best defensive rating by guards 2022 minimum 45 games played

Gary Payton II had the best defensive rating by a guard with 45+ games played in 2021-22, with a 102.6 rating.

	NAME	DRTG	GP	SEASON	TM	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	Gary Payton II G. Payton II	102.6	71	2021-22	GSW	17.6	7.1	3.5	0.9	1.4	0.3	3.0	4.8	61.6	0.6	1.7	35.8	0.5	0.8	60.3	67.9	1.0	2.5	0.6	1,247	502	247	64	96	22	40	131	+182
2	De'Anthony Melton D. Melton	106.5	73	2021-22	MEM	22.7	10.8	4.5	2.7	1.4	0.5	3.8	9.5	40.4	1.9	5.1	37.4	1.2	1.6	75.0	52.9	0.9	3.6	1.5	1,657	791	328	194	104	39	112	128	+221
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	106.5	65	2021-22	DAL	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
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	106.5	65	2021-22	PHX	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
5	Marcus Smart M. Smart	107.1	71	2021-22	BOS	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
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	107.6	64	2021-22	GSW	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
7	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	107.6	50	2021-22	PHX	11.0	3.0	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.3	3.5	38.3	0.1	0.4	22.2	0.2	0.6	37.5	39.7	0.4	1.3	0.9	549	150	88	99	25	6	47	38	-43
8	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	107.9	66	2021-22	PHI	25.5	5.7	2.3	1.1	1.7	1.1	2.3	4.5	50.0	0.7	2.2	31.3	0.5	0.7	79.1	59.4	0.6	1.7	0.6	1,685	379	151	75	115	71	39	158	+87
9	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	108.5	68	2021-22	SAS	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
10	Damion Lee D. Lee	108.6	63	2021-22	GSW	19.9	7.4	3.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	2.7	6.1	44.1	1.0	3.0	33.7	1.0	1.2	88.0	56.1	0.4	2.8	0.6	1,256	467	203	63	39	6	38	95	+93
11	Devin Booker D. Booker	108.8	68	2021-22	PHX	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
12	Josh Green J. Green	108.9	67	2021-22	DAL	15.5	4.8	2.4	1.2	0.7	0.2	1.9	3.8	50.8	0.4	1.2	35.9	0.5	0.7	68.9	57.8	0.8	1.6	0.7	1,039	319	161	79	45	14	44	115	+70
13	Sterling Brown S. Brown	108.9	49	2021-22	DAL	12.8	3.3	3.0	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.2	3.2	38.1	0.6	1.9	30.4	0.3	0.3	93.3	49.5	0.5	2.5	0.5	628	160	149	34	14	7	23	56	+32
14	Cameron Payne C. Payne	109.1	58	2021-22	PHX	22.0	10.8	3.0	4.9	0.7	0.3	4.1	10.1	40.9	1.2	3.6	33.6	1.3	1.5	84.3	50.0	0.4	2.6	1.8	1,277	626	175	282	40	17	103	119	+148
15	John Konchar J. Konchar	109.1	72	2021-22	MEM	17.9	4.8	4.6	1.5	0.6	0.3	1.9	3.6	51.5	0.7	1.8	41.3	0.4	0.7	55.1	61.5	1.2	3.4	0.4	1,291	349	329	109	45	22	29	90	+92
16	Romeo Langford R. Langford	109.1	48	2021-22	TOT	16.1	4.5	2.3	0.4	0.5	0.3	1.7	4.0	43.5	0.6	1.8	34.1	0.5	0.9	54.8	52.0	0.6	1.6	0.3	771	218	108	21	22	16	16	47	+5
17	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	109.2	54	2021-22	NOP	15.4	6.1	1.9	2.8	1.3	0.1	2.4	5.4	44.6	0.6	2.0	29.1	0.7	1.0	67.9	52.0	0.5	1.4	0.7	834	330	100	152	71	7	40	73	+143
18	Eric Bledsoe E. Bledsoe	109.5	54	2021-22	LAC	25.2	9.9	3.4	4.2	1.3	0.4	3.6	8.7	42.1	0.9	3.0	31.3	1.6	2.2	76.1	51.4	0.5	2.9	2.1	1,360	534	182	225	69	19	116	85	-40
19	Frank Ntilikina F. Ntilikina	109.8	58	2021-22	DAL	11.8	4.1	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.1	1.5	3.8	39.9	0.7	1.9	34.2	0.4	0.4	96.0	51.3	0.2	1.2	0.5	685	240	79	69	27	7	31	61	+63
20	Jordan Poole J. Poole	109.9	76	2021-22	GSW	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
21	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	110.1	63	2021-22	MIA	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
22	Alec Burks A. Burks	110.1	81	2021-22	NYK	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
23	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	110.1	71	2021-22	BOS	14.1	6.2	1.9	2.0	0.4	0.1	2.3	5.3	42.9	1.4	3.5	41.2	0.3	0.3	100.0	57.8	0.5	1.4	0.6	1,001	442	134	139	25	6	41	61	+64
24	Josh Richardson J. Richardson	110.4	65	2021-22	TOT	24.6	10.2	2.8	1.8	0.9	0.4	3.6	8.2	43.8	1.6	3.8	41.5	1.5	1.7	88.9	57.3	0.6	2.2	1.0	1,600	666	185	115	56	29	66	116	+138
25	Desmond Bane D. Bane	110.4	76	2021-22	MEM	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