who led the league in drtg in 1988 with a minimum of 30 minutes per game

Hakeem Olajuwon had the lowest defensive rating with a defensive rating above 0.0 and 30.0+ minutes per game in 1987-88, with a 98.0 rating.

NAMEDRTGMPGSEASONTMGPPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
98.0
35.8
1987-88
HOU HOU
79
22.8
12.1
2.1
2.1
2.7
9.0
17.5
51.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.8
6.9
69.5
55.5
3.8
8.3
3.1
2,825
1,805
959
163
162
214
243
324
2Mark Eaton
M. Eaton
100.7
33.3
1987-88
UTA UTA
82
7.0
8.7
0.7
0.5
3.7
2.8
6.6
41.8
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.3
62.3
45.7
2.8
5.9
1.6
2,731
571
717
55
41
304
131
320
3Karl Malone
K. Malone
100.8
39.0
1987-88
UTA UTA
82
27.7
12.0
2.4
1.4
0.6
10.5
20.1
52.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
6.7
9.6
70.0
56.8
3.4
8.6
4.0
3,198
2,268
986
199
117
50
325
296
4Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
101.3
31.0
1987-88
NYK NYK
82
20.2
8.2
1.5
1.3
3.0
8.0
14.4
55.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.2
5.8
71.6
59.4
3.0
5.3
3.5
2,546
1,653
676
125
104
245
287
332
5Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
101.4
40.4
1987-88
CHI CHI
82
35.0
5.5
5.9
3.2
1.6
13.0
24.4
53.5
0.1
0.6
13.2
8.8
10.5
84.1
60.3
1.7
3.8
3.1
3,311
2,868
449
485
259
131
252
270
6Bill Laimbeer
B. Laimbeer
102.2
35.3
1987-88
DET DET
82
13.5
10.1
2.4
0.8
1.0
5.5
11.3
49.3
0.2
0.5
33.3
2.3
2.6
87.4
54.6
2.0
8.1
1.7
2,897
1,110
832
199
66
78
136
284
7John Stockton
J. Stockton
102.3
34.7
1987-88
UTA UTA
82
14.7
2.9
13.8
3.0
0.2
5.5
9.6
57.4
0.3
0.8
35.8
3.3
4.0
84.0
64.5
0.7
2.2
3.2
2,842
1,204
237
1,128
242
16
262
247
8Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
102.7
34.3
1987-88
CHI CHI
82
12.4
13.0
3.0
0.8
0.3
4.6
9.5
48.3
0.0
0.1
25.0
3.2
4.4
72.7
54.3
4.0
9.0
2.9
2,816
1,014
1,066
248
68
28
241
272
9Fat Lever
F. Lever
103.4
37.3
1987-88
DEN DEN
82
18.9
8.1
7.8
2.7
0.3
7.8
16.6
47.3
0.1
0.7
21.1
3.0
3.9
78.5
51.6
2.5
5.6
2.2
3,061
1,546
665
639
223
21
182
214
10Benoit Benjamin
B. Benjamin
103.4
32.9
1987-88
LAC LAC
66
13.0
8.0
2.6
0.8
3.4
5.2
10.5
49.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.7
3.9
70.6
53.4
1.7
6.3
3.4
2,171
860
530
172
50
225
223
203
11Ron Harper
R. Harper
104.2
32.1
1987-88
CLE CLE
57
15.4
3.9
4.9
2.1
0.9
6.0
12.8
46.4
0.1
0.4
15.0
3.4
4.9
70.5
51.4
1.1
2.8
2.8
1,830
879
223
281
122
52
158
157
12Thurl Bailey
T. Bailey
104.6
34.2
1987-88
UTA UTA
82
19.6
6.5
1.9
0.6
1.5
7.7
15.7
49.2
0.0
0.0
33.3
4.1
5.0
82.6
54.7
1.6
4.8
2.3
2,804
1,604
531
158
49
125
190
186
13Steve Stipanovich
S. Stipanovich
104.8
33.7
1987-88
IND IND
80
13.5
8.3
2.3
1.1
0.9
5.1
10.4
49.6
0.0
0.2
20.0
3.2
3.9
80.9
55.8
2.0
6.3
2.0
2,692
1,079
662
183
90
69
156
302
14Michael Cage
M. Cage
104.8
36.9
1987-88
LAC LAC
72
14.5
13.0
1.5
1.3
0.8
5.0
10.6
47.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.5
6.6
68.8
53.7
5.2
7.9
2.2
2,660
1,046
938
110
91
58
160
194
15Jack Sikma
J. Sikma
105.5
35.6
1987-88
MIL MIL
82
16.5
8.6
3.4
1.1
1.0
6.3
12.9
48.6
0.0
0.2
21.4
3.9
4.2
92.2
55.8
2.4
6.3
1.9
2,923
1,352
709
279
93
80
157
316
16Jerome Kersey
J. Kersey
105.6
36.6
1987-88
POR POR
79
19.2
8.3
3.1
1.6
0.8
7.7
15.5
49.9
0.0
0.2
20.0
3.7
5.0
73.5
54.2
2.7
5.6
2.0
2,888
1,516
657
243
127
65
161
302
17James Donaldson
J. Donaldson
105.9
31.1
1987-88
DAL DAL
81
7.0
9.3
0.8
0.5
1.3
2.6
4.7
55.8
0.0
0.0
1.8
2.3
77.8
61.6
3.0
6.3
1.4
2,523
571
755
66
40
104
113
175
18Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
105.9
37.8
1987-88
POR POR
81
27.0
6.6
5.8
2.5
0.6
10.5
20.7
50.6
0.1
0.6
21.2
5.9
7.2
81.1
56.4
3.2
3.4
2.9
3,060
2,185
533
467
203
52
236
250
19A.C. Green
A.C. Green
105.9
32.1
1987-88
LAL LAL
82
11.4
8.7
1.1
1.1
0.5
3.9
7.8
50.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.6
4.6
77.3
58.1
3.0
5.7
1.5
2,636
937
710
93
87
45
120
204
20Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
106.0
39.6
1987-88
NYK NYK
82
13.6
4.8
10.6
2.5
0.1
5.3
12.4
43.2
0.4
1.5
25.4
2.5
3.2
77.4
49.3
1.5
3.4
3.1
3,249
1,114
396
868
205
6
258
244
21Doc Rivers
D. Rivers
106.0
31.3
1987-88
ATL ATL
80
14.2
4.6
9.3
1.8
0.5
5.0
11.1
45.3
0.1
0.4
27.3
4.0
5.3
75.8
52.7
1.0
3.5
2.6
2,502
1,134
366
747
140
41
210
272
22Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
106.0
36.1
1987-88
DET DET
81
19.5
3.4
8.4
1.7
0.2
7.7
16.6
46.3
0.4
1.2
30.9
3.8
4.9
77.4
52.1
0.8
2.6
3.4
2,927
1,577
278
678
141
17
273
217
23Larry Bird
L. Bird
106.0
39.0
1987-88
BOS BOS
76
29.9
9.3
6.1
1.6
0.8
11.6
22.0
52.7
1.3
3.1
41.4
5.5
6.0
91.6
60.8
1.4
7.8
2.8
2,965
2,275
703
467
125
57
213
157
24Moses Malone
M. Malone
106.1
34.1
1987-88
WAS WAS
79
20.3
11.2
1.4
0.7
0.9
6.7
13.8
48.7
0.0
0.1
28.6
6.9
8.7
78.8
57.7
4.7
6.5
3.2
2,692
1,607
884
112
59
72
249
160
25Brad Daugherty
B. Daugherty
106.5
37.4
1987-88
CLE CLE
79
18.7
8.4
4.2
0.6
0.7
7.0
13.7
51.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.8
6.7
71.6
56.3
1.9
6.5
3.4
2,957
1,480
665
333
48
56
267
235
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ORTG

123.0

2nd

DRTG

112.6

6th

NETRTG

10.4

2nd

3P%

39.6

3rd

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Thunder Thunder
24
1
.960
2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
5.5
3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
.727
6.5
4
Lakers Lakers
17
7
.708
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
17
7
.708
6.5
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HOU HOU
@
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9:30 PM
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12/18
HOU HOU
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NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Sat
12/20
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
5:00 PM
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12/21
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SAC SAC
10:00 PM
Tue
12/23
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LAC LAC
11:00 PM
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115

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WesternWLPCTGB
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Thunder Thunder
24
1
.960
2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
5.5
3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
.727
6.5
4
Lakers Lakers
17
7
.708
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
17
7
.708
6.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
15
9
.625
8.5
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Pistons Pistons
19
5
.792
2
Knicks Knicks
17
7
.708
2.0
3
Celtics Celtics
15
10
.600
4.5
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Magic Magic
15
10
.600
4.5
5
Raptors Raptors
15
11
.577
5.0
6
76ers 76ers
13
10
.565
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Tue
11/11
MEM MEM
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BOS BOS
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Tue
11/11
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MIA MIA
130-116
Tue
11/11
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NOP NOP
125-117
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11/11
WAS WAS
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HOU HOU
112-135
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11/11
GSW GSW
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12/12
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Fri
12/12
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Fri
12/12
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PHI PHI
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12/12
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