best defensive rating inthe nba by player

Cason Wallace has the lowest defensive rating this season, with a 103.0 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games inthe NBA by player 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	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	103.0	2025-26	OKC	25	27.7	8.4	3.1	2.4	2.3	0.2	3.2	7.3	44.5	1.5	4.1	37.3	0.4	0.5	76.9	55.9	0.7	2.4	1.0	693	210	77	60	58	6	26	55	+292
2	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	105.3	2025-26	OKC	26	26.2	14.0	3.3	3.7	1.5	0.3	5.0	10.6	46.7	1.1	3.2	35.4	3.0	3.3	88.5	57.9	0.5	2.8	1.6	682	364	87	95	38	8	41	51	+261
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	105.7	2025-26	OKC	25	33.2	32.4	4.6	6.4	1.4	0.7	10.8	19.4	56.0	2.2	5.0	43.7	8.6	9.7	88.4	68.7	0.4	4.2	1.9	831	811	115	161	35	18	48	50	+361
4	Jalen Duren J. Duren	109.4	2025-26	DET	22	29.0	18.6	11.3	1.8	0.8	1.0	6.8	10.5	65.2	0.0	0.0		5.0	6.6	74.7	69.5	4.1	7.2	2.5	637	409	249	40	17	21	55	72	+203
5	P.J. Washington	110.5	2025-26	DAL	21	31.6	15.8	7.6	2.2	1.1	1.2	5.8	13.1	43.8	1.6	4.8	32.7	2.7	3.9	68.3	53.0	1.3	6.3	2.6	663	331	160	46	24	26	54	49	-50
6	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	110.7	2025-26	HOU	20	35.9	23.0	9.4	7.0	1.5	1.0	8.5	17.1	49.9	1.0	2.8	36.4	5.0	6.8	73.5	57.4	3.0	6.4	3.4	718	460	188	140	29	19	67	69	+134
7	Reed Sheppard R. Sheppard	110.8	2025-26	HOU	22	24.9	12.9	3.1	3.2	1.5	0.5	4.8	10.1	47.5	2.5	5.7	44.4	0.7	1.0	71.4	60.9	0.4	2.8	1.3	548	283	69	71	34	12	29	45	+180
8	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	110.9	2025-26	NYK	24	33.2	22.4	11.9	3.2	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.4	47.4	1.9	5.2	36.0	5.9	6.7	88.2	61.0	3.1	8.8	2.4	797	537	285	77	20	19	58	81	+201
9	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	111.0	2025-26	TOR	26	33.9	19.7	7.8	5.3	1.4	1.6	7.6	15.1	50.1	1.4	3.6	38.3	3.2	3.8	84.7	58.8	2.0	5.8	2.4	881	513	204	137	36	41	63	81	+56
10	Naz Reid N. Reid	111.2	2025-26	MIN	26	26.3	13.9	6.1	2.5	1.0	0.8	5.2	11.3	46.1	2.4	6.2	39.1	1.0	1.3	76.5	58.2	1.2	5.0	1.4	685	361	159	65	27	22	37	67	+39
11	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	111.2	2025-26	ATL	24	35.1	22.8	10.5	8.2	1.6	0.4	8.3	16.0	51.6	1.5	4.0	38.5	4.7	5.8	81.3	61.3	1.5	8.9	3.3	843	546	251	197	38	9	80	52	+25
12	Josh Hart J. Hart	111.3	2025-26	NYK	24	29.7	12.4	7.7	5.0	1.4	0.3	4.7	9.1	51.1	1.5	4.0	38.1	1.5	1.9	82.2	62.4	1.7	6.0	2.1	713	298	185	120	33	8	50	62	+122
13	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	111.4	2025-26	DEN	24	34.7	29.5	12.3	10.9	1.4	0.8	10.6	17.1	62.2	2.1	4.9	42.4	6.1	7.2	85.0	72.7	3.0	9.3	3.4	832	707	294	261	33	18	81	67	+249
14	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	111.8	2025-26	CLE	25	34.2	19.1	9.3	4.1	1.0	1.6	7.0	14.1	49.6	1.5	4.3	35.2	3.6	5.6	64.0	57.6	2.6	6.7	2.2	854	477	232	103	24	41	56	59	+88
15	Santi Aldama S. Aldama	111.9	2025-26	MEM	25	26.4	13.5	6.5	3.0	1.0	0.7	5.1	10.8	47.2	1.5	4.4	34.2	1.7	2.6	67.2	56.3	1.4	5.1	1.0	661	337	162	75	24	18	26	35	-32
16	Anthony Black A. Black	112.0	2025-26	ORL	26	28.5	13.0	4.0	3.3	1.3	0.7	4.7	10.7	44.1	1.1	3.6	29.8	2.5	3.6	68.1	52.8	0.7	3.4	2.2	742	338	105	85	34	18	57	64	+54
17	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	112.2	2025-26	NYK	25	34.8	16.4	4.6	4.2	1.9	1.1	6.5	12.3	52.6	2.2	5.4	40.7	1.2	1.5	81.6	63.1	1.2	3.4	1.0	869	410	114	105	48	27	24	58	+167
18	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	112.2	2025-26	DET	22	35.8	26.9	6.1	9.1	1.5	0.9	9.3	20.5	45.4	1.9	6.2	30.7	6.4	7.7	82.8	56.2	1.4	4.7	3.8	788	592	135	201	33	19	83	70	+158
19	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	112.2	2025-26	MIN	26	31.1	11.5	10.3	1.9	0.5	1.4	4.7	6.3	74.5	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.8	52.0	71.3	3.6	6.7	1.4	808	298	268	49	12	37	37	77	+144
20	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	112.7	2025-26	DAL	25	33.7	17.5	6.3	3.4	1.3	0.7	6.8	14.1	48.2	0.8	3.4	25.0	3.0	3.7	81.7	55.5	1.2	5.1	2.1	842	437	157	86	33	17	52	56	-143
21	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	112.9	2025-26	ORL	25	29.9	11.8	7.6	2.0	0.8	0.7	4.0	7.5	52.7	1.2	2.8	42.9	2.6	3.4	77.6	65.2	2.7	4.9	1.5	748	294	190	50	19	17	38	92	+55
22	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	113.4	2025-26	GSW	23	31.2	19.1	5.9	5.0	1.6	0.2	5.8	11.4	51.0	0.9	2.0	44.4	6.6	7.8	84.9	64.4	2.3	3.6	1.4	717	440	135	114	37	5	33	31	+101
23	Brandin Podziemski B. Podziemski	113.4	2025-26	GSW	27	27.7	12.1	4.7	3.2	1.2	0.2	4.2	9.6	44.2	1.9	4.7	40.6	1.7	2.3	75.8	57.3	0.7	4.0	1.5	748	327	126	86	32	5	40	57	-1
24	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	113.4	2025-26	ATL	26	30.8	16.1	7.5	3.1	0.9	1.2	6.0	12.2	49.5	1.9	5.2	36.0	2.2	2.8	75.7	59.9	1.8	5.8	2.1	802	419	196	80	24	32	55	90	-51
25	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	113.4	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