Dwight Howard had the best defensive rating by a center in 2008-09, with a 94.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

best center defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in 2009

	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	Dwight Howard D. Howard	94.5	2008-09	ORL	79	35.7	20.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	7.1	12.4	57.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.4	10.7	59.4	60.0	4.3	9.6	3.0	2,821	1,624	1,093	112	77	231	240	270	+553
2	Kendrick Perkins K. Perkins	100.2	2008-09	BOS	76	29.6	8.5	8.1	1.3	0.3	2.0	3.6	6.3	57.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.1	60.0	59.1	2.7	5.5	2.2	2,253	648	619	96	22	150	165	253	+341
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	100.2	2008-09	SAS	75	33.7	19.3	10.7	3.5	0.5	1.7	7.4	14.8	50.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	6.4	69.2	54.9	2.7	8.0	2.2	2,524	1,450	800	264	38	126	165	173	+259
4	Yao Ming Y. Ming	100.9	2008-09	HOU	77	33.6	19.7	9.9	1.8	0.4	1.9	7.4	13.4	54.8	0.0	0.0	100.0	4.9	5.7	86.6	61.8	2.6	7.2	3.0	2,589	1,514	761	137	30	150	234	257	+453
5	Samuel Dalembert S. Dalembert	102.5	2008-09	PHI	82	24.8	6.4	8.5	0.2	0.4	1.8	2.6	5.3	49.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.5	73.4	53.5	2.6	5.9	1.4	2,036	523	701	18	33	146	117	248	+52
6	Emeka Okafor E. Okafor	102.8	2008-09	CHA	82	32.8	13.2	10.1	0.6	0.6	1.7	5.3	9.4	56.1	0.0	0.0		2.7	4.5	59.3	58.1	3.4	6.7	1.8	2,691	1,085	827	53	48	136	144	247	+21
7	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	103.5	2008-09	DET	66	32.2	12.0	7.4	1.4	0.9	1.3	4.6	10.9	41.9	1.7	4.8	35.4	1.2	1.5	77.2	52.0	0.8	6.6	0.9	2,123	795	490	91	62	86	59	197	+86
8	Al Horford A. Horford	103.9	2008-09	ATL	67	33.5	11.5	9.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	4.7	8.9	52.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	3.1	72.7	56.5	2.2	7.1	1.5	2,242	773	624	163	53	95	103	190	+12
9	Nene	104.6	2008-09	DEN	77	32.6	14.6	7.8	1.4	1.2	1.3	5.6	9.2	60.4	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.5	4.8	72.3	64.5	2.4	5.4	1.9	2,510	1,123	598	108	95	101	147	278	+298
10	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	105.3	2008-09	LAL	81	37.0	18.9	9.6	3.5	0.6	1.0	7.3	12.9	56.7	0.0	0.0	50.0	4.2	5.4	78.1	61.7	3.2	6.4	1.9	2,999	1,528	780	284	52	81	157	172	+571
11	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	106.8	2008-09	UTA	72	33.5	17.0	7.7	1.7	0.8	0.7	6.0	12.3	48.5	1.3	2.8	44.6	3.8	4.6	81.7	59.2	1.7	6.0	1.8	2,409	1,225	557	120	54	53	132	219	+162
12	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	107.2	2008-09	TOT	68	29.8	13.3	6.4	1.8	0.4	2.0	5.4	11.3	47.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.3	78.8	52.2	1.9	4.5	2.1	2,027	905	433	122	29	136	144	211	-118
13	David Lee D. Lee	107.7	2008-09	NYK	81	34.9	16.0	11.7	2.1	1.0	0.3	6.4	11.7	54.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.1	75.5	59.0	3.2	8.6	1.9	2,824	1,293	951	174	80	22	150	260	-197
14	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	107.9	2008-09	MEM	82	30.7	11.9	7.4	1.7	0.8	1.1	4.3	8.1	53.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.6	73.3	59.0	2.5	4.9	2.0	2,521	975	605	143	63	90	164	265	-337
15	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	108.0	2008-09	NJN	82	30.5	13.0	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.8	5.5	10.3	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.6	79.3	56.8	2.7	5.4	1.8	2,501	1,068	665	86	44	151	147	257	-104
16	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	108.2	2008-09	TOR	77	38.0	22.7	10.0	2.5	0.9	1.0	8.0	16.4	48.7	0.2	0.6	24.5	6.5	8.0	81.7	56.9	2.8	7.2	2.3	2,928	1,746	771	191	67	77	174	189	-84
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	108.8	2008-09	PHX	75	30.0	17.8	8.4	1.7	0.7	1.4	6.8	11.2	60.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	6.9	59.5	62.3	2.5	5.9	2.2	2,252	1,333	633	126	49	108	168	253	+140
18	Kevin Love K. Love	109.1	2008-09	MIN	81	25.3	11.1	9.1	1.0	0.4	0.6	3.9	8.5	45.9	0.0	0.2	10.5	3.3	4.1	78.9	53.8	3.4	5.7	1.5	2,048	899	734	84	35	50	118	205	-270
19	Brad Miller B. Miller	111.0	2008-09	TOT	70	30.0	11.9	7.8	3.3	0.7	0.5	4.2	8.8	47.6	0.3	0.8	41.1	3.2	3.9	82.4	56.6	2.1	5.6	1.9	2,100	831	545	234	52	36	130	223	-125
20	Spencer Hawes S. Hawes	112.5	2008-09	SAC	77	29.3	11.4	7.1	1.9	0.6	1.2	4.8	10.4	46.6	0.5	1.5	34.8	1.2	1.8	66.2	50.9	1.9	5.2	2.1	2,259	876	549	149	44	93	160	249	-533