John Stockton had the best defensive rating by a guard in 1988-89, with a 101.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 1988-1989 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	John Stockton J. Stockton	101.1	1988-89	UTA	82	38.7	17.1	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	6.1	11.3	53.8	0.2	0.8	24.2	4.8	5.5	86.3	62.4	1.0	2.0	3.8	3,171	1,400	248	1,118	263	14	308	241
2	Ron Harper R. Harper	101.6	1988-89	CLE	82	34.8	18.6	5.0	5.3	2.3	0.9	7.2	14.0	51.1	0.4	1.4	25.0	3.9	5.2	75.1	57.0	1.5	3.5	2.8	2,851	1,526	409	434	185	74	230	224
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	103.1	1988-89	CHI	81	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	2,633	652	650	234	65	290	247
4	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	103.6	1988-89	UTA	82	29.0	13.8	4.0	1.6	1.0	0.3	5.7	12.7	44.6	0.7	2.4	31.1	1.7	2.2	78.0	50.4	0.9	3.1	1.7	2,382	1,135	330	130	86	22	141	175
5	Fat Lever F. Lever	103.8	1988-89	DEN	71	38.7	19.8	9.3	7.9	2.7	0.3	7.9	17.2	45.7	0.3	0.9	34.8	3.8	4.8	78.5	51.3	2.6	6.7	2.2	2,745	1,409	662	559	195	20	157	178
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	104.9	1988-89	LAL	77	37.5	22.5	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	7.5	14.8	50.9	0.8	2.4	31.4	6.7	7.3	91.1	62.5	1.4	6.4	4.1	2,886	1,730	607	988	138	22	312	172
7	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	105.2	1988-89	SAS	65	35.2	17.3	5.9	6.0	3.0	0.6	7.2	14.8	48.3	0.1	0.7	20.0	2.8	3.9	72.3	52.3	2.4	3.5	3.6	2,287	1,122	384	393	197	36	231	259
8	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	105.4	1988-89	DET	80	36.6	18.2	3.4	8.3	1.7	0.3	7.1	15.3	46.4	0.4	1.5	27.3	3.6	4.4	81.8	52.8	0.6	2.8	3.7	2,924	1,458	273	663	133	20	298	209
9	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	105.6	1988-89	ATL	76	32.4	13.6	3.8	6.9	2.4	0.5	4.9	10.7	45.5	0.6	1.6	34.7	3.3	3.8	86.1	54.8	1.2	2.6	2.1	2,462	1,032	286	525	181	40	158	263
10	Darrell Walker D. Walker	105.8	1988-89	WAS	79	32.5	9.0	6.4	6.3	2.0	0.3	3.6	8.6	42.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.3	77.2	46.9	1.7	4.7	2.3	2,565	714	507	496	155	23	184	215
11	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	106.0	1988-89	MIL	67	32.4	12.1	3.9	6.6	1.8	0.7	4.6	9.7	47.4	0.2	0.8	21.8	2.8	3.6	77.6	53.9	1.1	2.8	2.7	2,170	813	262	439	119	44	184	221
12	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	106.0	1988-89	POR	78	39.3	27.2	7.9	5.8	2.7	0.7	10.6	21.4	49.6	0.3	1.3	26.0	5.6	7.0	79.9	55.5	3.7	4.2	3.2	3,064	2,123	615	450	213	54	250	269
13	Mark Price M. Price	106.2	1988-89	CLE	75	36.4	18.9	3.0	8.4	1.5	0.1	7.1	13.4	52.6	1.2	2.8	44.1	3.5	3.9	90.1	62.3	0.6	2.4	2.8	2,728	1,414	226	631	115	7	212	98
14	Vinnie Johnson V. Johnson	106.6	1988-89	DET	82	25.3	13.8	3.1	3.0	0.9	0.2	5.6	12.1	46.4	0.2	0.5	29.5	2.4	3.2	73.4	50.8	1.3	1.8	1.3	2,073	1,130	255	242	74	17	105	155
15	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	106.6	1988-89	HOU	82	34.0	14.2	3.7	8.6	1.5	0.1	4.8	10.9	44.3	1.3	3.6	37.3	3.2	3.8	84.5	56.5	0.6	3.1	3.1	2,788	1,162	306	709	124	11	253	196
16	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	106.9	1988-89	SEA	75	31.2	7.1	5.2	9.3	2.1	0.6	2.7	6.5	41.0	0.2	0.9	21.4	1.6	2.5	63.0	46.8	1.9	3.3	2.8	2,341	532	388	696	156	42	211	236
17	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	107.0	1988-89	PHX	78	31.9	13.5	3.4	6.0	1.7	0.1	5.6	11.4	49.5	0.3	1.0	33.3	1.9	2.3	82.6	54.5	1.0	2.4	1.4	2,487	1,054	266	465	129	8	111	188
18	Jay Humphries J. Humphries	107.1	1988-89	MIL	73	30.4	11.6	2.6	5.5	1.9	0.1	4.7	9.8	48.3	0.3	1.3	26.6	1.8	2.2	81.6	53.9	1.0	1.6	2.2	2,220	844	189	405	142	5	160	187
19	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	107.2	1988-89	PHX	81	39.2	20.4	4.2	12.2	1.7	0.3	7.0	13.9	50.5	0.0	0.3	9.1	6.3	7.1	88.2	59.7	0.6	3.6	4.0	3,179	1,650	340	991	135	24	322	226
20	Lester Conner L. Conner	107.6	1988-89	NJN	82	30.9	10.3	4.3	7.4	2.2	0.1	3.8	8.2	45.7	0.2	0.5	35.1	2.6	3.3	78.8	53.1	1.2	3.1	2.2	2,532	843	355	604	181	5	181	132
21	Michael Adams M. Adams	107.8	1988-89	DEN	77	36.2	18.5	3.7	6.4	2.2	0.1	6.1	14.1	43.3	2.2	6.1	35.6	4.2	5.1	81.9	56.7	0.9	2.8	2.3	2,787	1,424	283	490	166	11	180	149
22	Mike Woodson M. Woodson	107.8	1988-89	HOU	81	27.9	12.9	2.4	2.5	1.1	0.2	5.1	11.6	43.8	0.4	1.1	34.8	2.4	2.9	82.3	50.3	0.6	1.8	1.7	2,259	1,046	194	206	89	18	136	195
23	Byron Scott B. Scott	107.9	1988-89	LAL	74	35.2	19.6	4.1	3.1	1.5	0.4	7.9	16.2	49.1	1.0	2.6	39.9	2.6	3.1	86.3	55.8	1.0	3.1	2.1	2,605	1,448	302	231	114	27	157	181
24	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	108.1	1988-89	NYK	72	34.4	16.9	4.7	8.6	1.9	0.1	6.7	14.2	46.7	1.1	3.3	33.8	2.5	3.6	69.8	53.5	1.5	3.3	3.1	2,477	1,219	341	619	139	7	226	163
25	Winston Garland W. Garland	108.2	1988-89	GSW	79	33.7	14.5	4.2	6.4	2.2	0.2	5.9	13.6	43.4	0.1	0.5	23.3	2.6	3.2	80.9	48.3	1.3	2.9	2.4	2,661	1,145	328	505	175	14	187	216