10.2 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 47.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 15.4 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 74.4 | 52.3 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 816 | 555 | 73 | 26 | 85 | 106 | 236 | -42 |
| 23 |  | B. McAdoo | 102.2 | 2,641 | 89 | 29.7 | 18.7 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 7.6 | 15.6 | 48.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 25.0 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 71.8 | 52.8 | 1.9 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 1,664 | 697 | 125 | 68 | 146 | 143 | 305 | |
| 24 | | L. Longley | 102.3 | 1,914 | 87 | 22.0 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 5.9 | 46.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 71.4 | 50.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 577 | 372 | 136 | 46 | 73 | 145 | 338 | +30 | |
| 25 |  | S. O'Neal | 102.6 | 8,098 | 216 | 37.5 | 24.3 | 11.6 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 9.4 | 16.8 | 56.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 10.7 | 50.4 | 56.5 | 4.0 | 7.6 | 3.0 | 5,250 | 2,508 | 582 | 117 | 459 | 649 | 769 | +638 | |
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| 10 | 37 | 45 | .451 | 27.0 | |
| 11 |  Pelicans - e | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38.0 |
| 12 |  Mavericks - e | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38.0 |
| 13 |  Grizzlies - e | 25 | 57 | .305 | 39.0 |
| 14 |  Kings - e | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42.0 |
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