Giannis Antetokounmpo had the best defensive rating by a forward in 2022-23, with a 107.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games forward 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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	107.7	2022-23	MIL	63	32.1	31.1	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	11.2	20.3	55.3	0.7	2.7	27.5	7.9	12.3	64.5	60.5	2.2	9.6	3.9	2,023	1,959	742	359	52	51	246	197	+341
2	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	109.8	2022-23	BOS	74	36.9	30.1	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	9.8	21.1	46.6	3.2	9.3	35.0	7.2	8.4	85.4	60.7	1.1	7.7	2.9	2,732	2,225	649	342	78	51	213	160	+470
3	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	111.4	2022-23	BOS	67	35.9	26.6	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	10.1	20.6	49.1	2.4	7.3	33.5	3.9	5.1	76.5	58.1	1.2	5.7	2.9	2,405	1,784	459	232	75	26	197	172	+256
4	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	111.8	2022-23	MIA	64	33.4	22.9	5.9	5.3	1.8	0.3	7.5	13.9	53.9	0.6	1.6	35.0	7.4	8.7	85.0	64.7	2.2	3.7	1.6	2,138	1,466	375	340	117	21	101	80	+47
5	Draymond Green D. Green	112.0	2022-23	GSW	73	31.5	8.5	7.2	6.8	1.0	0.8	3.4	6.5	52.7	0.5	1.8	30.5	1.1	1.5	71.3	59.2	0.9	6.3	2.8	2,297	617	525	500	74	60	204	229	+346
6	Patrick Williams P. Williams	112.6	2022-23	CHI	82	28.3	10.2	4.0	1.2	0.9	0.9	3.8	8.3	46.4	1.4	3.4	41.5	1.1	1.3	85.7	57.6	1.0	3.0	1.2	2,323	833	327	100	72	70	101	147	-142
7	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	112.6	2022-23	WAS	65	32.6	23.2	8.4	2.7	0.9	1.5	7.8	15.7	49.8	2.1	5.5	38.5	5.4	6.4	85.1	62.7	1.8	6.6	2.1	2,119	1,505	546	174	58	100	137	196	+81
8	Grant Williams G. Williams	112.9	2022-23	BOS	79	25.9	8.1	4.6	1.7	0.5	0.4	2.7	6.0	45.4	1.5	3.7	39.5	1.2	1.5	77.0	60.5	1.1	3.5	1.0	2,045	641	363	131	41	31	82	192	+206
9	OG Anunoby	113.2	2022-23	TOR	67	35.6	16.8	5.0	2.0	1.9	0.7	6.3	13.2	47.6	2.1	5.5	38.7	2.1	2.5	83.8	58.6	1.4	3.5	2.0	2,386	1,124	332	131	128	50	132	200	+132
10	Caleb Martin C. Martin	113.3	2022-23	MIA	71	29.3	9.6	4.8	1.6	1.0	0.4	3.6	7.7	46.4	1.2	3.3	35.6	1.3	1.6	80.5	57.1	1.2	3.6	1.1	2,077	683	344	117	71	31	78	145	-9
11	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	113.7	2022-23	NOP	79	31.0	14.5	3.6	1.4	1.1	0.5	4.9	10.1	48.4	2.6	6.3	40.6	2.2	2.4	90.5	65.0	0.7	2.8	0.8	2,448	1,148	281	112	89	43	61	155	+38
12	Tobias Harris T. Harris	113.7	2022-23	PHI	74	32.9	14.7	5.7	2.5	0.9	0.5	5.7	11.4	50.1	1.7	4.4	38.9	1.5	1.7	87.6	60.2	0.9	4.8	1.2	2,436	1,085	424	186	68	40	89	149	+296
13	Julius Randle J. Randle	113.9	2022-23	NYK	77	35.5	25.1	10.0	4.1	0.6	0.3	8.5	18.6	45.9	2.8	8.3	34.3	5.2	6.9	75.7	58.1	1.8	8.1	2.8	2,737	1,936	767	316	49	21	216	233	+171
14	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	114.0	2022-23	WAS	76	26.6	9.2	6.4	2.8	0.9	0.4	3.3	7.6	43.7	0.9	3.1	29.7	1.6	2.2	73.9	53.5	1.0	5.4	1.6	2,020	697	487	211	65	29	123	209	-51
15	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	114.1	2022-23	SAC	79	34.6	19.1	12.3	7.3	0.8	0.5	7.3	11.9	61.5	0.4	1.1	37.3	4.1	5.5	74.2	66.8	3.2	9.1	2.9	2,735	1,510	973	573	65	39	230	279	+212
16	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	114.3	2022-23	ORL	72	33.8	20.0	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	6.7	15.6	42.7	1.2	4.0	29.8	5.5	7.4	73.8	52.9	1.2	5.7	2.8	2,430	1,437	497	269	60	39	200	160	-215
17	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	114.5	2022-23	DEN	68	30.2	16.3	6.6	3.0	0.8	0.8	6.3	11.2	56.4	0.9	2.5	34.7	2.8	4.6	60.8	61.7	2.4	4.1	1.4	2,055	1,109	446	203	54	51	98	129	+518
18	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	114.8	2022-23	TOT	83	35.7	20.1	4.4	3.3	1.1	0.7	7.1	15.3	46.8	2.0	5.3	38.2	3.8	4.3	89.5	58.7	1.0	3.4	1.5	2,963	1,671	364	273	91	61	127	159	+36
19	Royce O'Neale R. O'Neale	114.8	2022-23	BKN	76	31.7	8.8	5.1	3.7	0.9	0.6	3.0	7.8	38.6	2.1	5.5	38.9	0.7	0.9	72.5	53.8	0.7	4.3	1.5	2,409	671	384	283	65	49	114	239	+77
20	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	115.0	2022-23	TOR	77	34.8	15.3	6.6	4.8	1.1	0.8	6.0	13.2	45.6	0.8	2.9	28.1	2.5	3.2	77.2	52.4	2.3	4.3	2.0	2,677	1,179	512	371	83	61	154	170	+175
21	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	115.1	2022-23	MIN	79	30.6	12.1	3.9	1.9	0.9	1.0	4.7	9.1	51.7	1.4	3.4	39.8	1.3	1.8	73.6	61.1	1.2	2.7	1.4	2,416	953	307	148	74	76	112	272	+70
22	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	115.3	2022-23	TOR	71	37.4	24.2	7.8	5.8	0.9	0.5	8.9	18.5	48.0	1.3	4.0	32.4	5.2	6.7	77.4	56.5	1.8	6.0	2.4	2,652	1,720	556	415	65	36	169	228	+123
23	John Collins J. Collins	115.3	2022-23	ATL	71	30.0	13.1	6.5	1.2	0.6	1.0	5.1	10.0	50.8	1.0	3.4	29.2	2.0	2.5	80.3	59.3	1.1	5.4	1.1	2,130	931	462	85	42	73	79	220	-21
24	P.J. Washington Jr.	115.8	2022-23	CHA	73	32.6	15.7	4.9	2.4	0.9	1.1	5.9	13.4	44.4	2.0	5.9	34.8	1.7	2.4	73.0	54.2	1.0	3.9	1.5	2,380	1,144	358	175	66	79	110	193	-375
25	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	116.3	2022-23	ORL	80	32.6	18.6	4.1	3.5	1.0	0.2	6.8	14.0	48.5	1.6	4.5	36.1	3.4	4.0	84.2	58.9	0.9	3.2	2.1	2,609	1,485	329	283	77	17	167	183	+50