best defensive rating nba player frontcourt

Jalen Duren has the lowest defensive rating by a big man this season, with a 109.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games NBA player frontcourt 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	110.8	2025-26	NYK	23	33.0	22.1	12.0	3.3	0.8	0.8	7.2	15.6	46.4	1.9	5.3	35.5	5.8	6.6	88.1	59.8	3.2	8.9	2.5	760	508	277	75	19	18	58	78	+189
5	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
6	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
7	Naz Reid N. Reid	111.8	2025-26	MIN	25	26.0	13.6	5.9	2.5	1.0	0.8	5.2	11.3	45.6	2.4	6.2	38.3	1.0	1.3	75.0	57.4	1.2	4.8	1.4	651	341	148	62	25	21	35	63	+34
8	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
9	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	111.9	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
10	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	112.6	2025-26	MIN	25	31.5	11.6	10.2	1.8	0.5	1.4	4.8	6.4	74.5	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.8	54.3	71.9	3.6	6.7	1.4	787	291	256	46	12	36	36	76	+135
11	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	112.6	2025-26	ORL	24	29.7	11.7	7.7	2.0	0.6	0.7	4.0	7.6	52.2	1.2	2.8	41.2	2.6	3.3	78.5	64.6	2.7	5.0	1.6	712	280	184	48	15	17	38	90	+52
12	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	113.7	2025-26	ATL	25	30.6	16.0	7.2	3.0	0.9	1.2	6.0	12.0	50.3	1.8	5.1	34.6	2.1	2.8	75.7	60.3	1.7	5.5	2.0	766	399	181	76	23	30	51	86	-61
13	Jabari Smith Jr. J. Smith Jr.	113.7	2025-26	HOU	21	33.5	15.4	6.6	2.0	0.8	0.8	5.5	12.0	45.5	2.0	5.6	35.6	2.4	3.0	79.7	57.4	1.4	5.1	1.3	704	323	138	41	16	16	28	64	+183
14	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	113.8	2025-26	MEM	23	29.2	16.8	5.0	1.9	0.8	1.0	6.2	13.4	46.4	1.5	4.6	32.4	2.9	3.7	76.7	55.8	0.9	4.1	2.0	672	386	115	44	18	23	46	92	-95
15	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	114.5	2025-26	MIN	24	32.6	15.6	4.8	2.6	1.2	1.0	6.1	11.6	52.5	1.5	3.5	44.0	1.9	2.3	83.3	62.0	1.3	3.5	1.9	782	374	114	63	28	24	45	85	+113
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	114.7	2025-26	HOU	20	35.4	24.8	4.6	3.9	1.0	0.6	8.6	17.3	49.9	1.8	4.6	39.6	5.8	6.5	89.2	61.7	0.3	4.3	3.0	707	496	92	77	19	12	59	48	+161
17	Myles Turner M. Turner	114.8	2025-26	MIL	26	28.7	12.3	5.6	1.7	0.9	1.7	4.1	9.5	43.1	2.2	5.8	38.2	1.9	2.7	71.4	57.8	1.0	4.5	1.1	747	320	145	43	23	43	28	72	+3
18	Julius Randle J. Randle	115.0	2025-26	MIN	25	33.8	23.0	7.2	6.0	0.9	0.2	7.7	15.4	49.9	1.8	5.0	35.5	5.9	7.1	83.6	62.2	1.5	5.7	2.7	844	576	179	149	23	4	68	64	+142
19	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	115.5	2025-26	LAL	22	29.3	15.1	8.8	0.9	0.7	1.0	7.0	10.0	70.0	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.6	66.7	70.4	2.8	6.0	1.9	645	332	193	20	16	23	42	58	+18
20	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	116.3	2025-26	IND	24	34.2	24.3	7.0	4.0	1.3	0.5	8.9	18.6	48.0	1.8	4.8	36.5	4.7	6.9	68.5	56.2	1.6	5.4	2.1	820	583	167	96	30	11	51	68	-55
21	Jake LaRavia J. LaRavia	117.0	2025-26	LAL	24	24.5	8.5	3.7	1.8	1.2	0.3	3.1	6.8	46.0	1.0	2.9	32.9	1.3	1.9	68.9	55.8	1.0	2.6	1.1	588	204	88	42	29	7	26	50	-45
22	Jarace Walker J. Walker	117.3	2025-26	IND	25	25.8	9.6	5.0	2.1	0.6	0.4	3.1	8.9	34.7	1.4	4.6	31.3	2.0	2.4	81.7	48.1	0.6	4.4	2.0	644	239	124	53	15	10	49	44	-157
23	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	117.3	2025-26	MIL	25	26.1	13.5	4.5	2.1	0.8	0.5	5.2	10.0	51.4	0.9	2.7	33.8	2.2	3.0	73.7	59.2	0.8	3.7	1.6	653	337	112	53	21	13	39	62	-31
24	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	117.5	2025-26	CHI	23	30.0	15.7	9.2	3.4	0.7	0.3	6.3	13.0	48.7	1.8	4.8	38.2	1.3	1.7	76.9	57.4	2.2	7.0	1.7	691	362	211	78	17	8	40	52	-101
25	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	117.6	2025-26	SAS	24	31.1	13.5	3.4	2.2	1.0	0.2	4.7	9.6	48.9	2.5	5.7	43.4	1.6	1.8	88.6	64.7	0.9	2.5	1.3	747	324	81	52	25	4	31	40	+35