Jalen Duren has the lowest defensive rating by a center this season, with a 109.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games center 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	Jalen Duren J. Duren	109.4	2025-26	DET	22	29.0	18.6	11.3	1.8	0.8	1.0	6.8	10.5	65.2	0.0	0.0		5.0	6.6	74.7	69.5	4.1	7.2	2.5	637	409	249	40	17	21	55	72	+203
2	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	110.7	2025-26	HOU	20	35.9	23.0	9.4	7.0	1.5	1.0	8.5	17.1	49.9	1.0	2.8	36.4	5.0	6.8	73.5	57.4	3.0	6.4	3.4	718	460	188	140	29	19	67	69	+134
3	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	110.8	2025-26	NYK	23	33.0	22.1	12.0	3.3	0.8	0.8	7.2	15.6	46.4	1.9	5.3	35.5	5.8	6.6	88.1	59.8	3.2	8.9	2.5	760	508	277	75	19	18	58	78	+189
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	111.4	2025-26	DEN	24	34.7	29.5	12.3	10.9	1.4	0.8	10.6	17.1	62.2	2.1	4.9	42.4	6.1	7.2	85.0	72.7	3.0	9.3	3.4	832	707	294	261	33	18	81	67	+249
5	Naz Reid N. Reid	111.8	2025-26	MIN	25	26.0	13.6	5.9	2.5	1.0	0.8	5.2	11.3	45.6	2.4	6.2	38.3	1.0	1.3	75.0	57.4	1.2	4.8	1.4	651	341	148	62	25	21	35	63	+34
6	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	112.6	2025-26	MIN	25	31.5	11.6	10.2	1.8	0.5	1.4	4.8	6.4	74.5	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.8	54.3	71.9	3.6	6.7	1.4	787	291	256	46	12	36	36	76	+135
7	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	112.6	2025-26	ORL	24	29.7	11.7	7.7	2.0	0.6	0.7	4.0	7.6	52.2	1.2	2.8	41.2	2.6	3.3	78.5	64.6	2.7	5.0	1.6	712	280	184	48	15	17	38	90	+52
8	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	113.7	2025-26	ATL	25	30.6	16.0	7.2	3.0	0.9	1.2	6.0	12.0	50.3	1.8	5.1	34.6	2.1	2.8	75.7	60.3	1.7	5.5	2.0	766	399	181	76	23	30	51	86	-61
9	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	113.8	2025-26	MEM	23	29.2	16.8	5.0	1.9	0.8	1.0	6.2	13.4	46.4	1.5	4.6	32.4	2.9	3.7	76.7	55.8	0.9	4.1	2.0	672	386	115	44	18	23	46	92	-95
10	Myles Turner M. Turner	114.8	2025-26	MIL	26	28.7	12.3	5.6	1.7	0.9	1.7	4.1	9.5	43.1	2.2	5.8	38.2	1.9	2.7	71.4	57.8	1.0	4.5	1.1	747	320	145	43	23	43	28	72	+3
11	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	115.5	2025-26	LAL	22	29.3	15.1	8.8	0.9	0.7	1.0	7.0	10.0	70.0	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.6	66.7	70.4	2.8	6.0	1.9	645	332	193	20	16	23	42	58	+18
12	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	117.5	2025-26	CHI	23	30.0	15.7	9.2	3.4	0.7	0.3	6.3	13.0	48.7	1.8	4.8	38.2	1.3	1.7	76.9	57.4	2.2	7.0	1.7	691	362	211	78	17	8	40	52	-101
13	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	117.9	2025-26	LAC	25	32.8	16.6	11.4	2.6	0.5	1.0	7.3	11.8	61.5	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.9	69.9	63.2	3.6	7.9	1.9	821	415	286	64	12	24	48	66	-13
14	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	118.1	2025-26	BKN	24	30.4	13.6	7.8	4.5	0.7	1.4	5.1	9.3	54.9	0.0	0.5	9.1	3.3	4.7	70.5	59.6	2.8	5.0	1.5	729	326	187	107	17	33	35	54	-132
15	Derik Queen D. Queen	119.3	2025-26	NOP	26	25.3	13.0	6.3	4.0	1.0	0.8	4.9	9.7	50.4	0.1	0.7	11.1	3.2	4.0	79.8	56.9	1.7	4.7	2.2	657	339	165	104	27	20	57	86	-118