worst defensive rating nba player 1983-84

Norm Nixon had the worst defensive rating in 1983-84, with a 115.3 rating.

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worst defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games NBA player 1983-84

	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	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	115.3	1983-84	SDC	82	37.2	17.0	2.5	11.1	1.1	0.0	7.2	15.5	46.2	0.1	0.6	23.9	2.5	3.3	76.0	50.1	0.7	1.8	3.1	3,053	1,391	203	914	94	4	257	180
2	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	114.4	1983-84	DEN	78	35.1	29.4	4.8	3.1	0.7	0.6	11.5	20.6	55.8	0.1	0.4	36.7	6.3	7.4	85.2	61.8	1.1	3.7	2.0	2,734	2,295	373	238	53	50	156	187
3	Geoff Huston G. Huston	113.5	1983-84	CLE	77	26.5	10.5	1.2	5.4	0.5	0.0	4.5	9.1	49.8	0.0	0.1	18.2	1.4	2.0	71.4	52.7	0.4	0.8	1.9	2,041	808	96	413	38	1	145	126
4	Alex English A. English	113.5	1983-84	DEN	82	35.0	26.4	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	11.1	20.9	52.9	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.3	5.2	82.4	57.0	2.6	3.0	2.7	2,870	2,167	464	406	83	95	222	252
5	George Gervin G. Gervin	113.3	1983-84	SAS	76	34.0	25.9	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	10.1	20.5	49.0	0.1	0.3	41.7	5.6	6.7	84.2	55.1	1.4	2.7	2.9	2,584	1,967	313	220	79	47	224	219
6	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	112.2	1983-84	SAS	79	36.1	23.3	7.2	1.2	0.8	0.9	9.9	20.2	48.8	0.1	0.2	42.9	3.5	4.5	77.9	52.5	2.4	4.8	1.8	2,853	1,839	570	93	62	73	141	251
7	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	112.2	1983-84	DAL	81	37.3	22.4	4.6	3.6	0.7	0.5	8.9	16.3	54.6	0.0	0.1	9.1	4.6	5.7	81.2	59.6	1.5	3.1	2.1	3,025	1,815	373	288	56	37	169	127
8	Brad Davis B. Davis	111.7	1983-84	DAL	81	32.9	11.1	2.3	6.9	1.2	0.2	4.3	8.0	53.0	0.1	0.5	18.4	2.5	2.9	83.6	59.3	0.5	1.8	2.0	2,665	896	187	561	94	13	166	218
9	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	111.7	1983-84	UTA	79	37.8	30.6	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	10.2	18.2	55.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	10.3	12.0	85.9	65.2	2.3	3.4	3.3	2,984	2,418	448	310	61	4	263	201
10	Phil Ford P. Ford	111.5	1983-84	HOU	81	24.9	7.1	1.7	5.1	0.7	0.1	2.9	5.8	50.2	0.0	0.2	13.3	1.2	1.4	83.8	54.8	0.3	1.3	1.7	2,020	572	137	410	59	8	135	243
11	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	111.1	1983-84	SDC	81	35.9	22.9	9.6	1.7	1.1	0.7	9.1	18.4	49.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	6.5	72.0	53.8	4.0	5.6	2.7	2,907	1,854	777	139	92	57	218	298
12	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	111.1	1983-84	DET	76	32.8	21.3	4.0	3.0	0.9	0.2	7.8	17.1	45.9	0.0	0.2	11.8	5.6	6.9	81.5	53.0	1.6	2.5	2.5	2,493	1,618	306	228	65	17	190	190
13	Dan Issel D. Issel	111.0	1983-84	DEN	76	27.3	19.8	6.8	2.3	0.8	0.6	7.5	15.2	49.3	0.1	0.3	21.1	4.8	5.6	85.0	56.1	1.5	5.3	1.6	2,076	1,506	513	173	60	44	122	182
14	Johnny Davis J. Davis	110.8	1983-84	ATL	75	27.7	12.3	1.9	4.3	0.8	0.1	4.7	10.7	44.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.9	3.4	84.8	50.7	0.7	1.1	1.8	2,079	925	139	326	62	6	134	146
15	Purvis Short P. Short	110.8	1983-84	GSW	79	37.3	22.8	5.5	3.1	1.3	0.1	9.0	19.1	47.3	0.3	0.9	30.6	4.5	5.6	79.3	52.9	2.3	3.2	2.9	2,945	1,803	438	246	103	11	228	252
16	Gene Banks G. Banks	110.8	1983-84	SAS	80	32.5	13.1	7.3	3.2	1.3	0.3	5.3	9.3	56.8	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.5	3.4	74.1	60.6	2.6	4.7	2.1	2,600	1,049	582	254	105	23	166	256
17	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	110.6	1983-84	DAL	79	36.7	29.5	5.9	4.5	1.0	0.3	11.7	22.3	52.4	0.2	0.7	26.8	5.9	7.9	74.9	57.2	2.0	3.9	3.6	2,900	2,330	469	358	80	22	285	246
18	John Long J. Long	110.5	1983-84	DET	82	30.7	16.3	3.5	2.5	1.1	0.2	6.6	14.1	47.2	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.0	3.4	88.4	52.3	1.7	1.8	1.7	2,514	1,334	289	205	93	18	143	199
19	World B. Free W. B. Free	110.5	1983-84	CLE	75	31.7	22.3	2.9	3.0	1.3	0.1	8.3	18.8	44.5	0.3	0.9	31.9	5.3	6.7	78.4	51.2	1.2	1.7	2.1	2,375	1,669	217	226	94	8	154	214
20	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	110.4	1983-84	GSW	77	33.2	16.8	3.5	3.5	1.3	0.4	6.3	13.6	46.3	0.1	0.6	17.8	4.1	5.0	81.6	53.1	1.1	2.4	2.5	2,555	1,291	271	269	103	31	196	216
21	Jim Paxson J. Paxson	110.2	1983-84	POR	81	33.2	21.3	2.1	3.1	1.5	0.1	8.4	16.3	51.4	0.2	0.7	28.8	4.3	5.1	84.1	57.3	0.8	1.3	1.8	2,686	1,722	173	251	122	10	142	165
22	James Donaldson J. Donaldson	110.1	1983-84	SDC	82	30.8	11.8	7.9	1.1	0.5	1.7	4.4	7.4	59.6	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.0	76.1	64.8	2.0	5.9	2.1	2,525	969	649	90	40	139	171	214
23	Al Wood A. Wood	110.0	1983-84	SEA	81	27.6	14.3	3.4	2.0	0.8	0.4	5.8	11.7	49.4	0.0	0.3	14.3	2.8	3.3	82.3	54.5	1.2	2.2	1.6	2,236	1,160	275	166	64	32	126	207
24	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	109.9	1983-84	KCK	82	35.6	21.9	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.3	9.2	18.9	48.5	0.2	0.8	31.3	3.3	4.0	81.0	52.8	2.0	3.5	2.6	2,920	1,794	455	296	76	21	213	266
25	Jerry Sichting J. Sichting	109.8	1983-84	IND	80	31.2	11.5	2.1	5.7	1.1	0.1	5.0	9.3	53.2	0.1	0.3	30.0	1.5	1.7	86.7	56.9	0.6	1.6	1.8	2,497	917	171	457	90	8	144	179

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Norm Nixon had the worst defensive rating in 1983-84, with a 115.3 rating.

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