Jalen Williams had the best defensive rating by a guard in 2024-25, with a 107.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games guards 2025

	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 Williams J. Williams	107.3	2024-25	OKC	69	32.4	21.6	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	8.2	16.9	48.4	1.8	4.9	36.5	3.4	4.3	78.9	57.3	0.9	4.5	2.2	2,237	1,490	369	354	111	46	150	158	+456
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	107.4	2024-25	OKC	76	34.2	32.7	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.3	21.8	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	8.8	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	2,598	2,484	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
3	James Harden J. Harden	110.0	2024-25	LAC	79	35.3	22.8	5.8	8.7	1.5	0.7	6.7	16.4	41.0	3.0	8.5	35.2	6.4	7.3	87.4	58.2	0.7	5.1	4.3	2,789	1,802	456	687	118	55	341	162	+344
4	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	110.9	2024-25	ATL	76	33.8	14.1	5.9	4.4	3.0	0.7	6.0	12.1	49.3	1.1	3.1	34.0	1.1	1.8	59.3	54.5	1.6	4.3	2.0	2,571	1,073	449	333	229	55	155	175	-65
5	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	111.7	2024-25	ORL	77	29.6	8.7	2.2	1.8	1.3	0.4	3.1	7.1	43.9	1.5	4.3	34.2	1.1	1.2	86.3	57.4	0.4	1.8	0.8	2,279	673	169	136	99	34	62	136	+10
6	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	112.0	2024-25	HOU	60	35.2	14.1	3.7	5.6	1.6	0.4	4.8	12.7	37.8	2.7	7.7	34.5	1.9	2.3	81.0	51.5	0.5	3.2	1.5	2,111	844	221	333	94	25	87	140	+264
7	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	112.1	2024-25	MIN	79	36.3	27.6	5.7	4.5	1.2	0.6	9.1	20.4	44.7	4.1	10.3	39.5	5.3	6.3	83.7	59.5	0.8	4.9	3.2	2,871	2,177	450	359	91	51	249	150	+291
8	Josh Hart J. Hart	112.1	2024-25	NYK	77	37.6	13.6	9.6	5.9	1.5	0.4	5.2	10.0	52.5	1.1	3.3	33.3	2.1	2.7	77.6	61.1	2.1	7.5	2.1	2,897	1,051	737	453	119	27	158	201	+203
9	Derrick White D. White	112.1	2024-25	BOS	76	33.9	16.4	4.5	4.8	0.9	1.1	5.6	12.6	44.2	3.5	9.1	38.4	1.8	2.1	83.9	60.6	0.9	3.6	1.7	2,574	1,248	341	361	72	80	131	138	+540
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	112.7	2024-25	CLE	71	31.4	24.0	4.5	5.0	1.3	0.2	8.2	18.6	44.3	3.3	8.9	36.8	4.2	5.1	82.3	57.5	0.8	3.7	2.1	2,232	1,701	322	354	95	17	149	140	+522
11	Jalen Green J. Green	113.1	2024-25	HOU	82	32.9	21.0	4.6	3.4	0.9	0.3	7.4	17.5	42.3	2.9	8.1	35.4	3.3	4.1	81.3	54.4	0.5	4.0	2.5	2,697	1,723	377	282	71	27	203	127	+166
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	113.2	2024-25	GSW	70	32.2	24.5	4.4	6.0	1.1	0.4	8.1	18.0	44.8	4.4	11.2	39.7	4.0	4.3	93.3	61.8	0.6	3.9	2.9	2,252	1,718	310	421	80	30	200	95	+299
13	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	113.2	2024-25	CHI	70	30.2	14.6	8.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	5.3	11.4	46.5	1.5	4.0	37.8	2.5	3.2	78.1	57.0	1.8	6.3	2.9	2,117	1,022	566	503	84	45	202	122	-68
14	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	113.4	2024-25	DET	70	35.0	26.1	6.1	9.1	1.0	0.8	9.8	20.8	46.9	2.1	6.0	35.6	4.5	5.3	84.6	56.5	0.8	5.3	4.4	2,452	1,830	425	638	71	53	309	195	+175
15	Desmond Bane D. Bane	113.4	2024-25	MEM	69	32.0	19.2	6.1	5.3	1.2	0.4	7.1	14.8	48.4	2.4	6.1	39.2	2.6	2.9	89.4	60.0	0.9	5.2	2.4	2,205	1,327	418	369	80	28	169	164	+143
16	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	113.9	2024-25	BOS	80	28.4	14.3	3.8	3.5	0.9	0.2	5.1	10.8	47.2	3.2	7.8	40.7	0.9	1.1	84.5	63.3	1.3	2.6	1.0	2,271	1,144	307	279	70	14	83	118	+430
17	Nickeil Alexander-Walker N. Alexander-Walker	114.0	2024-25	MIN	82	25.3	9.4	3.2	2.7	0.6	0.4	3.3	7.5	43.8	1.7	4.5	38.1	1.1	1.4	78.0	57.9	0.7	2.6	1.2	2,073	773	265	223	50	34	99	139	+270
18	Darius Garland D. Garland	114.7	2024-25	CLE	75	30.7	20.6	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	7.4	15.7	47.2	2.8	7.1	40.1	3.0	3.4	87.8	60.0	0.6	2.2	2.5	2,301	1,544	214	506	91	11	189	143	+499
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	114.8	2024-25	DEN	75	27.9	13.3	4.9	6.1	1.4	0.5	5.0	11.1	44.9	1.3	3.9	32.3	2.1	3.1	66.1	53.2	1.4	3.6	3.2	2,092	994	370	457	106	37	242	188	-24
20	Tyler Herro T. Herro	114.9	2024-25	MIA	77	35.4	23.9	5.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	8.5	17.9	47.2	3.3	8.7	37.5	3.7	4.2	87.8	60.5	0.5	4.7	2.6	2,725	1,840	399	424	69	17	198	85	+99
21	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	115.2	2024-25	MIL	58	36.1	24.9	4.7	7.1	1.2	0.2	7.7	17.1	44.8	3.4	9.0	37.6	6.2	6.8	92.1	62.1	0.5	4.2	2.8	2,093	1,447	272	410	70	10	162	97	+53
22	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	115.3	2024-25	IND	73	33.6	18.6	3.5	9.2	1.4	0.7	6.5	13.8	47.3	3.0	7.7	38.8	2.6	3.0	85.1	61.6	0.6	3.0	1.6	2,451	1,359	258	673	105	49	120	92	+222
23	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	116.5	2024-25	LAL	73	34.9	20.2	4.5	5.8	1.1	0.3	6.5	14.2	46.0	2.7	7.3	37.7	4.4	5.0	87.7	61.6	0.8	3.7	2.4	2,550	1,475	329	421	81	22	177	151	+195
24	Malik Beasley M. Beasley	116.5	2024-25	DET	82	27.8	16.3	2.6	1.7	0.9	0.1	5.6	13.1	43.0	3.9	9.3	41.6	1.2	1.7	67.9	59.0	0.6	2.0	1.0	2,283	1,336	214	139	73	5	83	125	+175
25	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	116.6	2024-25	TOT	75	28.1	13.1	2.6	5.4	0.9	0.2	4.5	11.0	40.6	1.7	4.9	34.2	2.4	2.9	83.8	53.1	0.4	2.3	1.9	2,105	980	198	404	66	12	142	180	-72