Manute Bol had the lowest defensive rating in 1985-86, with a 99.0 rating in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:

1986 #1 NBA defensive ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player

	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	Manute Bol M. Bol	99.0	1985-86	WAS	80	26.1	3.7	6.0	0.3	0.4	5.0	1.6	3.5	46.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.1	48.8	47.2	1.5	4.4	0.8	2,090	298	477	23	28	397	65	255
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	99.3	1985-86	BOS	82	38.0	25.8	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	9.7	19.6	49.6	1.0	2.4	42.3	5.4	6.0	89.6	58.0	2.3	7.5	3.2	3,113	2,115	805	557	166	51	266	182
3	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	100.1	1985-86	UTA	80	31.9	8.5	8.4	1.3	0.4	4.6	3.5	7.4	47.0	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.5	60.4	49.9	2.2	6.3	2.0	2,551	676	675	101	33	369	157	282
4	Robert Parish R. Parish	100.4	1985-86	BOS	81	31.7	16.1	9.5	1.8	0.8	1.4	6.5	11.9	54.9	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.1	73.1	58.6	3.0	6.5	2.3	2,567	1,305	770	145	65	116	187	215
5	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	100.5	1985-86	PHI	80	36.9	20.0	12.8	3.9	2.2	1.6	7.4	13.0	57.2	0.2	0.9	22.7	5.0	7.2	68.5	61.9	4.4	8.4	4.4	2,952	1,603	1,026	312	173	125	350	333
6	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	100.5	1985-86	MIL	82	32.5	19.8	8.5	2.4	1.5	0.6	8.3	17.5	47.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.9	65.6	50.3	2.7	5.8	2.3	2,669	1,627	694	193	121	51	191	283
7	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	101.3	1985-86	MIL	80	33.8	14.3	5.0	7.8	2.1	0.9	5.1	10.5	48.8	0.1	0.6	18.2	4.0	4.9	80.6	56.4	1.6	3.4	3.0	2,704	1,146	399	623	168	71	240	247
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	101.5	1985-86	UTA	81	30.6	14.9	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	6.2	12.5	49.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	5.0	48.1	50.4	2.1	6.7	3.4	2,475	1,203	718	236	105	44	279	295
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	101.6	1985-86	HOU	68	36.3	23.5	11.5	2.0	2.0	3.4	9.2	17.5	52.6	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.9	64.5	56.0	4.9	6.6	2.9	2,467	1,597	781	137	134	231	195	271
10	Wayne Cooper W. Cooper	102.1	1985-86	DEN	78	27.1	13.1	7.8	1.0	0.5	2.9	5.4	11.6	46.6	0.0	0.1	42.9	2.2	2.8	79.5	50.9	2.4	5.4	1.5	2,112	1,021	610	81	42	227	117	315
11	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	102.5	1985-86	WAS	78	32.9	18.7	8.7	2.4	1.3	0.6	7.6	16.1	47.4	0.0	0.0	33.3	3.4	4.5	76.2	51.8	2.3	6.4	2.6	2,563	1,460	680	186	98	44	206	217
12	Kevin McHale K. McHale	102.6	1985-86	BOS	68	35.3	21.3	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	8.3	14.4	57.4	0.0	0.0		4.8	6.2	77.6	62.3	2.5	5.6	2.2	2,397	1,448	551	181	29	134	149	192
13	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	102.6	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	17.0	6.3	5.5	3.7	0.5	6.9	13.3	51.4	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.2	4.0	79.5	56.3	2.2	4.0	3.1	2,878	1,392	516	448	301	40	256	296
14	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	102.8	1985-86	SEA	80	34.9	17.1	9.4	3.8	1.2	0.9	6.4	13.8	46.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.4	5.1	86.4	53.5	1.8	7.5	2.7	2,790	1,371	748	301	92	73	214	293
15	Herb Williams H. Williams	103.3	1985-86	IND	78	35.5	19.9	9.1	2.2	0.6	2.4	8.0	16.3	49.2	0.0	0.2	8.3	3.8	5.2	73.0	53.3	2.2	6.9	2.7	2,770	1,549	710	174	50	184	210	244
16	Darrell Walker D. Walker	103.6	1985-86	NYK	81	25.0	10.3	2.7	4.2	1.8	0.4	4.0	9.3	43.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.3	3.4	68.6	47.9	1.2	1.5	2.4	2,023	838	220	337	146	36	192	216
17	Kevin Willis K. Willis	103.7	1985-86	ATL	82	28.0	12.3	8.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	5.1	9.9	51.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.1	3.2	65.4	54.5	3.0	5.6	2.2	2,300	1,010	704	45	66	44	177	294
18	Steve Stipanovich S. Stipanovich	103.9	1985-86	IND	79	30.3	13.6	7.9	2.6	0.9	0.9	5.3	11.2	47.0	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.1	4.0	76.8	52.6	2.2	5.7	1.8	2,397	1,076	623	206	75	69	146	261
19	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	104.3	1985-86	HOU	79	36.3	18.9	11.1	3.6	1.3	1.6	7.9	16.2	48.8	0.0	0.2	13.3	3.1	4.8	64.1	51.6	3.3	7.9	3.6	2,864	1,491	879	283	99	129	285	308
20	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	104.5	1985-86	BOS	78	35.0	15.6	3.4	5.8	1.4	0.4	6.2	13.6	45.5	0.1	0.5	14.3	3.1	3.8	81.8	50.9	0.9	2.6	2.2	2,732	1,213	268	456	110	35	173	206
21	Fat Lever F. Lever	104.5	1985-86	DEN	78	33.5	13.8	5.4	7.5	2.3	0.2	6.0	13.6	44.1	0.2	0.5	31.6	1.7	2.3	72.5	47.3	1.7	3.6	2.7	2,616	1,080	420	584	178	15	210	204
22	Alvan Adams A. Adams	104.7	1985-86	PHX	78	25.7	10.8	6.1	4.2	1.3	0.6	4.4	8.7	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.6	78.3	54.7	1.9	4.2	2.6	2,005	841	477	324	103	46	206	272
23	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	104.7	1985-86	MIL	73	35.2	20.2	4.6	4.9	1.4	0.2	6.4	13.2	48.9	0.5	1.4	32.0	6.8	7.9	85.9	60.4	1.6	3.0	2.4	2,567	1,471	334	357	103	18	174	178
24	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	104.8	1985-86	WAS	79	29.4	11.6	8.1	2.1	0.5	0.6	4.1	8.4	48.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.5	4.6	75.4	56.0	2.7	5.5	2.4	2,321	917	642	167	36	51	187	194
25	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	104.9	1985-86	DET	82	35.3	16.6	13.1	1.8	0.7	0.8	6.6	13.5	49.2	0.0	0.2	28.6	3.2	3.9	83.4	54.5	3.7	9.4	1.6	2,891	1,360	1,075	146	59	65	133	291