Top 100 NBA Defenders (revised edition)

[72-10]

1. Bill Russell
2. Hakeem Olajuwon
3. Dennis Rodman
4. Scottie Pippen
5. Ben Wallace
6. Bobby Jones
7. Gary Payton
8. Dwight Howard
9. Alonzo Mourning
10. Walt Frazier
11. Michael Cooper
12. Michael Finley
13. Michael Jordan
14. Jerry West
15. John Havlicek
16. Dave DeBusschere
17. Joe Dumars
18. Anthony Mason
19. Tony Allen
20. Jerry Sloan
21. Paul Pressey
22. Sidney Moncrief
23. Kevin McHale
24. Don Buse
25. Bruce Bowen
26. Ron Artest
27. Phil Chenier
28. Eddie Jones
29. Kawhi Leonard
30. Dennis Johnson
31. Shane Battier
32. Kevin Garnett
33. Kobe Bryant
34. Tim Duncan
35. David Robinson
36. Wilt Chamberlain
37. Wes Unseld
38. Bob Cousy
39. Jason Kidd
40. Rick Mahorn
41. Bill Laimbeer
42. Nate Thurmond
43. Mark Eaton
44. Patrick Ewing
45. Rudy Gobert
46. Dikembe Mutombo
47. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
48. Charles Oakley
49. John Starks
50. Kirk Hinrich

50 Honorable Mentions
Alvan Adams
Michael Adams
Chris Andersen
Danny Ainge
Pat Baldwin
Rick Barry
Benoit Benjamin
Larry Bird
Mookie Blaylock
Chauncey Billups
Otis Birdsong
Manute Bol
Calvin Booth
Avery Bradley
Bill Bradley
Dudley Bradley
Shawn Bradley
Darron Brittman
Dee Brown
Quinn Buckner
Jimmy Butler
Maurice Cheeks
Leroy Combs
Darwin Cook
Wayne Cooper
Mel Counts
Dave Cowens
Aaron Craft
Winston Crite
Anthony Davis
Antonio Davis
Dale Davis
Luol Deng
T.R. Dunn
Julius Erving
Adonal Foyle
Dave Gambee
Kendall Gill
Mike Gminski
Tom Gola
Gail Goodrich
Horace Grant
Gerald Green
Rickey Green
Bill Hanzlik
Penny Hardaway
Hersey Hawkins
Tim Hardaway
Derek Harper
Ron Harper
Jason Hart
Trenton Hassell
Elvin Hayes
Jay Humphries
Allen Iverson
Eddie Jordan
Mike Kelley
Clark Kellogg
Larry Kenon
Andrei Kirilenko
Rudy LaRusso
Lafayette Lever
Reggie Lewis
Jerry Lucas
Maurice Lucas
Dan Majerle
Karl Malone
Antonio McDyess
Johnny Moore
Chris Mullin
Eric Murdock
Calvin Murphy
Swen Nater
Calvin Natt
Mike O'Koren
Jermaine O'Neal
Damian Owens
Larry Nance
Robert Parish
Sam Perkins
Mark Price
Theo Ratliff
Micheal Ray Richardson
Alvin Robertson
Cliff Robinson
Tree Rollins
Dan Roundfield
Jeff Ruland
Byron Russell
John Salley
Ralph Sampson
Satch Sanders
Shea Seals
Jerry Sichting
Jack Sikma
Josh Smith
Jim Spanarkel
Latrell Sprewell
Larry Steele
John Stockton
Brian Taylor
David Thirdkill
Chris Thomas
Isiah Thomas
Tyrus Thomas
Terry Tyler
Darnell Valentine
Norm Van Lier
Darrell Walker
Rasheed Wallace
Bill Walton
Paul Westphal
Hassan Whiteside
Gerald Wilkins
Buck Williams
Herb Williams
Micheal Williams

[Im Still Ballin]

No Draymond Green?

[RachlNicholsazz]

Michael Finley at 12? I don't remedy him being a better defender than either Doug Christie or Raja Bell. I may have missed them but I don't believe either is listed

[Axe]

Welcome back op.

[Xiao Yao You]

Gobert behind Eaton :roll:

[Xiao Yao You]

really an awful list

[jlip]

In terms of defensive impact, no perimeter defender should be top 10.
Russell, Wilt, Thurmond, Hakeem, D. Robinson, Mutombo, Duncan, KG, Ben Wallace, and Dwight Howard should be listed before one perimeter player's name is mentioned.

[SouBeachTalents]

In terms of defensive impact, no perimeter defender should be top 10.
Russell, Wilt, Thurmond, Hakeem, D. Robinson, Mutombo, Duncan, KG, Ben Wallace, and Dwight Howard should be listed before one perimeter player's name is mentioned.
Michael Finley probably shouldn't be 12th either.

[Xiao Yao You]

Michael Finley probably shouldn't be 12th either.

Liked Finley but I can't imagine he's one of the 100 best. The list is ridiculous

[L.Kizzle]

Michael Finley wasn't a top 12 defensive player at guard when he was playing, how he end up as top 12 All-Time?

[1987_Lakers]

David Thirdkill. lol

[brownmamba00]

Kırk Hinrich:oldlol:

[theballerFKA Ace]

Where'd you get this list OP? :oldlol: There's a few pretty random names thrown in here. Whoever made this list thought it would be cute to put 3 Michael's together with a defender who was not elite sandwiched in the middle. Or did you do that yourself to create discussion?


David Thirdkill. lol

This guy is definitely 50-60 years old. He instantly recognized(like so many other old school Celtics facts) who random David Thirdkill thrown in here was.