which decade had the best defensive rating

Maimouna Diarra has the best defensive rating in a decade, with an 83.4 rating in the 2010s.

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	NAME	DRTG	DECADE	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	Maimouna Diarra M. Diarra	83.4	2010s	10	2.0	0.3	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.5	20.0	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.2	50.0	25.5	0.4	0.7	0.3	20	3	11	1	2	0	3	5	+6
2	Tina Krajisnik T. Krajisnik	87.6	2020s	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	+7
3	Marième Badiane M. Badiane	87.7	2020s	3	3.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	11	0	1	0	2	0	2	6	-7
4	Tess Madgen T. Madgen	88.4	2010s	8	6.6	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.4	1.0	37.5	0.4	0.6	60.0	0.1	0.3	50.0	56.3	0.1	0.6	0.5	53	10	6	2	6	2	4	8	-8
5	Olivia Époupa O. Époupa	88.4	2020s	17	6.7	0.8	1.1	1.5	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.9	37.5	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.1	100.0	41.5	0.4	0.8	0.9	114	14	19	26	14	0	15	13	+22
6	Jillian Alleyne J. Alleyne	89.2	2020s	2	4.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	8	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	-1
7	Karima Christmas-Kelly K. Christmas-Kelly	90.5	2020s	2	12.5	4.5	3.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	3.5	14.3	0.0	1.5	0.0	3.5	4.0	87.5	42.8	0.5	2.5	2.0	25	9	6	1	3	1	4	2	-3
8	Shae Kelley S. Kelley	90.8	2010s	6	2.5	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.3	50.0	12.9	0.0	0.5	0.2	15	1	3	1	1	0	1	1	-13
9	Chloe Jackson C. Jackson	91.0	2010s	8	4.0	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.0	0.3	1.1	22.2	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.8	16.7	21.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	32	5	6	4	5	0	6	1	-13
10	Maria Kliundikova M. Kliundikova	92.0	2020s	34	11.0	4.4	3.0	0.6	0.7	0.8	1.9	3.8	50.0	0.2	0.7	32.0	0.4	0.6	57.1	53.9	1.3	1.7	0.7	373	148	102	19	25	26	23	48	+78
11	Maria Kliundikova M. Kliundikova	92.5	2010s	40	9.6	5.2	2.8	0.5	0.6	0.4	2.3	4.5	50.6	0.2	0.7	32.1	0.5	0.6	76.0	55.0	0.9	1.9	0.8	384	208	113	21	24	14	30	68	+9
12	Victoria Macaulay V. Macaulay	93.2	2010s	9	4.9	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.3	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.2	100.0	38.8	0.2	0.7	0.3	44	10	8	0	4	2	3	10	+4
13	Ashten Prechtel A. Prechtel	93.5	2020s	6	7.2	1.8	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.3	1.0	33.3	0.5	0.5	100.0	53.3	0.3	1.5	1.2	43	11	11	3	1	4	7	11	-4
14	Jakia Brown-Turner J. Brown-Turner	93.8	2020s	2	4.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	100.0	53.2	0.0	0.5	0.0	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	-6
15	Napheesa Collier N. Collier	93.9	2010s	34	33.3	13.1	6.6	2.6	1.9	0.9	4.9	10.0	49.0	0.9	2.4	36.1	2.4	3.0	79.2	57.6	1.8	4.8	1.9	1,131	444	223	87	65	32	65	99	+132
16	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	94.2	2020s	68	28.4	15.1	9.9	1.3	1.4	1.5	6.3	10.1	62.9	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.4	72.4	65.4	2.4	7.6	2.1	1,933	1,030	674	86	93	100	144	170	+109
17	Beatrice Mompremier B. Mompremier	94.2	2020s	74	8.6	2.0	2.8	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.9	1.9	45.8	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.6	41.9	46.0	1.1	1.7	0.6	637	150	206	18	19	33	47	100	-51
18	Angel McCoughtry A. McCoughtry	94.6	2020s	25	18.4	13.2	4.7	2.2	1.2	0.3	4.8	9.4	51.1	0.6	1.4	45.7	2.9	3.3	89.0	60.7	1.5	3.2	1.6	460	329	118	56	30	8	41	52	+123
19	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	94.9	2020s	249	31.7	22.8	9.8	2.5	1.4	2.1	8.3	16.3	50.9	0.5	1.3	37.7	5.7	6.9	83.9	59.2	2.0	7.9	1.8	7,892	5,680	2,447	624	353	512	436	476	+1997
20	Merlelynn Lang-Harris M. Lang-Harris	95.0	1990s	1	3.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	2.0	0.0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	-8
21	Kiah Stokes K. Stokes	95.0	2010s	125	20.7	5.1	6.1	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.1	3.7	56.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	68.8	59.8	1.9	4.2	1.0	2,589	639	768	88	65	163	128	303	+36
22	Candace Parker C. Parker	95.2	2020s	95	27.4	12.8	8.2	4.3	1.1	1.1	4.8	10.2	47.2	1.1	3.2	33.2	2.0	2.6	79.2	56.2	1.2	7.0	2.4	2,603	1,214	779	404	101	101	229	193	+554
23	Kalani Brown K. Brown	95.5	2010s	28	13.5	5.1	3.5	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.9	4.0	47.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.6	78.3	54.0	1.2	2.3	1.0	377	144	98	17	9	22	29	48	-56
24	Jillian Alleyne J. Alleyne	95.7	2010s	5	2.8	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.2	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		33.3	0.4	0.6	0.0	14	4	5	1	0	1	0	0	-17
25	Brittany Brewer B. Brewer	95.7	2020s	5	6.6	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.6	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		66.7	0.2	0.8	0.4	33	4	5	0	3	4	2	4	-9

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