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. Oliver introduced the defensive rating statistic in his 2004 book, Basketball on Paper.
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. Ben Wallace's 87.48 defensive rating in 2003–2004 is the single-season record.
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 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 |
See also
References
- Fromal, Adam (January 27, 2012). "Understanding the NBA: Explaining Advanced Defensive Stats and Metrics". Bleacher Report. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- "Calculating Individual Offensive and Defensive Ratings". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- "NBA & ABA Career Leaders and Records for Defensive Rating". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- "NBA & ABA Single Season Leaders and Records for Defensive Rating". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- Dean Oliver (2004). Basketball on Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis. Potomac Books, Inc. pp. 342–. ISBN 978-1-59797-331-1.
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