15 BEST Defenders In NBA History
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- Here's our take on the 15 greatest defenders in NBA history, in no particular order.
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Who do you think is the GOAT defender?
Scottie Pippen
This might be a hot take but Ben Wallace
Hakeem
Bill
Dennis Rodman... that man is a dog
Y'all forgot that Sidney Moncrief won the dpoy as a guard too, not only Payton and Jordan
He har haw
And Alvin Robertson
I was thinking of him as well. He and Mark Eaton should be on this list
@@killerbn8 Sidney moncrief was so understated young kids like me need to Hear the stories
He won 2
Imo, Dennis Rodman is the most versatile defender of all time. He could successfully slow down a Jordan and a Shaq.
Most versatile and best are different tho. He wasn’t nearly as impactful as some of the defensive hubs like kg, Hakeem, Robinson, Russell, and Duncan “. He was a one on one guy. But from a team aspect, he pails in comparison. Those guys actually could have an entire defensive scheme ran though them. Rodman couldn’t.
@@TheIcemanthomas I agree
A.Mason
@@TheIcemanthomas great comment ....nothing more needs to be said
@@TheIcemanthomas Also CP3 is trash
"Gary Payton and MJ are only guards to win DPOY"
Sidney Moncrief, Alvin Robertson, and Michael Cooper (and Marcus Smart) have left the chat
Wait. Is coop the only dpoy off the bench? Or is there anyone else.
Forgot Kawhi who won twice, consecutive
@@Hak616 he isn't a guard
@@obiteljskiaccount3443 Oh yeah, I thought it was the only non-centers to win DPOY
Bobby jones???
I can't believe the list doesn't even mention Bill Russell. I know he played in an era before DPOY, All Defense, and even blocks became a thing, but he was unquestionably the best defensive player for years during his prime.
He mentioned him and Wilt when he talked about Kareem, I was shocked too.
Fr and he is number 1 all time in defensive win shares
Tim Duncan was so underrated as a defensive player im shocked he never won atleast one dpoy
It makes sense then... because he was underrated.......
Tim Duncan is most underrated player ever. He is easily top 5 of all time, but nobody talks about him. I guess that is because of his quiet personality.
And yet he's the all time leader in all defensive team 😐😐😐
@@aaa-dk6jr TIm Duncan is a humble beast, for me he's The Best PF Of All Time
@@aaa-dk6jr top 5 pf
Thank you for putting some respect on Tim Duncan’s name
Yeah man he needs more respect
well, the thing about Duncan is that he doesn't need to block the shot because most of the time with his positioning, he made it really hard to shot over him. Quick and long hands, and pretty quick small jump just to touch or to contest the shot. That makes him as best protector of paint
@@drinabezfiltera5958 facts too many casuals don’t understand that there’s way more to defense than steals and blocks. Tim’s greatest asset was his IQ. Always rotating into position to cover his teammates, pointing out defensive lapses to the team during timeouts, the ability to block shots and keep them in play for fast break opportunities and the ability to alter shots without fouling. That’s what made him a great defender
I am not a Spurs fan but Tim Duncan should be a unanimous first ballot HOF. Maybe the greatest power forward of All Time.
He’s my favorite player
My favorite thing about Rodman: NEVER averaged more than 1 block or 1 steal per game. Just was always in the right place. Always got the rebound. Just goes to show how little those counting stats can matter sometimes.
But he could block and steal with the best of them at the most crucial times...
You might be the only person to look at a player and say their lack of stats is impressive. I respect it.
It’s too bad there’s no stat for all of the shots the opponent couldn’t take because of Rodman.
@@ceasarsanchez9086 he's just saying that 2 stats don't tell you the whole story about a player and their impact in the court
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Ben Wallace was an absolute beast. Loved watching him in Detroit.
Same! So glad he's in the hall of fame
I’m sorry guys but it’s a disgrace he’s in the Hall
@@reedsullivan8755 explain how bruh
@@reedsullivan8755 he earned it. Cope
@@reedsullivan8755 why bro
I think that dikembe motumbo is underrated
Ikr nobody ever talks about him
Your opinion is invalid. He is known for blocking many shots. His finger wag is so iconic and legendary that even Geico hired him for a commercial.
I saw his Geico commercial
@@AnObliviousCelticsFan dang it I thought i was the first one to say something about the Geico commercial
No lol he is not underrated at all. Was on the 01 Sixers when they went to the Finals and is on NBA 2K classic teams. People know who he is.
Umm.... there's this one dude who has 11 rings and the highest Defensive rating in NBA history. Don't know if you heard of him, but he really should be on the goddamned list.
Bill Russell. Yes sir I know who your talking about and you know your basketball history
Number 6. The Secretary of Defense.
No he shouldn't, he shouldn't be on any list cause his stats are inflated and overrated, there was only 8 teams in the league then (lol) and he played 5'8 Jewish white guys. If he played today he'd be Mo Bamba. Those 11 rings mean as much as the Harlem Globetrotters rings lmao
@@ChristmasCrybaby your name really makes sense
@@ChristmasCrybaby he was guessing wilt bob pettit etc and you can’t just discredit a whole fucking era and players from back then weren’t as small as you think they just weren’t as coordinated and everyone likes to diss early eras but how come no one discredits some of the scoring this year with all time bad defense
I was floored when this video ended without Bill Russell. Russell is in the short conversation(Russell, Olajuwon, Rodman, Duncan) of the actual best defensive player of all time. He's the blueprint of how defense is played.
It is Hakeem Olajuwon. He could defend both the paint and perimeter at an elite level. His defense literally saved the Rockets's season from ending in 6 and won G7 in 94, locked up Ewing and David Robinson. He is top 10 in both blocks in blks and stls and is the all time leader in blks.
He kept up with fast and shifty guards while also doing more than holding his own against some of the most dominant big men in NBA history
As good as a defender Kobe was, he shouldn’t be on this list while Bill Russell isn’t.
9x all defensive teams ahh yeah he should be.
yea bro sit this one out please
@@Ketoza__Paul_Diddlez and Russell only had the DTeams in his last year. even Kobe says he sagged off in his later years and some of those selections weren’t warranted...
Only player that shouldn’t be on this list was draymond green
@@Ketoza__Paul_Diddlez U must be illiterate and lack the abilities to read, I said only cause Bill Russell wasn’t on the list, and it’s well documented how incredible of a defender he was even without stats for it.
Bruh the fact that Scottie Pippen didn't win at least 1 DPOY lowkey pisses me off
Same with tim duncan
especially in 93-94 that was his best year in everything, he shouldve been MVP.
@@markmac2206 you’re really riding. Hakeem is better
@@kingdinodragonite3470 opinion=riding? then i could say the same about you i guess.
@@markmac2206 What's the argument for Pippen over Hakeem?
Garnett was the Deion Sanders of basketball; his stats don't tell the whole story. Offenses would avoid challenging him at all costs. The rare time a team tried attacking him, it was always an easy 10 block, 5 steal game.
Agreed
Sanders Blows!
Kevin Garnett was a crazy phycho and was so fun to watch in Minnesota he was my favorite player ever with jump shot from 16 feet. He was UNSTOPPABLE
Next video should be 15 best offensive players of all time
Kd, Melo, Kobe and Jordan
@@darrylowens6506 AI
@@darrylowens6506 lebron
@@darrylowens6506 Harden
@@bignonce7790 no
2:46 The man turned a rebound into a highlight
Ehhh
@@shrezzy0940 Heee
WAIT! The best you could do with Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain was an "Oh yeah, them too" at the end of Kareem's segment? "Those two" are so far in first and second place in career blocked shots, that there is no third place. The fact that the NBA did not track blocks does not detract from that as a known fact by everyone. Also, blocks WERE an official internal stat for the Philadelphia 76'ers. Wilt averaged 8.8 blocks in the 150-odd games he played for that organization. DPOY did not exist for them, otherwise one or the other would have won every year they were in the NBA.
Stockton as the all-time leader in steals (no one even comes close) should be in this list. Seems like they mostly gave this to shot blockers. But a shot block doesn’t necessarily create a turnover. A steal is far more important.
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@@keepureysopen8180 I mean it’s true. People who started to watch his channel will obviously won’t stop watching it. People makes these type of comments to get more likes
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Missing on this list are Alonzo Mourning, Michael Cooper, and maybe even David Robinson. Defensive player of the year was only available since 82-83 also. Sidney Moncrief was a beast too defensively.
Great honorable mentions. Robinson should definitely have made the Top15 imo. This list could go on and on. Wilt, Bruce Bowen, Ron Artest, Patrick Ewing...and one guy that is rarely ever mentioned is Shawn Marion. But he was so versatile on defense.
Walt Frazier should also have been on the list and probably Dennis Johnson
Mark eaton was a beast on defence, averaged the most amount of blocks in a season
BILL RUSSELL!!!
No John Stockton?? You know he's the career leader in steals and was all defense like 5 times
Was never defensive first team
I agree with you. I was waiting to hear his name. Shocked that he’s not mention. All-time leader in steals and gets no love? Heavy bias here!
He played for a million years. Of course he leads in steals. He was a good defender, but doesn't deserve to be mentioned with these other players.
@@jonvandenberg5065 irrelevant. His stats prove that he was the NBA’s greatest thief. But it’s cool that he got to play so long. That’s a testament to his toughness. I spent my college years and 10 years after in SLC. Watching Stockton to Malone was a thing of beauty 😳😉
Man I would cook Stockton
I’d say the GOAT defender was either Rodman or Bill Russell. But it’s hard to tell with Russell because when he played they didn’t keep track of blocks. You could also go with Hakeem for centers.
I agree with you to me it’s Dennis Rodman he could guard the 5 and played like a center
It's definitely Bill Russell for me then Wilt
Bull russel isnt top 10 all time
@@yee5538 ...
I got Hakeem and Leonard as my top 2 defensive players. And yes Im aware that Kawhi being top 2 is a hot take.
Damn Tim Duncan was so underrated as a defender. He was really great!
True👍😘
How was he underrated?
@@iishyxvietxboyii He made 15 all defensive teams and never won one DPOY. He also leads NBA history in total blocks.
@@cookwithsully1671 he never won because other players that won were more deserving? I don’t know, lol.
@@cookwithsully1671 thats only because of a long career, he never even had a season where he avg 3 blks per game
Wilt, Russel and Moses are probably the three best defenders of all time, but the stats weren't recorded then. It's a shame.
NBA fans tense to forget how great and fundamentals Wes Unseld was on defense
Mark Eaton, Alonzo Mourning, & David Robinson also deserve some mentions.
Mark Eaton is a underrated one
Yea, especially robinson and eaton
@@tinezakotnik15 Not Mourning?
@@jp3813 well, I mean he is supreme defender, but eaton and robinson deserve it more
0:21 3 other guards have won the dpoy, Michael cooper, Alvin Robertson, and Sidney mincrief
28 seconds in and the narrator is already dead wrong. Jordan and Payton aren’t the only two guards win DPOY. Sidney Moncrief, a shooting guard, won twice back to back in the early 80’s.
Michael Cooper won it the year before Jordan. And Alvin Robertson won it as well, and he was drafted the same year as Jordan
@@KB-qk1ic Damn straight. This channel is full of shit
And Cooper and Alvin Robinson were also guards
Also Sidney moncrief
No JOHN STOCKTON?!?! Are you serious? The man has the most steals in NBA history by a land slide margin! The toughest point guard of all time for sure.
He really wasn't the best defender though
@@KB-qk1ic he was a good one
@@tj5180 he was very good, but this is the absolute best. And there are better defenders
Is it just me or when he said “Kobe was best known for his offense” it was a different player?
Yeah I think it was Shannon Brown 😂
this list should be called top that he remembers
What? truth hurts they don’t play defense in today’s game dude... Lead by lazy LeBron who personally owns a lot of really ugly defensive plays on TH-cam.... Look it up yourself if you doubt it...
@@infiniteflight9553 why i want to look that up? why you all agressive like? when i said this list was what he remembered it meant he has no clue of old school. no calm down and go eat something healthy
@@infiniteflight9553 bill ain’t here
Alvin Robertson, Sidney Moncrief, Michael Cooper? These guards also won DPOY
Tim Duncan and/or Bil Russell.
Duncan anchored the Spurs' defense and made them a top 1-5 defensive team nearly every season (with the exception of their "cursed years" in '09-'11 where someone or another was always getting hurt for them during that span), and usually were a top 1-3 defensive team, almost always #1 in the west which was the stronger conference.
I imagine it was the same for Russell, but I've never seen the advanced stats for that era.
Great list, but I feel that Ron Artest has to be on that list. He was probably the best defensive player I've seen. Big, strong, physical, smart & can really lock you down. Shane Battier is another player that needs to be on this list. Same goes with Tayshaun Prince, Marcus Camby, Tyson Chandler, Joakim Noah, Birdman Chris Andersen, Alonzo Mourning,Raja Bell & Andre Iguodala & Rajon Rondo
That's 11 players you've said should be on the list. Tell me which 11 from the video you're removing to make way for them??
Hakeem Olajuwon, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, Gary Payton, Sidney Moncreif, Dwight Howard are some of my fav all time but there is so many great defensive players in NBA history
Sidney moncrief should definitely be on this list
@@vernonleewarren280 hells ya
0:24 "other tan MJ, Gary Payton is the only guard to win DPOY" Sidney Moncrief, Alvin Robertson and Micheal Cooper entered the chat. CASUAL!!
Yeah that came to my mind too
Cooper played small forward.
@@criticalthinker1816 Worthy player SF
This is one of the reasons why, most of the time, I don't watch videos and just skip straight to the comment section to train my english, lol youtube and other social media allows the common folk to produce "content" (many quotations), but unfortunately the far majority only expose their ignorance
@@criticalthinker1816 Occasionally, yes. Most of the time, he was at SG. Basketball Reference doesn't even bother listing him at SF.
I friggin love this list !
Grat video thanks. Rodman was spectacular, amazingly strong he could stop anybody, always playing in the edge of the foul and using the rules and his fisic on his favor. Kareem, Jordan and Bryant on this list means they are of the greatest players. Is unfair (for me) consider Pipen "the perfect Robin for Michael Batman", as he would have been the star of any team, except that Bulls, just look the numbers in the beginning of 98 season when Pipen didn't play. Finally Ojajuwoon and Mutombo had similar caracteristics.
Bill Russell is the greatest defensive player ever and Wilt the second. Thought Sidney Moncrief and Moses Malone would have made it.
That weak ass era is almost as laughable as Jordan’s expansion era
@@Robertedwinhouse38 uh what Jordan's era was not weak? also Rusell couldn't pick who he played
@@bigboytwos it was definitely weak go watch some jonny arrnet videos
@@-rio-. go watch some thinking basketball videos. They’ll put Johnny to shame. And I like Johnny.
Wilt is definitely not the second. He was a great defender when he wanted to be. But he wasn’t nearly as impactful as u think. He was more of a big play guy rather than a team impact guy on defense. The numbers don’t back him as being that high up. He just camped in the lane and blocked anything that moved most of the time. There is far more impactful and versatile defenders than him. If anyone is second, it’s Hakeem, followed by Duncan, David Robinson, and kg. Then it’s a toss up between Kareem and wilt from there.
Rodman for his height personally
Jordan said Rodman was 6’6 - 6’7 tops
versatility. he could guard any position. if he played now, i would put him on Steph Curry and he would shut him down. he could guard Giannis, Harden, LeBron, Embiid, anyone.
Especially bc he put ALL his focus on defence and rebounds.
I am just glad to see Ben Wallace. Loved watching him play defense.
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You know Rodman would tell his friends to shoot the ball from every where and he will just rebound it and tried to perdict where the ball will go thats why he is a good rebounder
*phenomenal rebounder
Its not defense u know that? Its not even a defensive rebound
@@hueyfreeman1178 If he didn't know, the word "defense" would've shown up in his comment.
@@jp3813yeah u dont understand my point😂🤦🏿♂️
@@hueyfreeman1178 Ditto.
All time?? Really?? It's more like the best defensive highlight footage of the last 25 years. The Secretary of Defense is Bill Russell. 11 NBA titles (including 9 straight). Kudos for including Kareem and Chamberlain.
Exactly. Everybody knows Russell is the best defender of all time. We also know chamberlain was very good too as they unofficial blocks for him over 100 games was 8.8 per game. Big Ben with 4 dpoys, Scottie, and Rodman also deserve higher
He won 8 straight not 9 straight
Maybe play real competition
@@trackandfieldnews9122 yeah.. Russell dominating Chamberlain for his entire career clearly wasn't enough to establish "Real Competition". Funny though...
@@trackandfieldnews9122 they played real competition. You ever think maybe this is the weakest competition ever, but since we are living in it we don’t consider that. If you ever ask the people who have seen all the NBA, they’ll tell you how good everybody was. The defense back then was harder to score on than ever
Glad to see Kareem up there. Very underrated defender.
11 times first team All-Defense.
Greatness is being bestowed not self-proclaimed. Thanks for sharing
Dennis Rodman is my favorite player of all time and I think he is the goat of defense
I think Olajuwon is the goat defender. He was a perfect post defender, best shot blocker ever and he can steal the ball like a guard (the only center in the top 10 steals list). Also a very good rebounder. He can't guard the perimeter with the same efficiency, but that would be inhuman lol
@@RRRRRRRRR33 Ben Wallace too
Maybe a Russell mentioning is warranted but at the time its a toss between Rodman Hakeem and Russell. Any of those three and I'll agree but my personal opinion is the edge to Russell but all three definitely are all goat
Hakeem > Rodman
@@Cold_War_Goat
1. Hakeem
2. Rodman
3. Russell
4. Duncan
5. Pippen
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@@michaelbarrios2781 bro?
Finally someone recognized ole Tony Allen. Dude was a padlock in the 00’s
He still shouldn't be on the list
Wow..... so 14 guys from the 90's-2010's and 1 from 1950-1989?
Kid, the NBA didn't begin in the 90s. Wilt #1 defender all time (9 blocked shots and 3 steals per game career).
oh old corpse teach us, please
@@almaangelosigalingging5265 lmao
8:26 I think you meant “guard in the body of a center”😆😆anyways great video i love the nba ones
Other notable mentions: LeBron, Giannis, Shaq. LeBron is arguably the most versatile defender of all time, Giannis is the 3rd player in NBA history to win both MVP and DPOY in the same season and lastly, Shaq at his peak was a dominant interior defender often averaging 3 or more blocks per game in the playoffs.
please dont put Lebron there. He's not a good defensive player. He's a defensive person
@@jeffersoncristobal6386 you don’t know basketball. This channel is shit with a guy narrating who don’t play basketball. Sticc to surfing kid.
@@23inthapatha63 I don't have to listen to you. I rather listen to NBA Legends talk about basket than a keyboard warriors livin in his mom's basement with cookie crumbs on their shirt while saying shit to people they don't agree with
@@23inthapatha63 Lebron isn`t the same defender back then so i wouldn`t say he`s over good defenders who he never mentioned. But if Lebron was still playing defense like 2013 he would have been in the list
@@jeffersoncristobal6386 lebron deserves to be in the honorable mention. He was top 2 in dpoys twice. More times than kobe and tony allen who are on the list
For me personally, MJ and Pippen are 1A and 1B when it comes to being the GOAT defenders of All-Time. When you talk about half-court defense, lateral quickness, passing lanes, shot blocking on the interior, dealing with size, physicality, hand-eye coordination, body placement, IQ in understanding your offensive guy, their tendencies etc. they were the best...
In those champ years, When MJ Pippen Rodman put on the full court press it was over for opposing teams. They couldn’t get the ball out of their back courts.
Love this list. They only glaring omission was John Stockton (NBA All-Time Steals Leader)
Because he's white..... He played tough defense his entire career unlike overrated defense Gary Payton who stopped playing defense when he cared more about scoring after Kemp left. Chauncey Billips chewed his ass up in the 2004 Finals.
And i'm not white.
@howhugs Im obviously not White, which is irrelevant - but Stockton has been underappreciated mainly b/c he played in Utah. Dude was the quintessential pass-first PG. I loved his game.
@@averyce2 Same, i thought he was the toughest PG defender throughout the 90's.
If they recorded blocks during Kareem's entire career, we would probably assume they'd do it during Wilt's as well, therefore Kareem wouldn't be anywhere near the blocks leader. 3 a game is great. Wilt's contemporaries think he averaged 12-14 for his career. They counted blocks the last two seasons he played and he averaged 8.8 per game. He would have averaged a triple double for his career with blocks and would have more than 15,000 for his career to the current leader, Hakeem's 3,830.
ok but have you seen how slow their release was in the time they played, not only was their shOoting form akward, it was not even high and all of them had a slow release that would get SWATTED in todays league
@@ot-xx6il you can't seriously say this when wilt could reach and did reach to the top of the backboard to block shots at 30+ years old with knee surgery.
Where is Sidney Moncrief, he won the first two defensive player of the year awards as a GUARD!
Agreed. I was thinking the same thing
casual channel bro
He is also a damn hall of famer inexcusable! Alvin Robinson and Michael Cooper are also guards SMH
You didn't point out what makes Draymond have a legitimate case; It's his ability to conduct the defence. He's constantly pointing out switches, readjusting his teammates and repositioning himself. Also he's can guard 1-5. He's probably the best team defender ever. Although I wouldn't have him as the best defender ever, I don't have a problem with him thinking he is.
Nah he's an overrated defender
@@crockerakahops90sjumpmantexas He's underrated if anything
Rodman had two great defensive eras. His Scottie Pippen / Tayshaun Prince, guard the best wing player era and his PF guard the best post player era.
Timy D best defender without question.Also dwade was incredible defender.He deserve top 15 .
i agree, especially bc he is actually the all time blocks leader for a guard, not mj
Wade was good but David Robinson was better and he got snubbed from the list
IDK who is the best defender but Dikembe has the best commercial. I love that GEICO commercial.
I am happy that you put the Treo on the list jorden pippen and rodman
this is a good list.
INCORRECT Sidney Moncrief and Alvin Robertson also won the DPOY as guard. hell Moncrief won it twice. better research guys
Haha better research of goat defenders too lol, Sidney could be mentioned so that was sad but the worst bit would have to be no Russell even though he my goat defender... Brah...
Here's our take on the 15 greatest defenders in NBA HISTORY and barely a mention of Wilt N Russel, the two best. smh
Or David Robinson
@@gardenballer6619 add Patrick Ewing to the list, god damn the 90s had some of the best centers ever
@@joaquintuason5695 yep even had a fking role player with 5.5 blks per game.
And people try to compared them to draymond green and howard smh. Even marc gasol a bettwr defendee than him and draymons green is like a watered down scott pippen (not denis rodman, he would lock dowb giannis) with no offense
Bill Russell literally changed the way the game was played with his defense.
John Stockton remains the career leader in Steals, a mark that will probably stand as long as his Assists record.
Mark Eaton, 2 time DPOY, is the career leader in blocks per game at 3.5.
Tony Allen was extremely underrated defender in NBA history.
Curry said that Tony Allen was the best defender he faced I definitely thought he would say Kawhi but that is huge praise Allen was a dog on the defensive end
Joe Dumars put the clamps on many greats.
True
He was probably miss out Barely in the List, along with Sidney Moncrief, Alvin Robertson, Bobby Jones, Lebron James, and Giannis!
the only Bad Boy i respected. well, Dennis too once he put on the red, black and white.
@@Time-To-Obligation And michael Cooper. Ray Richardson, Iggy, also Thurmond and Dennis Johnson
@christophboon1406 What you talking about, Lebron James was a 4× All-Defensive Awards (3 First, One Second Team) & was 2× Runner up for the DPOY, not to mention the Greatest Chase-down Blocker of All-Time, Literally! I just wanted a Honor mention! As for Giannis he He's Very Versible and a Great Pick-&-Roll Defender, with a DPOY award! Not bad Selection, knowing my research!
Mark Eaton and Sidney Moncrief deserve recognitions
Eaton was as slow as a Sherman tank..he could block shots because he was so tall and that's about it, quicker players would blow past him in a fast break. If you are going off shot blocking alone, both Manute Bol and Shawn Bradley were just as good if not better. . He wouldn't even be in the league the way the game is played today.
am i the only one who thinks the all time leader in steals should be on this list. I dunno someone called John Stockton ????
Never made the All Defensive First Team in his entire career though. And that was voted for by the coaches in the league and not the freaking media until 2013. There were always at least two better defensive guards every year he played. Was also a below average rebounder for his position (part of defense is securing the rebound after a miss). Great defender, but not top 15 all time...
Stockton wasn't worthy chiefly based on his steals tallies. Guards he was better than took him to the cleaners in the playoffs
Undrafted Ben Wallace, and Rodmans rebounding tenacity was understated.
This list is missing somebody called Mr DEFENSE.
Who's that?
@@Shiljamannn BILL RUSSELL!!!
@@jasonwaznak5825 thanks for the info.
Joe D.
Pretty good list. Honestly, there was a bit recency bias:
- Moncrief (2 DPOY's during an era when defense was more valued) over Kobe;
- Admiral (DPOY, block and rebounding titles, and similar to Olajuwon in ridiculous timing for prolific blocks, steals, and rebounding totals)/Russell over Duncan.
The top of the 15 would have to be Rodman (ability to lockdown Shaq to seriously hounding Magic or Jordan) or Olajuwon (post defense superiority as well as ability to cover ground all the way to the perimeter arguably better than anyone with Russell and Robinson close behind) for their positional dominance AND versatility. Among purely wing players, MJ, Pippen, and Kawhi are tough to top.
Thus, my All-Time Starting 5 Defense would be:
SF: Pippen
PF: Rodman
C: Olajuwon
G: Jordan
G: Kawhi
The 3 wings would be switchable depending on match up as with the 2 front court spots; as a bonus, Pistons Rodman able to erase wings and Spurs/Bulls Rodman to alternate with Olajuwon to shutdown players like Shaq.
C Hakeem
PF Duncan
SF Pippen
SG Kobe
PG Payton
'Grit & Grind' was an E-40 album a couple years before Tony Allen was drafted. So coined doesn't really apply here even if its used differently.
Rodman spent an enormous amount of time watching other players shoot. He would figure out how much spin each player put on the ball and calculate exactly where the ball would end up after a missed shot. It's why he always seemed like he was in the perfect position to grab a rebound.
8:26
Hakeem is a center in the body of a guard? is it the other way around?
But he’s not a guard
@@spallixx581 exactly
@@spallixx581 he’s a guard in a center’s body. no big man could do what he did. he was graceful like a guard. they are saying he’s a center in a body of a guard. it should be the other way around, what they are saying doesn’t make sense.
@@markjackson6431 Ok. Makes a lot more sense now. Thx
I really love your channel but you forgot to mention Moncrief and Robertson who won the DPOY award, with Moncrief doing it twice
Cooper too
Cooper too
What's funny is that Hakeem taught Shaq a LOT. He also taught Bron and Dwight. Literally on how to move in the paint
Hakeem is so highly regarded that the top players fly to Houston to learn from him
Look up andrew Bynum dream shake shaq lol
Dwight still cant post up lol
Been a few guards to win DPOY like MJ, Cooper, Robertson and Moncrief. But the only true PG to win it was THE GLOVE GP! good vid sir.
How did Alonzo Mourning not make this list?? 2 time DPOY and blocks leader, Heat were always a top defense with him.
Tim Duncan really a top 3 player of all time
I’d put him 4th for me its lebron mj kareem and then duncan
Not quite top 3 for me. MJ, LeBron, Kareem and Magic are ahead of him imo.
@@bignonce7790 I respect it I look at it as has any player carries a team like the 99 spurs to the championship? In there second season
@@vibeinparadise9821 99 Spurs weren't carried
@@blo2706 pardon me I meant the 2003 team old Robinson young Parker and Ginobli and with the 99 team it was Duncan’s second season and lead them to the chip
I was pleased to see Russell and Duncan on there. I would have put Michael Cooper on there over Kobe. Kobe was amazing, but Coop was the best perimeter defender of his era, with a doff of the cap to Moncrief, Jones, and Robertson
Overlooking guys like Robinson (definitely) and even Ewing a lesser extent). Check their DWS, but also live their defensive influence was clear.
Increblie List, But You were Wrong on that "Gary Payton and Michael Jordan of are Not the Only Guards who Won DPOY, Actually, they Not even the First! That was "Sidney Moncrief who the First TWO DPOY Awards ever Recorded in 1983 & 1984, Yes, a Guard Won the Firsts Back-to-back!" Also, Alvin Robertson won One too!
And Michael Cooper
Oh, it isn't in Order 😂
Nicknamed "The Secretary of Defense", Bobby Jones won an NBA championship with the 76ers in 1983, was a 4-time NBA All-Star, an 9-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team!
To be honest, I think that Muggsy Bougues should be on this list, somewhere in the top seven at least. He was a menace when on defence, he stole from everyone, behind their back, too the side or sometimes directly infront of them. Its because he was so small for an NBA player that no one saw him. Even the goat himself said that he was a great defencive player.
D. Green is dreaming while awake.
Dennis rodman one of the Best rebounder and defender
Great video keep it up! but I feel like Rudy Gobert should be on here.
Great list.
Although I think john Stockton has to be in this list.
You joking right?
Honorable Mention: Bobby Jones
Being first-team all-D ten years in a row (ABA and NBA) is pretty durn honorable.
And Walt Frazier...
For me, Rodman or Russell is of the greatest defenders
Mind boggling that Russell wasn't listed in the top 15. It's difficult to take this compilation seriously...
@@josefbleaux6724 ...Think about the level of weaker competition Russell faced and how Rodman, Olajuwon, Mutombo, Jordan, Pippen, Wallace, etc. would feast on it if they played during Russell’s era. This is also why I don’t take his 11 championships that seriously either. All you needed was to win one series and you’re in the Finals. Russell was a great defender and rebounder, sure, but he wouldn’t win 11 in the 80s, 90s and up. Nor would he be as elite defender against the HOF centers of the 90s.
I do agree that he should be listed in the top 15 regardless. But I don’t think he’s in the top half. I also thought perhaps Stockton could’ve been listed. All time steals leader, but he often gets underrated.
@@timmyg831 Bill russell didn`t have weak compettion. there were other great defenders in his era so I wouldn`t say it was weak. And he was a elite defender against centers
Players back then we're great, They just weren't Looked at enough, Bill is probably a top 3 defensive center all time ngl.
Defending is one kind of art
My game reflects on rodamans I’m not a ginormous beast but I will go for every rebound and hustle on the field
No Zo Mourning?
Didn’t Sidney Moncrief win DPOY as a SG also?
No i think that was Alivin Robertson
I like it talks briefly about Kobe scoring and it shows a highlight of Shannon Brown dunking 😂😂😂
Players:
- Gary Payton
- Scottie Pippen
- Ben Wallace
- Dennis Rodman
- Dikembe Mutombo
- Tony Allen
- Kawhi Leonard
- Kevin Garnett
- Michael Jordan
- Kobe Bryant
- Draymond Green
- Giannis Antetokumpo
- Rudy Gobert
- Ben Simmons
- Hakeem Olajuwon
- Dwight Howard
- Kareem Abdul Jabbar
- Bill Russel
- Wilt Chamberlain
- Tim Duncan
Fun fact: Wilt Chamberlain averages 8.8 blocks per game in 112 games
Nope. The guy who tracked the blocks included the goaltends. It was said he only averaged 3.8 blocks. Incredible but not 8.8