Rudy Gobert had the best defensive rating in 2021-22, with a 103.2 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player NBA in 2022

	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	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	103.2	2021-22	UTA	66	32.1	15.6	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	5.5	7.7	71.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.6	6.7	69.0	73.2	3.7	11.0	1.8	2,120	1,027	968	72	45	137	119	176	+417
2	Al Horford A. Horford	104.3	2021-22	BOS	69	29.1	10.2	7.7	3.4	0.7	1.3	3.9	8.2	46.7	1.3	3.8	33.6	1.2	1.4	84.2	57.4	1.6	6.1	0.9	2,005	701	530	232	49	92	65	130	+386
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	105.3	2021-22	PHI	68	33.8	30.6	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	9.8	19.6	49.9	1.4	3.7	37.1	9.6	11.8	81.4	61.6	2.1	9.6	3.1	2,296	2,079	796	284	77	99	214	181	+367
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	105.3	2021-22	DEN	74	33.4	27.1	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	10.3	17.7	58.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	5.1	6.3	81.0	66.1	2.8	11.0	3.8	2,475	2,004	1,019	584	109	63	281	191	+442
5	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	105.8	2021-22	MEM	78	27.3	16.3	5.8	1.1	0.9	2.3	5.5	13.3	41.5	1.6	5.1	31.9	3.6	4.4	82.3	53.5	1.5	4.3	1.7	2,126	1,272	454	86	73	177	130	272	+361
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	106.3	2021-22	BOS	76	35.9	26.9	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	9.3	20.6	45.3	3.0	8.6	35.3	5.3	6.2	85.3	57.8	1.1	6.9	2.9	2,731	2,046	609	334	75	49	217	174	+667
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	106.3	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	29.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	18.6	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	2,204	2,002	778	388	72	91	219	212	+397
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	106.5	2021-22	DAL	65	35.4	28.4	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	9.9	21.6	45.7	3.1	8.8	35.3	5.6	7.5	74.4	57.1	0.9	8.3	4.5	2,301	1,847	593	568	75	36	292	145	+146
9	Chris Paul C. Paul	106.5	2021-22	PHX	65	32.9	14.7	4.4	10.8	1.9	0.3	5.6	11.3	49.3	1.0	3.1	31.7	2.6	3.1	83.7	58.1	0.3	4.0	2.4	2,139	958	283	702	121	20	153	134	+460
10	Marcus Smart M. Smart	107.1	2021-22	BOS	71	32.3	12.1	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	4.2	10.1	41.8	1.7	5.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	79.3	54.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	2,296	861	270	417	119	18	159	160	+443
11	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	107.3	2021-22	CLE	69	33.8	15.0	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	6.1	12.0	50.8	0.3	1.3	25.0	2.4	3.7	66.3	54.9	2.1	6.2	1.9	2,331	1,034	570	174	56	115	133	147	+94
12	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	107.5	2021-22	BOS	66	33.6	23.6	6.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	8.7	18.4	47.3	2.5	7.0	35.8	3.7	4.8	75.8	57.4	0.8	5.3	2.7	2,220	1,559	404	231	70	18	178	163	+453
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	107.6	2021-22	GSW	64	34.5	25.5	5.2	6.3	1.3	0.4	8.4	19.1	43.7	4.5	11.7	38.0	4.3	4.7	92.3	60.1	0.5	4.7	3.2	2,211	1,630	335	404	85	23	206	130	+507
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	108.4	2021-22	GSW	73	31.9	17.2	4.5	2.2	1.0	0.7	6.5	14.0	46.6	2.2	5.5	39.3	2.0	3.2	63.4	56.0	1.2	3.3	1.5	2,329	1,256	325	161	76	51	111	158	+265
15	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	108.5	2021-22	SAS	68	34.8	21.1	8.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	8.4	18.3	46.2	1.4	4.3	32.7	2.9	3.6	79.4	53.3	1.2	7.1	2.6	2,366	1,438	563	627	138	23	180	138	+49
16	Devin Booker D. Booker	108.8	2021-22	PHX	68	34.5	26.8	5.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	9.7	20.9	46.6	2.7	7.0	38.3	4.6	5.3	86.8	57.6	0.7	4.4	2.4	2,344	1,822	342	329	77	26	162	180	+469
17	Clint Capela C. Capela	109.3	2021-22	ATL	74	27.6	11.1	11.9	1.2	0.7	1.3	5.0	8.2	61.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	2.3	47.3	60.4	3.8	8.1	0.6	2,041	820	877	92	55	93	44	166	+125
18	Julius Randle J. Randle	109.4	2021-22	NYK	72	35.3	20.1	9.9	5.1	0.7	0.5	7.1	17.3	41.1	1.7	5.4	30.8	4.2	5.6	75.6	50.9	1.7	8.2	3.4	2,544	1,447	716	370	53	39	245	205	-164
19	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	109.6	2021-22	PHX	82	34.8	14.2	4.2	2.3	1.2	0.4	5.6	10.5	53.4	1.4	3.8	36.9	1.6	1.9	83.4	62.7	0.9	3.3	0.8	2,854	1,162	347	185	96	36	68	150	+576
20	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	109.6	2021-22	CHI	73	33.1	17.6	11.0	3.2	1.0	1.0	7.5	15.8	47.3	1.4	4.5	31.4	1.3	1.7	76.0	53.3	1.9	9.1	1.9	2,417	1,288	804	236	70	71	136	181	-52
21	Bobby Portis B. Portis	109.7	2021-22	MIL	72	28.2	14.6	9.1	1.2	0.7	0.7	5.8	12.1	47.9	1.8	4.7	39.3	1.2	1.6	75.2	57.1	2.5	6.6	1.3	2,028	1,052	657	86	53	51	90	174	+314
22	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	109.8	2021-22	MIN	74	33.4	24.6	9.8	3.6	1.0	1.1	8.7	16.4	52.9	2.0	4.9	41.0	5.2	6.3	82.2	64.0	2.6	7.2	3.1	2,475	1,818	727	269	72	83	226	267	+274
23	Jordan Poole J. Poole	109.9	2021-22	GSW	76	30.0	18.5	3.4	4.0	0.8	0.3	6.2	13.9	44.8	2.8	7.6	36.4	3.2	3.5	92.5	59.8	0.4	3.0	2.5	2,283	1,405	260	304	60	23	187	206	+324
24	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	110.0	2021-22	TOR	68	37.9	22.8	8.5	5.3	1.3	0.6	8.8	17.8	49.4	1.1	3.2	34.4	4.2	5.6	74.9	56.5	1.9	6.6	2.7	2,578	1,551	580	360	85	42	181	225	+254
25	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	110.1	2021-22	MIA	63	33.9	13.4	4.5	7.5	1.1	0.3	4.4	10.0	44.0	2.3	6.1	37.7	2.3	2.8	85.1	60.0	0.5	4.0	2.7	2,133	844	282	474	67	17	168	177	+250