Isaiah Hartenstein has the best defensive rating this season, with a 99.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player this 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	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	99.3	2025-26	OKC	18	27.8	12.1	10.9	3.4	1.3	0.8	5.2	7.7	67.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.6	2.4	65.9	68.5	3.3	7.6	2.2	500	217	196	62	23	14	39	52	+171
2	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	102.6	2025-26	SAS	12	34.7	26.2	12.9	4.0	1.1	3.6	9.3	18.4	50.2	1.7	4.8	34.5	6.0	7.0	85.7	60.9	2.0	10.9	3.6	416	314	155	48	13	43	43	44	+85
3	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	103.0	2025-26	OKC	17	28.6	8.6	2.8	2.5	2.4	0.3	3.2	7.6	42.3	1.6	4.3	37.0	0.6	0.6	90.9	54.5	0.8	2.1	1.2	486	147	48	42	40	5	20	40	+186
4	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	103.8	2025-26	OKC	18	27.7	16.1	3.7	3.8	1.8	0.3	5.8	12.7	46.1	1.2	3.6	33.8	3.2	3.6	89.2	56.5	0.7	3.0	1.8	499	290	66	69	32	6	33	41	+178
5	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	103.8	2025-26	MIA	18	24.9	12.4	11.0	0.6	1.0	1.4	4.8	9.2	52.4	1.1	2.6	40.4	1.7	2.2	79.5	61.1	3.4	7.6	1.0	449	224	198	11	18	25	18	35	+21
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	104.4	2025-26	OKC	18	33.1	32.2	4.9	6.6	1.5	0.8	10.8	19.9	54.3	2.2	5.4	41.2	8.3	9.3	89.8	67.1	0.6	4.3	1.8	595	580	88	119	27	15	32	32	+260
7	Jalen Duren J. Duren	108.2	2025-26	DET	15	28.9	20.3	11.5	2.1	0.9	0.9	7.3	10.9	67.1	0.0	0.0		5.6	7.4	75.7	71.4	4.3	7.3	2.4	434	304	173	31	14	14	36	50	+120
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	108.3	2025-26	DEN	17	34.8	29.6	12.8	11.1	1.6	0.8	10.8	17.3	62.6	2.1	4.9	43.4	5.8	6.8	85.3	72.9	3.3	9.5	3.5	592	503	218	188	27	13	59	51	+197
9	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	108.8	2025-26	TOR	18	32.9	19.2	7.8	5.1	1.5	1.7	7.7	14.9	51.3	1.3	3.3	40.0	2.6	3.1	82.1	58.9	2.0	5.8	2.1	593	346	140	91	27	30	38	57	+89
10	P.J. Washington	109.0	2025-26	DAL	18	31.5	15.7	7.8	2.3	0.9	1.2	5.7	13.0	43.6	1.6	4.7	32.9	2.8	4.1	67.6	52.9	1.3	6.5	2.6	567	282	140	42	17	22	47	41	-74
11	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	110.0	2025-26	ATL	17	33.9	21.5	9.5	7.0	1.6	0.4	8.2	14.9	54.7	1.3	3.4	38.6	3.8	4.8	80.2	63.0	1.1	8.4	3.1	576	365	161	119	28	7	53	35	+13
12	Naz Reid N. Reid	110.3	2025-26	MIN	17	24.5	13.2	5.8	1.9	1.0	0.9	5.1	11.2	45.8	2.0	5.5	36.2	0.9	1.4	69.6	56.0	1.4	4.4	1.4	416	224	99	32	17	16	24	47	+11
13	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	110.6	2025-26	LAL	12	37.1	34.5	8.8	8.9	2.0	0.5	10.6	22.7	46.7	3.4	11.0	31.1	9.9	12.5	79.3	61.2	0.8	8.0	4.3	445	414	105	107	24	6	51	31	+60
14	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	110.7	2025-26	DAL	18	33.6	15.9	6.4	3.1	1.3	0.7	6.2	13.7	45.1	1.0	3.8	26.1	2.6	3.2	79.3	52.7	1.3	5.2	2.2	604	286	116	56	24	12	39	41	-156
15	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	110.9	2025-26	CLE	18	34.2	18.7	8.7	3.9	1.1	1.6	6.7	13.6	49.6	1.5	4.2	36.0	3.7	6.3	59.3	57.2	2.4	6.2	2.7	615	336	156	70	19	29	48	41	+54
16	Naji Marshall N. Marshall	111.0	2025-26	DAL	19	26.4	11.6	4.9	2.3	1.1	0.1	3.7	7.8	47.3	0.9	3.0	29.8	3.3	4.2	78.8	60.0	0.7	4.3	1.2	502	220	94	44	21	2	23	34	-115
17	Stephon Castle S. Castle	111.2	2025-26	SAS	13	32.0	17.3	5.8	7.5	1.7	0.4	5.9	11.9	49.7	0.9	3.8	24.0	4.5	6.5	69.4	58.5	1.5	4.3	4.0	416	225	76	98	22	5	52	47	+60
18	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	111.6	2025-26	MIN	17	32.4	10.7	10.2	1.7	0.5	1.7	4.5	6.2	73.3	0.0	0.0		1.6	3.2	50.9	70.4	3.6	6.6	1.9	550	182	174	29	8	29	32	52	+120
19	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	111.8	2025-26	NYK	16	33.4	22.6	12.4	3.4	0.9	0.9	7.3	16.1	45.0	1.9	5.8	33.7	6.2	7.0	88.4	58.9	3.1	9.3	2.6	535	362	199	54	15	14	42	60	+107
20	Peyton Watson P. Watson	112.0	2025-26	DEN	17	25.6	9.8	4.8	1.6	1.1	1.1	3.7	7.3	50.8	1.1	2.6	40.0	1.3	1.8	73.3	60.5	1.3	3.5	1.4	435	166	81	27	18	18	24	37	+88
21	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	112.0	2025-26	HOU	15	36.7	22.4	9.7	7.1	1.1	0.9	8.1	16.5	49.0	1.3	2.9	44.2	5.0	6.7	74.3	57.6	2.9	6.7	3.5	551	336	145	107	17	14	53	50	+138
22	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	112.0	2025-26	ATL	19	32.9	9.9	6.4	5.7	2.2	0.4	4.4	9.1	48.6	0.3	1.4	19.2	0.8	1.3	64.0	51.4	2.2	4.2	2.3	626	189	121	109	41	8	43	48	+65
23	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	112.6	2025-26	DET	14	36.4	27.1	6.0	9.6	1.3	0.7	9.6	21.6	44.4	1.8	6.3	28.4	6.2	7.6	82.1	54.5	1.2	4.8	3.6	509	380	84	135	18	10	50	52	+95
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	112.7	2025-26	MIN	13	32.3	27.8	4.5	3.5	1.6	0.7	9.4	19.8	47.5	3.2	8.5	38.2	5.8	6.9	83.3	60.9	0.9	3.6	2.5	420	361	59	46	21	9	33	24	+55
25	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	112.7	2025-26	TOR	18	33.4	21.6	5.8	3.9	1.1	0.7	7.9	16.2	48.6	1.4	4.6	31.7	4.4	5.1	85.9	58.5	0.6	5.2	2.9	602	389	105	70	19	12	52	41	+55