Sidney Moncrief had the best defensive rating by a guard in 1984-85, with a 104.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

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

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Rickey Green R. Green	105.4	1984-85	UTA	77	31.6	13.0	2.5	7.8	1.7	0.0	4.9	10.4	47.7	0.1	0.3	30.0	3.0	3.5	86.9	54.6	0.5	2.0	2.3	2,431	1,000	189	597	132	3	177	131
7	Gus Williams G. Williams	105.5	1984-85	WAS	79	37.5	20.0	2.5	7.7	2.3	0.4	8.1	18.8	43.0	0.6	2.2	29.0	3.2	4.4	72.5	48.2	0.9	1.6	2.7	2,960	1,578	195	608	178	32	213	159
8	Johnny Moore J. Moore	105.7	1984-85	SAS	82	32.8	12.8	4.6	10.0	2.8	0.2	5.1	11.1	45.7	0.3	1.1	28.1	2.3	3.0	76.2	51.3	1.1	3.5	2.9	2,689	1,046	378	816	229	18	236	247
9	Fat Lever F. Lever	106.2	1984-85	DEN	82	31.2	12.8	5.0	7.5	2.5	0.4	5.2	12.0	43.0	0.1	0.3	25.0	2.4	3.1	77.0	47.9	1.8	3.2	2.5	2,559	1,051	411	613	202	30	203	226
10	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	106.7	1984-85	DET	81	38.1	21.2	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	8.0	17.4	45.8	0.4	1.4	25.7	4.9	6.1	80.9	52.9	1.4	3.0	3.7	3,089	1,720	361	1,123	187	25	302	288
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	106.8	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	106.9	1984-85	LAL	77	36.1	18.3	6.2	12.6	1.5	0.3	6.5	11.7	56.1	0.1	0.5	18.9	5.1	6.0	84.3	63.7	1.2	5.0	4.0	2,781	1,406	476	968	113	25	305	155
13	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	107.0	1984-85	MIL	82	30.4	10.6	2.3	4.3	1.2	0.0	4.4	8.9	49.0	0.6	1.6	34.8	1.3	1.6	81.5	55.1	0.9	1.4	1.6	2,496	871	186	349	96	1	135	262
14	Derek Harper D. Harper	107.3	1984-85	DAL	82	27.0	9.6	2.4	4.4	1.8	0.5	4.0	7.7	52.0	0.3	0.7	34.4	1.4	1.9	72.1	56.4	0.6	1.9	1.5	2,218	790	199	360	144	37	123	194
15	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	107.5	1984-85	BOS	75	34.2	12.9	3.6	5.3	1.6	0.1	5.6	10.6	52.9	0.2	0.7	26.8	1.6	1.8	86.8	57.0	1.0	2.6	2.0	2,564	971	268	399	122	6	149	228
16	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	107.6	1984-85	PHI	78	33.5	13.1	2.8	6.4	2.2	0.3	5.4	9.5	57.0	0.1	0.3	23.1	2.2	2.6	87.9	61.9	0.7	2.1	2.0	2,616	1,025	217	497	169	24	155	184
17	Darnell Valentine D. Valentine	107.6	1984-85	POR	75	30.4	11.6	2.9	7.0	1.9	0.1	4.3	9.1	47.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	3.9	79.3	54.1	0.7	2.2	2.6	2,278	872	219	522	143	5	194	189
18	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	107.7	1984-85	LAL	82	26.7	8.6	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.6	3.4	7.2	46.5	0.4	1.5	28.5	1.4	1.6	86.5	53.9	0.7	2.4	1.9	2,189	702	255	429	93	49	156	208
19	Jay Humphries J. Humphries	107.8	1984-85	PHX	80	25.8	8.8	2.1	4.4	1.3	0.1	3.5	7.8	44.6	0.1	0.3	20.0	1.8	2.1	82.9	50.2	0.4	1.7	2.1	2,062	703	164	350	107	8	167	209
20	T.R. Dunn	108.3	1984-85	DEN	81	28.3	5.4	4.8	1.9	1.7	0.2	2.2	4.4	48.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	72.4	53.1	2.1	2.7	0.8	2,290	434	385	153	140	14	65	213
21	John Bagley J. Bagley	108.4	1984-85	CLE	81	29.6	9.9	3.6	8.6	1.6	0.1	4.2	8.6	48.8	0.0	0.3	11.5	1.5	2.1	74.9	52.4	0.7	2.9	2.6	2,401	804	291	697	129	5	207	132
22	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	108.5	1984-85	BOS	80	37.2	15.7	4.0	6.8	1.2	0.5	6.2	13.3	46.2	0.1	0.3	26.9	3.3	3.8	85.3	52.2	1.1	2.8	2.7	2,976	1,254	317	543	96	39	212	224
23	Kyle Macy K. Macy	108.7	1984-85	PHX	65	31.0	11.0	2.8	5.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	9.0	48.5	0.4	1.3	27.1	2.0	2.2	90.7	55.5	0.5	2.2	1.7	2,018	714	179	380	85	3	111	128
24	Darrell Walker D. Walker	108.7	1984-85	NYK	82	30.4	13.5	3.4	5.0	2.0	0.3	5.2	12.1	43.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.0	4.2	70.0	48.3	1.6	1.8	2.5	2,489	1,103	278	408	167	21	204	244
25	Byron Scott B. Scott	109.0	1984-85	LAL	81	28.5	16.0	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	6.7	12.4	53.9	0.3	0.7	43.3	2.3	2.8	82.0	58.7	0.7	1.9	1.7	2,305	1,295	210	244	100	17	138	197