Jalen Johnson has the lowest defensive rating by a small forward this season, with a 111.2 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games for small forward 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 Johnson J. Johnson	111.2	2025-26	ATL	23	35.1	23.2	10.5	8.0	1.6	0.3	8.4	16.0	52.6	1.6	4.1	38.9	4.8	6.0	81.0	62.5	1.4	9.0	3.4	808	534	241	185	37	8	78	49	+21
2	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	111.6	2025-26	NYK	24	34.5	16.4	4.6	4.3	2.0	1.1	6.5	12.3	52.5	2.3	5.6	41.0	1.2	1.5	80.6	63.4	1.2	3.4	1.0	827	394	111	102	48	27	23	56	+158
3	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	112.3	2025-26	GSW	21	30.8	19.5	5.7	5.0	1.6	0.2	6.0	11.5	51.9	1.0	2.0	46.5	6.6	7.8	84.8	65.3	2.2	3.5	1.4	646	409	120	105	33	5	29	25	+110
4	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	112.7	2025-26	DAL	24	33.7	17.3	6.3	3.3	1.3	0.7	6.7	14.0	47.5	0.9	3.5	25.3	3.1	3.8	82.2	55.1	1.2	5.1	2.2	808	415	152	78	32	16	52	53	-153
5	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	112.8	2025-26	ORL	24	33.4	22.7	6.1	3.7	1.2	0.4	7.8	15.9	49.0	1.5	4.2	36.0	5.6	6.8	82.3	60.0	1.5	4.6	1.8	801	545	146	88	28	9	43	53	+53
6	Naji Marshall N. Marshall	113.4	2025-26	DAL	25	27.5	12.6	5.0	2.5	1.2	0.1	4.2	8.2	51.7	1.0	3.1	31.2	3.1	3.9	80.4	63.4	0.9	4.0	1.1	687	314	124	63	29	3	28	52	-123
7	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	113.6	2025-26	HOU	22	36.2	17.5	7.1	5.2	1.4	0.5	6.8	14.1	48.4	0.4	2.1	19.1	3.5	4.3	80.9	54.8	2.6	4.5	2.6	796	385	157	115	30	11	57	56	+199
8	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	113.8	2025-26	MIA	22	32.9	16.9	4.9	2.9	1.0	1.1	6.6	13.6	48.7	1.8	4.7	37.9	1.8	2.6	70.2	57.1	1.5	3.4	1.8	724	371	108	64	23	24	40	55	+16
9	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	114.2	2025-26	MIA	24	29.2	15.6	5.8	5.0	0.7	0.3	6.3	12.2	51.2	0.3	1.5	22.2	2.8	3.6	76.7	56.5	1.4	4.4	2.1	701	374	140	120	17	6	50	55	+105
10	Julian Champagnie J. Champagnie	114.7	2025-26	SAS	24	28.8	11.4	5.4	1.5	1.0	0.5	3.6	8.4	43.3	2.3	6.1	38.1	1.8	2.1	84.3	61.1	0.9	4.5	1.0	692	273	130	35	24	11	25	37	+77
11	Peyton Watson P. Watson	114.8	2025-26	DEN	24	27.0	10.8	5.0	1.7	0.9	1.2	4.0	8.0	50.3	1.1	2.8	38.8	1.7	2.3	71.4	59.8	1.2	3.8	1.3	649	258	120	40	21	28	31	53	+144
12	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	115.1	2025-26	TOR	26	34.1	21.5	5.8	3.8	0.9	0.5	8.0	17.0	47.2	1.5	4.5	33.1	4.0	4.9	80.5	56.1	0.7	5.1	3.1	886	560	152	99	23	14	81	53	-14
13	Royce O'Neale R. O'Neale	115.3	2025-26	PHX	25	29.8	10.5	5.3	2.9	1.3	0.2	3.7	8.7	42.2	2.9	7.1	40.7	0.3	0.4	70.0	59.1	0.8	4.5	1.5	744	263	133	73	32	6	38	60	-49
14	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	115.8	2025-26	DET	23	31.3	12.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.3	4.1	9.4	44.0	3.0	7.5	40.5	1.2	1.6	77.8	62.1	0.4	2.7	0.7	720	288	70	46	22	8	17	56	+159
15	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	116.2	2025-26	BOS	24	33.5	29.1	6.1	4.8	1.1	0.4	10.7	21.4	49.9	2.1	5.8	36.7	5.7	7.2	79.1	59.4	1.2	4.9	3.6	803	699	146	116	26	9	86	75	+66
16	Matas Buzelis M. Buzelis	116.9	2025-26	CHI	24	28.4	13.8	5.5	1.6	0.9	1.4	5.0	10.8	46.9	1.5	4.5	32.4	2.3	2.8	81.8	57.7	1.2	4.3	2.0	681	331	132	38	21	34	48	68	-64
17	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	118.6	2025-26	POR	25	34.2	25.4	7.2	6.2	0.7	0.7	7.7	16.2	47.3	2.4	6.5	37.4	7.6	9.5	80.6	62.3	1.2	6.0	3.6	856	636	179	156	17	17	89	79	+12
18	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	119.0	2025-26	BKN	19	32.8	25.8	7.6	3.2	0.9	0.3	9.3	18.7	49.6	3.5	9.0	39.2	3.8	4.6	81.8	62.4	1.2	6.4	2.2	624	491	144	60	18	5	41	42	-42
19	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	120.2	2025-26	CHA	25	34.7	21.4	6.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	7.5	17.2	43.6	2.4	7.7	31.8	4.0	4.7	84.7	55.6	1.0	5.2	1.5	867	535	154	93	15	13	38	47	-136
20	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	120.8	2025-26	CHA	25	33.6	18.6	5.4	3.5	0.7	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	3.4	8.5	40.4	2.2	2.4	91.5	62.0	1.0	4.4	2.4	839	466	136	87	18	5	59	57	-46
21	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	121.3	2025-26	NOP	24	35.5	21.2	6.4	3.6	1.8	0.2	7.4	15.3	48.6	2.7	7.5	36.1	3.6	4.0	90.6	62.2	1.4	5.0	2.1	853	508	153	86	42	5	50	52	-178
22	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	122.4	2025-26	SAC	25	32.6	17.7	3.1	3.4	1.3	0.2	6.4	12.9	50.0	0.8	2.0	38.0	4.0	4.5	89.4	59.5	0.6	2.6	1.0	815	442	78	85	32	5	26	52	-213
23	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	123.4	2025-26	NOP	25	29.4	14.3	6.0	2.3	0.9	0.1	5.1	11.4	45.1	1.8	5.2	34.6	2.3	3.0	76.0	56.5	1.9	4.1	0.6	734	358	150	58	23	2	16	26	-164
24	Svi Mykhailiuk S. Mykhailiuk	126.0	2025-26	UTA	23	26.0	9.0	2.6	2.1	0.5	0.1	3.4	7.2	47.6	1.8	4.9	37.2	0.3	0.3	87.5	61.1	0.7	2.0	0.9	599	207	60	48	11	3	21	32	-51