NBA & ABA Career Leaders and Records for Defensive Box Plus/Minus

Active players are listed in bold
* Indicates member of the Hall of Fame.
BPM (OBPM/DBPM) and VORP are calculated for seasons 1973-74 until present

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NBA/ABA

NBA/ABA Table
Rank Player DBPM
1.David Robinson* 3.05
2.Nikola Jokić 2.96
3.Nate McMillan 2.94
4.Mark Eaton 2.91
5.Draymond Green 2.90
6.Ben Wallace* 2.60
7.Tree Rollins 2.51
8.Kyle Anderson 2.50
9.Hakeem Olajuwon* 2.48
10.Bo Outlaw 2.46
11.George Johnson 2.45
12.Sam Lacey 2.43
13.Tim Duncan* 2.33
14.Marcus Camby 2.33
15.Andrei Kirilenko 2.30
16.Bobby Jones* 2.28
17.Giannis Antetokounmpo 2.21
18.Doc Rivers 2.19
19.John Salley 2.17
20.Kevin Garnett* 2.09
21.Joakim Noah 2.09
22.Don Buse 2.08
23.Michael Jordan* 2.05
24.Manu Ginóbili* 2.04
25.Kim Hughes 2.04
26.Chris Paul 2.03
27.Robert Horry 1.98
28.Thabo Sefolosha 1.97
29.Alvin Robertson 1.96
30.Rudy Gobert 1.95
31.Kawhi Leonard 1.94
32.John Stockton* 1.93
33.Tony Allen 1.93
34.Jon Koncak 1.87
35.Theo Ratliff 1.86
36.Mike Gale 1.84
37.Shawn Bradley 1.84
38.Wes Unseld* 1.82
39.Marc Gasol 1.79
40.Scottie Pippen* 1.78
41.Larry Bird* 1.77
42.Ted McClain 1.77
43.Dikembe Mutombo* 1.76
44.Quinn Buckner 1.75
45.Aaron McKie 1.74
46.Rich Kelley 1.74
47.Vlade Divac* 1.72
48.Andrew Bogut 1.69
49.LeBron James 1.67
50.Michael Ray Richardson 1.65
51.Patrick Ewing* 1.65
52.Paul Pressey 1.64
53.Fatty Taylor 1.63
54.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1.61
55.Magic Johnson* 1.60
56.Fat Lever 1.60
57.Maurice Cheeks* 1.59
58.Foots Walker 1.58
59.Julius Keye 1.58
60.Wendell Ladner 1.56
61.Julius Erving* 1.56
62.Bam Adebayo 1.56
63.Gerald Wallace 1.54
64.Jason Kidd* 1.54
65.Anthony Davis 1.52
66.Eddie Jones 1.52
67.Danny Green 1.51
68.Darrell Walker 1.51
69.Bruce Bowen 1.50
70.Alvan Adams 1.49
71.Josh Smith 1.47
72.James Johnson 1.45
73.Royce O'Neale 1.41
74.Ron Harper 1.40
75.Brevin Knight 1.40
76.Alonzo Mourning* 1.39
77.Coby Dietrick 1.38
78.Andre Iguodala 1.38
79.Jimmy Butler 1.37
80.Mason Plumlee 1.36
81.Larry Nance 1.36
82.Robert Covington 1.35
83.Mookie Blaylock 1.34
84.Doug Christie 1.33
85.Len Elmore 1.31
86.Clyde Drexler* 1.30
87.Alton Lister 1.29
88.Jerome Kersey 1.27
89.Shane Battier 1.27
90.Al Horford 1.27
91.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 1.26
92.Metta World Peace 1.24
93.Yao Ming* 1.24
94.Rick Mahorn 1.23
95.Kendrick Perkins 1.23
96.Dave Cowens* 1.20
97.Domantas Sabonis 1.20
98.Greg Anthony 1.19
99.Nenê 1.19
100.Patrick Beverley 1.19
101.Joe Ingles 1.17
102.Rasheed Wallace 1.16
103.Luka Dončić 1.16
104.Clifford Ray 1.15
105.Marcus Smart 1.13
106.Paul George 1.13
107.Chris Webber* 1.12
108.Jack Sikma* 1.12
109.Kenyon Martin 1.10
110.Jan van Breda Kolff 1.10
111.Caldwell Jones 1.10
112.Gar Heard 1.09
113.Brian Taylor 1.09
114.Michael Cooper* 1.08
115.Andrew Lang 1.07
116.Hot Rod Williams 1.06
117.Bob Lanier* 1.05
118.Dwight Howard 1.03
119.Paul Millsap 1.02
120.James Posey 1.01
121.Gene Littles 1.00
122.Kurt Rambis 1.00
123.Shawn Marion 1.00
124.Kurt Thomas 0.99
125.Myles Turner 0.99
126.Amir Johnson 0.99
127.Josh Hart 0.99
128.Trevor Ariza 0.97
129.Rajon Rondo 0.96
130.T.R. Dunn 0.96
131.Darryl Dawkins 0.96
132.Ervin Johnson 0.96
133.Chris Ford 0.94
134.Brent Barry 0.93
135.Kent Benson 0.92
136.Craig Ehlo 0.91
137.Karl Malone* 0.90
138.Connie Hawkins* 0.89
139.Ricky Rubio 0.88
140.Anderson Varejão 0.88
141.Jarrett Allen 0.88
142.Mario Chalmers 0.88
143.Mark West 0.87
144.Benoit Benjamin 0.86
145.Terrell Brandon 0.85
146.Derrick McKey 0.85
147.Lamar Odom 0.85
148.Gus Williams 0.85
149.Marvin Webster 0.84
150.Rasho Nesterović 0.83
151.James Harden 0.83
152.DeMarcus Cousins 0.82
153.Dwyane Wade* 0.82
154.George Hill 0.82
155.M.L. Carr 0.82
156.Dan Majerle 0.82
157.Darrell Armstrong 0.81
158.Kelly Olynyk 0.80
159.Kerry Kittles 0.79
160.Jermaine O'Neal 0.78
161.Roy Hibbert 0.77
162.Nicolas Batum 0.77
163.Charles Barkley* 0.77
164.Artis Gilmore* 0.77
165.Pau Gasol* 0.77
166.Bill Laimbeer 0.76
167.Eric Snow 0.76
168.P.J. Brown 0.76
169.Grant Hill* 0.75
170.Terry Tyler 0.75
171.Anfernee Hardaway 0.75
172.Greg Ballard 0.75
173.Reggie Williams 0.75
174.Fred VanVleet 0.74
175.Walt Simon 0.74
176.Jim Brewer 0.74
177.DeAndre Jordan 0.72
178.Mario Elie 0.72
179.Shaquille O'Neal* 0.72
180.Bonzi Wells 0.71
181.P.J. Tucker 0.71
182.Luc Mbah a Moute 0.70
183.Jimmy Jones 0.69
184.Samuel Dalembert 0.69
185.Lonnie Shelton 0.69
186.Danny Manning 0.69
187.Dave Twardzik 0.69
188.Stacey Augmon 0.69
189.Herb Williams 0.69
190.George Lynch 0.68
191.Gerald Govan 0.68
192.Charles Oakley 0.68
193.Bryon Russell 0.68
194.Kirk Hinrich 0.67
195.Anthony Mason 0.67
196.Derrick Favors 0.67
197.Hersey Hawkins 0.67
198.Jae Crowder 0.66
199.Al-Farouq Aminu 0.66
200.Corey Brewer 0.65
201.Elden Campbell 0.65
202.Willie Anderson 0.64
203.David West 0.63
204.Kevin Durant 0.63
205.Christian Laettner 0.63
206.Bill Hanzlik 0.62
207.Charles Smith 0.62
208.Garrett Temple 0.61
209.Kyle Lowry 0.60
210.Steve Mix 0.60
211.Eric Bledsoe 0.60
212.Steve Hawes 0.59
213.Tyrone Corbin 0.59
214.Grant Long 0.58
215.Ben Poquette 0.57
216.Jeff Hornacek 0.57
217.Lindsey Hunter 0.57
218.Trent Tucker 0.56
219.Brad Miller 0.56
220.Paul Pierce* 0.55
221.Jayson Tatum 0.55
222.Billy Paultz 0.55
223.George McGinnis* 0.55
224.Clifford Robinson 0.55
225.Rick Barry* 0.54
226.Dennis Rodman* 0.53
227.Tom Gugliotta 0.53
228.Shaun Livingston 0.53
229.Gary Payton* 0.51
230.Travis Best 0.51
231.Nick Anderson 0.51
232.Shawn Kemp 0.51
233.Tracy McGrady* 0.51
234.Derek Harper 0.51
235.Sidney Moncrief* 0.50
236.Bob Sura 0.49
237.Roger Brown* 0.49
238.Darnell Hillman 0.48
239.Boris Diaw 0.48
240.Andre Drummond 0.47
241.Ray Williams 0.47
242.Russell Westbrook 0.46
243.Derek Fisher 0.46
244.Mike Conley 0.46
245.Chris Morris 0.46
246.Tyson Chandler 0.46
247.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 0.45
248.Chris Dudley 0.45
249.Terry Porter 0.45
250.Warren Jabali 0.45

NBA

NBA Table
Rank Player DBPM
1.David Robinson* 3.05
2.Nikola Jokić 2.96
3.Nate McMillan 2.94
4.Mark Eaton 2.91
5.Draymond Green 2.90
6.Ben Wallace* 2.60
7.Tree Rollins 2.51
8.Kyle Anderson 2.50
9.Hakeem Olajuwon* 2.48
10.Bo Outlaw 2.46
11.George Johnson 2.45
12.Sam Lacey 2.43
13.Tim Duncan* 2.33
14.Marcus Camby 2.33
15.Andrei Kirilenko 2.30
16.Giannis Antetokounmpo 2.21
17.Bobby Jones* 2.19
18.Doc Rivers 2.19
19.John Salley 2.17
20.Kevin Garnett* 2.09
21.Joakim Noah 2.09
22.Michael Jordan* 2.05
23.Manu Ginóbili* 2.04
24.Chris Paul 2.03
25.Robert Horry 1.98
26.Thabo Sefolosha 1.97
27.Alvin Robertson 1.96
28.Rudy Gobert 1.95
29.Kawhi Leonard 1.94
30.John Stockton* 1.93
31.Tony Allen 1.93
32.Jon Koncak 1.87
33.Theo Ratliff 1.86
34.Shawn Bradley 1.84
35.Wes Unseld* 1.82
36.Marc Gasol 1.79
37.Scottie Pippen* 1.78
38.Larry Bird* 1.77
39.Dikembe Mutombo* 1.76
40.Quinn Buckner 1.75
41.Aaron McKie 1.74
42.Rich Kelley 1.74
43.Vlade Divac* 1.72
44.Andrew Bogut 1.69
45.LeBron James 1.67
46.Don Buse 1.67
47.Michael Ray Richardson 1.65
48.Patrick Ewing* 1.65
49.Paul Pressey 1.64
50.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1.61
51.Magic Johnson* 1.60
52.Fat Lever 1.60
53.Maurice Cheeks* 1.59
54.Foots Walker 1.58
55.Bam Adebayo 1.56
56.Gerald Wallace 1.54
57.Jason Kidd* 1.54
58.Anthony Davis 1.52
59.Eddie Jones 1.52
60.Danny Green 1.51
61.Darrell Walker 1.51
62.Bruce Bowen 1.50
63.Alvan Adams 1.49
64.Josh Smith 1.47
65.James Johnson 1.45
66.Royce O'Neale 1.41
67.Ron Harper 1.40
68.Brevin Knight 1.40
69.Alonzo Mourning* 1.39
70.Andre Iguodala 1.38
71.Jimmy Butler 1.37
72.Mason Plumlee 1.36
73.Larry Nance 1.36
74.Robert Covington 1.35
75.Mookie Blaylock 1.34
76.Doug Christie 1.33
77.Clyde Drexler* 1.30
78.Alton Lister 1.29
79.Jerome Kersey 1.27
80.Shane Battier 1.27
81.Al Horford 1.27
82.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 1.26
83.Metta World Peace 1.24
84.Yao Ming* 1.24
85.Rick Mahorn 1.23
86.Kendrick Perkins 1.23
87.Julius Erving* 1.21
88.Dave Cowens* 1.20
89.Domantas Sabonis 1.20
90.Greg Anthony 1.19
91.Nenê 1.19
92.Patrick Beverley 1.19
93.Joe Ingles 1.17
94.Rasheed Wallace 1.16
95.Luka Dončić 1.16
96.Clifford Ray 1.15
97.Marcus Smart 1.13
98.Paul George 1.13
99.Chris Webber* 1.12
100.Jack Sikma* 1.12
101.Kenyon Martin 1.10
102.Gar Heard 1.09
103.Caldwell Jones 1.08
104.Michael Cooper* 1.08
105.Andrew Lang 1.07
106.Hot Rod Williams 1.06
107.Bob Lanier* 1.05
108.Dwight Howard 1.03
109.Paul Millsap 1.02
110.James Posey 1.01
111.Kurt Rambis 1.00
112.Shawn Marion 1.00
113.Kurt Thomas 0.99
114.Myles Turner 0.99
115.Amir Johnson 0.99
116.Josh Hart 0.99
117.Trevor Ariza 0.97
118.Rajon Rondo 0.96
119.T.R. Dunn 0.96
120.Darryl Dawkins 0.96
121.Ervin Johnson 0.96
122.Chris Ford 0.94
123.Brent Barry 0.93
124.Kent Benson 0.92
125.Craig Ehlo 0.91
126.Karl Malone* 0.90
127.Ricky Rubio 0.88
128.Anderson Varejão 0.88
129.Jarrett Allen 0.88
130.Mario Chalmers 0.88
131.Mark West 0.87
132.Benoit Benjamin 0.86
133.Terrell Brandon 0.85
134.Derrick McKey 0.85
135.Lamar Odom 0.85
136.Gus Williams 0.85
137.Rasho Nesterović 0.83
138.James Harden 0.83
139.DeMarcus Cousins 0.82
140.Dwyane Wade* 0.82
141.George Hill 0.82
142.Dan Majerle 0.82
143.Darrell Armstrong 0.81
144.Kelly Olynyk 0.80
145.Kerry Kittles 0.79
146.Jermaine O'Neal 0.78
147.Roy Hibbert 0.77
148.Nicolas Batum 0.77
149.Charles Barkley* 0.77
150.Pau Gasol* 0.77
151.Bill Laimbeer 0.76
152.Eric Snow 0.76
153.P.J. Brown 0.76
154.Grant Hill* 0.75
155.Terry Tyler 0.75
156.Anfernee Hardaway 0.75
157.Greg Ballard 0.75
158.Reggie Williams 0.75
159.Fred VanVleet 0.74
160.Jim Brewer 0.74
161.DeAndre Jordan 0.72
162.Mario Elie 0.72
163.Shaquille O'Neal* 0.72
164.Bonzi Wells 0.71
165.P.J. Tucker 0.71
166.Luc Mbah a Moute 0.70
167.Samuel Dalembert 0.69
168.Lonnie Shelton 0.69
169.Danny Manning 0.69
170.Stacey Augmon 0.69
171.Herb Williams 0.69
172.George Lynch 0.68
173.Charles Oakley 0.68
174.Bryon Russell 0.68
175.Kirk Hinrich 0.67
176.Anthony Mason 0.67
177.Derrick Favors 0.67
178.Hersey Hawkins 0.67
179.Jae Crowder 0.66
180.Al-Farouq Aminu 0.66
181.Corey Brewer 0.65
182.Elden Campbell 0.65
183.Willie Anderson 0.64
184.David West 0.63
185.Kevin Durant 0.63
186.Christian Laettner 0.63
187.Bill Hanzlik 0.62
188.Charles Smith 0.62
189.Garrett Temple 0.61
190.Kyle Lowry 0.60
191.Steve Mix 0.60
192.Eric Bledsoe 0.60
193.Steve Hawes 0.59
194.Tyrone Corbin 0.59
195.Grant Long 0.58
196.Ben Poquette 0.57
197.Jeff Hornacek 0.57
198.Lindsey Hunter 0.57
199.George McGinnis* 0.57
200.Trent Tucker 0.56
201.Brad Miller 0.56
202.Paul Pierce* 0.55
203.Jayson Tatum 0.55
204.Clifford Robinson 0.55
205.Rick Barry* 0.54
206.Dennis Rodman* 0.53
207.Tom Gugliotta 0.53
208.Shaun Livingston 0.53
209.Gary Payton* 0.51
210.Travis Best 0.51
211.Nick Anderson 0.51
212.Shawn Kemp 0.51
213.Tracy McGrady* 0.51
214.Derek Harper 0.51
215.Sidney Moncrief* 0.50
216.Bob Sura 0.49
217.Boris Diaw 0.48
218.Artis Gilmore* 0.47
219.Andre Drummond 0.47
220.Ray Williams 0.47
221.Dan Roundfield 0.46
222.Russell Westbrook 0.46
223.Derek Fisher 0.46
224.Mike Conley 0.46
225.Chris Morris 0.46
226.Tyson Chandler 0.46
227.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 0.45
228.Chris Dudley 0.45
229.Terry Porter 0.45
230.John Starks 0.44
231.Kendall Gill 0.44
232.Marcin Gortat 0.44
233.Victor Oladipo 0.44
234.LaSalle Thompson 0.43
235.Toni Kukoč* 0.43
236.Bismack Biyombo 0.43
237.Dennis Johnson* 0.42
238.Rafer Alston 0.42
239.Horace Grant 0.42
240.Serge Ibaka 0.40
241.Hedo Türkoğlu 0.40
242.Muggsy Bogues 0.39
243.Elvin Hayes* 0.39
244.Cliff Levingston 0.38
245.Courtney Lee 0.38
246.Josh Richardson 0.38
247.Fred Brown 0.36
248.Matt Barnes 0.36
249.Elton Brand 0.36
250.Rick Fox 0.35

ABA

ABA Table
Rank Player DBPM
1.Don Buse 3.01
2.Julius Erving* 2.57
3.Ted McClain 2.35
4.Mike Gale 2.30
5.Brian Taylor 2.00
6.Artis Gilmore* 1.62
7.Julius Keye 1.58
8.Wendell Ladner 1.56
9.Fatty Taylor 1.41
10.Billy Paultz 1.23
11.Caldwell Jones 1.15
12.Gene Littles 1.00
13.Walt Simon 0.74
14.Wil Jones 0.72
15.Gerald Govan 0.68
16.Darnell Hillman 0.61
17.George McGinnis* 0.51
18.Roger Brown* 0.49
19.Joe Caldwell 0.48
20.Warren Jabali 0.45
21.Gene Moore 0.36
22.George Gervin* 0.29
23.Jim Eakins 0.28
24.Jimmy Jones 0.27
25.Joe Hamilton 0.13
26.James Silas 0.04
27.Louie Dampier* 0.04
28.Mel Daniels* 0.03
29.Bob Warren -0.00
30.Bill Melchionni -0.02
31.Dave Robisch -0.14
32.Ralph Simpson -0.26
33.Zelmo Beaty* -0.29
34.Freddie Lewis -0.38
35.George Thompson -0.41
36.Red Robbins -0.48
37.Ron Boone -0.53
38.Chuck Williams -0.53
39.Dan Issel* -0.54
40.Byron Beck -0.57
41.Willie Wise -0.61
42.Mike Lewis -0.64
43.Rich Jones -0.69
44.John Roche -0.69
45.Lee Davis -0.69
46.Mack Calvin -0.71
47.Randy Denton -0.71
48.Goose Ligon -0.80
49.Tom Owens -0.84
50.Marv Roberts -0.85
51.Al Smith -0.96
52.Donnie Freeman -1.07
53.Bob Netolicky -1.10
54.Larry Kenon -1.12
55.Larry Miller -1.13
56.Johnny Neumann -1.25
57.Bill Keller -1.33
58.Steve Jones -1.50
59.George Carter -1.61
60.Cincy Powell -1.63
61.Stew Johnson -1.67
62.Glen Combs -1.76
63.John Beasley -1.91
64.George Lehmann -2.42