There are a LOT of incredible stats the soon to be MVP put up this year. His unbelievable usage rate, his legendary uncontested rebound average, and his ability to generate assists during garbage time. No one in the history of the game has ever gotten his entire team to pass their stats to him better than Russell Westbrook.

But of all the Westbrook stats I have seen this year, there is nothing like this.

When Westbrook is "guarding" a player on the other team, they shoot 7% higher than their normal percentage. Think about that stat. If you are Ricky Rubio and Westbrook guards you, you are now an average NBA jump shooter. If you are average, 43-44%, and you can play your entire career with Westbrook from 2016-2017 guarding you, then you are a better shooter than Ray Allen. Hello Hall of fame!!!!

The dude is so completely enamored with abandoning his guy and chasing a rebound, that he allows opposing guards to shoot 7 freaking % higher.

That, my friends, is an amazing statistic in a season full of meaningless, worthless, team hurting Westbrook stats.

OP probably supports James Harden and his acclaimed defense.

http://stats.nba.com/players/defense/#!?sort=DEF_WS&dir=-1

I might be missing something here but when I sort these stats for Defensive Win Shares, Westbrook is 23rd and Harden is 77th

And given that the best defender in the game (Kawhi Leonard) is ranked 18th in defensive win shares, I'm not sure it's a great statistic anyway

Harden contests 9 shots a game, Westbrook comes in at 3.4.

Most remarkable defensive stat of the year is that Danuel House has a defensive rating of 0.0.

That means for every 100 defensive possessions while House was playing, the other team scored 0.0 points.

Gig 'Em Danuel!