Perimeter Defense Rating (NBA 2K20)

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Ran the stats for one PF/C and I can already tell this position is going to be a doozy (relative to how 2K Sports currently treats it)

Al Horford: 0.87 PPP (410 poss)

James Harden was the only PG/SG/SF to register 400+ defensive Iso possessions over the last 4 seasons.

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200+ Defensive Isolation Possessions (2016-2019)
PGs: 12 players
SGs: 12 players
SFs: 16 players
PFs: 44 players
Cs: 32 players

300+ Defensive Isolation Possessions (2016-2019)
PGs: 2
SGs: 2
SFs: 6
PFs: 19
Cs: 13

400+ Defensive Isolation Possessions (2016-2019)
PGs: 0
SGs: 0
SFs: 1 (James Harden)
PFs: 3 (Draymond Green, Julius Randle, Al Horford)
Cs: 5 (Clint Capela, Steven Adams, LaMarcus Aldridge, DeAndre Jordan, Serge Ibaka)

500+ Possessions: Draymond Green, Clint Capela, Steven Adams

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PGs w/ 200+ possessions
0.79 John Wall (214)
0.79 Kemba Walker (226)
0.80 LeBron James (316) - 4 seasons at SF
0.81 Evan Turner (256) - 3 seasons at SF
0.82 Stephen Curry (333)
0.85 Russell Westbrook (220)
0.87 Damian Lillard (265)
0.88 Ricky Rubio (287)
0.88 Austin Rivers (242)
0.93 Cory Joseph (220)
0.95 Justise Winslow (229) - 3 seasons at SF

SGs w/ 200+ possessions
0.74 Jrue Holiday (305)
0.77 Wesley Matthews (287)
0.78 Paul George (316) - 4 seasons at SF
0.83 C.J. McCollum (242)
0.86 Marcus Smart (249)
0.86 Bradley Beal (231)
0.86 J.J. Redick (212)
0.92 Evan Fournier (266)
0.92 Garrett Temple (256)
0.93 Eric Gordon (244)
0.93 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (243)
0.94 Malcolm Brogdon (201)

SGs w/ 200+ Possessions
0.71 Jimmy Butler (271)
0.73 Andrew Wiggins (321)
0.80 James Harden (470)
0.81 Tony Snell (248)
0.82 Danny Green (217)
0.83 Andre Iguodala (225)
0.84 Klay Thompson (388)
0.85 Andre Roberson (224) - has missed the last 1.5 seasons.
0.87 Aaron Gordon (291)
0.87 Harrison Barnes (252)
0.88 Khris Middleton (314)
0.88 Kelly Oubre (208)
0.89 Tobias Harris (317)
0.92 Bojan Bogdanovic (350)
0.98 Trevor Ariza (287)
0.99 Otto Porter (274)

PFs w/ 200+ possessions
0.71 Davis Bertans (220)
0.72 Domantas Sabonis (212)
0.73 P.J. Tucker (365)
0.73 Giannis Antetokoumpo (357)
0.73 Kevin Durant (343) - 4 seasons at PF
0.73 Robert Covington (253) - 4 seasons at SF
0.75 Anthony Davis (339)
0.75 Patrick Patterson (278)
0.75 James Johnson (208)
0.76 Paul Millsap (311)
0.77 Draymond Green (545)
0.79 Danilo Gallinari (324) - 3 seasons at SF
0.79 Markieff Morris (299)
0.79 Ersan Ilyasova (292)
0.80 Noah Vonleh (302)
0.83 Kristaps Porzingis (286) - Hasn't played in 1.5 seasons
0.84 Jerami Grant (384)
0.84 Anthony Tolliver (234)
0.85 Blake Griffin (315)
0.85 JaMychal Green (243)
0.85 Rudy Gay (222)
0.85 Jared Dudley (202)
0.86 Ryan Anderson (359)
0.86 Jae Crowder (336)
0.86 Marcus Morris (334)
0.87 Al Horford (410) - 4 seasons at C
0.87 Taj Gibson (383)
0.87 Jeff Green (372)
0.87 Marvin Williams (280)
0.88 Pascal Siakam (234)
0.88 Kelly Olynyk (254)
0.88 Larry Nance (253)
0.89 Julius Randle (434)
0.90 Al-Farouq Aminu (280)
0.91 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (203)
0.92 Nemanja Bjelica (311)
0.92 Trey Lyles (235)
0.93 Wilson Chandler (203)
0.94 Jabari Parker (211)
0.94 Lauri Markkanen (204)
0.96 Dario Saric (332)
0.97 Joe Ingles (274) - 4 seasons at SF
0.97 Kevin Love (215)
0.99 Kyle Kuzma (207)

Cs w/ 200+ possessions
0.69 DeMarcus Cousins (254)
0.73 Myles Turner (274)
0.74 Steven Adams (510)
0.75 Rudy Gobert (311)
0.77 Dwight Powell (313)
0.79 Joel Embiid (244)
0.80 Derrick Favors (298)
0.81 LaMarcus Aldridge (419)
0.82 DeAndre Jordan (416)
0.82 Gorgui Dieng (282)
0.83 Marc Gasol (241)
0.84 Brook Lopez (334)
0.85 Kevon Looney (267)
0.86 Clint Capela (544)
0.86 Willie Cauley-Stein (305)
0.87 Karl Anthony-Towns (379)
0.87 Nikola Vucevic (254)
0.88 Maxi Kleber (211)
0.88 Jonas Valanciunas (209)
0.90 Nikola Jokic (354)
0.91 Jusuf Nurkic (241)
0.91 Dragan Bender (209)
0.93 Nene (233)
0.94 Serge Ibaka (415)
0.94 Mason Plumlee (314)
0.95 Tristan Thompson (336)
0.95 Frank Kaminsky (278)
0.96 Montrezl Harrell (243)
0.96 Bismack Biyombo (236)
1.02 Robin Lopez (278)
1.02 Andre Drummond (271)

The players we consider top tier defensive players are overwhelmingly at the top, which gives credence to the data.

There are still SOME bigs like Kevin Love, Andre Drummond etc that get abused but for the most part this is an area that bigs have needed to focus on the last few years.

[rudyjuly2]

I don’t suppose you could post Luke Kennard isolation numbers?