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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
Johni Broome
11.94
2021
2025
Auburn
49
Mardy Collins
11.79
2003
2006
Temple
50
Ryan Bright
11.73
2005
2008
Sam Houston
51
Eric Coley
11.69
1997
2000
Tulsa
52
Antonio Reynolds-Dean
11.67
1996
1999
Rhode Island
53
Jeryl Sasser
11.62
1998
2001
Southern Methodist
54
Marqus Blakely
11.54
2007
2010
Vermont
55
JaJuan Johnson
11.51
2008
2011
Purdue
56
Corsley Edwards
11.47
1999
2002
Central Connecticut State
57
Omar Samhan
11.47
2007
2010
Saint Mary's (CA)
58
George Evans
11.38
1998
2001
George Mason
59
Dwayne Jones
11.32
2003
2005
Saint Joseph's
60
Aaron Craft
11.31
2011
2014
Ohio State
61
Jabahri Brown
11.28
2000
2004
Oklahoma
62
Tyler Hansbrough
11.27
2006
2009
North Carolina
63
Jeff Allen
11.27
2008
2011
Virginia Tech
64
Tommy Brenton
11.25
2009
2013
Stony Brook
65
Jeff Adrien
11.23
2006
2009
Connecticut
66
Taylor Coppenrath
11.15
2002
2005
Vermont
67
Andre Williams
11.12
2000
2003
Oklahoma State
68
Andrew Lovedale
11.12
2006
2009
Davidson
69
Brad Buckman
11.09
2003
2006
Texas
70
Kevin Braswell
11.08
1999
2002
Georgetown
71
Tim James
11.06
1996
1999
Miami (FL)
72
Zakee Wadood
11.06
2001
2004
East Tennessee State
73
Raitis Grafs
11.02
2000
2003
Valparaiso
74
Kyle Davis
11.01
2001
2004
Auburn
75
Darren Brooks
10.94
2001
2005
Southern Illinois
76
Channing Frye
10.94
2002
2005
Arizona
77
Arthur Johnson
10.89
2001
2004
Missouri
78
Matt Kingsley
10.89
2006
2009
Stephen F. Austin
79
Sedric Webber
10.88
1996
1999
College of Charleston
80
Lonny Baxter
10.87
1999
2002
Maryland
81
Gary Clark
10.87
2015
2018
Cincinnati
82
Lonnie Jones
10.86
1999
2002
Ball State
83
Josh Howard
10.86
2000
2003
Wake Forest
84
J'Wan Roberts
10.83
2021
2025
Houston
85
Matt Howard
10.83
2008
2011
Butler
86
Lawrence Roberts
10.79
2002
2005
Mississippi State
87
Louis Graham
10.77
2005
2008
Georgia Southern
88
Darius McGhee
10.77
2019
2023
Liberty
89
Brandin Knight
10.74
2000
2003
Pittsburgh
90
Joseph Jones
10.73
2005
2008
Texas A&M
91
Caswell Cyrus
10.70
1997
2000
St. Bonaventure
92
Andre Hutson
10.68
1998
2001
Michigan State
93
Nelly Junior Joseph
10.67
2021
2025
New Mexico
94
Loren Woods
10.65
1997
2001
Arizona
95
Mike Sweetney
10.64
2001
2003
Georgetown
96
Jaron Brown
10.63
2001
2004
Pittsburgh
97
Jerome Jordan
10.62
2007
2010
Tulsa
98
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
10.59
2006
2008
UCLA
99
Jerel McNeal
10.58
2006
2009
Marquette
100
Curtis Withers
10.54
2003
2006
Charlotte
101
Kyle Weaver
10.52
2005
2008
Washington State
102
Kevin Hamilton
10.52
2003
2006
Holy Cross
103
Grant Stout
10.52
2004
2007
Northern Iowa
104
Sam Young
10.52
2006
2009
Pittsburgh
105
Sitapha Savane
10.50
1998
2000
Navy
106
Bryant Dunston
10.49
2005
2008
Fordham
107
Dante Cunningham
10.48
2006
2009
Villanova
108
Ethan Happ
10.47
2016
2019
Wisconsin
109
Moussa Badiane
10.45
2002
2005
East Carolina
110
Nate Lufkin
10.44
2002
2005
Holy Cross
111
Tony Dobbins
10.40
2000
2004
Richmond
112
Danny Green
10.39
2006
2009
North Carolina
113
Josh Davis
10.38
1999
2002
Wyoming
114
Aleks Maric
10.38
2005
2008
Nebraska
115
Alvin Jones
10.36
1998
2001
Georgia Tech
116
Jameel Warney
10.36
2013
2016
Stony Brook
117
Roy Hibbert
10.30
2005
2008
Georgetown
118
Damon Thornton
10.29
1997
2001
NC State
119
Raef LaFrentz
10.28
1996
1998
Kansas
120
Wayne Chism
10.23
2007
2010
Tennessee
121
Alex Loughton
10.23
2003
2006
Old Dominion
122
Josh Alexander
10.23
2006
2009
Stephen F. Austin
123
Keith Butler
10.20
2003
2007
DePaul
124
Craig Smith
10.17
2003
2006
Boston College
125
Joseph Harris
10.14
2006
2010
Coastal Carolina
126
Jamon Gordon
10.13
2004
2007
Virginia Tech
127
James Moore
10.11
2001
2004
New Mexico State
128
Brian Voelkel
10.08
2011
2014
Vermont
129
Quan Jackson
10.08
2018
2022
UAB
130
Tim Young
10.08
1996
1999
Stanford
131
Chevon Troutman
10.06
2002
2005
Pittsburgh
132
Taj Gibson
10.06
2007
2009
Southern California
133
Al Horford
10.05
2005
2007
Florida
134
Brett Blizzard
10.04
2000
2003
UNC Wilmington
135
Hakim Warrick
10.03
2002
2005
Syracuse
136
Arnaud Dahi
10.02
2004
2007
Old Dominion
137
Dexter Hall
10.01
1999
2002
South Carolina State
138
Romeo Travis
9.99
2004
2007
Akron
139
Kenny Thomas
9.96
1996
1999
New Mexico
140
Rolan Roberts
9.96
1998
2002
Southern Illinois
141
Sam Clancy
9.96
1999
2002
Southern California
142
Larry Sanders
9.96
2008
2010
Virginia Commonwealth
143
Jerald Fields
9.94
2001
2004
East Tennessee State
144
Marcus Landry
9.92
2006
2009
Wisconsin
145
Julyan Stone
9.89
2008
2011
UTEP
146
T.J. McConnell
9.88
2011
2015
Arizona
147
Brian Cook
9.87
2000
2003
Illinois
148
Uka Agbai
9.86
2000
2004
Boston College
149
Mickell Gladness
9.86
2006
2008
Alabama A&M
150
Isaac Spencer
9.85
1998
2001
Murray State
151
Cedric Jackson
9.85
2005
2009
Cleveland State
152
Tim Clifford
9.85
2005
2008
Holy Cross
153
Brandon Wallace
9.85
2004
2007
South Carolina
154
Brian Butch
9.84
2005
2008
Wisconsin
155
Casey Calvary
9.83
1998
2001
Gonzaga
156
Chris Duhon
9.82
2001
2004
Duke
157
Tayshaun Prince
9.81
1999
2002
Kentucky
158
Earl Clark
9.81
2007
2009
Louisville
159
Marcus Douthit
9.81
2001
2004
Providence
160
Kyle Hines
9.81
2005
2008
UNC Greensboro
161
Desmond Mason
9.80
1997
2000
Oklahoma State
162
KC Ndefo
9.79
2019
2023
Seton Hall
163
Hunter Dickinson
9.79
2021
2025
Kansas
164
Melvin Ely
9.78
1999
2002
Fresno State
165
Damian Saunders
9.77
2008
2011
Duquesne
166
Kadary Richmond
9.77
2021
2025
St. John's (NY)
167
Ellis Myles
9.76
2001
2005
Louisville
168
Anthony King
9.76
2004
2008
Miami (FL)
169
Chris Wright
9.75
2008
2011
Dayton
170
Derek Hood
9.74
1996
1999
Arkansas
171
Rahim Lockhart
9.73
1998
2001
Mississippi
172
Lavoy Allen
9.73
2008
2011
Temple
173
Jordan Fouse
9.70
2013
2016
Green Bay
174
Boris Meno
9.68
2005
2008
Davidson
175
Scott Vandermeer
9.68
2005
2009
Illinois-Chicago
176
Chris Owens
9.68
1998
2002
Texas
177
Venson Hamilton
9.67
1996
1999
Nebraska
178
Ryan Rossiter
9.65
2008
2011
Siena
179
Romain Sato
9.64
2001
2004
Xavier
180
Francisco Garcia
9.64
2003
2005
Louisville
181
Luke Harangody
9.63
2007
2010
Notre Dame
182
DeJuan Blair
9.63
2008
2009
Pittsburgh
183
Rodney Carney
9.63
2003
2006
Memphis
184
Paul Pierce
9.62
1996
1998
Kansas
185
Erwin Dudley
9.62
2000
2003
Alabama
186
Roberto Gittens
9.61
1998
2001
Hofstra
187
Haminn Quaintance
9.59
2004
2008
Kent State
188
Draymond Green
9.57
2009
2012
Michigan State
189
Tasmin Mitchell
9.57
2006
2010
Louisiana State
190
Will Sheridan
9.56
2004
2007
Villanova
191
Donald Little
9.55
1999
2002
Cincinnati
192
Peter Cipriano
9.53
2003
2006
Southern
193
Joe Krabbenhoft
9.52
2006
2009
Wisconsin
194
Frank Hassell
9.51
2008
2011
Old Dominion
195
Norchad Omier
9.51
2021
2025
Baylor
196
Deng Gai
9.49
2002
2005
Fairfield
197
Josiah-Jordan James
9.49
2020
2024
Tennessee
198
Jamal Shead
9.48
2021
2024
Houston
199
Speedy Claxton
9.48
1997
2000
Hofstra
200
Chris Marcus
9.46
2000
2003
Western Kentucky
201
Santiago Vescovi
9.44
2020
2024
Tennessee
202
Chris Kramer
9.42
2007
2010
Purdue
203
Kenyon Ross
9.41
1996
1998
Mississippi Valley State
204
D.J. White
9.39
2005
2008
Indiana
205
E'Twaun Moore
9.39
2008
2011
Purdue
206
Michael Flowers
9.39
2005
2008
Wisconsin
207
Aaron Gray
9.38
2004
2007
Pittsburgh
208
Jevon Carter
9.37
2015
2018
West Virginia
209
Goran Suton
9.36
2006
2009
Michigan State
210
Eric Mann
9.36
1997
2001
Virginia Military Institute
211
Lucas Williamson
9.35
2018
2022
Loyola (IL)
212
Jai Lewis
9.35
2003
2006
George Mason
213
Kevin Samuel
9.34
2019
2023
South Alabama
214
Chris Gaynor
9.34
2005
2008
Winthrop
215
Robbie Hummel
9.34
2008
2012
Purdue
216
Will Thomas
9.33
2005
2008
George Mason
217
Ekene Ibekwe
9.33
2004
2007
Maryland
218
Chris Mihm
9.32
1998
2000
Texas
219
Jave Meade
9.31
2001
2004
Holy Cross
220
Nate Linhart
9.31
2006
2009
Akron
221
Geoff Owens
9.30
1997
2001
Pennsylvania
222
Justin Doellman
9.29
2004
2007
Xavier
223
Kevin Johnson
9.29
2000
2003
Tulsa
224
Kent Bazemore
9.29
2009
2012
Old Dominion
225
Tyrone Washington
9.27
1996
1999
Mississippi State
226
Ryan Kalkbrenner
9.26
2021
2025
Creighton
227
Stephen Curry
9.26
2007
2009
Davidson
228
David Hawkins
9.24
2001
2004
Temple
229
John Edwards
9.22
2001
2004
Kent State
230
Steven Hill
9.21
2005
2008
Arkansas
231
Rylan Hainje
9.21
1999
2002
Butler
232
Brian Skinner
9.21
1996
1998
Baylor
233
Stephane Lasme
9.21
2004
2007
Massachusetts
234
Da'Sean Butler
9.20
2007
2010
West Virginia
235
Jeff Foster
9.20
1996
1999
Texas State
236
Dee Brown
9.19
2003
2006
Illinois
237
Jared Homan
9.17
2002
2005
Iowa State
238
John Salmons
9.17
1999
2002
Miami (FL)
239
Josh Perkins
9.17
2015
2019
Gonzaga
240
Bryan Davis
9.17
2007
2010
Texas A&M
241
Ugonna Onyekwe
9.17
2000
2003
Pennsylvania
242
Alando Tucker
9.16
2003
2007
Wisconsin
243
Rashad Bell
9.16
2002
2005
Boston University
244
Antonio Smith
9.15
1996
1999
Michigan State
245
Wojciech Myrda
9.14
1999
2002
Louisiana-Monroe
246
Ben Finney
9.13
2008
2011
Old Dominion
247
Willie Davis
9.13
1998
2001
Southern Methodist
248
Kris Clack
9.11
1996
1999
Texas
249
Lawrence Kinnard
9.11
2006
2009
UAB
250
James Jones
9.10
2000
2003
Miami (FL)
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