which champion has most defense rating in playoffs

48 players won a championship. The first three are Carl Herrera, Kenny Smith and Mario Elie in 1994-95.

Interpreted as:

Which champion in a season has most defense rating by a player in playoffs?

	NAME	Champs	DRTG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Carl Herrera C. Herrera	1	121.6	1994-95	HOU	1	6.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
2	Quinn Cook Q. Cook	1	116.8	2019-20	LAL	6	4.0	2.2	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.7	50.0	0.3	0.7	50.0	0.2	0.2	100.0	62.3	0.0	0.2	0.2	24	13	1	5	0	0	1	1	-35
3	Ish Smith I. Smith	1	116.7	2022-23	DEN	4	3.0	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	12	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	-6
4	Kenny Smith K. Smith	1	116.4	1994-95	HOU	22	29.6	10.8	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	3.5	8.1	43.8	2.1	4.7	44.2	1.6	1.8	90.0	60.8	0.3	1.9	1.4	652	238	49	99	14	3	31	46
5	Mike McGee M. McGee	1	115.5	1981-82	LAL	4	2.5	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.3	46.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		46.2	0.8	0.0	0.3	10	12	3	0	0	0	1	1
6	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	1	115.3	2021-22	GSW	7	8.7	1.6	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.6	1.3	44.4	0.1	0.4	33.3	0.3	0.4	66.7	53.3	0.4	0.6	0.6	61	11	7	12	0	2	4	11	-19
7	Mario Elie M. Elie	1	115.1	1994-95	HOU	22	28.9	9.1	2.8	2.5	1.0	0.0	3.1	6.2	50.4	1.3	3.0	43.1	1.6	2.0	79.5	64.3	0.9	2.0	1.0	635	201	62	54	21	1	21	55
8	Darrell Walker D. Walker	1	115.1	1992-93	CHI	9	2.4	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	25.0	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.3	66.7	37.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	22	4	1	5	0	0	1	0
9	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	1	114.6	1994-95	HOU	1	16.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	14.3	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	20.2	0.0	3.0	1.0	16	3	3	1	0	0	1	1
10	Wes Matthews W. Matthews	1	114.3	1987-88	LAL	10	2.7	1.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	40.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.0	80.0	63.8	0.0	0.1	0.3	27	12	1	2	1	0	3	4
11	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	1	114.3	2023-24	BOS	19	18.7	6.4	1.9	2.1	0.2	0.0	2.3	5.5	41.9	1.2	3.2	38.3	0.6	0.6	91.7	55.3	0.7	1.2	0.7	355	122	37	40	4	0	14	22	+28
12	Josh Powell J. Powell	1	114.0	2009-10	LAL	13	3.1	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	37.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	75.0	46.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	40	9	6	1	0	0	1	9	-15
13	Jeff Green J. Green	1	113.9	2022-23	DEN	20	17.2	4.1	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.4	3.1	45.2	0.5	1.4	32.1	0.9	1.0	89.5	58.3	0.3	1.3	0.5	343	82	31	14	5	7	9	43	-11
14	James Jones J. Jones	1	113.7	2015-16	CLE	12	4.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	20.0	0.1	0.6	14.3	0.1	0.3	25.0	25.5	0.1	0.3	0.1	55	6	4	3	0	0	1	3	-3
15	JR Smith	1	113.7	2019-20	LAL	10	7.5	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.7	2.6	26.9	0.6	2.2	27.3	0.0	0.0		38.5	0.0	0.3	0.7	75	20	3	3	2	0	7	11	-28
16	Tony Campbell T. Campbell	1	113.7	1987-88	LAL	15	6.3	3.1	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.2	2.8	42.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.1	68.8	47.9	0.3	0.4	0.3	94	47	10	5	3	0	5	16
17	Damion Lee D. Lee	1	113.6	2021-22	GSW	16	7.8	2.0	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.8	2.1	38.2	0.3	1.0	25.0	0.1	0.2	66.7	45.3	0.3	1.3	0.4	124	32	26	7	1	0	6	8	-32
18	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	1	113.6	1994-95	HOU	22	22.0	11.0	1.9	4.0	1.0	0.1	3.4	7.7	43.8	1.1	2.7	40.0	3.2	3.9	83.5	58.9	0.4	1.5	1.5	485	243	42	89	21	2	33	66
19	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	1	113.4	2022-23	DEN	20	35.7	13.3	6.0	2.6	0.6	0.7	5.1	9.8	51.8	0.9	2.3	39.1	2.3	3.5	65.2	58.8	2.5	3.6	1.0	713	265	120	52	11	13	20	58	+187
20	Pete Chilcutt P. Chilcutt	1	113.3	1994-95	HOU	20	16.2	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.6	3.2	48.4	0.7	1.8	38.9	0.7	0.9	82.4	63.0	0.8	2.2	0.6	323	90	58	18	7	4	11	39
21	Wes Matthews W. Matthews	1	113.3	1986-87	LAL	12	5.1	2.3	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.9	1.9	47.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.6	85.7	53.7	0.0	0.3	1.1	61	28	4	9	1	0	13	9
22	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	1	113.1	2024-25	OKC	12	7.0	3.4	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.3	2.9	45.7	0.4	1.1	38.5	0.3	0.4	80.0	55.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	84	41	9	9	2	0	6	7	-9
23	Moses Moody M. Moody	1	113.0	2021-22	GSW	13	8.1	3.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.2	53.6	0.5	1.0	53.8	0.3	0.5	66.7	66.9	0.2	0.5	0.2	105	41	8	4	3	3	3	4	-4
24	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	1	113.0	2019-20	LAL	21	23.0	10.0	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	3.7	8.5	43.0	1.2	4.0	31.3	1.4	1.8	78.4	53.5	0.9	2.2	1.0	484	209	65	17	6	7	21	50	+16
25	Jordan Poole J. Poole	1	113.0	2021-22	GSW	22	27.5	17.0	2.8	3.8	0.8	0.4	5.9	11.5	50.8	2.3	5.8	39.1	3.0	3.2	91.5	65.4	0.5	2.4	2.4	605	373	62	83	17	8	53	62	+51

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