Rudy Gobert had the lowest defensive rating by a center in 2020-21, with a 100.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games centers 2021

	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	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	100.5	2020-21	UTA	71	30.8	14.3	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	5.5	8.2	67.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.3	62.3	68.3	3.4	10.1	1.7	2,187	1,015	960	89	40	190	118	163	+728
2	Clint Capela C. Capela	106.1	2020-21	ATL	63	30.1	15.2	14.3	0.8	0.7	2.0	6.6	11.0	59.4	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.6	57.3	60.1	4.7	9.6	1.2	1,898	956	903	49	44	129	73	145	+251
3	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	108.7	2020-21	PHX	69	30.6	14.4	10.5	1.4	0.6	1.2	6.2	10.0	62.6	0.1	0.3	20.0	1.9	2.5	76.9	65.3	3.3	7.2	1.5	2,114	997	727	99	41	81	103	196	+274
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	109.3	2020-21	DEN	72	34.5	26.4	10.8	8.3	1.3	0.7	10.2	18.0	56.6	1.3	3.3	38.8	4.8	5.5	86.8	64.7	2.8	8.0	3.1	2,487	1,898	780	599	95	48	222	192	+384
5	Jakob Poeltl J. Poeltl	109.6	2020-21	SAS	69	26.7	8.6	7.9	1.9	0.7	1.8	3.8	6.2	61.6	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.8	50.8	61.2	3.2	4.8	1.2	1,845	593	547	134	47	123	83	172	+109
6	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	109.8	2020-21	IND	62	36.0	20.3	12.0	6.7	1.2	0.5	7.8	14.6	53.5	0.8	2.6	32.1	3.9	5.3	73.2	60.1	2.4	9.5	3.4	2,231	1,260	742	415	75	33	213	203	-91
7	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	110.1	2020-21	TOT	70	33.5	23.4	11.7	3.8	0.9	0.7	9.5	19.9	47.7	2.5	6.3	40.0	1.9	2.2	84.0	56.0	2.1	9.6	1.8	2,348	1,639	817	269	65	48	126	137	-341
8	Kelly Olynyk K. Olynyk	110.2	2020-21	TOT	70	28.5	13.5	7.0	2.9	1.1	0.6	4.8	10.0	48.4	1.8	5.3	34.2	2.1	2.5	82.9	61.0	1.2	5.7	1.8	1,997	945	489	203	79	42	126	207	-100
9	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	111.4	2020-21	MIL	70	27.2	12.3	5.0	0.7	0.6	1.5	4.6	9.1	50.3	1.4	4.0	33.8	1.7	2.0	84.5	61.1	1.5	3.5	0.9	1,902	859	347	50	40	103	64	149	+312
10	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	111.6	2020-21	TOT	63	29.6	12.8	10.0	1.7	0.5	1.4	4.7	7.7	61.8	0.1	0.3	31.6	3.2	4.6	70.3	66.1	3.1	6.9	1.6	1,863	806	631	106	32	90	100	96	-203
11	Enes Kanter Freedom E. Kanter Freedom	112.8	2020-21	POR	72	24.4	11.2	11.0	1.2	0.5	0.7	4.7	7.8	60.4	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.8	2.3	77.4	63.6	3.9	7.1	1.1	1,757	806	795	84	33	48	78	168	+155