Elmore Smith has the best career defensive rating by a center, with a 93.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 10000 minutes played center ever

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Elmore Smith E. Smith	93.8	11,864	408	29.1	11.8	9.4	1.2	0.8	2.9	4.9	9.9	49.0				2.0	3.4	59.5	51.4	2.3	7.1	1.7	4,801	3,832	505	325	1,183	183	1,340
2	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	95.5	19,878	524	37.9	17.1	12.8	4.0	1.1	0.9	7.2	15.7	46.3	0.0	0.1	7.1	2.6	3.3	80.3	50.1	3.0	9.8	2.2	8,970	6,696	2,104	599	488	543	1,945
3	David Robinson D. Robinson	95.6	34,271	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
4	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	95.6	28,812	951	30.3	6.0	9.9	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.5	5.2	47.3	0.0	0.1	13.7	1.1	2.6	41.1	47.2	3.3	6.7	1.0	5,699	9,455	1,326	1,249	1,932	960	1,834	+1643
5	Clifford Ray C. Ray	96.4	16,059	629	25.5	7.3	8.4	1.9	0.8	1.0	3.0	5.5	53.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.5	58.1	55.3	2.6	5.8	1.7	4,618	5,287	1,203	501	638	532	2,090
6	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	96.4	20,468	591	34.6	8.7	11.9	4.1	1.1	0.6	3.7	7.0	52.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.4	2.2	62.5	54.4	3.5	8.4	1.9	5,141	7,059	2,400	628	367	579	1,615
7	Bill Walton B. Walton	96.5	13,250	468	28.3	13.3	10.5	3.4	0.8	2.2	5.5	10.5	52.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.6	66.0	55.1	2.4	8.2	2.7	6,215	4,923	1,590	380	1,034	865	1,298
8	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	96.5	23,463	761	30.8	9.5	9.0	4.3	1.3	1.5	3.8	8.7	44.3	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.8	2.4	75.0	48.7	2.2	6.9	2.2	7,206	6,873	3,275	999	1,160	978	2,636
9	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	96.6	11,375	470	24.2	12.0	7.3	2.1	0.8	1.1	4.4	8.9	50.0	0.3	0.9	32.8	2.8	3.6	78.6	57.4	1.6	5.7	1.8	5,629	3,436	964	370	494	837	1,290	+1559
10	George Johnson G. Johnson	96.8	17,753	848	20.9	5.0	6.8	1.1	0.5	2.5	2.1	4.6	45.2	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.9	1.3	69.8	48.9	2.3	4.5	1.6	4,280	5,749	921	456	2,082	872	2,667
11	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	97.7	22,128	726	30.5	16.3	9.7	2.9	0.7	1.9	6.4	12.7	50.7	0.0	0.1	12.7	3.4	4.8	71.3	55.0	2.4	7.4	2.0	11,807	7,071	2,133	496	1,370	1,453	1,471	+4069
12	Marcus Camby M. Camby	97.7	23,423	790	29.6	9.6	10.0	1.9	1.0	2.4	3.9	8.3	47.0	0.0	0.1	20.3	1.8	2.6	68.5	50.9	2.6	7.4	1.4	7,612	7,923	1,528	775	1,881	1,098	2,195	+280
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	97.9	44,222	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
14	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	98.3	20,507	609	33.7	23.3	10.1	2.3	0.9	1.6	9.1	17.9	51.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.0	6.5	76.6	56.0	2.5	7.6	2.3	14,178	6,163	1,379	577	984	687	2,001
15	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	98.5	23,844	716	33.3	19.5	9.4	3.3	1.1	1.5	7.8	14.9	52.8	0.0	0.0	15.4	3.8	5.0	77.0	57.2	2.6	6.8	2.6	13,984	6,696	2,353	777	1,100	1,112	2,201
16	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	98.5	38,388	1,120	34.3	20.9	9.9	1.9	0.9	2.5	8.2	16.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	16.1	4.6	6.1	74.1	55.3	2.3	7.6	3.0	23,459	11,052	2,111	1,047	2,747	3,308	3,786	+412
17	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	98.7	14,543	656	22.2	8.0	7.4	2.6	0.9	1.0	2.8	5.7	49.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.1	78.9	57.1	2.4	4.9	2.4	5,270	4,831	1,679	588	648	1,208	2,094
18	Jim Chones J. Chones	98.7	13,302	400	33.3	14.3	9.5	1.8	0.6	1.1	6.1	13.3	46.1				2.0	2.9	70.4	49.0	2.6	6.9	2.3	5,729	3,790	711	222	450	371	1,259
19	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	99.1	36,791	1,196	30.8	9.8	10.3	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.5	6.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.1	68.4	57.3	3.2	7.1	1.8	11,729	12,359	1,240	494	3,289	2,173	3,383	+1607
20	Yao Ming Y. Ming	99.1	15,818	486	32.5	19.0	9.2	1.6	0.4	1.9	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.1	83.3	59.6	2.5	6.7	2.7	9,247	4,494	769	189	920	1,311	1,596	+1491
21	Dwight Howard D. Howard	99.3	33,744	1,078	31.3	16.0	11.9	1.4	0.9	1.8	5.8	9.7	59.6	0.0	0.1	22.2	4.4	7.8	56.0	60.7	3.3	8.5	2.7	17,212	12,782	1,476	939	1,977	2,920	3,403	+3033
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	99.4	43,787	1,239	35.3	22.9	10.0	3.5	0.9	2.6	9.4	16.8	56.1	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.0	5.4	73.6	59.5	2.4	7.6	2.7	28,316	12,369	4,302	1,160	3,189	2,527	3,667
23	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	99.4	25,273	801	31.6	17.5	8.7	1.2	0.5	2.8	6.3	11.8	52.9	0.0	0.1	24.7	5.0	7.1	69.5	58.4	2.7	6.0	2.7	14,029	6,939	928	406	2,282	2,152	2,728	+1695
24	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	99.9	18,448	686	26.9	6.9	8.3	1.4	0.5	1.7	2.7	5.8	46.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.1	74.0	52.0	2.2	6.1	1.9	4,760	5,688	967	338	1,149	1,138	2,402
25	Alvan Adams A. Adams	100.1	27,203	988	27.5	14.1	7.0	4.1	1.3	0.8	5.8	11.6	49.8	0.0	0.0	13.3	2.5	3.2	78.8	54.1	2.0	5.0	2.6	13,910	6,937	4,012	1,289	808	2,194	3,214