David Robinson had the best defensive rating in 1995-96, with a 96.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders in 1995-1996

	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	David Robinson D. Robinson	96.4	1995-96	SAS	82	36.8	25.0	12.2	3.0	1.4	3.3	8.7	16.8	51.6	0.0	0.1	33.3	7.6	10.0	76.1	58.9	3.9	8.3	2.3	3,019	2,051	1,000	247	111	271	190	262
2	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	97.1	1995-96	SEA	79	33.3	19.6	11.4	2.2	1.2	1.6	6.7	11.9	56.1	0.1	0.2	41.7	6.2	8.4	74.2	63.1	3.5	7.9	4.0	2,631	1,550	904	173	93	127	315	299
3	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	97.9	1995-96	NYK	76	36.6	22.5	10.6	2.1	0.9	2.4	8.9	19.2	46.6	0.1	0.4	14.3	4.6	6.1	76.1	51.6	2.1	8.5	2.9	2,783	1,711	806	160	68	184	221	247
4	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	98.1	1995-96	CHI	64	32.6	5.5	14.9	2.5	0.6	0.4	2.3	4.8	48.0	0.0	0.4	11.1	0.9	1.7	52.8	50.1	5.6	9.3	2.2	2,088	351	952	160	36	27	138	196
5	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	99.2	1995-96	MIA	70	38.2	23.2	10.4	2.3	1.0	2.7	8.0	15.4	52.3	0.1	0.4	30.0	7.0	10.2	68.5	58.4	3.1	7.3	3.7	2,671	1,623	727	159	70	189	262	245
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	99.4	1995-96	CHI	82	37.7	30.4	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	11.2	22.6	49.5	1.4	3.2	42.7	6.7	8.0	83.4	58.2	1.8	4.8	2.4	3,090	2,491	543	352	180	42	197	195
7	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	100.5	1995-96	CHI	77	36.7	19.4	6.4	5.9	1.7	0.7	7.3	15.8	46.3	1.9	5.2	37.4	2.9	4.2	67.9	55.1	2.0	4.5	2.7	2,825	1,496	496	452	133	57	207	198
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	100.7	1995-96	HOU	72	38.8	26.9	10.9	3.6	1.6	2.9	10.7	20.8	51.4	0.0	0.2	21.4	5.5	7.6	72.4	55.8	2.4	8.4	3.4	2,797	1,936	784	257	113	207	247	242
9	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	100.9	1995-96	DEN	74	36.7	11.0	11.8	1.5	0.5	4.5	3.8	7.7	49.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	4.8	69.5	56.2	3.4	8.4	2.0	2,713	814	871	108	38	332	150	258
10	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	101.4	1995-96	TOT	79	29.5	11.9	8.1	0.8	0.6	3.6	4.9	11.1	44.3	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.1	3.1	68.7	48.1	2.8	5.3	2.3	2,329	944	638	63	49	288	179	286
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	101.6	1995-96	SEA	81	39.0	19.3	4.2	7.5	2.9	0.2	7.6	15.8	48.4	1.2	3.7	32.8	2.8	3.8	74.8	55.4	1.3	2.9	3.2	3,162	1,563	339	608	231	19	260	221
12	Grant Hill G. Hill	101.7	1995-96	DET	80	40.8	20.2	9.8	6.9	1.3	0.6	7.1	15.3	46.2	0.1	0.3	19.2	6.1	8.1	75.1	53.7	1.6	8.2	3.3	3,260	1,618	783	548	100	48	263	242
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	102.2	1995-96	UTA	82	38.0	25.7	9.8	4.2	1.7	0.7	9.6	18.5	51.9	0.2	0.5	40.0	6.2	8.6	72.3	57.5	2.1	7.7	2.4	3,113	2,106	804	345	138	56	199	245
14	Gheorghe Muresan G. Muresan	102.3	1995-96	WAS	76	29.5	14.5	9.6	0.7	0.7	2.3	6.1	10.5	58.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.7	61.9	60.0	3.3	6.3	1.9	2,242	1,104	728	56	52	172	143	297
15	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	102.5	1995-96	LAL	82	32.9	13.9	7.6	2.2	1.1	2.6	5.5	10.8	50.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.3	71.3	54.9	2.0	5.6	1.7	2,699	1,143	623	181	88	212	137	300
16	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	102.7	1995-96	SEA	82	26.5	11.8	4.5	1.5	1.0	0.6	4.0	9.7	40.8	1.6	4.4	35.5	2.3	2.9	79.3	53.7	1.2	3.2	1.0	2,169	970	367	120	83	48	82	174
17	Vlade Divac V. Divac	102.9	1995-96	LAL	79	31.3	12.9	8.6	3.3	1.0	1.7	5.2	10.2	51.3	0.0	0.2	16.7	2.4	3.7	64.1	54.4	2.5	6.1	2.5	2,470	1,020	679	261	76	131	199	274
18	Michael Cage M. Cage	103.5	1995-96	CLE	82	32.1	6.0	8.9	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.7	4.8	55.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.1	54.3	56.1	3.5	5.4	0.7	2,631	490	729	53	87	79	54	215
19	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	103.6	1995-96	CHI	81	26.0	13.1	4.0	3.5	0.8	0.3	4.8	9.7	49.0	1.1	2.7	40.3	2.5	3.3	77.2	58.9	1.4	2.6	1.4	2,103	1,065	323	287	64	28	114	150
20	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	103.8	1995-96	SEA	82	34.4	15.6	3.6	2.7	1.8	0.2	5.4	11.4	47.3	1.8	4.6	38.4	3.0	3.5	87.4	60.3	1.0	2.6	2.0	2,823	1,281	297	218	149	14	164	172
21	Chuck Person C. Person	104.2	1995-96	SAS	80	26.6	10.9	5.2	1.3	0.6	0.3	3.9	8.8	43.7	2.4	5.8	41.0	0.8	1.3	64.4	58.1	1.0	4.2	1.1	2,131	873	413	100	49	26	91	197
22	Anthony Mason A. Mason	104.2	1995-96	NYK	82	42.2	14.6	9.3	4.4	0.8	0.4	5.5	9.7	56.3	0.0	0.0		3.6	5.0	72.0	61.0	2.7	6.6	2.6	3,457	1,196	764	363	69	34	211	246
23	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	104.3	1995-96	DET	82	34.6	14.2	8.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	5.5	10.4	53.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.4	71.0	57.3	2.6	5.8	2.4	2,841	1,161	688	158	53	39	195	300
24	Aaron McKie A. McKie	104.4	1995-96	POR	81	27.9	10.7	3.8	2.5	1.1	0.3	4.2	8.9	46.7	0.5	1.4	32.5	1.9	2.5	76.4	53.4	1.1	2.7	1.7	2,259	864	304	205	92	21	135	205
25	Dale Davis D. Davis	104.6	1995-96	IND	78	33.6	10.3	9.1	1.0	0.7	1.4	4.3	7.7	55.8	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.7	46.7	55.3	3.2	5.9	1.5	2,617	803	709	76	56	112	119	238