Defensive rating


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 = + Opponents Differential= 1/5 of possessions - Times blown by + Deflections * OAPDW. 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. Ben Wallace's 87.48 defensive rating in 2003–2004 is the single-season record. Trae Young has the highest career defensive rating, at 118.3.

Year-by-year

SeasonPlayerPositionDRtgTeam
*Center92.22San Antonio Spurs
Center90.56New York Knicks
*Center92.89Detroit Pistons
*Center89.99Detroit Pistons
*Center87.48Detroit Pistons
*Power forward93.17San Antonio Spurs
*Power forward94.41San Antonio Spurs
*Power forward94.45San Antonio Spurs
*Power forward93.85Boston Celtics
Center94.56Orlando Magic
Center95.44Orlando Magic
Center94.18Orlando Magic
*Power forward94.21Boston Celtics
*Power forward94.97San Antonio Spurs
Center95.82Chicago Bulls
^Small forward94.45San Antonio Spurs
Center94.52Miami Heat
^Center99.04Detroit Pistons
^Center99.01Detroit Pistons
Center99.03Miami Heat
^Power forward97.11Milwaukee Bucks
^Center100.64Utah Jazz
^Center102.42Boston Celtics
^Power forward105.3Memphis Grizzlies
^Center104.5Minnesota Timberwolves