Hassan Whiteside had the best defensive rating in 2015-16, with a 94.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player NBA 2016

	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	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	94.4	2015-16	MIA	73	29.1	14.2	11.8	0.4	0.6	3.7	5.7	9.3	60.6	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.5	65.0	62.9	3.3	8.6	1.9	2,125	1,040	865	29	44	269	137	201	+85
2	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	95.9	2015-16	SAS	72	33.1	21.2	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	7.7	15.1	50.6	1.8	4.0	44.3	4.1	4.6	87.4	61.6	1.3	5.5	1.5	2,380	1,523	493	186	128	71	105	133	+653
3	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	96.1	2015-16	ATL	81	32.7	17.1	9.0	3.3	1.8	1.7	6.2	13.2	47.0	0.9	2.9	31.9	3.8	5.0	75.7	55.6	2.4	6.6	2.4	2,647	1,385	732	265	147	139	191	237	+216
4	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	97.6	2015-16	LAC	77	33.7	12.7	13.8	1.2	0.7	2.3	4.6	6.6	70.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	8.0	43.0	62.8	3.5	10.3	1.4	2,598	980	1,059	90	51	177	107	207	+440
5	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	98.1	2015-16	DET	81	32.9	16.2	14.8	0.8	1.5	1.4	6.8	13.1	52.1	0.0	0.1	33.3	2.6	7.2	35.5	49.9	4.9	9.9	1.9	2,665	1,314	1,198	67	119	112	155	245	+126
6	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	98.6	2015-16	SAS	74	30.6	18.0	8.5	1.5	0.5	1.1	7.2	14.1	51.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.5	4.1	85.8	56.5	2.4	6.2	1.3	2,261	1,331	632	110	38	81	99	151	+507
7	Danny Green D. Green	98.7	2015-16	SAS	79	26.1	7.2	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.8	2.7	7.1	37.6	1.5	4.4	33.2	0.4	0.6	73.9	49.2	0.6	3.2	0.9	2,061	572	303	141	79	64	75	141	+506
8	Draymond Green D. Green	99.8	2015-16	GSW	81	34.7	14.0	9.5	7.4	1.5	1.4	5.0	10.1	49.0	1.2	3.2	38.8	2.8	4.1	69.6	58.7	1.7	7.8	3.2	2,808	1,131	769	598	119	113	259	240	+1070
9	Kent Bazemore K. Bazemore	100.0	2015-16	ATL	75	27.8	11.6	5.1	2.3	1.3	0.5	4.3	9.7	44.1	1.5	4.1	35.7	1.6	2.0	81.5	55.1	0.4	4.7	1.8	2,083	872	379	171	98	38	138	176	+76
10	Paul George P. George	100.8	2015-16	IND	81	34.8	23.1	7.0	4.1	1.9	0.4	7.5	17.9	41.8	2.6	7.0	37.1	5.6	6.5	86.0	55.7	1.0	6.0	3.3	2,819	1,874	563	329	152	29	265	230	+182
11	Al Horford A. Horford	100.8	2015-16	ATL	82	32.1	15.2	7.3	3.2	0.8	1.5	6.5	12.8	50.5	1.1	3.1	34.4	1.3	1.6	79.8	56.5	1.8	5.5	1.3	2,631	1,249	596	263	68	121	107	163	+231
12	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	100.9	2015-16	CHI	72	31.8	16.5	11.0	4.1	0.6	2.0	6.5	13.8	46.9	0.3	1.0	34.8	3.2	4.0	79.2	52.9	2.2	8.9	2.3	2,291	1,187	793	294	42	146	164	148	-3
13	Kevin Love K. Love	101.9	2015-16	CLE	77	31.5	16.0	9.9	2.4	0.8	0.5	5.3	12.7	41.9	2.1	5.7	36.0	3.4	4.1	82.2	55.3	1.9	8.0	1.8	2,424	1,234	762	185	58	41	142	159	+428
14	Jae Crowder J. Crowder	102.4	2015-16	BOS	73	31.6	14.2	5.1	1.8	1.7	0.5	4.9	11.1	44.3	1.7	5.0	33.6	2.7	3.3	82.0	56.5	1.0	4.2	1.1	2,308	1,038	373	135	126	35	83	198	+215
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	102.5	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	30.1	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	2,700	2,375	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
16	LeBron James L. James	102.6	2015-16	CLE	76	35.6	25.3	7.4	6.8	1.4	0.6	9.7	18.6	52.0	1.1	3.7	30.9	4.7	6.5	73.1	58.8	1.5	6.0	3.3	2,709	1,920	565	514	104	49	249	143	+618
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	102.8	2015-16	OKC	80	34.4	23.5	7.8	10.4	2.0	0.3	8.2	18.1	45.4	1.3	4.3	29.6	5.8	7.2	81.2	55.4	1.8	6.0	4.3	2,749	1,878	626	834	163	20	342	200	+635
18	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	102.8	2015-16	SAC	65	34.6	26.9	11.5	3.3	1.6	1.4	9.2	20.5	45.1	1.1	3.2	33.3	7.3	10.2	71.8	53.8	2.4	9.1	3.8	2,246	1,748	747	214	101	92	249	236	+42
19	Chris Paul C. Paul	102.9	2015-16	LAC	74	32.7	19.5	4.2	10.0	2.1	0.2	7.0	15.1	46.2	1.6	4.4	37.1	4.0	4.4	89.6	57.5	0.5	3.7	2.6	2,420	1,446	310	738	152	13	194	185	+553
20	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	103.3	2015-16	IND	81	33.8	13.8	3.3	4.7	1.9	0.5	5.4	12.6	42.7	1.1	3.5	30.9	2.0	2.5	78.6	50.4	0.5	2.8	2.5	2,734	1,121	271	383	150	37	203	174	+108
21	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	103.3	2015-16	NYK	72	28.4	14.3	7.3	1.3	0.7	1.9	5.2	12.3	42.1	1.1	3.4	33.3	2.8	3.3	83.8	51.8	1.8	5.5	1.7	2,047	1,028	526	94	53	134	121	205	+15
22	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	103.5	2015-16	CLE	82	27.7	7.8	9.0	0.8	0.5	0.6	3.0	5.1	58.8	0.0	0.0		1.8	3.0	61.6	61.1	3.3	5.7	0.7	2,269	643	738	62	38	51	61	202	+358
23	Marcin Gortat M. Gortat	103.6	2015-16	WAS	75	30.1	13.5	9.9	1.4	0.6	1.3	5.8	10.2	56.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.8	70.5	59.2	3.0	6.9	1.6	2,256	1,012	741	106	47	96	121	193	+62
24	Dwight Howard D. Howard	103.6	2015-16	HOU	71	31.8	13.7	11.8	1.4	1.0	1.6	5.2	8.5	62.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	6.7	48.9	60.4	3.4	8.4	2.3	2,259	976	835	98	69	113	166	219	+17
25	Marvin Williams M. Williams	103.7	2015-16	CHA	81	28.9	11.7	6.4	1.4	0.7	1.0	4.2	9.2	45.2	1.9	4.7	40.2	1.5	1.8	83.3	58.5	1.6	4.9	0.8	2,338	948	521	110	58	77	62	133	+249