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Single Season Defensive Win Shares
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Single Season
Career
Yearly
Defensive Win Shares Men's Career Leaders and Records
Since 1995-96
Since 1995-96 Table
Rank
Player
DWS
From
To
Last School
1
Joey Dorsey
18.86
2005
2008
Memphis
2
David West
17.97
2000
2003
Xavier
3
Robert Dozier
17.48
2006
2009
Memphis
4
Mamadou N'Diaye
17.19
1997
2000
Auburn
5
Lamont Barnes
16.99
1997
2000
Temple
6
Shelden Williams
16.77
2003
2006
Duke
7
Kevin Lyde
16.57
1999
2002
Temple
8
Kenyon Martin
16.43
1997
2000
Cincinnati
9
Shane Battier
16.34
1998
2001
Duke
10
Jason Maxiell
15.67
2002
2005
Cincinnati
11
Diamon Simpson
15.22
2006
2009
Saint Mary's (CA)
12
James Augustine
15.05
2003
2006
Illinois
13
Randal Falker
15.00
2005
2008
Southern Illinois
14
Michael Wilkinson
14.48
2002
2005
Wisconsin
15
Michael Ruffin
14.30
1996
1999
Tulsa
16
Etan Thomas
14.25
1997
2000
Syracuse
17
Nick Collison
14.22
2000
2003
Kansas
18
Emeka Okafor
14.12
2002
2004
Connecticut
19
Pepe Sanchez
14.11
1997
2000
Temple
20
Ryan Humphrey
13.74
1998
2002
Notre Dame
21
Paul Millsap
13.71
2004
2006
Louisiana Tech
22
Chaz Crawford
13.65
2004
2007
Drexel
23
Terrence Williams
13.49
2006
2009
Louisville
24
Nick Fazekas
13.41
2004
2007
Nevada
25
Trevor Booker
13.29
2007
2010
Clemson
26
Jake Voskuhl
13.26
1997
2000
Connecticut
27
Ken Johnson
13.25
1998
2001
Ohio State
28
Ivan McFarlin
13.20
2002
2005
Oklahoma State
29
Joel Cornette
13.10
2000
2003
Butler
30
Kelly Wise
13.10
1999
2002
Memphis
31
Williams Byrd
12.89
2005
2008
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
32
Damion James
12.82
2007
2010
Texas
33
Jamaal Magloire
12.82
1997
2000
Kentucky
34
Hasheem Thabeet
12.75
2007
2009
Connecticut
35
Antonio Anderson
12.65
2006
2009
Memphis
36
Jarvis Varnado
12.56
2007
2010
Mississippi State
37
Andre Miller
12.55
1996
1999
Utah
38
Chuck Hayes
12.47
2002
2005
Kentucky
39
Kenneth Faried
12.45
2008
2011
Morehead State
40
Eric Hicks
12.41
2003
2006
Cincinnati
41
Jody Lumpkin
12.38
1997
2001
College of Charleston
42
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje
12.26
1998
2001
Georgetown
43
Eduardo Najera
12.24
1997
2000
Oklahoma
44
Kyle Singler
12.22
2008
2011
Duke
45
T.J. Lux
12.10
1996
2000
Northern Illinois
46
Eric Chenowith
12.05
1998
2001
Kansas
47
Terence Morris
12.03
1998
2001
Maryland
48
Mardy Collins
11.79
2003
2006
Temple
49
Ryan Bright
11.73
2005
2008
Sam Houston
50
Eric Coley
11.69
1997
2000
Tulsa
51
Antonio Reynolds-Dean
11.67
1996
1999
Rhode Island
52
Jeryl Sasser
11.62
1998
2001
Southern Methodist
53
Marqus Blakely
11.54
2007
2010
Vermont
54
JaJuan Johnson
11.51
2008
2011
Purdue
55
Corsley Edwards
11.47
1999
2002
Central Connecticut State
56
Omar Samhan
11.47
2007
2010
Saint Mary's (CA)
57
George Evans
11.38
1998
2001
George Mason
58
Dwayne Jones
11.32
2003
2005
Saint Joseph's
59
Aaron Craft
11.31
2011
2014
Ohio State
60
Jabahri Brown
11.28
2000
2004
Oklahoma
61
Tyler Hansbrough
11.27
2006
2009
North Carolina
62
Jeff Allen
11.27
2008
2011
Virginia Tech
63
Tommy Brenton
11.25
2009
2013
Stony Brook
64
Jeff Adrien
11.23
2006
2009
Connecticut
65
Taylor Coppenrath
11.15
2002
2005
Vermont
66
Andre Williams
11.12
2000
2003
Oklahoma State
67
Andrew Lovedale
11.12
2006
2009
Davidson
68
Brad Buckman
11.09
2003
2006
Texas
69
Kevin Braswell
11.08
1999
2002
Georgetown
70
Tim James
11.06
1996
1999
Miami (FL)
71
Zakee Wadood
11.06
2001
2004
East Tennessee State
72
Raitis Grafs
11.02
2000
2003
Valparaiso
73
Kyle Davis
11.01
2001
2004
Auburn
74
Darren Brooks
10.94
2001
2005
Southern Illinois
75
Channing Frye
10.94
2002
2005
Arizona
76
Arthur Johnson
10.89
2001
2004
Missouri
77
Matt Kingsley
10.89
2006
2009
Stephen F. Austin
78
Sedric Webber
10.88
1996
1999
College of Charleston
79
Lonny Baxter
10.87
1999
2002
Maryland
80
Gary Clark
10.87
2015
2018
Cincinnati
81
Lonnie Jones
10.86
1999
2002
Ball State
82
Josh Howard
10.86
2000
2003
Wake Forest
83
Matt Howard
10.83
2008
2011
Butler
84
Lawrence Roberts
10.79
2002
2005
Mississippi State
85
Louis Graham
10.77
2005
2008
Georgia Southern
86
Darius McGhee
10.77
2019
2023
Liberty
87
Brandin Knight
10.74
2000
2003
Pittsburgh
88
Joseph Jones
10.73
2005
2008
Texas A&M
89
Caswell Cyrus
10.70
1997
2000
St. Bonaventure
90
Andre Hutson
10.68
1998
2001
Michigan State
91
Loren Woods
10.65
1997
2001
Arizona
92
Mike Sweetney
10.64
2001
2003
Georgetown
93
Jaron Brown
10.63
2001
2004
Pittsburgh
94
Jerome Jordan
10.62
2007
2010
Tulsa
95
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
10.59
2006
2008
UCLA
96
Jerel McNeal
10.58
2006
2009
Marquette
97
Curtis Withers
10.54
2003
2006
Charlotte
98
Kyle Weaver
10.52
2005
2008
Washington State
99
Kevin Hamilton
10.52
2003
2006
Holy Cross
100
Grant Stout
10.52
2004
2007
Northern Iowa
101
Sam Young
10.52
2006
2009
Pittsburgh
102
Sitapha Savane
10.50
1998
2000
Navy
103
Bryant Dunston
10.49
2005
2008
Fordham
104
Dante Cunningham
10.48
2006
2009
Villanova
105
Ethan Happ
10.47
2016
2019
Wisconsin
106
Moussa Badiane
10.45
2002
2005
East Carolina
107
Nate Lufkin
10.44
2002
2005
Holy Cross
108
Tony Dobbins
10.40
2000
2004
Richmond
109
Danny Green
10.39
2006
2009
North Carolina
110
Josh Davis
10.38
1999
2002
Wyoming
111
Aleks Maric
10.38
2005
2008
Nebraska
112
Alvin Jones
10.36
1998
2001
Georgia Tech
113
Jameel Warney
10.36
2013
2016
Stony Brook
114
Roy Hibbert
10.30
2005
2008
Georgetown
115
Damon Thornton
10.29
1997
2001
NC State
116
Raef LaFrentz
10.28
1996
1998
Kansas
117
Wayne Chism
10.23
2007
2010
Tennessee
118
Alex Loughton
10.23
2003
2006
Old Dominion
119
Josh Alexander
10.23
2006
2009
Stephen F. Austin
120
Keith Butler
10.20
2003
2007
DePaul
121
Craig Smith
10.17
2003
2006
Boston College
122
Joseph Harris
10.14
2006
2010
Coastal Carolina
123
Jamon Gordon
10.13
2004
2007
Virginia Tech
124
James Moore
10.11
2001
2004
New Mexico State
125
Brian Voelkel
10.08
2011
2014
Vermont
126
Quan Jackson
10.08
2018
2022
UAB
127
Tim Young
10.08
1996
1999
Stanford
128
Chevon Troutman
10.06
2002
2005
Pittsburgh
129
Taj Gibson
10.06
2007
2009
Southern California
130
Al Horford
10.05
2005
2007
Florida
131
Brett Blizzard
10.04
2000
2003
UNC Wilmington
132
Hakim Warrick
10.03
2002
2005
Syracuse
133
Arnaud Dahi
10.02
2004
2007
Old Dominion
134
Dexter Hall
10.01
1999
2002
South Carolina State
135
Romeo Travis
9.99
2004
2007
Akron
136
Kenny Thomas
9.96
1996
1999
New Mexico
137
Rolan Roberts
9.96
1998
2002
Southern Illinois
138
Sam Clancy
9.96
1999
2002
Southern California
139
Larry Sanders
9.96
2008
2010
Virginia Commonwealth
140
Jerald Fields
9.94
2001
2004
East Tennessee State
141
Marcus Landry
9.92
2006
2009
Wisconsin
142
Julyan Stone
9.89
2008
2011
UTEP
143
T.J. McConnell
9.88
2011
2015
Arizona
144
Brian Cook
9.87
2000
2003
Illinois
145
Uka Agbai
9.86
2000
2004
Boston College
146
Mickell Gladness
9.86
2006
2008
Alabama A&M
147
Isaac Spencer
9.85
1998
2001
Murray State
148
Cedric Jackson
9.85
2005
2009
Cleveland State
149
Tim Clifford
9.85
2005
2008
Holy Cross
150
Brandon Wallace
9.85
2004
2007
South Carolina
151
Brian Butch
9.84
2005
2008
Wisconsin
152
Casey Calvary
9.83
1998
2001
Gonzaga
153
Chris Duhon
9.82
2001
2004
Duke
154
Tayshaun Prince
9.81
1999
2002
Kentucky
155
Earl Clark
9.81
2007
2009
Louisville
156
Marcus Douthit
9.81
2001
2004
Providence
157
Kyle Hines
9.81
2005
2008
UNC Greensboro
158
Desmond Mason
9.80
1997
2000
Oklahoma State
159
KC Ndefo
9.79
2019
2023
Seton Hall
160
Melvin Ely
9.78
1999
2002
Fresno State
161
Damian Saunders
9.77
2008
2011
Duquesne
162
Ellis Myles
9.76
2001
2005
Louisville
163
Anthony King
9.76
2004
2008
Miami (FL)
164
Chris Wright
9.75
2008
2011
Dayton
165
Derek Hood
9.74
1996
1999
Arkansas
166
Rahim Lockhart
9.73
1998
2001
Mississippi
167
Lavoy Allen
9.73
2008
2011
Temple
168
Jordan Fouse
9.70
2013
2016
Green Bay
169
Boris Meno
9.68
2005
2008
Davidson
170
Scott Vandermeer
9.68
2005
2009
Illinois-Chicago
171
Chris Owens
9.68
1998
2002
Texas
172
Venson Hamilton
9.67
1996
1999
Nebraska
173
Ryan Rossiter
9.65
2008
2011
Siena
174
Romain Sato
9.64
2001
2004
Xavier
175
Francisco Garcia
9.64
2003
2005
Louisville
176
Luke Harangody
9.63
2007
2010
Notre Dame
177
DeJuan Blair
9.63
2008
2009
Pittsburgh
178
Rodney Carney
9.63
2003
2006
Memphis
179
Paul Pierce
9.62
1996
1998
Kansas
180
Erwin Dudley
9.62
2000
2003
Alabama
181
Roberto Gittens
9.61
1998
2001
Hofstra
182
Haminn Quaintance
9.59
2004
2008
Kent State
183
Draymond Green
9.57
2009
2012
Michigan State
184
Tasmin Mitchell
9.57
2006
2010
Louisiana State
185
Will Sheridan
9.56
2004
2007
Villanova
186
Donald Little
9.55
1999
2002
Cincinnati
187
Peter Cipriano
9.53
2003
2006
Southern
188
Joe Krabbenhoft
9.52
2006
2009
Wisconsin
189
Frank Hassell
9.51
2008
2011
Old Dominion
190
Deng Gai
9.49
2002
2005
Fairfield
191
Santiago Vescovi
9.49
2020
2024
Tennessee
192
Speedy Claxton
9.48
1997
2000
Hofstra
193
Chris Marcus
9.46
2000
2003
Western Kentucky
194
Jamal Shead
9.43
2021
2024
Houston
195
Chris Kramer
9.42
2007
2010
Purdue
196
Josiah-Jordan James
9.42
2020
2024
Tennessee
197
Kenyon Ross
9.41
1996
1998
Mississippi Valley State
198
D.J. White
9.39
2005
2008
Indiana
199
E'Twaun Moore
9.39
2008
2011
Purdue
200
Michael Flowers
9.39
2005
2008
Wisconsin
201
Aaron Gray
9.38
2004
2007
Pittsburgh
202
Jevon Carter
9.37
2015
2018
West Virginia
203
Johni Broome
9.37
2021
2024
Auburn
204
Goran Suton
9.36
2006
2009
Michigan State
205
Eric Mann
9.36
1997
2001
Virginia Military Institute
206
Lucas Williamson
9.35
2018
2022
Loyola (IL)
207
Jai Lewis
9.35
2003
2006
George Mason
208
Kevin Samuel
9.34
2019
2023
South Alabama
209
Chris Gaynor
9.34
2005
2008
Winthrop
210
Robbie Hummel
9.34
2008
2012
Purdue
211
Will Thomas
9.33
2005
2008
George Mason
212
Ekene Ibekwe
9.33
2004
2007
Maryland
213
Chris Mihm
9.32
1998
2000
Texas
214
Jave Meade
9.31
2001
2004
Holy Cross
215
Nate Linhart
9.31
2006
2009
Akron
216
Geoff Owens
9.30
1997
2001
Pennsylvania
217
Justin Doellman
9.29
2004
2007
Xavier
218
Kevin Johnson
9.29
2000
2003
Tulsa
219
Kent Bazemore
9.29
2009
2012
Old Dominion
220
Tyrone Washington
9.27
1996
1999
Mississippi State
221
Stephen Curry
9.26
2007
2009
Davidson
222
David Hawkins
9.24
2001
2004
Temple
223
John Edwards
9.22
2001
2004
Kent State
224
Steven Hill
9.21
2005
2008
Arkansas
225
Rylan Hainje
9.21
1999
2002
Butler
226
Brian Skinner
9.21
1996
1998
Baylor
227
Stephane Lasme
9.21
2004
2007
Massachusetts
228
Da'Sean Butler
9.20
2007
2010
West Virginia
229
Jeff Foster
9.20
1996
1999
Texas State
230
Dee Brown
9.19
2003
2006
Illinois
231
Jared Homan
9.17
2002
2005
Iowa State
232
John Salmons
9.17
1999
2002
Miami (FL)
233
Josh Perkins
9.17
2015
2019
Gonzaga
234
Bryan Davis
9.17
2007
2010
Texas A&M
235
Ugonna Onyekwe
9.17
2000
2003
Pennsylvania
236
Alando Tucker
9.16
2003
2007
Wisconsin
237
Rashad Bell
9.16
2002
2005
Boston University
238
Antonio Smith
9.15
1996
1999
Michigan State
239
Wojciech Myrda
9.14
1999
2002
Louisiana-Monroe
240
Ben Finney
9.13
2008
2011
Old Dominion
241
Willie Davis
9.13
1998
2001
Southern Methodist
242
Kris Clack
9.11
1996
1999
Texas
243
Lawrence Kinnard
9.11
2006
2009
UAB
244
James Jones
9.10
2000
2003
Miami (FL)
245
Russell Robinson
9.10
2005
2008
Kansas
246
Ibrahim Jaaber
9.09
2004
2007
Pennsylvania
247
Kelvin Gibbs
9.09
1998
2001
Pepperdine
248
Kevin McCullar
9.08
2020
2024
Kansas
249
Robert Battle
9.07
2000
2003
Drexel
250
Jeff Newton
9.07
2000
2003
Indiana
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