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Kind of weird you don't see the top 4 in the second list on the first list.

Post defense is more about strength, toughness and experience.

The second list is more about rim protection and help defense. Usually there are long players with great agility and nice timing to bother shots. Look at the wingspan of the first 5 players in the list. Crazy length.

It's remarkable that Nurkic is on both lists.

I checked some Synergy numbers.

Defending post-up frequency
Rank Name Percentile Rank
1 Victor Wembanyama 57th
2 Jusuf Nurkic 52nd
3 Anthony Davis 30th
4 Bam Adebayo 23rd
5 Rudy Gobert 3rd

Defending post-up points per possession
Rank Name Percentile Rank
1 Anthony Davis 96th
2 Bam Adebayo 94th
3 Jusuf Nurkic 92nd
4 Rudy Gobert 89th
5 Victor Wembanyama 45th

Defending shots at the rim frequency (all play types)
Rank Name Percentile Rank
1 Jusuf Nurkic 84th
2 Victor Wembanyama 77th
3 Rudy Gobert 65th
4 Anthony Davis 32nd
5 Bam Adebayo 7th

Defending shots at the rim points per shot (all play types)
Rank Name Percentile Rank
1 Rudy Gobert 84th
2 Victor Wembanyama 77th
3 Bam Adebayo 74th
4 Anthony Davis 53rd
5 Jusuf Nurkic 34th