Paul Pressey had the best defensive rating by a guard in 1985-86, with a 101.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 1985-1986 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	104.9	1985-86	BOS	80	30.1	10.7	2.9	5.1	1.2	0.1	4.4	8.8	50.4	0.3	0.9	35.6	1.5	1.7	90.4	56.2	0.6	2.4	1.6	2,407	855	235	405	94	7	129	204
8	T.R. Dunn	105.1	1985-86	DEN	82	29.3	5.0	4.6	2.1	1.9	0.2	2.1	4.6	45.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.1	77.3	49.3	1.7	2.9	0.6	2,401	412	377	171	155	16	51	228
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	105.7	1985-86	POR	75	34.3	18.5	5.6	8.0	2.6	0.6	7.2	15.2	47.5	0.2	0.8	20.0	3.9	5.1	76.9	53.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	2,576	1,389	421	600	197	46	282	270
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	105.8	1985-86	LAL	72	35.8	18.8	5.9	12.6	1.6	0.2	6.7	12.8	52.6	0.1	0.6	23.3	5.3	6.0	87.1	61.0	1.2	4.7	3.8	2,578	1,354	426	907	113	16	273	133
11	Vern Fleming V. Fleming	106.5	1985-86	IND	80	35.9	14.2	4.8	6.3	1.6	0.1	5.5	10.8	50.6	0.0	0.1	16.7	3.3	4.4	74.5	55.8	1.3	3.6	2.6	2,870	1,136	386	505	131	5	208	230
12	Rickey Green R. Green	106.9	1985-86	UTA	80	25.2	11.7	1.7	5.1	1.3	0.1	4.5	9.5	47.1	0.1	0.4	17.2	2.7	3.1	85.2	53.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	2,012	932	135	411	106	6	132	130
13	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	106.9	1985-86	LAL	82	27.7	9.2	3.0	5.7	1.1	0.5	3.3	7.4	45.2	0.8	2.0	38.7	1.8	2.1	86.5	55.7	0.5	2.4	1.8	2,269	758	244	466	89	43	151	238
14	Julius Erving J. Erving	107.0	1985-86	PHI	74	33.4	18.1	5.0	3.4	1.5	1.1	7.0	14.7	48.0	0.1	0.4	28.1	3.9	5.0	78.5	53.7	2.3	2.7	2.9	2,474	1,340	370	248	113	82	214	196
15	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	107.2	1985-86	PHI	82	39.9	15.4	2.9	9.2	2.5	0.3	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.2	23.5	3.4	4.1	84.2	59.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	3,270	1,266	235	753	207	27	238	160
16	Bob Hansen B. Hansen	107.3	1985-86	UTA	82	24.8	8.7	3.0	2.4	0.9	0.1	3.6	7.7	47.6	0.2	0.6	34.0	1.2	1.6	72.0	51.7	1.0	2.0	1.5	2,032	710	244	193	74	9	126	205
17	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	107.4	1985-86	SEA	82	31.3	13.1	2.3	5.9	1.7	0.1	5.3	11.0	48.2	0.2	0.6	34.6	2.3	2.7	83.0	53.7	1.1	1.2	2.2	2,568	1,071	187	487	138	12	184	230
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	107.8	1985-86	DET	77	36.2	20.9	3.6	10.8	2.2	0.3	7.9	16.2	48.8	0.3	1.1	31.0	4.7	6.0	79.0	55.4	1.1	2.5	3.8	2,790	1,609	277	830	171	20	289	245
19	Gus Williams G. Williams	107.9	1985-86	WAS	77	29.7	13.5	2.2	5.9	1.2	0.2	5.6	13.2	42.8	0.4	1.5	25.9	1.8	2.4	73.4	47.3	0.7	1.5	2.1	2,284	1,036	166	453	96	15	160	113
20	Rory Sparrow R. Sparrow	107.9	1985-86	NYK	74	31.7	10.8	2.3	6.4	1.1	0.2	4.7	9.8	47.7	0.1	0.3	25.0	1.4	1.7	79.5	51.1	0.7	1.6	2.1	2,344	796	170	472	85	14	154	182
21	Gerald Wilkins G. Wilkins	108.0	1985-86	NYK	81	25.0	12.5	2.6	2.0	0.8	0.1	5.4	11.5	46.8	0.1	0.3	28.0	1.6	2.9	55.7	48.8	1.1	1.4	1.9	2,025	1,013	208	161	68	9	157	155
22	Byron Scott B. Scott	108.3	1985-86	LAL	76	28.8	15.4	2.5	2.2	1.1	0.2	6.7	13.0	51.3	0.3	0.8	36.1	1.8	2.3	78.4	55.0	0.7	1.8	1.4	2,190	1,174	189	164	85	15	110	167
23	Jay Humphries J. Humphries	108.7	1985-86	PHX	82	33.3	11.0	3.2	6.4	1.6	0.1	4.3	9.0	47.9	0.0	0.4	13.8	2.4	3.1	76.7	53.4	0.7	2.5	2.3	2,733	905	260	526	132	9	190	222
24	Clint Richardson C. Richardson	108.8	1985-86	IND	82	27.1	9.7	3.1	4.5	0.7	0.1	4.1	9.0	45.5	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.5	1.8	83.7	49.6	0.8	2.2	1.7	2,224	794	251	372	58	8	136	153
25	Jeff Malone J. Malone	108.9	1985-86	WAS	80	37.4	22.4	3.6	2.4	0.9	0.2	9.2	19.0	48.3	0.0	0.2	17.6	4.0	4.6	86.8	53.3	0.8	2.8	2.1	2,992	1,795	288	191	70	12	168	180