which active point guard has the best career defensive rating

Russell Westbrook has the best career defensive rating by an active point guard, with a 107.6 rating.

Interpreted as:
Which active point guard has the best career defensive rating with a minimum of 5000 minutes played?
NAMEDRTGMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
107.6
43,025
1,301
33.1
20.9
6.9
8.0
1.6
0.3
7.5
17.2
43.8
1.1
3.7
30.8
4.7
6.1
77.1
52.6
1.6
5.4
3.9
27,176
9,025
10,351
2,038
418
5,038
3,304
+2583
2Stephen Curry
S. Curry
108.9
36,303
1,069
34.0
24.8
4.7
6.3
1.5
0.3
8.4
17.9
47.1
4.0
9.4
42.2
4.0
4.3
91.2
62.6
0.6
4.0
3.1
26,528
4,973
6,743
1,602
282
3,308
2,385
+6266
3Mike Conley
M. Conley
109.2
37,587
1,226
30.7
13.6
2.9
5.5
1.3
0.2
4.8
10.9
43.6
1.6
4.2
38.7
2.5
3.0
82.6
55.6
0.5
2.4
1.8
16,715
3,547
6,782
1,638
256
2,214
2,354
+2728
4Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
109.2
7,031
226
31.1
24.3
4.0
5.3
1.4
0.8
8.5
16.3
52.3
1.5
3.9
37.7
5.7
6.5
87.8
63.2
0.7
3.3
2.1
5,490
903
1,204
322
174
475
478
+1597
5Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
109.3
26,365
822
32.1
14.7
4.0
6.1
1.3
0.4
5.7
12.7
45.4
1.5
4.0
37.9
1.7
2.2
80.2
54.1
1.0
3.1
2.5
12,117
3,325
4,993
1,099
338
2,085
1,682
+2161
6Alex Caruso
A. Caruso
109.8
8,246
363
22.7
6.8
2.9
2.9
1.3
0.5
2.4
5.4
44.0
1.0
2.6
38.0
1.0
1.4
75.1
56.5
0.6
2.3
1.2
2,475
1,042
1,041
470
183
449
758
+726
7De'Anthony Melton
D. Melton
110.1
9,272
405
22.9
9.5
3.6
2.7
1.4
0.5
3.4
8.2
41.0
1.5
4.2
35.8
1.2
1.5
78.9
53.1
0.8
2.9
1.4
3,833
1,474
1,113
579
192
579
819
+733
8Lonzo Ball
L. Ball
110.3
9,692
322
30.1
10.6
5.3
5.6
1.5
0.6
3.9
10.0
39.2
2.2
6.1
35.5
0.6
1.0
60.3
51.0
1.0
4.3
2.3
3,422
1,705
1,814
483
188
730
648
+200
9James Harden
J. Harden
110.4
11,041
308
35.8
28.0
6.4
8.9
1.5
0.6
8.2
19.0
43.3
3.5
9.8
36.0
8.0
9.2
86.9
60.7
0.8
5.6
4.7
8,628
1,969
2,737
476
179
1,437
758
+1225
10Marcus Smart
M. Smart
110.5
9,115
315
28.9
10.3
3.1
4.4
1.5
0.3
3.5
8.8
40.3
1.6
4.9
33.3
1.6
2.2
75.7
53.2
0.7
2.4
1.9
3,260
980
1,387
478
96
600
776
+1020
11Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
110.5
25,075
729
34.4
23.6
4.0
5.7
1.3
0.4
8.7
18.3
47.4
2.4
6.0
39.3
3.8
4.3
88.6
58.3
0.8
3.2
2.5
17,199
2,933
4,134
956
314
1,831
1,669
+1838
12Fred VanVleet
F. VanVleet
111.2
17,192
550
31.3
14.9
3.4
5.7
1.4
0.5
5.0
12.5
40.1
2.5
6.8
37.1
2.3
2.7
86.2
54.4
0.4
3.0
1.7
8,204
1,884
3,121
757
253
910
1,205
+1913
13T.J. McConnell
T.J. McConnell
111.2
15,894
762
20.9
7.8
2.9
5.0
1.2
0.2
3.5
6.7
51.8
0.2
0.7
34.3
0.6
0.7
78.2
55.3
0.5
2.3
1.6
5,921
2,178
3,829
905
143
1,190
1,044
-779
14Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
111.3
15,682
442
35.5
30.5
8.6
8.6
1.3
0.5
10.3
21.7
47.4
3.3
9.3
35.6
6.6
8.7
76.1
59.8
0.9
7.8
4.0
13,495
3,813
3,801
584
212
1,785
1,044
+1541
15Kris Dunn
K. Dunn
112.0
10,458
438
23.9
7.6
3.3
4.0
1.4
0.4
3.1
6.9
44.2
0.7
2.1
34.6
0.8
1.0
74.1
51.5
0.6
2.7
1.5
3,339
1,440
1,739
627
168
677
1,145
-522
16Markelle Fultz
M. Fultz
112.0
5,372
223
24.1
10.4
3.1
4.3
1.1
0.3
4.4
9.3
47.2
0.3
1.2
28.3
1.3
1.7
74.2
51.7
0.8
2.3
1.7
2,310
699
961
251
60
390
392
-218
17Dejounte Murray
D. Murray
112.1
15,134
517
29.3
15.5
5.8
5.4
1.5
0.3
6.2
13.6
45.4
1.2
3.6
33.9
2.0
2.5
79.3
52.8
0.9
4.9
2.1
8,037
3,000
2,807
764
142
1,108
934
-303
18Cameron Payne
C. Payne
112.7
8,729
499
17.5
7.7
2.0
3.2
0.7
0.2
2.9
7.0
41.7
1.2
3.2
36.6
0.8
0.9
83.7
52.5
0.3
1.7
1.1
3,866
995
1,585
326
105
538
831
+210
19Dennis Schröder
D. Schröder
112.8
24,715
912
27.1
13.7
2.9
4.9
0.8
0.1
5.0
11.6
43.0
1.2
3.6
34.1
2.5
3.0
83.6
53.1
0.4
2.5
2.2
12,494
2,624
4,438
749
132
2,010
1,861
-188
20Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
113.3
32,612
900
36.2
25.1
4.3
6.7
1.0
0.3
8.1
18.4
43.9
3.1
8.4
37.1
5.8
6.5
89.9
59.0
0.6
3.7
2.8
22,598
3,845
6,069
874
267
2,541
1,708
+2415
21Cole Anthony
C. Anthony
113.3
8,462
355
23.8
12.0
4.1
3.8
0.7
0.4
4.3
10.2
41.9
1.3
3.8
34.3
2.2
2.6
84.1
53.0
0.7
3.4
1.9
4,249
1,459
1,344
242
146
661
826
-595
22Jordan Clarkson
J. Clarkson
113.5
7,471
293
25.5
14.0
2.9
2.6
0.8
0.1
5.4
11.9
45.0
1.4
4.1
34.7
1.9
2.3
81.5
54.3
0.7
2.1
1.7
4,110
841
776
243
42
484
474
-709
23Ja Morant
J. Morant
113.6
10,370
327
31.7
22.4
4.6
7.4
1.0
0.3
8.1
17.3
46.6
1.3
4.3
31.1
4.9
6.4
77.3
55.7
0.9
3.7
3.4
7,331
1,513
2,428
335
92
1,108
555
+770
24Jevon Carter
J. Carter
113.7
7,147
465
15.4
5.3
1.7
1.6
0.6
0.2
1.9
4.9
39.5
1.2
3.1
37.7
0.3
0.3
79.7
52.7
0.3
1.4
0.6
2,484
776
738
281
109
276
565
-83
25Aaron Holiday
A. Holiday
113.9
8,147
505
16.1
6.4
1.5
1.9
0.6
0.2
2.3
5.5
42.1
1.0
2.6
38.4
0.8
0.9
85.2
54.2
0.3
1.2
0.8
3,209
767
960
289
85
425
717
+499
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