Hakeem Olajuwon had the best defensive rating in 1989-90, with a 93.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

best NBA defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 1990

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	93.4	1989-90	HOU	82	38.1	24.3	14.0	2.9	2.1	4.6	9.8	19.6	50.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.7	6.5	71.3	54.1	3.6	10.4	3.9	3,124	1,995	1,149	234	174	376	316	314
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	96.8	1989-90	SAS	82	36.6	24.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.2	59.7	3.7	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
3	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	99.8	1989-90	DET	81	33.0	12.1	9.6	2.1	0.7	1.0	4.7	9.7	48.4	0.7	2.0	36.1	2.0	2.4	85.4	56.4	2.0	7.6	1.2	2,675	981	780	171	57	84	98	278
4	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	101.4	1989-90	DET	82	29.0	8.8	9.7	0.9	0.6	0.7	3.5	6.0	58.1	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.7	2.6	65.4	60.8	4.1	5.6	1.1	2,377	719	792	72	52	60	90	276
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	102.3	1989-90	UTA	82	38.1	31.0	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	11.1	19.8	56.2	0.2	0.5	37.2	8.5	11.1	76.2	62.6	2.8	8.3	3.7	3,122	2,540	911	226	121	50	304	259
6	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	102.5	1989-90	UTA	82	27.8	4.8	7.3	0.5	0.4	2.5	1.9	3.7	52.7	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.4	66.9	56.1	2.1	5.2	0.9	2,281	395	601	39	33	201	75	238
7	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	102.9	1989-90	NYK	82	38.6	28.6	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	11.2	20.4	55.1	0.0	0.0	25.0	6.1	7.9	77.5	59.9	2.9	8.0	3.4	3,165	2,347	893	182	78	327	278	325
8	Mark West M. West	103.0	1989-90	PHX	82	29.3	10.5	8.9	0.5	0.4	2.2	4.0	6.5	62.5	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.5	69.1	65.6	2.6	6.3	1.5	2,399	861	728	45	36	184	126	277
9	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	103.0	1989-90	POR	82	34.7	16.0	8.4	2.3	1.5	0.8	6.3	13.2	47.8	0.0	0.2	15.0	3.3	4.8	69.0	52.1	3.1	5.4	1.8	2,843	1,310	690	188	121	63	144	304
10	Benoit Benjamin B. Benjamin	103.4	1989-90	LAC	71	32.6	13.5	9.3	2.2	0.8	2.6	5.1	9.7	52.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	4.5	73.2	57.8	2.2	7.1	2.6	2,313	959	657	159	59	187	187	217
11	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	103.4	1989-90	POR	73	36.8	23.3	6.9	5.9	2.0	0.7	9.2	18.6	49.4	0.4	1.5	28.3	4.6	5.9	77.4	55.1	2.8	4.1	2.6	2,683	1,703	507	432	145	51	191	222
12	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	103.6	1989-90	SAS	81	34.8	22.4	8.4	2.7	1.4	0.6	9.0	18.9	47.5	0.2	0.7	32.2	4.2	5.4	78.0	52.7	2.8	5.6	2.5	2,821	1,818	677	219	110	52	202	286
13	Buck Williams B. Williams	103.8	1989-90	POR	82	34.2	13.6	9.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	5.0	9.2	54.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	5.0	70.6	59.7	3.0	6.7	2.0	2,801	1,114	800	116	69	39	168	285
14	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	103.9	1989-90	DET	81	37.0	18.4	3.8	9.4	1.7	0.2	7.1	16.3	43.8	0.5	1.7	30.9	3.6	4.7	77.5	50.1	0.9	2.9	4.0	2,993	1,492	308	765	139	19	322	206
15	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	104.2	1989-90	MIL	81	32.1	14.2	6.9	5.5	2.6	0.2	5.9	11.7	50.3	0.0	0.3	15.4	2.4	3.3	74.1	54.2	2.8	4.1	2.7	2,599	1,153	559	445	207	17	217	280
16	Fat Lever F. Lever	104.3	1989-90	DEN	79	35.8	18.3	9.3	6.5	2.1	0.2	7.2	16.2	44.3	0.5	1.1	41.4	3.4	4.3	80.4	50.4	2.9	6.4	2.0	2,832	1,443	734	517	168	13	156	172
17	Hot Rod Williams H. Rod Williams	104.4	1989-90	CLE	82	33.9	16.8	8.1	2.0	1.0	2.0	6.4	13.0	49.3	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.4	73.9	54.6	2.7	5.4	1.7	2,776	1,381	663	168	86	167	143	214
18	Larry Nance L. Nance	104.5	1989-90	CLE	62	33.3	16.3	8.3	2.6	0.9	2.0	6.6	13.0	51.1	0.0	0.0	100.0	3.0	3.9	77.8	55.4	2.6	5.7	1.8	2,065	1,011	516	161	54	122	110	185
19	Rony Seikaly R. Seikaly	104.9	1989-90	MIA	74	32.6	16.6	10.4	1.1	1.1	1.7	6.6	13.1	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	5.8	59.4	53.0	3.4	6.9	3.2	2,409	1,228	766	78	78	124	236	258
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	105.0	1989-90	BOS	75	39.3	24.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	9.6	20.2	47.3	0.9	2.6	33.3	4.3	4.6	93.0	54.6	1.2	8.3	3.2	2,944	1,820	712	562	106	61	243	173
21	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	105.1	1989-90	HOU	82	35.9	17.1	9.0	3.2	0.8	0.3	6.7	12.2	54.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	5.4	68.8	58.7	3.1	5.8	2.8	2,947	1,401	734	261	66	24	229	270
22	Buck Johnson B. Johnson	105.2	1989-90	HOU	82	34.5	14.8	4.6	3.1	1.3	0.8	6.1	12.4	49.5	0.0	0.2	11.8	2.5	3.3	75.9	53.4	1.4	3.3	2.0	2,832	1,215	381	252	104	62	167	321
23	John Stockton J. Stockton	105.3	1989-90	UTA	78	37.4	17.2	2.6	14.5	2.7	0.2	6.1	11.8	51.4	0.6	1.4	41.6	4.5	5.5	81.9	60.7	0.7	1.9	3.5	2,915	1,345	206	1,134	207	18	272	233
24	Terry Porter T. Porter	105.3	1989-90	POR	80	34.8	17.6	3.4	9.1	1.9	0.1	5.6	12.1	46.2	1.1	3.0	37.4	5.3	5.9	89.2	59.7	0.7	2.7	3.1	2,781	1,406	272	726	151	4	245	150
25	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	105.3	1989-90	CHI	82	38.4	16.5	6.7	5.4	2.6	1.2	6.9	14.0	48.9	0.3	1.4	25.0	2.4	3.6	67.5	52.8	1.8	4.8	3.4	3,148	1,351	547	444	211	101	278	298