N'Faly Dante has the lowest defensive rating by a center with a defensive rating above 0.0 this season, with a 100.2 rating.

Interpreted as:

best centers in defensive rating this regular season

	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	N'Faly Dante N. Dante	100.2	2025-26	ATL	4	3.8	0.8	1.8	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	1.0	25.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	100.0	33.8	0.8	1.0	0.3	15	3	7	0	2	0	1	1	+10
2	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	100.4	2025-26	OKC	19	27.8	12.2	10.7	3.4	1.3	0.8	5.3	7.8	67.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.7	2.6	64.0	67.8	3.3	7.4	2.1	528	232	203	64	24	15	39	53	+170
3	Paul Reed P. Reed	103.2	2025-26	DET	17	11.8	6.7	4.3	1.1	0.9	0.8	2.8	4.2	67.6	0.4	0.7	50.0	0.7	1.1	66.7	72.2	1.8	2.5	1.1	200	114	73	19	15	13	18	26	+23
4	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	103.4	2025-26	OKC	18	29.6	18.4	8.0	1.8	0.7	1.4	6.9	12.3	56.1	1.4	3.9	36.6	3.2	3.9	81.4	65.7	1.5	6.5	2.2	532	331	144	32	12	26	39	60	+185
5	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	104.0	2025-26	SAS	12	34.7	26.2	12.9	4.0	1.1	3.6	9.3	18.4	50.2	1.7	4.8	34.5	6.0	7.0	85.7	60.9	2.0	10.9	3.6	416	314	155	48	13	43	43	44	+85
6	Branden Carlson B. Carlson	104.9	2025-26	OKC	14	8.0	3.7	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.5	3.0	50.0	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.2	0.4	60.0	58.8	0.4	1.2	0.2	112	52	23	8	2	8	3	12	-2
7	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	105.0	2025-26	MIA	22	24.5	12.2	10.6	0.6	1.0	1.3	4.8	8.9	53.8	1.1	2.5	43.6	1.6	2.0	81.4	62.9	3.3	7.3	1.1	538	269	233	13	22	29	24	44	+2
8	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	106.4	2025-26	DAL	7	16.4	4.3	5.3	1.9	0.6	1.6	1.6	2.6	61.1	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.4	80.0	67.0	2.0	3.3	1.4	115	30	37	13	4	11	10	21	+14
9	Goga Bitadze G. Bitadze	107.1	2025-26	ORL	21	17.0	6.4	5.1	1.5	0.7	1.3	2.5	3.5	72.6	0.1	0.3	28.6	1.3	1.7	77.1	76.4	1.7	3.4	0.7	356	135	108	32	15	27	14	43	+69
10	Clint Capela C. Capela	107.3	2025-26	HOU	18	10.6	3.6	4.6	0.4	0.5	0.6	1.5	2.7	55.1	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.7	83.3	59.0	2.5	2.1	0.3	190	64	83	7	9	10	6	16	+12
11	Moussa Cisse M. Cisse	107.4	2025-26	DAL	16	10.8	3.3	3.5	0.2	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.1	63.6	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.7	40.7	59.0	1.4	2.1	0.8	172	53	56	3	4	18	13	29	-20
12	Zach Edey Z. Edey	107.8	2025-26	MEM	9	25.9	14.2	11.6	0.9	0.8	2.1	5.9	8.8	67.1	0.1	0.3	33.3	2.3	2.9	80.8	70.8	4.1	7.4	2.0	233	128	104	8	7	19	18	29	+109
13	Daniel Gafford D. Gafford	108.3	2025-26	DAL	15	22.9	8.9	6.4	1.3	0.9	1.4	3.3	5.5	61.0	0.0	0.0		2.3	2.9	79.1	66.4	2.3	4.1	1.4	343	134	96	19	14	21	21	41	-19
14	Jalen Duren J. Duren	109.1	2025-26	DET	19	29.2	19.0	11.5	1.9	0.8	0.9	6.9	10.6	65.7	0.0	0.0		5.1	6.7	75.8	70.1	4.4	7.1	2.5	554	361	218	37	16	18	48	63	+169
15	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	109.1	2025-26	MIA	16	30.3	19.5	8.8	2.5	1.0	0.8	6.9	14.8	47.0	1.9	5.3	35.7	3.8	4.6	81.1	58.1	1.4	7.4	1.8	485	312	140	40	16	13	28	21	+119
16	Ousmane Dieng O. Dieng	109.2	2025-26	OKC	14	11.0	3.0	1.7	0.8	0.1	0.4	1.1	3.1	37.2	0.4	1.5	28.6	0.3	0.3	100.0	46.9	0.3	1.4	0.4	154	42	24	11	1	5	6	12	-10
17	Mark Williams M. Williams	109.4	2025-26	PHX	18	25.4	12.9	9.0	1.1	1.3	0.9	5.2	7.9	65.0	0.0	0.0		2.6	3.4	75.4	68.3	3.3	5.7	1.1	457	232	162	19	24	16	20	50	+79
18	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	109.6	2025-26	PHI	20	21.9	7.7	9.4	0.8	0.7	1.0	3.1	5.5	55.5	0.6	1.3	42.3	1.0	1.6	64.5	61.9	3.1	6.3	0.9	437	153	188	15	13	19	17	45	+25
19	Isaiah Stewart I. Stewart	109.6	2025-26	DET	19	22.4	9.6	6.4	1.2	0.2	1.9	3.7	7.0	52.6	0.9	2.3	40.9	1.3	1.9	69.4	61.5	1.9	4.5	1.2	425	183	122	22	4	37	23	60	-24
20	Thomas Bryant T. Bryant	109.7	2025-26	CLE	16	7.0	3.1	1.9	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.3	2.8	45.5	0.3	1.4	22.7	0.3	0.6	55.6	52.1	0.4	1.4	0.1	112	50	30	2	5	6	2	14	-19
21	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	109.8	2025-26	NYK	13	17.2	3.5	8.2	0.8	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.5	63.6	0.0	0.0		0.2	1.3	17.6	55.6	4.5	3.7	0.7	223	45	106	10	9	11	9	29	+36
22	Robert Williams III R. Williams III	110.1	2025-26	POR	14	14.3	5.4	4.9	0.7	0.6	1.4	2.6	3.7	69.2	0.1	0.4	16.7	0.2	0.5	42.9	69.0	1.8	3.1	0.3	200	76	68	10	9	20	4	15	-33
23	Al Horford A. Horford	110.1	2025-26	GSW	13	21.5	5.6	4.4	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.9	6.0	32.1	1.3	4.4	29.8	0.5	0.5	100.0	45.3	0.8	3.5	1.2	279	73	57	26	13	13	16	19	-50
24	Steven Adams S. Adams	110.2	2025-26	HOU	16	21.4	6.8	9.3	1.4	0.6	0.8	2.4	4.4	53.5	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.6	76.2	60.3	4.9	4.4	1.1	342	108	149	23	10	12	18	29	+139
25	Dwight Powell D. Powell	110.7	2025-26	DAL	18	10.2	2.2	2.1	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.0	61.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.3	78.3	71.1	0.8	1.2	0.3	184	40	37	16	10	4	6	36	+24