Mark Eaton had the lowest defensive rating in 1984-85, with a 96.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

1984-85 NBA defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders

	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	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	96.5	1984-85	UTA	82	34.3	9.7	11.3	1.5	0.4	5.6	3.7	8.2	44.9	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.3	71.2	50.2	2.5	8.8	2.5	2,813	794	927	124	36	456	206	312
2	Alton Lister A. Lister	99.4	1984-85	MIL	81	25.8	9.9	8.0	1.6	0.6	2.1	4.0	7.4	53.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.2	58.8	55.9	2.7	5.3	2.3	2,091	798	647	127	49	167	183	287
3	Rick Mahorn R. Mahorn	100.9	1984-85	WAS	77	26.9	6.3	7.9	1.6	0.8	1.4	2.7	5.4	49.9	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.4	68.3	52.6	1.9	5.9	1.7	2,072	483	608	121	59	104	133	308
4	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	100.9	1984-85	MIL	79	34.5	23.6	9.1	2.9	1.5	0.8	9.6	19.4	49.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.9	74.1	53.6	3.1	6.0	2.4	2,722	1,861	716	228	117	67	190	264
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	102.6	1984-85	HOU	82	35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	8.3	15.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.7	61.3	56.4	5.4	6.5	2.9	2,914	1,692	974	111	99	220	234	344
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	102.7	1984-85	BOS	80	39.5	28.7	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	11.5	22.0	52.2	0.7	1.6	42.7	5.0	5.7	88.2	58.5	2.1	8.5	3.1	3,161	2,295	842	531	129	98	248	208
7	Sam Bowie S. Bowie	103.4	1984-85	POR	76	29.2	10.0	8.6	2.8	0.7	2.7	3.9	7.3	53.7	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.0	71.1	57.8	2.7	5.9	2.3	2,216	758	656	215	55	203	172	278
8	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	103.6	1984-85	SEA	68	35.3	18.5	10.6	4.2	1.2	1.3	6.8	13.9	48.9	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.9	5.8	85.2	56.4	2.4	8.2	2.4	2,402	1,259	723	285	83	91	160	239
9	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	103.6	1984-85	HOU	82	37.6	22.1	10.4	2.7	1.0	2.0	9.2	18.3	50.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	5.5	67.6	53.3	2.8	7.6	4.0	3,086	1,809	853	224	81	168	326	306
10	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	103.7	1984-85	MIL	80	36.0	16.1	5.4	6.8	1.6	0.7	6.0	11.6	51.7	0.1	0.3	35.0	4.0	5.2	75.8	57.7	1.9	3.5	3.1	2,876	1,284	429	543	129	56	247	258
11	Alvan Adams A. Adams	103.8	1984-85	PHX	82	26.0	14.7	6.1	3.8	1.4	0.6	5.8	11.2	52.0	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.5	88.3	57.8	1.9	4.2	2.4	2,136	1,202	500	308	115	48	197	254
12	Thurl Bailey T. Bailey	103.9	1984-85	UTA	80	31.0	15.2	6.6	1.7	0.6	1.3	6.3	12.9	49.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	2.5	2.9	84.2	53.3	1.9	4.7	1.9	2,481	1,212	525	138	51	105	152	215
13	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	104.3	1984-85	WAS	82	32.5	13.1	6.5	2.5	1.2	0.4	5.7	11.9	48.0	0.2	0.6	30.4	1.5	1.8	79.5	51.3	1.8	4.6	1.3	2,664	1,072	531	208	100	33	106	221
14	Larry Nance L. Nance	104.4	1984-85	PHX	61	36.1	19.9	8.8	2.6	1.4	1.7	8.4	14.4	58.7	0.0	0.0	50.0	3.0	4.2	70.9	61.2	3.2	5.6	2.2	2,202	1,211	536	159	88	104	136	185
15	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	104.5	1984-85	MIL	73	37.5	21.7	5.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	7.7	15.9	48.3	0.1	0.5	27.3	6.2	7.5	82.8	56.5	2.0	3.3	2.5	2,734	1,585	391	382	117	39	184	197
16	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	104.6	1984-85	DET	82	35.3	17.5	12.4	1.9	0.8	0.9	7.3	14.4	50.6	0.0	0.2	22.2	3.0	3.7	79.7	54.8	3.6	8.8	1.6	2,892	1,438	1,013	154	69	71	129	308
17	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	104.6	1984-85	PHI	82	28.6	14.0	8.6	1.9	1.2	1.0	5.2	9.5	54.5	0.0	0.1	16.7	3.6	4.9	73.3	59.9	3.2	5.3	2.5	2,347	1,148	703	155	95	80	209	301
18	Robert Parish R. Parish	104.9	1984-85	BOS	79	36.1	17.6	10.6	1.6	0.7	1.3	7.0	12.9	54.2	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.0	74.3	58.6	3.3	7.3	2.4	2,850	1,394	840	125	56	101	186	223
19	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	104.9	1984-85	ATL	69	30.8	14.1	3.1	5.9	2.4	0.8	4.8	10.2	47.6	0.2	0.5	41.7	4.2	5.5	77.0	56.1	1.0	2.1	2.6	2,126	974	214	410	163	53	176	250
20	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	105.0	1984-85	UTA	78	35.6	22.6	4.4	3.1	1.7	0.4	9.3	20.4	45.7	1.2	3.3	35.8	2.8	3.8	72.5	51.2	1.6	2.8	3.2	2,776	1,764	344	243	133	30	247	178
21	Cliff Levingston C. Levingston	105.1	1984-85	ATL	74	27.3	9.8	7.6	1.4	0.9	0.9	3.9	7.5	52.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	65.3	56.0	3.1	4.5	1.8	2,017	727	566	104	70	69	133	231
22	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	105.1	1984-85	POR	80	31.9	17.2	6.0	5.5	2.2	0.9	7.2	14.5	49.4	0.1	0.5	21.6	2.8	3.7	75.9	53.4	2.7	3.2	2.8	2,555	1,377	476	441	177	68	223	265
23	Moses Malone M. Malone	105.1	1984-85	PHI	79	37.4	24.6	13.1	1.6	0.8	1.6	7.6	16.3	46.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.3	11.4	81.5	57.7	4.9	8.2	3.6	2,957	1,941	1,031	130	67	123	286	216
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	105.1	1984-85	LAL	79	33.3	22.0	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	9.2	15.3	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.0	73.2	62.8	2.1	5.8	2.5	2,630	1,735	622	249	63	162	197	238
25	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	105.3	1984-85	NJN	82	38.1	20.1	5.6	8.2	3.0	0.3	8.4	17.9	46.9	0.4	1.4	25.2	2.9	3.8	76.7	51.3	1.9	3.7	3.0	3,127	1,649	457	669	243	22	249	277