Jayson Tatum had the lowest defensive rating by a forward in 2021-22, with a 106.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by forward 2022

	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	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	106.3	2021-22	BOS	76	35.9	26.9	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	9.3	20.6	45.3	3.0	8.6	35.3	5.3	6.2	85.3	57.8	1.1	6.9	2.9	2,731	2,046	609	334	75	49	217	174	+667
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	106.3	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	29.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	18.6	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	2,204	2,002	778	388	72	91	219	212	+397
3	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	107.5	2021-22	BOS	66	33.6	23.6	6.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	8.7	18.4	47.3	2.5	7.0	35.8	3.7	4.8	75.8	57.4	0.8	5.3	2.7	2,220	1,559	404	231	70	18	178	163	+453
4	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	108.4	2021-22	GSW	73	31.9	17.2	4.5	2.2	1.0	0.7	6.5	14.0	46.6	2.2	5.5	39.3	2.0	3.2	63.4	56.0	1.2	3.3	1.5	2,329	1,256	325	161	76	51	111	158	+265
5	Julius Randle J. Randle	109.4	2021-22	NYK	72	35.3	20.1	9.9	5.1	0.7	0.5	7.1	17.3	41.1	1.7	5.4	30.8	4.2	5.6	75.6	50.9	1.7	8.2	3.4	2,544	1,447	716	370	53	39	245	205	-164
6	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	109.6	2021-22	PHX	82	34.8	14.2	4.2	2.3	1.2	0.4	5.6	10.5	53.4	1.4	3.8	36.9	1.6	1.9	83.4	62.7	0.9	3.3	0.8	2,854	1,162	347	185	96	36	68	150	+576
7	Bobby Portis B. Portis	109.7	2021-22	MIL	72	28.2	14.6	9.1	1.2	0.7	0.7	5.8	12.1	47.9	1.8	4.7	39.3	1.2	1.6	75.2	57.1	2.5	6.6	1.3	2,028	1,052	657	86	53	51	90	174	+314
8	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	110.0	2021-22	TOR	68	37.9	22.8	8.5	5.3	1.3	0.6	8.8	17.8	49.4	1.1	3.2	34.4	4.2	5.6	74.9	56.5	1.9	6.6	2.7	2,578	1,551	580	360	85	42	181	225	+254
9	Dorian Finney-Smith D. Finney-Smith	110.4	2021-22	DAL	80	33.0	11.0	4.7	1.9	1.1	0.5	4.1	8.7	47.1	2.2	5.4	39.5	0.7	1.0	67.5	60.4	1.5	3.2	1.0	2,643	880	375	150	88	39	80	183	+241
10	Royce O'Neale R. O'Neale	111.0	2021-22	UTA	77	31.2	7.4	4.8	2.5	1.1	0.4	2.6	5.8	45.7	1.5	4.0	38.9	0.6	0.7	80.4	60.8	0.8	3.9	1.0	2,405	570	368	191	86	32	79	183	+231
11	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	111.2	2021-22	TOR	74	35.4	15.3	7.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	6.2	12.6	49.2	0.8	2.6	30.1	2.1	2.9	73.5	55.2	2.6	4.9	1.8	2,617	1,134	557	256	80	55	136	192	+66
12	LeBron James L. James	111.4	2021-22	LAL	56	37.2	30.3	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	11.4	21.8	52.4	2.9	8.0	35.9	4.5	6.0	75.6	61.9	1.1	7.1	3.5	2,084	1,695	459	349	73	59	196	121	-117
13	Herbert Jones H. Jones	111.5	2021-22	NOP	78	29.9	9.5	3.8	2.1	1.7	0.8	3.5	7.4	47.6	0.7	2.2	33.7	1.8	2.1	84.0	57.3	1.3	2.5	1.3	2,335	742	296	167	130	60	100	238	+68
14	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	112.1	2021-22	MIL	66	32.4	20.1	5.4	5.4	1.2	0.3	6.8	15.5	44.3	2.5	6.6	37.3	3.9	4.4	89.0	57.7	0.6	4.8	2.9	2,141	1,325	356	358	76	18	190	160	+302
15	Tobias Harris T. Harris	112.1	2021-22	PHI	73	34.8	17.2	6.8	3.5	0.6	0.6	6.8	14.0	48.2	1.4	3.8	36.7	2.3	2.8	84.2	56.6	1.1	5.7	1.6	2,543	1,257	496	252	47	43	116	164	+172
16	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	112.2	2021-22	MIA	79	25.8	10.9	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.2	3.7	9.2	39.9	2.9	7.9	37.2	0.6	0.8	83.6	57.3	0.3	2.3	0.8	2,042	863	203	129	42	14	60	201	+106
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	112.3	2021-22	BKN	55	37.2	29.9	7.4	6.4	0.9	0.9	10.5	20.3	51.8	2.1	5.5	38.3	6.8	7.4	91.0	63.4	0.5	6.9	3.5	2,047	1,643	407	351	48	52	191	113	+269
18	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	112.9	2021-22	WAS	66	33.4	17.1	8.5	3.5	0.6	0.9	6.4	14.2	45.2	1.9	5.7	34.1	2.4	3.3	71.2	54.7	1.1	7.4	2.6	2,204	1,130	561	233	42	57	169	128	-279
19	Christian Wood C. Wood	112.9	2021-22	HOU	68	30.8	17.9	10.1	2.3	0.8	1.0	6.5	12.9	50.1	1.9	4.9	39.0	3.0	4.9	62.3	59.5	1.6	8.5	1.9	2,094	1,218	686	155	54	65	126	171	-406
20	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	113.6	2021-22	TOT	62	34.4	18.9	12.1	5.2	1.0	0.4	7.1	12.5	57.3	0.6	2.0	31.2	4.0	5.4	74.1	63.7	3.2	8.9	3.1	2,135	1,171	752	323	59	27	195	203	-12
21	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	113.8	2021-22	DEN	75	31.7	15.0	5.9	2.5	0.6	0.6	5.8	11.1	52.0	1.2	3.5	33.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	60.2	1.7	4.2	1.8	2,375	1,126	439	188	44	44	133	148	+321
22	Keldon Johnson K. Johnson	113.8	2021-22	SAS	75	31.9	17.0	6.1	2.1	0.8	0.2	6.3	13.5	46.6	2.1	5.3	39.8	2.4	3.1	75.6	57.4	1.1	5.0	1.2	2,392	1,278	457	158	58	14	92	148	+75
23	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	114.0	2021-22	CHA	80	35.5	20.2	7.0	3.8	0.9	0.8	7.5	15.2	49.1	1.9	5.8	33.1	3.3	4.2	80.2	59.3	1.1	5.9	1.9	2,837	1,613	559	300	74	67	150	193	+142
24	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	114.1	2021-22	ORL	79	30.7	15.2	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	5.8	12.3	46.8	1.2	3.4	35.4	2.4	2.8	86.3	55.9	1.1	3.4	1.5	2,429	1,197	356	231	68	34	119	164	-243
25	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	114.5	2021-22	UTA	69	30.9	18.1	4.3	1.7	0.5	0.0	6.1	13.4	45.5	2.6	6.8	38.7	3.2	3.8	85.8	59.9	0.8	3.4	1.7	2,131	1,248	296	120	34	1	118	116	+218