American media rated the 8 best defensive players in NBA history: Olajuwon ranked second, and 1 current player was on the list

In the NBA, different players have different characteristics, some players rely on excellent projection ability to gain a foothold in the league, some players rely on excellent organizational skills, and some players rely on defense, although everyone values the most in the league is the ability to score, but there are also some players who rely on unsolvable defensive ability to have their place in the league, even if his offense may be bad.

Like the familiar Bruce Bowen, Big Ben Wallace and Rodman, their scoring ability is very limited, but relying on defense to help the team succeed, they have also been recognized, having said that, recently the US media ClutchPoints selected the best defender in NBA history, let's talk about the top eight of this list, let's see if the ranking is reasonable this time?

Eighth Bill Russell

As one of the most successful center players in NBA history, the biggest difference between Russell and other historical interior linemen is that Russell is better at defense than offense, Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar and O'Neal, although the defense is also good, but compared to Russell, there is still a gap, Russell relies on defense to support the Celtics' defensive barrier, and under his leadership, the Celtics also achieved 11 championships.

Because Russell has a winning concept such as "defending to win the championship", to this day the Celtics are also such a winning culture, Russell's era is no block statistics, otherwise he will have a lot of blocks, Russell is best at blocking the opponent and then directly passing teammates to complete the counterattack, and Russell plays toughly, he is good at motivating teammates, he is also able to ignite the defensive passion of teammates, so that teammates play a higher level of defense.

Seventh Leonard

Jr. is the top forward defender in history, and the most selected small forward in NBA history is Pippen, who has been selected a total of 8 times, but he is not on this list. If it weren't for injuries, he could have been named to the All-Defensive Team many times, but he has won 2 defensive player awards so far in his career, which is also very good. The little card has a nickname called the frame version of Jordan.

At the time, Jordan also said: "I may not be able to score under this kid's defense", Leonard's defense is so strong, his defensive skills and anticipation are excellent, and he also has this good core strength and long arms, he has locked up stars at the level of James, Durant and Alphabet in the playoffs, so it is also recognized that he is not much of a problem in this list.

The sixth big book

Big Ben is a lost draft, he can succeed completely by his own defense, when Unseld took a fancy to Big Ben's tenacity, Unseld relied on defense to help the Wizards win the championship, he saw his shadow in the big itself, he gave Big Ben the opportunity and taught by example, Big Ben also gradually cashed in on his talent, he relied on excellent defense to win 4 Best Defensive Player awards.

And Big Ben has also been selected for the best defensive team several times, he can support the existence of a defensive system alone, in 04 Pistons reached the finals, facing O'Neal, as a result, Big Ben did a single defense of the big shark, although O'Neal at that time had no peak, but he was still the league's strongest offensive center at that time, and as a result, Big Ben limited him very well, and finally helped the Pistons win the championship,

Fifth, Rodman

Rodman is a second-round pick, he only has 2.01 meters to play power forward, and the offensive ability is still very limited, in this case he is still good to be a second-round pick, if not for the excellent athleticism and positive defense, he will even fall to the draft, after entering the league, Rodman is deeply affected by the Pistons Bad Boys, he also plays a tough defense, and his rebounding protection is also very good.

Rodman is good at opponent mentality, he likes cowhide defense, even if the opponent's core is off-ball, he may be entangled with the opponent's star, so Rodman is also a two-time best defensive player, he has been selected to the best team 7 times in his career, with excellent defensive ability, he has also helped the team win 5 championships, it can be said that Jordan can achieve the last three crowns, Rodman is indispensable.

Fourth Uncle Mu

Uncle Mu relied on his defensive ability to become the fourth overall pick, he as an African player simply did not have the basic skills of the offensive end, only relying on defense to become the top five picks, from here you can also see how good Uncle Mu's defensive talent is, Uncle Mu can support a defensive system alone, relying on defense at his peak to lead the Nuggets to the playoffs for many years, and has also blacked eight of Kemp's supersonics.

Uncle Mu is the second most powerful player in history, second only to Olajuwon in history, Uncle Mu has also won the Best Defensive Player award for 4 times, and he and Big Ben are the players who have won the most this award in history. In addition, Uncle Mu has also been selected for the best defensive team 6 times, and the reason why the 76ers can enter the playoffs in 01, in addition to Iverson, Uncle Mu is also indispensable, it is worth mentioning that Uncle Mu averaged 2.8 blocks per game in his career, which is very inexplicable.

Third Duncan

Duncan's defensive ability has always been underestimated, he is one of the best defensive gates in history, Duncan has not had a season in his career where defensive efficiency is lower than the top ten in the league, and he is also able to support a defensive system, during his leadership, the Spurs' defensive efficiency has been in the top three in the league for many years, Duncan has also been selected for the best defensive team several times by virtue of his excellent performance, but because he is not welcomed by the media, Duncan has not won the best defensive player award.

However, Duncan has been selected to the All-Defensive First Team 8 times in his career, the All-Defensive Second Team 7 times, he has been selected to the All-Defensive Team a total of 15 times, looking at the entire NBA history is also the most, defense is also extremely physically consuming, in such a situation many players will reduce the consumption of the defensive end, thereby losing the opportunity to compete for the best defensive team, but Duncan, as always, there is a player similar to him called Kobe, but Kobe Bryant did not enter this list, which is surprising.

Second Olajuwon

Olajuwon is the best defender in history in the eyes of many American media, Olajuwon is the most comprehensive defensive player in history, he is very flexible and able to defend multiple positions, although he looks thin, but the confrontation ability is very good, so he is not at a loss in terms of interior confrontation, his ball intelligence and anticipation ability is also very good, so he can do good steals and blocks, Olajuwon also won two Best Defensive Player awards with excellent defense.

In addition, Olajuwon is also the center with the most blocks in history, if it were not for the top defensive gates of his era, such as Uncle Mu, Admiral, Jordan and Payton, etc., Olajuwon could actually win more defensive honors, but this is not bad, his steals are still in the top ten in history, his career steals and blocks are the top ten in history He is also the only one, the big dream offensive ability is still very good, his big dream footwork is also an offensive skill that many stars are willing to spend money to learn.

First Jordan

Jordan ranked first estimated that there is not much doubt, maybe in terms of defense alone or Olajuwon is better, after all, Big Dream can support a defensive system alone, although Jordan is the first person in history, but he will not say that he is so versatile, his defensive ability is stronger in single defense is better, for the team's defensive system bonus, not as good as a center like Olajuwon, but he is the god of basketball after all, so any honor he is very high.

Jordan won 1 Best Defensive Player title in his career, he has also been selected for the best defense 9 times, if not for a period of retirement at his peak, it is estimated that Jordan can be selected to the Best Defensive Team more times, he is the fourth most steals in history, but know that his career is only 15 seasons, the 3 people in front of him have a very long career, Jordan's career average of 2.3 steals and 0.8 blocks per game is also very good.

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