Giannis Antetokounmpo had the lowest defensive rating in 2019-20, with a 97.0 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games player in 2020

	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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	97.0	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
2	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	100.1	2019-20	MIL	68	26.7	12.0	4.6	1.5	0.7	2.4	4.3	9.9	43.5	1.5	4.8	31.4	1.9	2.2	83.6	55.1	0.9	3.7	1.0	1,817	813	312	99	46	163	70	163	+526
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	101.8	2019-20	LAL	62	34.4	26.1	9.3	3.2	1.5	2.3	8.9	17.7	50.3	1.2	3.5	33.0	7.2	8.5	84.6	61.0	2.3	7.0	2.5	2,131	1,618	577	200	91	143	154	156	+241
4	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	103.0	2019-20	TOT	57	33.0	17.7	15.2	2.7	1.9	1.6	7.3	13.8	53.3	0.1	0.6	14.3	3.0	5.2	57.5	55.3	4.4	10.8	3.6	1,879	1,010	864	152	109	93	203	201	-191
5	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	103.9	2019-20	UTA	68	34.3	15.1	13.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	5.7	8.2	69.3	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.9	63.0	69.9	3.4	10.1	1.9	2,333	1,026	916	101	51	135	130	215	+293
6	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	104.3	2019-20	LAC	57	32.4	27.1	7.1	4.9	1.8	0.6	9.3	19.9	47.0	2.2	5.7	37.8	6.2	7.1	88.6	58.9	0.9	6.1	2.6	1,848	1,543	402	280	103	33	149	113	+478
7	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	104.3	2019-20	MIL	62	29.9	20.9	6.2	4.3	0.9	0.1	7.6	15.3	49.7	2.4	5.7	41.5	3.4	3.7	91.6	61.9	0.7	5.5	2.2	1,853	1,297	382	265	53	7	137	142	+501
8	OG Anunoby	104.3	2019-20	TOR	69	29.9	10.6	5.3	1.6	1.4	0.7	4.1	8.2	50.5	1.3	3.3	39.0	1.0	1.5	70.6	60.0	1.2	4.1	1.1	2,066	733	364	108	96	45	79	167	+273
9	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	104.8	2019-20	TOR	60	35.2	22.9	7.3	3.5	1.0	0.9	8.3	18.4	45.3	2.2	6.1	35.9	4.0	5.1	79.2	55.4	1.1	6.3	2.5	2,110	1,371	439	207	61	53	148	170	+397
10	Myles Turner M. Turner	104.9	2019-20	IND	62	29.5	12.1	6.6	1.2	0.7	2.1	4.3	9.5	45.7	1.4	4.0	34.4	2.0	2.7	75.1	56.6	1.4	5.2	1.4	1,826	749	407	72	46	132	85	166	-7
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	105.6	2019-20	BOS	66	34.3	23.4	7.0	3.0	1.4	0.9	8.4	18.6	45.0	2.9	7.1	40.3	3.8	4.7	81.2	56.7	1.0	6.0	2.3	2,265	1,547	460	200	93	57	155	136	+501
12	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	105.8	2019-20	TOR	54	35.7	17.6	3.8	6.6	1.9	0.3	5.9	14.3	41.3	2.7	6.9	39.0	3.1	3.7	84.8	55.3	0.3	3.4	2.2	1,928	952	203	357	100	17	121	132	+204
13	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	105.8	2019-20	MIA	72	33.6	15.9	10.2	5.1	1.1	1.3	6.1	11.0	55.7	0.0	0.2	14.3	3.7	5.3	69.1	59.8	2.4	7.8	2.8	2,417	1,146	735	368	82	93	204	182	+244
14	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	105.9	2019-20	BKN	70	26.5	11.1	9.6	1.6	0.6	1.3	4.3	6.6	64.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	3.9	63.3	66.4	3.1	6.5	1.1	1,852	775	671	110	40	92	77	162	+45
15	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	105.9	2019-20	IND	62	34.8	18.5	12.4	5.0	0.8	0.5	7.4	13.7	54.0	0.3	1.1	25.4	3.5	4.8	72.3	58.6	3.0	9.4	2.7	2,159	1,147	771	310	47	30	170	195	+163
16	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	106.1	2019-20	TOR	58	36.2	19.4	5.0	7.5	1.4	0.4	5.8	13.8	41.6	2.8	8.0	35.2	5.1	5.9	85.7	59.0	0.6	4.5	3.1	2,098	1,126	292	433	82	26	178	190	+275
17	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	106.1	2019-20	PHI	57	35.4	16.4	7.8	8.0	2.1	0.6	6.6	11.4	58.0	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.2	5.2	62.1	60.2	2.0	5.8	3.5	2,017	937	444	455	119	33	200	186	+62
18	LeBron James L. James	106.2	2019-20	LAL	67	34.6	25.3	7.8	10.2	1.2	0.5	9.6	19.4	49.3	2.2	6.3	34.8	3.9	5.7	69.3	57.7	1.0	6.9	3.9	2,316	1,698	525	684	78	36	261	118	+441
19	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	106.6	2019-20	MEM	70	26.4	14.9	11.3	1.9	0.4	1.1	6.2	10.6	58.5	0.5	1.3	35.2	2.1	2.9	74.0	63.1	3.0	8.2	1.8	1,845	1,044	788	131	30	76	127	185	+5
20	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	106.9	2019-20	POR	67	30.0	15.5	13.5	1.2	0.4	2.9	6.5	10.5	62.1	0.1	0.1	57.1	2.4	3.6	68.6	64.4	3.9	9.7	1.8	2,008	1,040	905	78	26	196	120	196	+114
21	Justin Holiday J. Holiday	107.1	2019-20	IND	73	25.0	8.3	3.3	1.3	1.2	0.6	2.8	6.7	42.8	1.8	4.5	40.5	0.7	0.9	79.1	58.5	0.4	2.8	0.6	1,826	603	238	93	87	46	44	137	+36
22	Marcus Smart M. Smart	107.2	2019-20	BOS	60	32.0	12.9	3.8	4.9	1.7	0.5	4.3	11.4	37.5	2.3	6.6	34.7	2.1	2.5	83.6	51.8	0.7	3.1	1.7	1,919	776	225	291	101	29	103	162	+281
23	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	107.2	2019-20	ORL	62	32.2	19.6	10.9	3.6	0.9	0.8	8.0	16.7	47.7	1.6	4.7	33.9	2.1	2.7	78.4	54.9	2.3	8.6	1.4	1,998	1,215	673	222	54	47	88	135	+52
24	Robert Covington R. Covington	107.5	2019-20	TOT	70	30.5	12.4	6.6	1.3	1.6	1.3	4.4	10.3	42.2	2.3	6.9	33.5	1.4	1.8	79.8	55.9	0.9	5.7	1.5	2,137	870	463	88	115	93	103	220	+34
25	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	107.7	2019-20	MIA	58	33.8	19.9	6.7	6.0	1.8	0.6	5.9	13.1	45.5	0.5	2.1	24.4	7.6	9.1	83.4	58.5	1.8	4.8	2.2	1,959	1,157	386	350	103	32	127	81	+257