Vinny Del Negro had the worst defensive rating in 1996-97, with a 115.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

worst defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 1997

	NAME	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	Vinny Del Negro V. Del Negro	115.6	1996-97	SAS	72	31.2	12.3	2.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	5.1	10.8	46.7	0.6	1.9	31.4	1.6	1.8	86.8	52.9	0.5	2.4	1.3	2,243	886	210	231	59	7	92	131	-333
2	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	115.3	1996-97	DEN	82	35.9	16.6	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	5.8	14.0	41.4	2.3	6.4	36.4	2.6	3.2	81.7	53.7	1.2	2.4	1.8	2,940	1,361	293	165	60	7	146	178	-490
3	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	115.2	1996-97	SAS	76	32.5	10.5	1.9	6.8	1.3	0.2	4.3	9.0	47.7	0.1	0.3	23.1	1.8	2.7	69.0	51.7	0.4	1.5	1.9	2,472	800	147	513	96	15	146	158	-377
4	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	114.6	1996-97	PHI	81	39.1	20.7	4.2	3.1	1.1	0.8	6.6	16.1	40.7	1.3	4.2	29.8	6.3	8.2	76.6	52.4	1.9	2.2	3.9	3,166	1,679	338	253	93	63	316	219	-440
5	Eric Williams E. Williams	114.1	1996-97	BOS	72	33.8	15.0	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.2	5.2	11.4	45.6	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.6	6.1	75.2	53.3	1.8	2.8	1.9	2,435	1,078	329	129	72	13	139	213	-384
6	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	113.8	1996-97	SAS	72	28.7	12.9	2.2	2.1	1.2	0.3	4.7	12.6	37.5	1.6	5.2	30.9	1.9	2.5	74.4	47.1	0.4	1.8	1.7	2,068	929	159	153	87	19	121	168	-316
7	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	112.5	1996-97	GSW	80	41.9	24.2	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	8.1	18.1	44.9	1.8	5.2	35.4	6.2	7.3	84.3	57.0	0.7	3.9	4.0	3,353	1,938	366	507	132	45	322	153	-215
8	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	112.5	1996-97	SAC	75	28.4	13.7	1.6	2.5	0.7	0.1	5.5	12.3	44.5	1.3	3.3	38.2	1.5	1.8	84.6	52.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	2,131	1,031	122	189	56	6	119	174	-150
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	112.4	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
10	Glen Rice G. Rice	112.3	1996-97	CHA	79	42.6	26.8	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	9.1	19.2	47.7	2.6	5.6	47.0	5.9	6.8	86.7	60.5	0.8	3.2	2.2	3,362	2,115	318	160	72	26	177	190	+176
11	Bryant Reeves B. Reeves	112.2	1996-97	VAN	75	37.0	16.2	8.1	2.1	0.4	0.9	6.6	13.7	48.6	0.0	0.1	9.1	2.9	4.1	70.4	52.3	2.3	5.8	2.3	2,777	1,213	610	160	29	67	175	270	-539
12	David Wesley D. Wesley	112.2	1996-97	BOS	74	40.4	16.8	3.6	7.3	2.2	0.2	6.2	13.2	46.8	1.4	3.9	36.0	3.0	3.9	78.1	56.3	0.9	2.7	2.9	2,991	1,240	264	537	162	13	211	221	-407
13	Anthony Peeler A. Peeler	112.2	1996-97	VAN	72	31.8	14.5	3.4	3.6	1.5	0.2	5.6	14.0	39.8	1.8	4.8	37.3	1.5	1.8	82.0	48.7	0.8	2.7	2.2	2,291	1,041	247	256	105	17	157	168	-453
14	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	111.8	1996-97	GSW	79	34.6	14.5	4.0	4.1	1.6	0.4	5.5	10.0	55.3	1.1	2.6	41.1	2.3	2.7	86.4	64.5	0.9	3.1	2.4	2,733	1,143	317	322	130	33	192	155	-270
15	Joe Smith J. Smith	111.7	1996-97	GSW	80	38.6	18.7	8.5	1.6	0.9	1.1	7.3	16.2	45.4	0.2	0.6	26.1	3.8	4.7	81.4	51.2	3.3	5.2	2.4	3,086	1,493	679	125	74	86	192	244	-217
16	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	111.7	1996-97	VAN	80	35.0	18.7	6.9	2.2	1.0	1.0	6.9	15.2	45.3	0.1	0.3	25.9	4.8	6.5	74.6	51.8	2.7	4.2	2.8	2,802	1,494	555	175	79	79	225	199	-596
17	LaPhonso Ellis L. Ellis	111.4	1996-97	DEN	55	36.4	21.9	7.0	2.4	0.8	0.7	8.1	18.4	43.9	1.7	4.7	36.7	4.0	5.1	77.3	52.9	1.9	5.1	2.1	2,002	1,203	386	131	44	41	117	181	-202
18	Dell Curry D. Curry	111.1	1996-97	CHA	68	30.6	14.8	3.1	1.7	0.9	0.2	5.6	12.3	45.9	1.9	4.4	42.6	1.7	2.1	80.3	56.1	0.6	2.5	1.4	2,078	1,008	211	118	60	14	93	147	+55
19	Todd Day T. Day	111.0	1996-97	BOS	81	28.1	14.5	4.1	1.4	1.3	0.6	4.9	12.3	39.8	1.6	4.3	36.2	3.2	4.1	77.3	51.5	1.3	2.7	1.6	2,277	1,178	330	117	108	48	127	208	-291
20	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	111.0	1996-97	MIN	67	34.7	15.8	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	5.3	13.0	40.8	1.5	4.3	35.4	3.7	5.0	72.7	51.9	0.8	1.9	3.1	2,324	1,057	184	522	67	19	210	159	-157
21	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	111.0	1996-97	MIL	79	29.3	9.7	2.4	5.4	1.0	0.1	3.9	7.7	50.2	0.5	1.4	33.3	1.4	2.2	66.7	55.7	0.7	1.7	1.9	2,316	764	193	427	78	10	153	191	-121
22	Derek Harper D. Harper	110.9	1996-97	DAL	75	29.5	10.0	1.8	4.3	1.2	0.2	4.0	9.0	44.4	0.8	2.3	34.1	1.3	1.7	74.2	51.6	0.4	1.4	1.8	2,210	753	137	321	92	12	132	144	-289
23	Clarence Weatherspoon C. Weatherspoon	110.9	1996-97	PHI	82	36.0	12.2	8.3	1.7	0.9	1.0	4.9	9.9	49.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.5	3.4	73.8	53.7	2.7	5.6	1.7	2,949	1,003	679	140	74	86	137	187	-494
24	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	110.8	1996-97	TOR	81	40.9	20.2	4.1	8.8	1.5	0.2	7.0	17.4	40.1	2.2	6.1	35.5	4.1	5.0	82.3	51.6	1.1	3.0	3.6	3,311	1,634	330	709	123	13	288	162	-213
25	Michael Finley M. Finley	110.6	1996-97	TOT	83	33.6	15.0	4.5	2.7	0.8	0.3	5.7	12.9	44.4	1.2	3.4	36.1	2.4	3.0	80.8	53.0	1.1	3.4	2.0	2,790	1,249	372	224	68	24	164	138	-315