Cason Wallace has the best defensive rating this season, with a 104.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

best def rtg with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games this season player

	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	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	104.8	2025-26	OKC	22	28.3	8.5	3.1	2.4	2.1	0.3	3.3	7.5	43.6	1.5	4.1	37.4	0.5	0.6	76.9	55.1	0.8	2.3	1.1	622	188	68	53	47	6	24	49	+224
2	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	105.5	2025-26	MIA	24	24.6	11.6	10.3	0.6	1.0	1.3	4.5	8.4	53.5	1.0	2.4	42.1	1.6	2.0	80.9	62.4	3.2	7.1	1.1	590	278	247	14	24	32	27	45	-21
3	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	106.0	2025-26	OKC	23	26.6	14.7	3.3	3.6	1.5	0.3	5.3	11.4	46.6	1.1	3.3	34.7	3.0	3.4	87.3	57.1	0.6	2.8	1.7	611	339	77	83	35	6	38	49	+218
4	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	106.3	2025-26	OKC	23	33.3	32.8	4.7	6.4	1.4	0.7	10.8	19.4	55.6	2.2	5.0	44.3	9.0	10.2	88.1	68.6	0.5	4.3	1.7	767	754	109	148	33	16	39	46	+316
5	Jalen Duren J. Duren	109.4	2025-26	DET	21	29.2	18.8	11.5	1.8	0.8	1.0	6.9	10.5	65.5	0.0	0.0		5.1	6.8	75.4	69.9	4.2	7.3	2.6	613	395	242	38	16	20	55	70	+195
6	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	110.0	2025-26	TOR	24	33.6	20.1	7.8	5.2	1.4	1.7	7.7	15.1	51.0	1.5	3.6	40.2	3.2	3.8	84.6	59.8	2.1	5.7	2.5	807	482	188	125	33	40	59	73	+84
7	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	110.2	2025-26	ATL	22	35.2	23.4	10.5	7.9	1.6	0.4	8.5	15.8	53.4	1.6	4.0	40.4	4.9	6.0	80.5	63.3	1.3	9.1	3.3	774	515	230	173	35	8	72	46	+46
8	Reed Sheppard R. Sheppard	110.2	2025-26	HOU	21	24.9	13.0	3.1	3.3	1.6	0.5	4.9	10.2	47.7	2.6	5.8	44.6	0.7	1.0	71.4	61.1	0.3	2.8	1.3	522	273	65	69	34	11	28	42	+174
9	P.J. Washington	110.6	2025-26	DAL	20	32.0	15.9	7.8	2.2	1.2	1.2	5.9	13.3	44.0	1.6	4.8	33.3	2.6	3.8	68.4	53.1	1.4	6.4	2.6	639	318	156	44	23	24	51	45	-61
10	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	110.9	2025-26	HOU	19	35.9	23.1	9.1	7.1	1.3	1.0	8.5	16.8	50.5	1.1	2.7	38.5	5.1	6.8	73.8	58.2	2.9	6.2	3.3	682	438	173	135	25	19	62	64	+136
11	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	111.3	2025-26	NYK	22	33.1	22.5	11.9	3.4	0.8	0.7	7.4	15.8	46.7	1.9	5.4	35.3	5.8	6.6	88.3	60.1	3.1	8.8	2.6	729	494	261	74	18	16	57	74	+168
12	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	111.4	2025-26	CLE	24	34.1	18.9	9.1	4.0	1.0	1.7	7.0	14.0	50.0	1.5	4.3	35.3	3.4	5.4	63.1	57.7	2.5	6.7	2.3	818	454	219	97	24	41	56	55	+88
13	Naz Reid N. Reid	111.4	2025-26	MIN	23	25.7	13.8	5.9	2.4	1.0	0.9	5.2	11.2	46.7	2.3	6.0	39.4	1.0	1.3	76.7	58.7	1.2	4.7	1.5	590	317	135	55	23	21	34	62	+30
14	Anthony Black A. Black	111.6	2025-26	ORL	24	28.0	13.2	3.9	3.1	1.3	0.6	4.7	10.4	45.4	1.1	3.6	31.4	2.6	3.8	69.2	54.7	0.7	3.3	2.1	671	316	94	74	32	15	51	58	+61
15	Josh Hart J. Hart	111.6	2025-26	NYK	22	29.3	12.0	7.9	5.0	1.3	0.3	4.5	8.9	50.0	1.5	3.9	38.4	1.6	2.0	81.8	61.5	1.8	6.1	2.0	645	265	173	110	28	7	44	56	+110
16	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	111.8	2025-26	NYK	23	34.3	16.5	4.6	4.3	2.0	1.1	6.5	12.2	53.0	2.3	5.5	41.3	1.3	1.6	80.6	63.8	1.2	3.4	1.0	790	379	106	98	46	26	23	52	+139
17	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	112.3	2025-26	DET	21	36.4	27.5	6.4	9.3	1.5	0.8	9.5	21.0	45.2	1.9	6.4	29.9	6.5	7.8	84.0	56.2	1.5	4.9	3.9	765	577	134	195	31	17	82	69	+150
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	112.3	2025-26	DEN	22	34.9	29.2	12.4	11.0	1.4	0.8	10.5	17.2	60.8	2.0	4.9	40.7	6.3	7.4	85.8	71.6	3.1	9.3	3.5	768	643	273	242	30	18	76	62	+217
19	Santi Aldama S. Aldama	112.7	2025-26	MEM	23	26.0	12.7	6.4	3.1	0.9	0.7	4.9	10.7	46.1	1.3	4.2	32.0	1.6	2.3	67.9	54.6	1.4	5.0	1.1	597	293	148	72	21	17	26	31	-64
20	Brandin Podziemski B. Podziemski	112.7	2025-26	GSW	24	27.7	12.2	4.5	2.9	1.2	0.2	4.3	9.8	43.6	1.8	4.8	38.6	1.8	2.4	75.9	56.3	0.6	3.9	1.4	664	292	109	69	29	5	34	50	-8
21	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	112.7	2025-26	MIN	23	31.8	11.0	10.2	1.9	0.4	1.5	4.4	6.0	73.4	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.9	53.9	70.7	3.5	6.7	1.6	731	252	234	44	9	35	36	70	+127
22	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	112.7	2025-26	DAL	24	33.7	17.3	6.3	3.3	1.3	0.7	6.7	14.0	47.5	0.9	3.5	25.3	3.1	3.8	82.2	55.1	1.2	5.1	2.2	808	415	152	78	32	16	52	53	-153
23	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	112.8	2025-26	ATL	25	34.0	10.7	6.2	5.8	2.2	0.3	4.8	10.1	47.2	0.2	1.6	14.6	1.0	1.5	63.2	49.9	2.2	4.0	2.3	849	268	155	144	54	8	58	63	+72
24	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	113.0	2025-26	ORL	23	29.6	11.6	7.6	2.0	0.6	0.7	3.9	7.6	51.1	1.1	2.8	40.0	2.7	3.4	78.5	63.7	2.7	4.8	1.7	681	266	174	45	14	16	38	88	+54
25	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	113.0	2025-26	ORL	24	33.4	22.7	6.1	3.7	1.2	0.4	7.8	15.9	49.0	1.5	4.2	36.0	5.6	6.8	82.3	60.0	1.5	4.6	1.8	801	545	146	88	28	9	43	53	+53