NBA Players Rated and Ranked by the Real Quality of Their Defense, 2009-10 Season, League Wide

NBA PLAYERS REAL DEFENSIVE RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

NBA PLAYERS REAL DEFENSIVE RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Includes both tracked and untracked or hidden defending
--The average defensive sub rating for players who played 300 minutes or more is about .315
--All players who played at least 300 minutes are included

ABOVE .720
1 Dwight Howard ORLA C 0.730


.640 to .719
2 Marcus Camby LACL C 0.656
3 Andrew Bogut MILW C 0.649
4 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 0.648

.560 to .639
5 Marcus Camby PORT C 0.633
6 Tim Duncan SANA PF 0.631
7 Reggie Evans TORO PF 0.615
8 Joel Przybilla PORT C 0.607
9 Brendan Haywood DALL C 0.599
10 Chris Andersen DENV PF 0.575
11 Greg Oden PORT C 0.573
12 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 0.569
13 Anderson Varejao CLEV C 0.563

.480 to .559
14 Ben Wallace DETR C 0.557
15 Lamar Odom LALK PF 0.552
16 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 0.548
17 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 0.546
18 Josh Smith ATLA SF 0.540
19 Erick Dampier DALL C 0.531
20 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 0.530
21 Joakim Noah CHIC C 0.528
22 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 0.525
23 Samuel Dalembert PHIL C 0.521
24 Kendrick Perkins BOST C 0.520
25 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 0.516
26 LeBron James CLEV SF 0.498
27 Jamaal Magloire MIAM C 0.492
28 Dan Gadzuric MILW C 0.489
29 Tyson Chandler CHAR C 0.487
30 Al Horford ATLA C 0.486
31 Nick Collison OKLA PF 0.482
32 Pau Gasol LALK PF 0.480
33 Andris Biedrins GOLS C 0.480

.400 to .479
34 D.J. Mbenga LALK C 0.477
35 Andrew Bynum LALK C 0.474
36 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 0.473
37 Oleksiy Pecherov MINN C 0.466
38 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 0.466
39 Troy Murphy INDI PF 0.463
40 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 0.463
41 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 0.458
42 Shaquille O'Neal CLEV C 0.452
43 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 0.451
44 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 0.450
45 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 0.450
46 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 0.448
47 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLEV C 0.448
48 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 0.446
49 Etan Thomas OKLA C 0.444
50 Jason Kidd DALL PG 0.443
51 Joel Anthony MIAM C 0.441
52 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 0.440
53 Delonte West CLEV SG 0.440
54 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 0.438
55 Marc Gasol MEMP C 0.438
56 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 0.438
57 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 0.438
58 James Singleton WASH SF 0.437
59 John Salmons CHIC SF 0.436
60 Luol Deng CHIC SF 0.435
61 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 0.434
62 John Salmons MILW SF 0.434
63 Kyrylo Fesenko UTAH C 0.433
64 Ronny Turiaf GOLS C 0.432
65 Theo Ratliff CHAR C 0.430
66 Shelden Williams BOST PF 0.430
67 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 0.427
68 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 0.426
69 Josh Boone NJRS C 0.425
70 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 0.423
71 Sean May SACR PF 0.422
72 Roy Hibbert INDI C 0.421
73 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 0.421
74 Craig Smith LACL PF 0.421
75 Brendan Haywood WASH C 0.421
76 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 0.420
77 Vince Carter ORLA SG 0.417
78 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 0.416
79 Emeka Okafor NORL C 0.415
80 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 0.411
81 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 0.407
82 Jermaine O'Neal MIAM C 0.406
83 A.J. Price INDI PG 0.403
84 Shawn Marion DALL SF 0.403
85 Al Jefferson MINN C 0.402
86 Chris Kaman LACL C 0.401
87 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 0.400

.320 to .399
88 James Harden OKLA SG 0.399
89 Ron Artest LALK SF 0.398
90 Nene Hilario DENV C 0.393
91 JaVale McGee WASH C 0.391
92 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 0.388
93 Kevin Love MINN PF 0.387
94 Hasheem Thabeet MEMP C 0.386
95 Mehmet Okur UTAH C 0.385
96 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 0.385
97 Shane Battier HOUS SF 0.385
98 Rajon Rondo BOST PG 0.384
99 Caron Butler DALL SF 0.382
100 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 0.380
101 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 0.376
102 Ronnie Price UTAH PG 0.376
103 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 0.375
104 Chris Bosh TORO PF 0.375
105 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 0.373
106 Nazr Mohammed CHAR C 0.372
107 Carlos Arroyo MIAM PG 0.372
108 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 0.372
109 Jameer Nelson ORLA PG 0.367
110 Johan Petro DENV C 0.366
111 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 0.366
112 Brad Miller CHIC C 0.364
113 David Lee NWYR C 0.363
114 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 0.362
115 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 0.361
116 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 0.361
117 Amir Johnson TORO SF 0.360
118 Danny Granger INDI SF 0.360
119 David Andersen HOUS C 0.360
120 Eric Maynor OKLA PG 0.360
121 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 0.359
122 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 0.359
123 Luis Scola HOUS PF 0.358
124 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 0.358
125 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 0.356
126 Elton Brand PHIL PF 0.354
127 Brandon Jennings MILW PG 0.353
128 Brandon Rush INDI SG 0.353
129 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 0.352
130 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 0.351
131 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 0.351
132 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 0.351
133 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 0.350
134 Paul Pierce BOST SF 0.349
135 Shannon Brown LALK PG 0.349
136 Raymond Felton CHAR PG 0.348
137 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 0.348
138 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 0.347
139 Kwame Brown DETR C 0.344
140 Andray Blatche WASH C 0.343
141 Chris Paul NORL PG 0.342
142 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 0.342
143 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 0.339
144 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 0.339
145 Keyon Dooling NJRS PG 0.337
146 Matt Bonner SANA PF 0.336
147 Tony Allen BOST SG 0.335
148 Darko Milicic MINN C 0.334
149 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 0.334
150 Mike Bibby ATLA PG 0.331
151 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 0.330
152 Jeff Green OKLA PF 0.328
153 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 0.328
154 C.J. Watson GOLS PG 0.328
155 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 0.323

.240 to .319
156 Channing Frye PHNX C 0.317
157 Jason Thompson SACR PF 0.316
158 Ime Udoka SACR SG 0.315
159 Jordan Farmar LALK PG 0.315

THE AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA PLAYERS IS ABOUT .315

160 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 0.314
161 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 0.314
162 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 0.314
163 Carl Landry SACR PF 0.311
164 Ray Allen BOST SG 0.310
165 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 0.309
166 D.J. Augustin CHAR PG 0.309
167 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 0.309
168 J.R. Smith DENV SG 0.308
169 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 0.305
170 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 0.305
171 Drew Gooden DALL PF 0.305
172 Daniel Gibson CLEV PG 0.302
173 Kris Humphries DALL PF 0.302
174 James Posey NORL SF 0.300
175 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 0.299
176 Caron Butler WASH SF 0.298
177 Sergio Rodriguez SACR PG 0.298
178 Andre Miller PORT PG 0.297
179 Carl Landry HOUS PF 0.297
180 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 0.297
181 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 0.296
182 Jamaal Tinsley MEMP PG 0.296
183 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 0.293
184 Derrick Rose CHIC PG 0.293
185 Mike Miller WASH SF 0.292
186 Brook Lopez NJRS C 0.291
187 Al Thornton WASH SF 0.290
188 Nenad Krstic OKLA C 0.288
189 Mario Chalmers MIAM PG 0.288
190 Spencer Hawes SACR C 0.287
191 Earl Watson INDI PG 0.286
192 Omri Casspi SACR SF 0.286
193 Tyreke Evans SACR PG 0.286
194 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 0.285
195 Luther Head INDI PG 0.285
196 Grant Hill PHNX SF 0.283
197 Roger Mason SANA SG 0.282
198 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 0.282
199 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 0.281
200 Rafer Alston NJRS PG 0.281
201 James Jones MIAM SF 0.281
202 Martell Webster PORT SG 0.281
203 DeAndre Jordan LACL C 0.280
204 Rodney Stuckey DETR PG 0.279
205 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 0.278
206 Kirk Hinrich CHIC PG 0.277
207 Mo Williams CLEV PG 0.276
208 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 0.276
209 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 0.275
210 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 0.275
211 Jason Williams ORLA PG 0.274
212 Eric Maynor UTAH PG 0.273
213 Sebastian Telfair LACL PG 0.273
214 Goran Dragic PHNX PG 0.273
215 Kyle Lowry HOUS PG 0.271
216 Derek Fisher LALK PG 0.271
217 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 0.269
218 Robin Lopez PHNX C 0.269
219 Earl Clark PHNX SF 0.268
220 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 0.268
221 Tony Parker SANA PG 0.267
222 Ramon Sessions MINN PG 0.267
223 David West NORL PF 0.266
224 Devean George GOLS SG 0.266
225 Jason Terry DALL SG 0.262
226 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 0.261
227 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 0.261
228 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 0.261
229 Anthony Carter DENV PG 0.260
230 Deron Williams UTAH PG 0.259
231 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 0.259
232 George Hill SANA PG 0.259
233 Russell Westbrook OKLA PG 0.258
234 Shaun Livingston WASH PG 0.257
235 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 0.257
236 Julian Wright NORL SF 0.256
237 Baron Davis LACL PG 0.255
238 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 0.254
239 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 0.253
240 Jannero Pargo CHIC PG 0.253
241 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 0.252
242 Charlie Bell MILW SG 0.252
243 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 0.251
244 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 0.248
245 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 0.247
246 Donte Greene SACR SF 0.247
247 Mardy Collins LACL PG 0.246
248 Darius Songaila NORL PF 0.246
249 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 0.245
250 Juwan Howard PORT PF 0.244
251 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 0.242
252 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 0.242

.160 to .239
253 Steve Blake PORT PG 0.239
254 Brandon Roy PORT SG 0.238
255 Zaza Pachulia ATLA C 0.236
256 Solomon Jones INDI PF 0.235
257 Drew Gooden LACL PF 0.234
258 James Johnson CHIC PF 0.234
259 T.J. Ford INDI PG 0.234
260 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 0.233
261 Quinton Ross DALL SF 0.232
262 Chauncey Billups DENV PG 0.232
263 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 0.231
264 Devin Brown NORL SG 0.231
265 Stephen Curry GOLS PG 0.230
266 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 0.227
267 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 0.226
268 Michael Redd MILW SG 0.226
269 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 0.225
270 Fabricio Oberto WASH C 0.225
271 Al Harrington NWYR PF 0.222
272 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 0.222
273 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 0.220
274 Keith Bogans SANA SG 0.220
275 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 0.220
276 Beno Udrih SACR PG 0.220
277 Mike Conley MEMP PG 0.217
278 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 0.217
279 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 0.216
280 Rafer Alston MIAM PG 0.216
281 Al Thornton LACL SF 0.213
282 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 0.213
283 Rasual Butler LACL SG 0.210
284 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 0.208
285 Monta Ellis GOLS PG 0.208
286 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 0.208
287 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 0.207
288 Sam Young MEMP SF 0.206
289 Austin Daye DETR SF 0.206
290 Lou Williams PHIL SG 0.206
291 Ty Lawson DENV PG 0.205
292 Joey Graham DENV SF 0.204
293 Andrea Bargnani TORO C 0.201
294 Glen Davis BOST PF 0.199
295 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 0.198
296 Jrue Holiday PHIL PG 0.197
297 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 0.196
298 Antoine Wright TORO SF 0.196
299 Corey Brewer MINN SF 0.195
300 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 0.194
301 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 0.194
302 Chris Duhon NWYR PG 0.194
303 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 0.193
304 Anthony Johnson ORLA PG 0.192
305 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 0.192
306 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 0.192
307 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 0.191
308 Jon Brockman SACR PF 0.189
309 Chris Wilcox DETR C 0.189
310 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 0.188
311 Jose Juan Barea DALL PG 0.187
312 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 0.187
313 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 0.186
314 Bobby Brown NORL PG 0.186
315 Eddie House NWYR SG 0.184
316 Jason Smith PHIL PF 0.183
317 Nate Robinson NWYR PG 0.183
318 Michael Finley BOST SF 0.182
319 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 0.180
320 Marcus Williams MEMP PG 0.180
321 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 0.178
322 Darren Collison NORL PG 0.178
323 Aaron Brooks HOUS PG 0.172
324 Willie Green PHIL SG 0.170
325 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 0.170
326 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 0.169
327 Ricky Davis LACL SF 0.168
328 Sonny Weems TORO SG 0.165
329 Brian Scalabrine BOST C 0.164
330 Randy Foye WASH PG 0.164
331 Rasho Nesterovic TORO C 0.164
332 Luke Ridnour MILW PG 0.164
333 Nate Robinson BOST PG 0.164
334 Steve Nash PHNX PG 0.161
335 Nick Young WASH SG 0.160

.080 to .159
336 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 0.159
337 Eric Gordon LACL SG 0.159
338 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 0.159
339 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 0.158
340 Josh Powell LALK PF 0.154
341 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 0.153
342 Gilbert Arenas WASH PG 0.153
343 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 0.152
344 Mikki Moore GOLS C 0.148
345 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 0.148
346 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 0.147
347 Josh Howard DALL SF 0.145
348 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 0.143
349 Jeff Teague ATLA PG 0.142
350 Rodrigue Beaubois DALL PG 0.140
351 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 0.138
352 Malik Hairston SANA SG 0.137
353 Kevin Martin SACR SG 0.137
354 Michael Finley SANA SF 0.135
355 Jonny Flynn MINN PG 0.134
356 Morris Peterson NORL SG 0.132
357 Joe Smith ATLA PF 0.131
358 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 0.131
359 Steve Blake LACL PG 0.130
360 Earl Boykins WASH PG 0.129
361 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 0.127
362 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 0.123
363 Devin Harris NJRS PG 0.122
364 Jose Calderon TORO PG 0.120
365 Chucky Atkins DETR PG 0.115
366 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 0.113
367 Steve Novak LACL SF 0.112
368 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 0.111
369 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 0.111
370 Jarrett Jack TORO PG 0.111
371 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 0.109
372 Sergio Rodriguez NWYR PG 0.100
373 Jerryd Bayless PORT PG 0.100
374 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 0.097
375 Bill Walker NWYR SG 0.093
376 Will Bynum DETR PG 0.090

LESS THAN .080
377 Malik Allen DENV PF 0.076
378 Ben Gordon DETR SG 0.074
379 Toney Douglas NWYR PG 0.069
380 Ryan Hollins MINN C 0.066
381 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 0.057

THE AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SUB RATING
for all NBA players who play 300 minutes or more is about .315

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