best defensive rating centers 2020

Brook Lopez had the lowest defensive rating by a center in 2019-20, with a 100.1 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games centers 2020
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Brook Lopez
B. Lopez
100.1
2019-20
68
26.7
12.0
4.6
1.5
0.7
2.4
4.3
9.9
43.5
1.5
4.8
31.4
1.9
2.2
83.6
55.1
0.9
3.7
1.0
1,817
813
312
99
46
163
70
163
+526
2Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
103.0
2019-20
TOT
57
33.0
17.7
15.2
2.7
1.9
1.6
7.3
13.8
53.3
0.1
0.6
14.3
3.0
5.2
57.5
55.3
4.4
10.8
3.6
1,879
1,010
864
152
109
93
203
201
-191
3Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
103.9
2019-20
68
34.3
15.1
13.5
1.5
0.8
2.0
5.7
8.2
69.3
0.0
0.0
3.7
5.9
63.0
69.9
3.4
10.1
1.9
2,333
1,026
916
101
51
135
130
215
+293
4Myles Turner
M. Turner
104.9
2019-20
62
29.5
12.1
6.6
1.2
0.7
2.1
4.3
9.5
45.7
1.4
4.0
34.4
2.0
2.7
75.1
56.6
1.4
5.2
1.4
1,826
749
407
72
46
132
85
166
-7
5Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
105.8
2019-20
72
33.6
15.9
10.2
5.1
1.1
1.3
6.1
11.0
55.7
0.0
0.2
14.3
3.7
5.3
69.1
59.8
2.4
7.8
2.8
2,417
1,146
735
368
82
93
204
182
+244
6Jarrett Allen
J. Allen
105.9
2019-20
70
26.5
11.1
9.6
1.6
0.6
1.3
4.3
6.6
64.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.4
3.9
63.3
66.4
3.1
6.5
1.1
1,852
775
671
110
40
92
77
162
+45
7Jonas Valančiūnas
J. Valančiūnas
106.6
2019-20
70
26.4
14.9
11.3
1.9
0.4
1.1
6.2
10.6
58.5
0.5
1.3
35.2
2.1
2.9
74.0
63.1
3.0
8.2
1.8
1,845
1,044
788
131
30
76
127
185
+5
8Hassan Whiteside
H. Whiteside
106.9
2019-20
67
30.0
15.5
13.5
1.2
0.4
2.9
6.5
10.5
62.1
0.1
0.1
57.1
2.4
3.6
68.6
64.4
3.9
9.7
1.8
2,008
1,040
905
78
26
196
120
196
+114
9Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
107.2
2019-20
62
32.2
19.6
10.9
3.6
0.9
0.8
8.0
16.7
47.7
1.6
4.7
33.9
2.1
2.7
78.4
54.9
2.3
8.6
1.4
1,998
1,215
673
222
54
47
88
135
+52
10Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
108.1
2019-20
73
32.0
19.9
9.7
7.0
1.2
0.6
7.7
14.7
52.8
1.1
3.5
31.4
3.4
4.1
81.7
60.5
2.3
7.5
3.1
2,335
1,456
711
512
85
44
226
222
+255
11Tristan Thompson
T. Thompson
114.1
2019-20
57
30.2
12.0
10.1
2.1
0.6
0.9
5.1
9.9
51.2
0.2
0.4
39.1
1.7
2.8
61.5
54.0
4.0
6.2
1.8
1,721
684
577
120
33
50
103
124
-377
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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