Luka Dončić had the best defensive rating by a guard in 2021-22, with a 106.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 2022 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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	106.5	2021-22	DAL	65	35.4	28.4	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	9.9	21.6	45.7	3.1	8.8	35.3	5.6	7.5	74.4	57.1	0.9	8.3	4.5	2,301	1,847	593	568	75	36	292	145	+146
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	106.5	2021-22	PHX	65	32.9	14.7	4.4	10.8	1.9	0.3	5.6	11.3	49.3	1.0	3.1	31.7	2.6	3.1	83.7	58.1	0.3	4.0	2.4	2,139	958	283	702	121	20	153	134	+460
3	Marcus Smart M. Smart	107.1	2021-22	BOS	71	32.3	12.1	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	4.2	10.1	41.8	1.7	5.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	79.3	54.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	2,296	861	270	417	119	18	159	160	+443
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	107.6	2021-22	GSW	64	34.5	25.5	5.2	6.3	1.3	0.4	8.4	19.1	43.7	4.5	11.7	38.0	4.3	4.7	92.3	60.1	0.5	4.7	3.2	2,211	1,630	335	404	85	23	206	130	+507
5	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	108.5	2021-22	SAS	68	34.8	21.1	8.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	8.4	18.3	46.2	1.4	4.3	32.7	2.9	3.6	79.4	53.3	1.2	7.1	2.6	2,366	1,438	563	627	138	23	180	138	+49
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	108.8	2021-22	PHX	68	34.5	26.8	5.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	9.7	20.9	46.6	2.7	7.0	38.3	4.6	5.3	86.8	57.6	0.7	4.4	2.4	2,344	1,822	342	329	77	26	162	180	+469
7	Jordan Poole J. Poole	109.9	2021-22	GSW	76	30.0	18.5	3.4	4.0	0.8	0.3	6.2	13.9	44.8	2.8	7.6	36.4	3.2	3.5	92.5	59.8	0.4	3.0	2.5	2,283	1,405	260	304	60	23	187	206	+324
8	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	110.1	2021-22	MIA	63	33.9	13.4	4.5	7.5	1.1	0.3	4.4	10.0	44.0	2.3	6.1	37.7	2.3	2.8	85.1	60.0	0.5	4.0	2.7	2,133	844	282	474	67	17	168	177	+250
9	Alec Burks A. Burks	110.1	2021-22	NYK	81	28.6	11.7	4.9	3.0	1.0	0.3	3.5	9.0	39.1	1.9	4.8	40.4	2.7	3.3	82.2	55.9	0.6	4.3	1.1	2,318	944	397	239	85	26	91	215	+123
10	Desmond Bane D. Bane	110.4	2021-22	MEM	76	29.8	18.2	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.4	6.7	14.5	46.1	3.0	6.9	43.6	1.8	2.0	90.3	59.2	0.6	3.8	1.5	2,266	1,384	334	208	92	29	111	196	+361
11	Tyler Herro T. Herro	111.1	2021-22	MIA	66	32.6	20.7	5.0	4.0	0.7	0.1	7.6	17.0	44.7	2.7	6.7	39.9	2.9	3.3	86.8	56.1	0.5	4.5	2.6	2,151	1,367	329	263	44	8	174	95	+240
12	James Harden J. Harden	111.2	2021-22	TOT	65	37.2	22.0	7.7	10.3	1.3	0.6	6.3	15.3	41.0	2.3	6.9	33.0	7.2	8.2	87.7	58.3	0.8	6.8	4.4	2,419	1,432	500	667	82	36	284	153	+173
13	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	111.2	2021-22	TOR	65	37.9	20.3	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	6.8	16.9	40.3	3.7	9.9	37.7	3.0	3.4	87.4	55.2	0.7	3.8	2.6	2,462	1,320	289	434	111	35	170	162	+212
14	Mike Conley M. Conley	111.2	2021-22	UTA	72	28.6	13.7	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.3	4.8	11.0	43.5	2.3	5.8	40.8	1.8	2.3	79.6	57.2	0.7	2.4	1.7	2,058	986	217	385	96	21	123	142	+348
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	111.4	2021-22	UTA	67	33.8	25.9	4.2	5.3	1.5	0.2	9.2	20.5	44.8	3.5	9.8	35.5	4.0	4.7	85.3	57.2	0.8	3.4	3.0	2,266	1,733	282	358	99	12	200	164	+276
16	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	111.5	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	18.3	4.5	6.8	1.6	0.4	7.1	14.2	50.1	2.0	4.8	41.1	2.0	2.7	76.1	59.3	1.0	3.5	2.7	2,207	1,225	301	457	108	29	183	133	+426
17	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	111.8	2021-22	DAL	79	31.9	16.3	3.9	4.8	0.8	0.0	6.4	12.8	50.2	1.2	3.2	37.3	2.3	2.7	84.0	58.3	0.5	3.4	1.6	2,524	1,285	309	377	66	3	124	151	+231
18	Terance Mann T. Mann	111.9	2021-22	LAC	81	28.6	10.8	5.2	2.6	0.7	0.3	4.1	8.5	48.4	0.9	2.6	36.5	1.6	2.0	78.0	57.2	1.3	4.0	1.0	2,317	872	425	209	55	21	84	178	+68
19	Darius Garland D. Garland	112.0	2021-22	CLE	68	35.7	21.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	8.0	17.3	46.2	2.6	6.7	38.3	3.2	3.5	89.2	57.6	0.6	2.7	3.6	2,430	1,473	224	583	89	7	248	115	+376
20	Derrick White D. White	112.0	2021-22	TOT	75	29.3	13.2	3.5	4.9	0.9	0.8	4.5	10.7	42.1	1.5	4.9	31.2	2.7	3.1	86.4	54.9	0.5	3.0	1.6	2,199	992	261	366	64	58	119	172	+202
21	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	112.1	2021-22	TOR	70	35.0	18.3	2.7	2.0	1.7	0.3	6.4	15.5	41.4	3.0	7.8	38.3	2.5	2.9	85.3	54.6	0.4	2.4	1.0	2,448	1,283	191	141	122	19	73	144	+172
22	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	112.1	2021-22	CHA	75	32.3	20.1	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	7.2	16.7	42.9	2.9	7.5	38.9	2.8	3.2	87.2	55.4	1.4	5.2	3.3	2,422	1,508	501	571	119	30	245	237	+99
23	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	112.4	2021-22	MIN	72	34.3	21.3	4.8	3.8	1.5	0.6	7.6	17.3	44.1	3.0	8.4	35.7	3.1	3.9	78.6	56.0	0.9	3.9	2.6	2,466	1,533	343	275	105	46	190	164	+188
24	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	112.8	2021-22	UTA	79	27.1	16.0	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.2	5.9	14.1	41.9	2.4	7.6	31.8	1.8	2.2	82.8	53.2	0.8	2.6	1.6	2,141	1,266	273	194	66	16	129	149	+383
25	Evan Fournier E. Fournier	112.9	2021-22	NYK	80	29.5	14.1	2.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	5.0	12.1	41.7	3.0	7.7	38.9	1.0	1.4	70.8	55.4	0.4	2.2	1.3	2,358	1,125	210	171	79	20	105	180	-93