thunder players with best defensive rating rankings

Tom Burleson has the lowest career defensive rating for the Seattle SuperSonics, with a 95.2 rating.

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thunder players with best defensive rating with a minimum of 5000 minutes played rankings
NAMEDRTGMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Tom Burleson
T. Burleson
95.2
6,338
246
25.8
11.8
7.6
1.6
0.8
1.7
4.5
10.0
45.0
2.8
3.9
72.6
50.5
2.4
5.2
2,905
1,865
388
208
420
753
2Slick Watts
S. Watts
96.4
9,692
337
28.8
10.1
3.6
6.7
2.5
0.2
4.2
10.0
41.7
1.8
3.0
59.5
44.7
1.1
2.4
2.9
3,396
1,197
2,274
833
80
92
1,075
3Spencer Haywood
S. Haywood
97.2
5,568
143
38.9
23.0
11.4
2.6
0.8
1.5
9.1
19.9
45.8
4.8
5.9
81.3
51.1
3.6
7.8
3,286
1,637
377
119
214
371
4Leonard Gray
L. Gray
98.9
5,062
166
30.5
12.4
5.9
2.5
1.0
0.4
5.3
11.2
47.5
1.7
2.4
73.9
50.6
1.6
4.3
2,061
983
421
165
73
636
5Bruce Seals
B. Seals
99.7
5,734
235
24.4
10.3
4.6
1.2
0.7
0.6
4.2
9.7
43.5
1.8
2.7
67.5
47.1
1.4
3.2
1.4
2,422
1,087
293
154
135
103
786
6Jack Sikma
J. Sikma
99.9
24,707
715
34.6
16.8
10.8
3.3
1.1
1.0
6.3
13.3
47.1
0.0
0.1
7.7
4.3
5.1
83.6
54.0
2.5
8.3
2.6
12,034
7,729
2,345
755
705
1,855
2,473
7Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
99.9
9,530
323
29.5
14.2
4.3
3.0
1.5
0.9
5.3
12.1
43.6
0.1
0.7
20.7
3.6
4.9
73.9
49.8
2.0
2.3
2.4
4,590
1,384
965
485
287
582
910
8Shawn Kemp
S. Kemp
100.6
18,609
625
29.8
16.2
9.6
1.8
1.2
1.5
5.9
11.3
52.1
0.0
0.1
27.6
4.4
6.1
73.0
58.1
3.4
6.1
2.9
10,148
5,978
1,096
775
959
1,795
2,379
+462
9Paul Silas
P. Silas
100.8
5,724
246
23.3
5.1
6.8
1.3
0.5
0.2
1.9
4.7
40.1
0.0
0.0
1.3
2.1
60.9
44.8
3.1
3.8
1.4
1,248
1,677
326
121
40
333
479
10Lonnie Shelton
L. Shelton
101.2
10,080
329
30.6
13.6
6.5
2.4
1.1
0.8
5.7
11.5
49.8
0.0
0.1
10.5
2.1
2.8
74.6
53.1
2.2
4.3
2.3
4,460
2,132
779
364
272
769
1,233
11Fred Brown
F. Brown
101.6
21,743
851
25.5
15.1
2.7
3.1
1.4
0.2
6.4
13.3
48.2
0.3
0.8
37.3
2.1
2.4
86.2
52.3
0.8
1.9
1.6
12,815
2,282
2,662
1,149
166
840
1,667
12Serge Ibaka
S. Ibaka
102.2
15,099
524
28.8
11.6
7.4
0.6
0.4
2.5
4.9
9.3
52.3
0.3
1.0
35.5
1.4
1.9
74.5
56.7
2.4
5.0
1.3
6,054
3,875
309
224
1,300
671
1,491
+1938
13Gus Williams
G. Williams
102.3
16,262
477
34.1
20.3
3.0
6.0
2.3
0.4
8.3
17.6
47.5
0.1
0.4
15.3
3.6
4.6
76.6
51.7
1.2
1.8
2.6
9,676
1,429
2,865
1,086
194
1,219
951
14Kendrick Perkins
K. Perkins
103.1
6,315
273
23.1
4.2
5.9
1.2
0.4
0.9
1.7
3.8
46.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
1.3
58.4
49.0
1.6
4.3
1.5
1,159
1,611
315
115
242
422
782
+733
15John Johnson
J. Johnson
103.4
9,242
333
27.8
10.8
4.6
4.0
0.7
0.3
4.4
10.0
44.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
2.6
78.0
48.7
1.6
3.0
2.7
3,608
1,525
1,333
239
107
914
874
16Nate McMillan
N. McMillan
103.8
20,462
796
25.7
5.9
4.0
6.1
1.9
0.4
2.3
5.2
44.3
0.4
1.1
34.3
1.0
1.5
65.0
50.8
1.2
2.9
1.9
4,733
3,222
4,893
1,544
356
1,486
2,408
+280
17Hersey Hawkins
H. Hawkins
103.9
9,819
296
33.2
12.8
3.9
2.7
1.8
0.2
4.3
9.4
45.5
1.6
4.1
38.6
2.7
3.1
87.7
59.8
1.0
2.9
1.6
3,798
1,152
812
536
61
476
561
+1130
18Wally Walker
W. Walker
104.0
6,577
350
18.8
7.3
3.3
1.5
0.4
0.2
3.1
6.5
47.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.6
65.2
50.0
1.2
2.1
1.2
2,543
1,169
531
146
83
410
737
19Thabo Sefolosha
T. Sefolosha
104.2
9,842
368
26.7
6.2
4.1
1.5
1.2
0.5
2.3
5.2
44.8
0.7
2.0
35.3
0.8
1.1
77.3
54.8
0.8
3.3
0.9
2,284
1,517
568
453
188
331
724
+868
20Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
104.6
28,329
821
34.5
23.0
7.0
8.4
1.8
0.3
8.1
18.6
43.4
1.1
3.6
30.8
5.7
7.1
80.1
52.9
1.7
5.3
4.1
18,859
5,760
6,897
1,442
250
3,326
2,061
+3153
21Sam Perkins
S. Perkins
104.7
11,108
437
25.4
11.1
4.2
1.4
0.9
0.5
3.7
8.5
44.0
1.4
3.5
38.2
2.2
2.8
80.0
56.9
1.1
3.1
1.0
4,844
1,831
610
373
233
433
935
+717
22Kevin Durant
K. Durant
104.7
24,208
641
37.8
27.4
7.0
3.7
1.2
1.0
9.2
19.1
48.3
1.8
4.7
38.0
7.2
8.1
88.2
60.5
0.8
6.2
3.2
17,566
4,518
2,363
774
639
2,083
1,213
+1964
23Reggie Evans
R. Evans
104.8
5,314
262
20.3
4.0
7.1
0.6
0.7
0.2
1.3
2.9
46.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
2.5
54.0
50.8
2.6
4.5
1.0
1,058
1,865
148
174
41
262
646
-227
24Brent Barry
B. Barry
105.1
11,827
362
32.7
11.3
4.2
4.6
1.5
0.3
3.9
8.0
48.4
1.8
4.3
42.9
1.7
2.1
82.1
63.4
0.6
3.6
1.9
4,107
1,529
1,668
528
113
674
856
+434
25Gary Payton
G. Payton
105.2
36,858
999
36.9
18.2
4.2
7.4
2.1
0.2
7.3
15.6
46.9
0.9
2.9
32.1
2.7
3.7
72.6
52.9
1.2
3.0
2.5
18,207
4,240
7,384
2,107
233
2,507
2,577
+1621
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