Ben Simmons had the lowest defensive rating by a point guard in 2017-18, with a 101.9 rating in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:

2018 best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games point guards

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	101.9	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	6.7	12.3	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.0	55.7	1.8	6.3	3.4	2,732	1,279	659	661	140	70	278	211	+387
2	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	103.3	2017-18	UTA	77	29.3	13.1	4.6	5.3	1.6	0.1	4.5	10.7	41.8	1.2	3.5	35.2	2.9	3.3	86.6	53.7	0.6	4.0	2.7	2,254	1,008	351	410	121	11	207	206	+212
3	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	103.7	2017-18	BOS	80	25.9	11.3	4.7	2.9	1.0	0.2	4.0	10.0	39.5	1.9	5.0	38.1	1.4	1.9	77.2	52.0	0.8	3.9	1.0	2,068	900	376	232	80	19	80	123	+117
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	104.3	2017-18	OKC	80	36.4	25.4	10.1	10.3	1.8	0.3	9.5	21.1	44.9	1.2	4.1	29.8	5.2	7.1	73.7	52.4	1.9	8.2	4.8	2,914	2,028	804	820	147	20	381	200	+383
5	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	106.8	2017-18	TOR	78	32.2	16.2	5.6	6.9	1.1	0.2	5.2	12.1	42.7	3.1	7.6	39.9	2.9	3.3	85.4	59.8	0.8	4.7	2.3	2,510	1,267	434	537	85	19	183	192	+399
6	Tyler Johnson T. Johnson	108.1	2017-18	MIA	72	28.5	11.7	3.4	2.3	0.8	0.5	4.3	9.9	43.5	1.7	4.5	36.7	1.5	1.8	82.2	54.9	0.5	3.0	1.1	2,052	843	248	165	60	34	81	148	+45
7	Eric Bledsoe E. Bledsoe	108.4	2017-18	TOT	74	31.4	17.7	3.8	5.0	2.0	0.6	6.3	13.4	47.3	1.7	4.9	34.7	3.4	4.3	79.5	58.2	0.7	3.1	2.9	2,322	1,313	284	370	149	42	216	185	+124
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	108.8	2017-18	POR	73	36.6	26.9	4.5	6.6	1.1	0.4	8.5	19.4	43.9	3.1	8.6	36.1	6.8	7.4	91.6	59.4	0.8	3.6	2.8	2,670	1,962	325	481	77	27	206	117	+349
9	Patty Mills P. Mills	109.0	2017-18	SAS	82	25.7	10.0	1.9	2.8	0.7	0.1	3.4	8.3	41.1	1.9	5.0	37.2	1.3	1.4	89.0	55.8	0.3	1.6	1.3	2,107	819	154	229	55	11	106	128	+113
10	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	109.1	2017-18	MIA	75	31.7	17.3	4.1	4.8	0.8	0.2	6.5	14.3	45.0	1.5	4.0	37.0	2.9	3.6	80.1	54.3	0.7	3.4	2.2	2,378	1,296	306	359	63	12	166	180	+18
11	Ish Smith I. Smith	109.1	2017-18	DET	82	24.9	10.9	2.7	4.4	0.8	0.2	4.7	9.8	48.6	0.4	1.2	34.7	1.0	1.4	69.8	52.5	0.3	2.4	1.3	2,043	894	224	360	64	20	108	140	+42
12	Darren Collison D. Collison	109.7	2017-18	IND	69	29.2	12.4	2.6	5.3	1.3	0.2	4.6	9.2	49.5	1.4	3.0	46.8	1.8	2.1	88.2	61.0	0.5	2.0	1.2	2,018	855	178	368	92	15	86	122	+128
13	Cory Joseph C. Joseph	109.8	2017-18	IND	82	27.0	7.9	3.2	3.2	1.0	0.2	3.1	7.4	42.4	0.8	2.3	35.3	0.9	1.1	74.5	50.3	0.5	2.7	1.1	2,210	649	263	260	80	18	87	141	-49
14	Dennis Smith Jr. D. Smith Jr.	110.5	2017-18	DAL	69	29.7	15.2	3.8	5.2	1.0	0.3	5.9	14.8	39.5	1.5	4.9	31.3	1.9	2.8	69.4	47.3	0.7	3.0	2.8	2,049	1,048	260	358	71	18	194	152	-329
15	Kemba Walker K. Walker	111.1	2017-18	CHA	80	34.2	22.1	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	7.4	17.0	43.1	2.9	7.5	38.4	4.5	5.3	86.4	57.2	0.4	2.7	2.2	2,736	1,770	248	444	91	24	179	98	+203
16	Jeff Teague J. Teague	112.1	2017-18	MIN	70	33.0	14.2	3.0	7.0	1.5	0.3	5.1	11.3	44.6	1.2	3.3	36.8	2.9	3.4	84.5	55.3	0.3	2.6	2.5	2,311	994	209	492	102	23	177	171	+138
17	Spencer Dinwiddie S. Dinwiddie	112.4	2017-18	BKN	80	28.8	12.6	3.2	6.6	0.9	0.3	4.1	10.5	38.7	1.8	5.4	32.6	2.7	3.4	81.3	52.7	0.5	2.7	1.6	2,306	1,007	259	524	68	23	128	186	-88
18	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	113.0	2017-18	SAC	73	27.8	11.6	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.3	4.5	10.9	41.2	0.6	2.1	30.7	1.9	2.7	72.3	47.8	0.5	2.3	2.4	2,026	844	204	320	70	20	173	163	-414
19	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	113.1	2017-18	ATL	67	30.9	19.4	3.1	6.2	1.1	0.1	7.5	17.1	43.6	1.1	3.9	29.0	3.4	4.0	84.9	51.5	0.7	2.4	2.7	2,072	1,301	208	417	72	6	183	147	-281
20	Austin Rivers A. Rivers	113.2	2017-18	LAC	61	33.7	15.1	2.4	4.0	1.2	0.3	5.6	13.2	42.4	2.2	5.9	37.8	1.7	2.6	64.2	52.6	0.4	1.9	1.8	2,057	920	145	242	74	16	109	152	-67
21	Jamal Murray J. Murray	113.3	2017-18	DEN	81	31.7	16.7	3.7	3.4	1.0	0.3	5.9	13.1	45.1	2.0	5.4	37.8	2.8	3.1	90.5	57.6	1.0	2.7	2.1	2,568	1,352	297	274	79	28	172	173	+223