Defensive rating or defensive efficiency is a statistic used in basketball to measure an individual player's efficiency at preventing the other team from scoring points. It was created by author and statistician Dean Oliver. [1] Oliver introduced the defensive rating statistic in his 2004 book, Basketball on Paper. [2]
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.
Gar Heard's 95.30 defensive rating is the NBA's all-time career record. [3] Ben Wallace's 87.48 defensive rating in 2003–2004 is the single-season record. [4]
^ | 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 year |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time |
Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time |