Perimeter Defense Rating

By Steve Shea, Ph.D. (@SteveShea33)

January 29, 2019

I introduced Perimeter Defense Rating (PDR) about two years ago. Then, Tony Allen was king. At the end of the 2017-18 season, Victor Oladipo had the highest rating. For a discussion on how PDR (and Interior Defense Rating) are calculated, see this post.

Here is PDR for the 2018-19 season thus far. Players needed at least 800 minutes played to qualify.

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	AGE	MIN	PDR
1	Paul George	OKC	28	1726	7.4
2	Victor Oladipo	IND	26	1147	5.6
3	Kawhi Leonard	TOR	27	1332	5.4
4	Marcus Smart	BOS	24	1306	5.2
5	Draymond Green	GSW	28	1094	5.0
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	24	1495	4.9
7	Robert Covington	MIN	28	1203	4.8
8	Ricky Rubio	UTA	28	1259	4.3
9	Tyreke Evans	IND	29	906	4.0
10	Paul Millsap	DEN	33	1047	3.8
11	Thaddeus Young	IND	30	1470	3.6
12	Jimmy Butler	PHI	29	1260	3.6
13	Mikal Bridges	PHX	22	1396	3.5
14	Darren Collison	IND	31	1353	3.3
15	Lonzo Ball	LAL	21	1423	3.3
16	Kyle Anderson	MEM	25	1247	3.1
17	Tyus Jones	MIN	22	873	3.0
18	Kent Bazemore	ATL	29	959	2.9
19	Eric Bledsoe	MIL	29	1408	2.9
20	Mike Conley	MEM	31	1680	2.7
21	De’Aaron Fox	SAC	21	1550	2.6
22	Jrue Holiday	NOP	28	1839	2.6
23	Dennis Smith Jr.	DAL	21	880	2.5
24	DeAndre’ Bembry	ATL	24	1235	2.4
25	Andre Iguodala	GSW	35	1055	2.4
26	Kyrie Irving	BOS	26	1403	2.3
27	Donovan Mitchell	UTA	22	1562	2.3
28	Tyler Johnson	MIA	26	1022	2.1
29	T.J. McConnell	PHI	26	931	2.1
30	Gary Harris	DEN	24	922	2.1
31	Jaren Jackson Jr.	MEM	19	1317	2.0
32	Pascal Siakam	TOR	24	1597	2.0
33	Russell Westbrook	OKC	30	1453	1.9
34	Delon Wright	TOR	26	842	1.9
35	Josh Okogie	MIN	20	928	1.9
36	Kyle Lowry	TOR	32	1407	1.7
37	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	CHA	25	827	1.7
38	Kemba Walker	CHA	28	1683	1.7
39	Josh Richardson	MIA	25	1588	1.7
40	Justin Holiday	MEM	29	1669	1.7
41	Bradley Beal	WAS	25	1822	1.7
42	Otto Porter Jr.	WAS	25	1078	1.5
43	Cory Joseph	IND	27	1244	1.5
44	Jayson Tatum	BOS	20	1555	1.4
45	Mason Plumlee	DEN	28	967	1.4
46	Dorian Finney-Smith	DAL	25	1195	1.3
47	Derrick White	SAS	24	1059	1.3
48	JaMychal Green	MEM	28	866	1.3
49	Ben Simmons	PHI	22	1635	1.3
50	Josh Hart	LAL	23	1341	1.3
51	Anthony Davis	NOP	25	1519	1.2
52	Dewayne Dedmon	ATL	29	964	1.2
53	Joe Ingles	UTA	31	1594	1.1
54	Chris Paul	HOU	33	888	1.1
55	Tomas Satoransky	WAS	27	1164	1.0
56	D’Angelo Russell	BKN	22	1472	1.0
57	Andre Drummond	DET	25	1487	1.0
58	Jaylen Brown	BOS	22	1170	0.8
59	Derrick Favors	UTA	27	1158	0.8
60	Larry Nance Jr.	CLE	26	1036	0.8
61	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	LAC	20	1325	0.8
62	James Ennis III	HOU	28	811	0.8
63	Torrey Craig	DEN	28	1009	0.7
64	Stephen Curry	GSW	30	1335	0.7
65	Stanley Johnson	DET	22	852	0.7
66	Steven Adams	OKC	25	1639	0.6
67	Rudy Gay	SAS	32	1110	0.6
68	PJ Tucker	HOU	33	1738	0.6
69	Justise Winslow	MIA	22	1254	0.6
70	Josh Jackson	PHX	21	1201	0.6
71	Dwyane Wade	MIA	37	992	0.6
72	John Wall	WAS	28	1104	0.6
73	Patrick Beverley	LAC	30	1341	0.5
74	Garrett Temple	MEM	32	1530	0.5
75	James Harden	HOU	29	1721	0.5
76	Fred VanVleet	TOR	24	1231	0.4
77	Montrezl Harrell	LAC	25	1319	0.4
78	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	BKN	24	906	0.4
79	Danny Green	TOR	31	1465	0.4
80	Iman Shumpert	SAC	28	1014	0.4
81	Taj Gibson	MIN	33	1242	0.3
82	Kelly Oubre Jr.	PHX	23	1325	0.3
83	Willie Cauley-Stein	SAC	25	1425	0.2
84	Marvin Williams	CHA	32	1339	0.2
85	Shelvin Mack	MEM	28	1110	0.2
86	Bam Adebayo	MIA	21	1055	0.2
87	Jeremy Lamb	CHA	26	1333	0.2
88	Jusuf Nurkic	POR	24	1397	0.1
89	LeBron James	LAL	34	1178	0.1
90	Kevon Looney	GSW	22	1050	0.1
91	Bruce Brown	DET	22	825	0.0
92	Andrew Wiggins	MIN	23	1589	0.0
93	Terrence Ross	ORL	27	1319	-0.1
94	Jeremy Lin	ATL	30	876	-0.1
95	Nikola Vucevic	ORL	28	1529	-0.1
96	Luka Doncic	DAL	19	1543	-0.1
97	Damian Lillard	POR	28	1764	-0.2
98	Jerami Grant	OKC	24	1570	-0.2
99	Karl-Anthony Towns	MIN	23	1661	-0.2
100	George Hill	MIL	32	821	-0.2
101	Terry Rozier	BOS	24	1143	-0.3
102	Noah Vonleh	NYK	23	1313	-0.3
103	Nikola Jokic	DEN	23	1502	-0.3
104	Marc Gasol	MEM	33	1687	-0.3
105	Al-Farouq Aminu	POR	28	1516	-0.3
106	OG Anunoby	TOR	21	837	-0.4
107	Marvin Bagley III	SAC	19	846	-0.4
108	Frank Ntilikina	NYK	20	872	-0.4
109	Royce O’Neale	UTA	25	933	-0.4
110	Kevin Huerter	ATL	20	1212	-0.4
111	Emmanuel Mudiay	NYK	22	1036	-0.5
112	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LAL	25	1205	-0.5
113	Jonathan Isaac	ORL	21	1120	-0.5
114	Jeff Teague	MIN	30	939	-0.5
115	Klay Thompson	GSW	28	1708	-0.5
116	Nemanja Bjelica	SAC	30	1174	-0.5
117	Al Horford	BOS	32	1135	-0.6
118	Monte Morris	DEN	23	1179	-0.7
119	Patty Mills	SAS	30	1202	-0.8
120	Bogdan Bogdanovic	SAC	26	1068	-0.8
121	Ed Davis	BKN	29	923	-0.9
122	Kevin Durant	GSW	30	1775	-0.9
123	Damyean Dotson	NYK	24	997	-1.0
124	T.J. Warren	PHX	25	1360	-1.0
125	Maxi Kleber	DAL	27	828	-1.0
126	Chandler Hutchison	CHI	22	895	-1.0
127	Dennis Schroder	OKC	25	1370	-1.0
128	DeMar DeRozan	SAS	29	1698	-1.0
129	Domantas Sabonis	IND	22	1177	-1.0
130	Malik Beasley	DEN	22	1115	-1.0
131	Kelly Olynyk	MIA	27	880	-1.1
132	Gordon Hayward	BOS	28	1165	-1.1
133	Trevor Ariza	WAS	33	1607	-1.2
134	Malcolm Brogdon	MIL	26	1324	-1.2
135	Wendell Carter Jr.	CHI	19	1110	-1.2
136	Nicolas Batum	CHA	30	1515	-1.2
137	Aaron Gordon	ORL	23	1546	-1.2
138	Cody Zeller	CHA	26	857	-1.3
139	Wesley Matthews	DAL	32	1285	-1.3
140	Trey Lyles	DEN	23	887	-1.3
141	Ryan Arcidiacono	CHI	24	1236	-1.3
142	Jamal Murray	DEN	21	1574	-1.4
143	Khris Middleton	MIL	27	1430	-1.5
144	Rudy Gobert	UTA	26	1617	-1.6
145	Zach LaVine	CHI	23	1490	-1.6
146	Lauri Markkanen	CHI	21	849	-1.6
147	Deandre Ayton	PHX	20	1448	-1.7
148	JaVale McGee	LAL	31	945	-1.7
149	Evan Fournier	ORL	26	1528	-1.8
150	Jae Crowder	UTA	28	1374	-1.8
151	Hassan Whiteside	MIA	29	1080	-1.8
152	Myles Turner	IND	22	1237	-1.8
153	Blake Griffin	DET	29	1671	-2.0
154	Darius Miller	NOP	28	1090	-2.0
155	Serge Ibaka	TOR	29	1384	-2.0
156	Clint Capela	HOU	24	1436	-2.1
157	Trae Young	ATL	20	1461	-2.1
158	Miles Bridges	CHA	20	894	-2.1
159	Brook Lopez	MIL	30	1332	-2.2
160	Joel Embiid	PHI	24	1539	-2.2
161	Lou Williams	LAC	32	1155	-2.2
162	Harrison Barnes	DAL	26	1454	-2.3
163	Malik Monk	CHA	20	847	-2.3
164	Tim Hardaway Jr.	NYK	26	1472	-2.3
165	CJ McCollum	POR	27	1703	-2.4
166	Julius Randle	NOP	24	1390	-2.4
167	DeAndre Jordan	DAL	30	1528	-2.4
168	Jonathon Simmons	ORL	29	828	-2.4
169	Jordan Clarkson	CLE	26	1317	-2.4
170	Markieff Morris	WAS	29	883	-2.4
171	Brandon Ingram	LAL	21	1278	-2.4
172	Langston Galloway	DET	27	1006	-2.5
173	E’Twaun Moore	NOP	29	1294	-2.5
174	Davis Bertans	SAS	26	911	-2.5
175	Nikola Mirotic	NOP	27	925	-2.5
176	Zach Collins	POR	21	946	-2.6
177	Reggie Jackson	DET	28	1378	-2.7
178	Juancho Hernangomez	DEN	23	1140	-2.7
179	Dario Saric	MIN	24	1217	-2.7
180	Rodney McGruder	MIA	27	1203	-2.8
181	Bojan Bogdanovic	IND	29	1551	-2.8
182	Jarrett Allen	BKN	20	1307	-2.9
183	Derrick Rose	MIN	30	1101	-2.9
184	Jared Dudley	BKN	33	944	-3.0
185	Austin Rivers	HOU	26	1300	-3.0
186	LaMarcus Aldridge	SAS	33	1660	-3.0
187	Tristan Thompson	CLE	27	1043	-3.0
188	Avery Bradley	LAC	28	1341	-3.1
189	Spencer Dinwiddie	BKN	25	1399	-3.1
190	Wilson Chandler	PHI	31	901	-3.1
191	Buddy Hield	SAC	26	1580	-3.1
192	Jabari Parker	CHI	23	1005	-3.1
193	Allonzo Trier	NYK	23	934	-3.2
194	Marcus Morris	BOS	29	1259	-3.2
195	Bryn Forbes	SAS	25	1459	-3.3
196	Gerald Green	HOU	33	956	-3.3
197	Alec Burks	CLE	27	1142	-3.4
198	Terrance Ferguson	OKC	20	983	-3.4
199	Tony Snell	MIL	27	811	-3.4
200	Marco Belinelli	SAS	32	1098	-3.4
201	Kevin Knox	NYK	19	1148	-3.4
202	Joe Harris	BKN	27	1391	-3.5
203	Evan Turner	POR	30	1208	-3.5
204	Alex Len	ATL	25	894	-3.5
205	Justin Jackson	SAC	23	1045	-3.5
206	Jonas Jerebko	GSW	31	894	-3.6
207	DeMarre Carroll	BKN	32	973	-3.8
208	Cedi Osman	CLE	23	1558	-3.8
209	Tobias Harris	LAC	26	1759	-3.8
210	D.J. Augustin	ORL	31	1372	-3.8
211	Danilo Gallinari	LAC	30	1377	-3.9
212	Landry Shamet	PHI	21	1006	-3.9
213	Kyle Kuzma	LAL	23	1551	-3.9
214	Collin Sexton	CLE	20	1512	-4.0
215	Eric Gordon	HOU	30	1251	-4.0
216	Rodney Hood	CLE	26	1174	-4.2
217	Enes Kanter	NYK	26	1105	-4.3
218	John Collins	ATL	21	989	-4.6
219	Mike Muscala	PHI	27	946	-4.7
220	Devin Booker	PHX	22	1345	-4.8
221	Jeff Green	WAS	32	1295	-4.9
222	JJ Redick	PHI	34	1492	-5.1
223	Kyle Korver	UTA	37	843	-5.3
224	Reggie Bullock	DET	27	1230	-5.4
225	Doug McDermott	IND	27	854	-6.1