Draymond Green had the lowest defensive rating in 2016-17, with a 99.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in 2017

	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	Draymond Green D. Green	99.1	2016-17	GSW	76	32.5	10.2	7.9	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.6	8.6	41.8	1.1	3.5	30.8	2.0	2.8	70.9	52.2	1.3	6.6	2.4	2,471	776	599	533	154	106	184	217	+820
2	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	99.1	2016-17	DET	81	29.7	13.6	13.8	1.1	1.5	1.1	6.0	11.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	28.6	1.7	4.4	38.6	51.8	4.3	9.5	1.9	2,409	1,105	1,115	90	124	89	152	237	-274
3	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	99.2	2016-17	UTA	81	33.9	14.0	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	5.1	7.7	66.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.9	65.3	68.1	3.9	8.9	1.8	2,744	1,137	1,035	97	49	214	147	246	+436
4	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	99.9	2016-17	MIA	77	32.6	17.0	14.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	7.0	12.6	55.7	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.6	62.8	57.9	3.8	10.3	2.0	2,513	1,309	1,088	57	57	161	154	226	+98
5	Dwight Howard D. Howard	100.5	2016-17	ATL	74	29.7	13.5	12.7	1.4	0.9	1.2	5.2	8.3	63.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	5.7	53.3	62.7	4.0	8.7	2.3	2,199	1,002	940	104	64	92	170	203	-108
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	101.3	2016-17	GSW	62	33.4	25.1	8.3	4.8	1.1	1.6	8.9	16.5	53.7	1.9	5.0	37.5	5.4	6.2	87.5	65.1	0.6	7.6	2.2	2,070	1,555	513	300	66	99	138	117	+711
7	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	101.4	2016-17	SAS	74	33.4	25.5	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	8.6	17.7	48.5	2.0	5.2	38.0	6.3	7.2	88.0	61.0	1.1	4.7	2.1	2,474	1,888	430	260	133	55	154	122	+436
8	Anthony Davis A. Davis	101.5	2016-17	NOP	75	36.1	28.0	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	10.3	20.3	50.5	0.5	1.8	29.9	6.9	8.6	80.2	58.0	2.3	9.5	2.4	2,708	2,099	884	157	94	167	181	168	+51
9	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	102.4	2016-17	LAC	81	31.7	12.7	13.8	1.2	0.6	1.7	5.1	7.1	71.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	5.2	48.2	67.3	3.7	10.1	1.4	2,570	1,029	1,114	96	51	134	115	212	+459
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	103.8	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
11	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	103.9	2016-17	ATL	69	34.0	18.1	7.7	3.7	1.3	0.9	6.2	14.1	44.2	1.1	3.5	31.1	4.5	5.9	76.8	54.2	1.6	6.1	2.3	2,343	1,246	533	252	90	62	158	186	+133
12	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	104.0	2016-17	SAS	72	32.4	17.3	7.3	1.9	0.6	1.2	6.9	14.6	47.7	0.3	0.8	41.1	3.1	3.8	81.2	53.2	2.4	4.9	1.4	2,335	1,243	523	139	46	88	98	158	+272
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	104.1	2016-17	MIL	80	35.6	22.9	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	8.2	15.7	52.1	0.6	2.3	27.2	5.9	7.7	77.0	59.9	1.8	7.0	2.9	2,845	1,832	700	434	131	151	234	246	+46
14	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	104.6	2016-17	TOT	72	34.2	27.0	11.0	4.6	1.4	1.3	9.0	19.9	45.2	1.8	5.0	36.1	7.2	9.3	77.2	56.2	2.1	8.9	3.7	2,465	1,942	794	332	100	93	269	278	-25
15	James Johnson J. Johnson	104.8	2016-17	MIA	76	27.4	12.8	4.9	3.6	1.0	1.1	4.8	10.1	47.9	1.1	3.4	34.0	2.0	2.8	70.7	56.4	0.9	4.1	2.3	2,085	975	376	276	76	86	171	197	+138
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	104.9	2016-17	GSW	79	33.4	25.3	4.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	8.5	18.3	46.8	4.1	10.0	41.1	4.1	4.6	89.8	62.4	0.8	3.7	3.0	2,639	1,999	353	524	142	17	239	183	+1015
17	Robert Covington R. Covington	105.0	2016-17	PHI	67	31.6	12.9	6.5	1.5	1.9	1.0	4.4	10.9	39.9	2.0	6.1	33.3	2.1	2.6	82.2	53.4	1.4	5.1	2.0	2,119	864	436	102	127	69	131	203	-152
18	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	105.2	2016-17	TOR	80	25.8	12.0	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	4.9	8.8	55.7	0.0	0.0	50.0	2.2	2.7	81.1	60.1	2.8	6.7	1.3	2,066	959	759	57	37	63	106	216	+109
19	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	105.3	2016-17	ORL	75	28.8	14.6	10.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	6.4	13.7	46.8	0.3	1.0	30.7	1.4	2.1	66.9	49.8	2.3	8.0	1.6	2,163	1,096	779	208	76	74	117	180	-140
20	Myles Turner M. Turner	105.4	2016-17	IND	81	31.4	14.5	7.3	1.3	0.9	2.1	5.5	10.7	51.1	0.5	1.4	34.8	3.0	3.7	80.9	58.5	1.7	5.6	1.3	2,541	1,173	589	106	74	172	105	262	+144
21	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	105.9	2016-17	MEM	74	34.2	19.5	6.3	4.6	0.9	1.3	7.2	15.7	45.9	1.4	3.6	38.8	3.8	4.5	83.7	55.4	0.8	5.5	2.2	2,531	1,446	464	338	67	99	166	171	+64
22	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	106.2	2016-17	CHI	76	37.0	23.9	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	7.5	16.5	45.5	1.2	3.3	36.7	7.7	8.9	86.5	58.6	1.7	4.5	2.1	2,809	1,816	470	417	143	32	159	112	+204
23	Gordon Hayward G. Hayward	106.3	2016-17	UTA	73	34.5	21.9	5.4	3.5	1.0	0.3	7.5	15.8	47.1	2.0	5.1	39.8	5.0	5.9	84.4	59.5	0.7	4.7	1.9	2,516	1,601	394	252	73	20	140	117	+347
24	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist M. Kidd-Gilchrist	106.4	2016-17	CHA	81	29.0	9.2	7.0	1.4	1.0	1.0	3.6	7.6	47.7	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.9	2.4	78.4	52.8	1.9	5.0	0.7	2,349	743	565	114	81	77	56	187	-7
25	Andre Roberson A. Roberson	106.5	2016-17	OKC	79	30.1	6.6	5.1	1.0	1.2	1.0	2.7	5.9	46.4	0.6	2.3	24.5	0.6	1.4	42.3	51.0	1.2	3.9	0.6	2,376	522	403	79	94	79	51	204	+148