who has the best defensive rating in nba history post 2005

Tim Duncan had the best defensive rating by a big man in 2004-05, with a 93.1 rating.

Interpreted as:
Who has the best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in NBA history post 2005?
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
93.1
2004-05
SAS SAS
66
33.4
20.3
11.1
2.7
0.7
2.6
7.8
15.8
49.6
0.0
0.1
33.3
4.6
6.9
67.0
54.0
3.1
8.0
1.9
2,203
1,342
732
179
45
174
127
144
+692
2Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
93.9
2004-05
DET DET
74
36.1
9.7
12.2
1.7
1.4
2.4
4.0
8.8
45.3
0.0
0.1
11.1
1.8
4.1
42.8
45.9
3.9
8.2
1.1
2,671
721
902
123
106
176
82
159
+343
3Tyson Chandler
T. Chandler
93.9
2004-05
CHI CHI
80
27.4
8.0
9.7
0.8
0.9
1.8
2.6
5.2
49.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.8
4.2
67.3
56.5
3.3
6.4
1.5
2,189
640
775
65
69
141
118
268
+106
4Marcus Camby
M. Camby
96.1
2004-05
DEN DEN
66
30.5
10.3
10.0
2.3
0.9
3.0
4.2
9.1
46.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.9
2.6
72.3
50.5
2.0
8.0
1.6
2,015
683
661
152
61
199
103
177
+105
5Yao Ming
Y. Ming
98.6
2004-05
HOU HOU
80
30.6
18.3
8.4
0.8
0.4
2.0
6.7
12.2
55.2
0.0
0.0
4.9
6.2
78.3
61.4
2.6
5.8
2.5
2,447
1,465
669
61
34
160
196
298
+133
6Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
98.7
2004-05
MIN MIN
82
38.1
22.2
13.5
5.7
1.5
1.4
8.3
16.6
50.2
0.1
0.3
24.0
5.4
6.7
81.1
56.7
3.0
10.5
2.7
3,121
1,817
1,108
466
121
112
222
207
+142
7Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
98.9
2004-05
DET DET
79
34.0
14.5
8.2
1.8
0.8
1.5
5.9
13.4
44.0
0.9
3.0
31.8
1.7
2.5
69.7
49.9
2.2
5.9
1.6
2,687
1,145
644
142
65
115
127
236
+374
8Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
99.5
2004-05
MIA MIA
73
34.1
22.9
10.4
2.7
0.5
2.3
9.0
15.0
60.1
0.0
0.0
4.8
10.5
46.1
58.3
3.5
6.9
2.8
2,492
1,669
760
200
36
171
203
262
+470
9Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
100.3
2004-05
DAL DAL
78
38.7
26.1
9.7
3.1
1.2
1.5
8.5
18.5
45.9
1.2
2.9
39.9
7.9
9.1
86.9
57.8
1.2
8.5
2.3
3,020
2,032
757
240
97
119
176
219
+586
10Lorenzen Wright
L. Wright
100.9
2004-05
MEM MEM
80
28.6
9.6
7.7
1.1
0.7
0.9
4.0
8.5
46.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.6
2.5
66.2
50.1
2.2
5.5
1.3
2,287
771
613
87
58
69
100
251
+57
11Shawn Marion
S. Marion
101.0
2004-05
PHX PHX
81
38.8
19.4
11.3
1.9
2.0
1.5
7.6
15.9
47.6
1.4
4.2
33.4
2.8
3.4
83.3
55.6
2.9
8.4
1.5
3,146
1,569
915
154
163
119
125
199
+660
12Kenyon Martin
K. Martin
101.5
2004-05
DEN DEN
70
32.5
15.5
7.3
2.4
1.4
1.1
6.3
13.0
49.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
2.8
4.4
64.6
52.1
2.1
5.2
2.1
2,272
1,087
511
170
100
78
149
228
+69
13Drew Gooden
D. Gooden
102.2
2004-05
CLE CLE
82
30.8
14.4
9.2
1.6
0.9
0.9
5.7
11.5
49.2
0.1
0.3
17.9
3.1
3.8
81.0
54.8
2.5
6.7
1.6
2,523
1,184
753
130
77
76
133
233
+114
14Udonis Haslem
U. Haslem
102.2
2004-05
MIA MIA
80
33.4
10.9
9.1
1.4
0.8
0.5
4.3
8.0
54.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.2
2.8
79.1
58.8
3.0
6.1
1.4
2,675
870
726
108
63
41
113
260
+414
15Jason Collins
J. Collins
102.6
2004-05
NJN NJN
80
31.8
6.4
6.1
1.3
0.9
0.9
2.3
5.6
41.2
0.0
0.1
33.3
1.7
2.6
65.6
47.1
1.9
4.2
1.1
2,542
511
488
105
71
71
91
322
+132
16Chris Webber
C. Webber
103.4
2004-05
TOT
67
35.4
19.5
9.1
4.7
1.4
0.8
8.3
19.1
43.3
0.2
0.7
34.1
2.7
3.4
79.4
47.2
1.9
7.2
2.7
2,370
1,306
612
318
94
53
182
214
+53
17Dwight Howard
D. Howard
103.8
2004-05
ORL ORL
82
32.6
12.0
10.0
0.9
0.9
1.7
4.3
8.3
52.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.4
5.0
67.1
57.1
3.5
6.5
2.0
2,670
981
823
75
77
136
165
232
-179
18Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Z. Ilgauskas
104.2
2004-05
CLE CLE
78
33.5
16.9
8.6
1.3
0.7
2.1
5.9
12.6
46.8
0.0
0.1
28.6
5.2
6.4
79.9
55.0
3.8
4.8
2.4
2,615
1,320
672
100
53
165
191
313
+125
19Elton Brand
E. Brand
104.5
2004-05
LAC LAC
81
37.0
20.0
9.5
2.6
0.8
2.1
7.8
15.4
50.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.5
6.0
75.2
55.4
3.7
5.9
2.3
3,001
1,622
770
208
62
169
183
240
+182
20Emeka Okafor
E. Okafor
104.8
2004-05
CHA CHA
73
35.6
15.1
10.9
0.9
0.8
1.7
6.1
13.7
44.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.9
4.7
60.9
47.9
3.8
7.1
1.7
2,600
1,105
795
64
62
125
125
214
-344
21Raef LaFrentz
R. LaFrentz
104.8
2004-05
BOS BOS
80
27.5
11.1
6.9
1.2
0.5
1.2
4.3
8.6
49.6
1.0
2.8
36.4
1.5
1.9
81.1
58.7
1.9
5.0
0.9
2,196
884
553
98
42
99
70
262
+109
22Kurt Thomas
K. Thomas
105.0
2004-05
NYK NYK
80
35.7
11.5
10.4
2.0
0.9
1.0
5.3
11.3
47.1
0.0
0.1
50.0
0.8
1.1
78.6
48.8
2.1
8.3
1.2
2,855
916
831
160
70
79
99
310
-147
23Amar'e Stoudemire
A. Stoudemire
105.0
2004-05
PHX PHX
80
36.1
26.0
8.9
1.6
1.0
1.6
9.3
16.7
55.9
0.0
0.2
18.8
7.3
9.9
73.3
61.7
2.7
6.2
2.4
2,889
2,080
713
131
77
130
189
278
+602
24Troy Murphy
T. Murphy
105.2
2004-05
GSW GSW
70
33.9
15.4
10.8
1.4
0.8
0.5
5.6
13.5
41.4
0.8
2.1
39.9
3.3
4.6
73.0
49.5
3.6
7.2
1.5
2,375
1,076
756
97
53
33
108
190
-194
25Brad Miller
B. Miller
105.3
2004-05
SAC SAC
56
37.3
15.6
9.3
3.9
1.2
1.2
5.7
10.9
52.4
0.1
0.3
26.3
4.2
5.1
81.2
59.6
2.5
6.8
1.5
2,089
876
521
220
69
68
82
181
+203
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