Jarrett Allen had the best defensive rating by a center in 2022-23, with a 108.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games centers 2023

	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	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	108.1	2022-23	CLE	68	32.6	14.3	9.8	1.7	0.8	1.2	5.9	9.2	64.4	0.0	0.1	10.0	2.4	3.3	73.3	67.0	3.3	6.5	1.4	2,220	969	666	113	54	84	93	153	+345
2	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	108.1	2022-23	CLE	79	34.4	16.2	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	6.6	12.0	55.4	0.3	1.3	21.6	2.6	3.8	67.4	59.1	2.4	6.6	1.8	2,715	1,277	711	224	60	119	146	218	+339
3	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	108.2	2022-23	BKN	76	29.9	12.6	9.2	1.9	0.9	2.5	5.4	7.7	70.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	3.2	54.1	69.1	2.4	6.8	1.3	2,270	961	702	144	65	189	96	212	+119
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	108.8	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
5	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	109.4	2022-23	MIL	78	30.4	15.9	6.7	1.3	0.5	2.5	6.1	11.5	53.1	1.7	4.7	37.4	1.9	2.4	78.4	63.0	2.0	4.7	1.4	2,372	1,239	520	99	37	193	107	203	+398
6	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	109.5	2022-23	MIN	70	30.7	13.4	11.6	1.2	0.8	1.4	5.1	7.8	65.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.9	64.4	67.5	3.3	8.3	1.7	2,148	939	814	87	56	95	122	210	-7
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	109.6	2022-23	DEN	69	33.7	24.5	11.8	9.8	1.3	0.7	9.4	14.8	63.2	0.8	2.2	38.3	4.9	6.0	82.2	70.1	2.4	9.4	3.6	2,323	1,690	817	678	87	47	247	174	+640
8	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	109.7	2022-23	CHI	82	33.5	17.6	11.0	3.2	0.7	0.7	7.3	14.0	52.0	1.5	4.2	34.9	1.6	1.9	83.5	59.4	1.9	9.1	1.7	2,746	1,447	903	265	60	57	139	179	-20
9	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	110.9	2022-23	MIA	75	34.6	20.4	9.2	3.2	1.2	0.8	8.0	14.9	54.0	0.0	0.2	8.3	4.3	5.4	80.6	59.2	2.5	6.7	2.5	2,598	1,529	688	240	88	61	187	208	+117
10	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	111.0	2022-23	PHX	67	30.4	18.0	10.0	1.7	0.6	0.8	7.8	13.2	58.9	0.1	0.4	29.2	2.3	3.0	76.0	61.7	2.6	7.4	1.8	2,035	1,203	667	115	37	53	120	190	-7
11	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	112.0	2022-23	LAC	76	28.5	10.8	9.9	1.0	0.4	1.3	4.3	6.8	63.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	3.1	69.7	66.1	3.1	6.8	1.5	2,169	818	756	77	29	98	117	219	-33
12	Mason Plumlee M. Plumlee	113.5	2022-23	TOT	79	26.0	10.8	8.9	3.1	0.6	0.6	4.2	6.1	68.0	0.0	0.0		2.5	4.0	63.6	68.9	2.9	6.0	1.5	2,053	857	700	245	46	47	117	217	-269
13	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	116.6	2022-23	HOU	75	28.9	14.8	9.0	3.9	0.9	0.9	5.9	10.7	55.3	0.3	0.8	33.3	2.7	3.8	71.5	59.9	3.2	5.8	2.6	2,171	1,109	678	291	70	70	193	258	-283