Defensive rating or defensive efficiency is a statistic used in basketball to measure an individual player's or team's efficiency at preventing the other team from scoring points. It was created by author and statistician Dean Oliver. Oliver introduced the defensive rating statistic in his 2004 book, Basketball on Paper.
The offensive equivalent is offensive rating.
Formula The formula is: Defensive Player Rating = (Players Steals*Blocks) + Opponents Differential= 1/5 of possessions - Times blown by + Deflections * OAPDW( Official Adjusted Players Defensive Withstand). This stat can be influenced by the defense of a player's teammates.
Leaders Gar Heard's 95.30 defensive rating is the NBA's all-time career record (minimum 15,000 minutes played). Ben Wallace's 87.48 defensive rating in 2003–2004 is the single-season record. Trae Young has the highest career defensive rating (minimum 15,000 minutes played), at 118.3. Hakeem Olajuwon and David Robinson each led the league in defensive rating a record five times. Tim Duncan led the league in defensive rating four times. Dwight Howard and Ben Wallace each led the league three times. Alton Lister, Andre Drummond, Patrick Ewing, Kevin Garnett, Rudy Gobert, Bill Walton, and Hassan Whiteside each led the league two times.
Year-by-year ^Denotes player who is still active in the NBA *Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Denotes player whose team won championship that yearPlayer (X)Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that timeTeam (X)Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
Season Player Position DRtg Team * Center 87.99 Detroit Pistons * Power forward / center 87.60 Baltimore / Capital / Washington Bullets George T. Johnson Power forward / center 89.81 Golden State Warriors * Power forward 89.91 Denver Nuggets * Center 89.50 Portland Trail Blazers * Center 94.37 Golden State Warriors Center 95.90 Atlanta Hawks Power forward / center 96.24 Phoenix Suns * Power forward / center 97.23 Seattle SuperSonics center 96.19 Milwaukee Bucks (2) center 98.63 Milwaukee Bucks center 96.50 Utah Jazz * (2) Center 97.49 Boston Celtics * Center 98.75 Houston Rockets * (2) Center 98.05 Houston Rockets * (3) Center 94.86 Houston Rockets * (4) Center 93.43 Houston Rockets * (5) Center 93.39 Houston Rockets * Center 94.38 San Antonio Spurs * Center 94.34 New York Knicks * (2) Center 92.88 New York Knicks * Small forward 98.25 Chicago Bulls * (2) Center 96.45 San Antonio Spurs * Center 95.31 Miami Heat * (3) Center 93.61 San Antonio Spurs * (4) Center 87.94 San Antonio Spurs * (5) Center 92.22 San Antonio Spurs Center 90.56 New York Knicks * Center 92.89 Detroit Pistons * (2) Center 89.99 Detroit Pistons * (3) Center 87.48 Detroit Pistons * Power forward 93.17 San Antonio Spurs * (2) Power forward 94.41 San Antonio Spurs * (3) Power forward 94.45 San Antonio Spurs * Power forward 93.85 Boston Celtics * Center 94.56 Orlando Magic * (2) Center 95.44 Orlando Magic * (3) Center 94.18 Orlando Magic * (2) Power forward 94.21 Boston Celtics * (4) Power forward 94.97 San Antonio Spurs Center 95.82 Chicago Bulls ^ Small forward 94.45 San Antonio Spurs Center 94.52 Miami Heat ^ Center 99.04 Detroit Pistons ^ (2) Center 99.01 Detroit Pistons (2) Center 99.03 Miami Heat ^ Power forward 97.11 Milwaukee Bucks ^ Center 100.64 Utah Jazz ^ Center 102.42 Boston Celtics ^ Power forward 105.33 Memphis Grizzlies ^ (2) Center 104.45 Minnesota Timberwolves ^ Center / Power forward 103.57 Oklahoma City Thunder ^ Center / Power forward 100.97 San Antonio Spurs
Multiple-time leaders RankPlayerTeamTimes leaderYears1Hakeem OlajuwonHouston Rockets5, , , , David RobinsonSan Antonio Spurs, , , , 3Tim DuncanSan Antonio Spurs4, , , 4Dwight HowardOrlando Magic3, , Ben WallaceDetroit Pistons, , 6Alton ListerMilwaukee Bucks2,Andre DrummondDetroit Pistons, Patrick EwingNew York Knicks, Kevin GarnettBoston Celtics, Rudy GobertUtah Jazz (1) / Minnesota Timberwolves (1), Bill WaltonPortland Trail Blazers (1) / Boston Celtics (1) , Hassan WhitesideMiami Heat,
See also NBA records Advanced statistics in basketball Basketball statistics
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