Domantas Sabonis had the lowest defensive rating in the 2017 playoffs, with an 84.8 rating in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating by a player in 2017 playoffs

	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	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	84.8	2016-17	OKC	2	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	42.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	6	4	2	0	1	1	0	4	-4
2	Brandon Bass B. Bass	87.9	2016-17	LAC	1	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		33.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	-5
3	Kris Humphries K. Humphries	96.5	2016-17	ATL	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1
4	Thon Maker T. Maker	98.7	2016-17	MIL	6	19.3	5.8	3.2	2.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	5.2	38.7	0.3	1.7	20.0	1.5	1.8	81.8	48.8	1.3	1.8	1.3	116	35	19	12	5	11	8	18	-2
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	98.7	2016-17	MIL	6	40.5	24.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	10.0	18.7	53.6	0.7	1.7	40.0	4.2	7.7	54.3	56.3	1.7	7.8	3.3	243	149	57	24	13	10	20	21	+6
6	John Henson J. Henson	98.8	2016-17	MIL	2	6.0	1.5	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	2.0	25.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.5	100.0	33.8	1.0	1.0	0.5	12	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	-10
7	Greg Monroe G. Monroe	99.7	2016-17	MIL	6	23.5	13.2	7.3	1.7	1.3	0.5	4.5	8.5	52.9	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.0	83.3	61.5	2.8	4.5	1.8	141	79	44	10	8	3	11	16	+15
8	Damian Jones D. Jones	99.7	2016-17	GSW	4	5.3	1.8	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.8	42.9	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	50.0	44.4	1.0	0.5	0.0	21	7	6	0	2	1	0	3	-8
9	Draymond Green D. Green	100.4	2016-17	GSW	17	34.9	13.1	9.1	6.5	1.8	1.6	4.2	9.5	44.7	1.9	4.6	41.0	2.7	3.9	68.7	58.3	1.2	7.9	2.1	593	222	155	110	31	28	36	60	+227
10	Wesley Johnson W. Johnson	101.8	2016-17	LAC	3	3.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.3	0.7	50.0	56.8	0.0	0.7	0.0	11	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	-8
11	Dwight Howard D. Howard	102.1	2016-17	ATL	6	26.2	8.0	10.7	1.3	1.0	0.8	3.0	6.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.2	63.2	54.1	3.0	7.7	1.8	157	48	64	8	6	5	11	21	-2
12	Clint Capela C. Capela	102.5	2016-17	HOU	11	26.0	10.5	8.7	1.1	0.7	2.5	4.2	7.5	56.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	3.5	61.5	58.5	2.4	6.4	0.7	286	116	96	12	8	28	8	28	-16
13	JaVale McGee J. McGee	102.8	2016-17	GSW	16	9.3	5.9	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.6	3.5	73.2	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.1	72.2	74.3	1.4	1.6	0.5	149	95	48	4	2	15	8	31	+79
14	Trey Lyles T. Lyles	102.9	2016-17	UTA	2	5.0	3.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	3.5	42.9	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	10	7	2	1	1	0	1	1	+5
15	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	103.2	2016-17	CHI	2	33.5	11.5	8.5	10.0	3.5	0.5	5.5	13.0	42.3	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	42.8	3.5	5.0	2.0	67	23	17	20	7	1	4	6	+17
16	David West D. West	103.4	2016-17	GSW	17	13.0	4.5	2.7	2.1	0.4	0.8	2.0	3.5	57.6	0.1	0.1	50.0	0.4	0.5	77.8	60.4	0.4	2.3	0.6	221	76	46	36	7	13	10	26	+11
17	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	103.8	2016-17	MIL	6	38.5	14.5	4.7	5.3	2.0	0.0	5.2	13.0	39.7	1.2	3.2	36.8	3.0	3.7	81.8	49.6	0.0	4.7	1.8	231	87	28	32	12	0	11	17	+13
18	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	104.2	2016-17	TOR	2	5.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	10	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	+14
19	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	104.4	2016-17	ATL	6	36.5	24.3	9.3	4.3	1.7	0.7	8.3	16.5	50.5	0.5	2.8	17.6	7.2	8.8	81.1	59.7	1.5	7.8	3.8	219	146	56	26	10	4	23	19	-12
20	Jason Terry J. Terry	104.6	2016-17	MIL	6	11.3	2.5	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.3	1.7	20.0	0.2	0.2	100.0	40.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	68	15	8	5	3	1	2	7	0
21	Zaza Pachulia Z. Pachulia	104.7	2016-17	GSW	15	14.1	5.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	2.1	4.0	53.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.9	1.1	76.5	57.1	1.2	2.6	0.9	212	77	57	12	8	4	14	32	+82
22	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	104.9	2016-17	UTA	9	27.3	11.6	9.9	1.2	1.0	1.3	4.4	7.0	63.5	0.0	0.0		2.7	5.6	48.0	61.2	2.4	7.4	1.0	246	104	89	11	9	12	9	30	-51
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	105.0	2016-17	GSW	17	35.4	28.1	6.2	6.7	2.0	0.2	8.9	18.4	48.4	4.2	10.1	41.9	6.1	6.7	90.4	65.9	1.3	4.9	3.4	601	477	106	114	34	4	58	37	+245
24	Michael Beasley M. Beasley	105.1	2016-17	MIL	4	12.0	4.3	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.8	5.0	35.0	0.8	1.3	60.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	39.1	0.5	1.8	0.5	48	17	9	1	1	1	2	8	+4
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	105.2	2016-17	GSW	15	35.5	28.5	7.9	4.3	0.8	1.3	9.9	17.9	55.6	2.5	5.7	44.2	6.1	6.9	89.3	68.3	1.1	6.9	2.5	533	428	119	64	12	20	38	39	+177