who had the highest defensive rating in the 90s

Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Mike Iuzzolino had the highest defensive rating, with a 116.6 rating.

Interpreted as:
Who had the highest defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games in the 90s?
NAMEDRTGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Mike Iuzzolino
M. Iuzzolino
116.6
122
25.0
9.0
2.0
4.3
0.7
0.1
3.1
6.8
45.7
0.9
2.3
40.4
1.8
2.3
79.8
57.4
0.5
1.5
1.8
3,049
1,096
238
522
82
7
221
180
2Anthony Goldwire
A. Goldwire
114.5
184
21.9
7.4
1.5
3.3
0.7
0.0
2.6
6.3
41.2
0.9
2.2
40.0
1.4
1.8
79.3
52.8
0.3
1.2
1.2
4,021
1,369
274
608
135
9
224
332
-596
3Lee Mayberry
L. Mayberry
114.3
496
20.8
5.1
1.3
3.6
0.7
0.1
1.9
4.6
41.5
0.8
2.0
37.7
0.5
0.8
65.9
51.6
0.3
1.0
1.2
10,337
2,546
642
1,767
352
43
591
865
-511
4Reggie Theus
R. Theus
114.0
157
33.8
18.8
2.9
5.0
0.9
0.3
7.0
15.4
45.4
0.5
1.6
31.3
4.3
5.0
85.2
53.2
0.9
1.9
3.0
5,305
2,948
450
785
145
47
478
425
5Chris Smith
C. Smith
113.6
224
17.7
5.1
1.3
2.8
0.5
0.3
1.9
4.4
43.5
0.3
0.7
36.6
1.0
1.4
71.3
51.0
0.3
1.0
1.0
3,956
1,140
291
627
118
56
219
346
6Eric Washington
E. Washington
113.6
104
22.1
6.9
2.1
1.0
0.8
0.4
2.6
6.6
40.2
0.8
2.3
34.6
0.8
1.1
75.7
48.9
0.8
1.3
1.0
2,300
716
216
108
78
43
106
230
-628
7Terry Catledge
T. Catledge
113.4
224
29.5
15.3
6.8
1.1
0.6
0.2
5.9
12.4
47.9
0.0
0.1
11.8
3.4
5.0
68.4
52.4
3.2
3.6
2.0
6,613
3,433
1,513
244
132
43
451
541
8John Battle
J. Battle
113.4
335
19.6
9.5
1.3
2.1
0.4
0.1
3.7
7.9
46.9
0.1
0.4
25.9
2.0
2.4
81.4
52.9
0.3
1.1
1.1
6,568
3,188
449
704
148
21
373
509
9Doug West
D. West
113.3
623
25.5
10.1
2.5
2.0
0.7
0.3
4.1
8.5
48.4
0.1
0.3
19.6
1.8
2.3
80.0
53.2
0.8
1.7
1.3
15,897
6,297
1,584
1,235
444
177
800
1,761
-230
10Eric Williams
E. Williams
113.1
178
27.1
11.9
3.6
1.4
0.9
0.2
4.0
9.2
43.7
0.1
0.2
25.0
3.8
5.2
73.0
51.7
1.5
2.2
1.6
4,830
2,119
648
248
159
32
285
445
-552
11Sam Vincent
S. Vincent
113.0
151
23.3
10.1
2.7
4.6
0.9
0.2
3.7
8.4
44.2
0.0
0.3
10.9
2.6
3.1
85.6
51.8
0.5
2.2
2.0
3,517
1,522
402
699
130
29
295
237
12A.J. English
A.J. English
112.9
151
20.6
9.9
2.1
2.1
0.4
0.2
4.1
9.4
43.5
0.1
0.4
13.8
1.7
2.2
77.8
48.0
0.9
1.2
1.3
3,108
1,502
315
320
57
24
203
287
13Terry Dehere
T. Dehere
112.7
402
18.2
8.0
1.5
2.6
0.5
0.1
2.7
6.5
41.1
0.8
2.2
37.8
1.8
2.4
77.9
53.0
0.4
1.1
1.5
7,305
3,235
588
1,034
213
36
617
830
-259
14Darrick Martin
D. Martin
112.7
294
23.9
9.2
1.6
4.0
0.9
0.1
3.1
7.9
39.3
0.9
2.5
34.6
2.1
2.5
85.3
51.1
0.3
1.3
1.8
7,012
2,699
471
1,164
269
19
517
656
-514
15Scott Skiles
S. Skiles
112.6
456
31.3
12.8
2.8
7.2
0.9
0.1
4.4
10.0
43.7
1.1
2.8
38.9
3.0
3.4
89.0
55.9
0.5
2.3
2.7
14,253
5,834
1,285
3,266
409
23
1,223
1,077
16Maurice Taylor
M. Taylor
112.5
117
25.8
13.6
4.6
1.0
0.4
0.6
5.4
11.5
46.8
0.0
0.1
14.3
2.8
3.8
71.8
51.3
1.9
2.7
1.9
3,018
1,588
538
120
50
69
227
401
-579
17Eric Piatkowski
E. Piatkowski
112.4
327
17.5
7.7
2.2
1.0
0.6
0.2
2.7
6.1
43.9
1.0
2.6
39.0
1.4
1.7
82.1
56.8
0.8
1.4
0.9
5,721
2,528
717
315
189
53
287
541
-391
18Rory Sparrow
R. Sparrow
112.2
208
22.2
6.9
1.7
3.6
0.7
0.1
3.1
6.8
45.1
0.2
0.6
31.6
0.6
0.8
72.3
48.4
0.4
1.3
1.2
4,620
1,445
352
743
144
25
258
386
19Rickey Green
R. Green
112.2
174
20.4
6.6
1.2
3.8
0.7
0.0
2.8
6.1
45.5
0.1
0.3
19.6
1.0
1.2
82.4
49.8
0.3
1.0
1.1
3,542
1,143
215
663
125
8
188
218
20Johnny Dawkins
J. Dawkins
112.1
363
27.3
10.1
2.4
5.5
1.1
0.1
4.0
8.7
45.5
0.4
1.2
33.9
1.7
2.0
85.5
52.4
0.5
1.9
2.0
9,915
3,668
862
2,003
408
24
723
560
21Jim Paxson
J. Paxson
112.0
72
17.8
6.4
1.1
1.9
0.5
0.1
2.7
5.9
45.3
0.1
0.3
25.0
1.0
1.3
81.1
49.8
0.3
0.7
0.8
1,283
460
77
137
33
5
54
115
22Jeff Malone
J. Malone
112.0
432
33.0
18.4
2.6
2.0
0.6
0.1
7.7
15.6
49.5
0.1
0.2
32.6
2.9
3.3
87.5
54.0
0.6
2.0
1.5
14,243
7,968
1,112
874
267
26
634
670
23Purvis Short
P. Short
111.9
82
27.0
13.1
3.0
1.8
0.8
0.2
5.3
11.6
45.5
0.1
0.4
28.6
2.4
2.9
83.5
50.8
1.2
1.8
1.5
2,213
1,072
248
145
66
20
119
202
24Johnny Newman
J. Newman
111.9
731
26.5
11.6
2.4
1.7
1.0
0.2
4.1
8.7
46.9
0.4
1.3
33.6
3.0
3.7
80.0
56.1
0.9
1.5
1.6
19,344
8,468
1,722
1,243
716
180
1,138
2,145
-519
25Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
111.9
156
23.7
11.4
3.2
2.5
0.7
0.2
4.0
9.2
43.7
0.3
1.0
35.6
3.0
3.3
89.2
53.1
0.8
2.4
1.7
3,693
1,773
498
383
108
29
268
350
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