best nba player defense ratings

Chet Holmgren has the lowest defensive rating this season, with a 104.1 rating.

Interpreted as:
best NBA player defense ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
104.1
2025-26
56
29.3
17.3
9.0
1.8
0.5
1.9
6.4
11.6
55.2
1.3
3.6
35.6
3.3
4.1
78.4
64.6
1.9
7.1
1.6
1,643
968
506
98
30
108
90
128
+487
2Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
106.3
2025-26
61
27.4
8.9
3.2
2.7
2.0
0.3
3.4
7.9
42.9
1.4
3.9
34.6
0.7
0.9
78.6
53.3
0.9
2.3
1.0
1,671
541
195
166
125
18
62
126
+407
3Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
108.4
2025-26
52
33.4
31.7
4.4
6.5
1.4
0.8
10.9
19.8
55.1
1.7
4.5
38.4
8.2
9.2
89.3
66.6
0.5
3.9
2.1
1,735
1,650
228
336
71
40
110
106
+584
4Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
109.1
2025-26
60
31.2
19.7
11.9
2.8
0.9
0.6
6.7
13.7
48.5
1.6
4.3
36.5
4.8
5.7
85.3
60.7
3.1
8.8
2.5
1,869
1,182
712
168
53
34
150
213
+363
5Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
109.6
2025-26
56
31.4
18.8
9.8
2.9
1.1
0.7
6.8
15.1
44.7
1.6
4.9
32.7
3.7
4.8
76.9
54.6
2.1
7.8
1.7
1,761
1,054
551
160
61
38
94
97
+306
6Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
109.7
2025-26
60
31.5
11.0
11.5
1.8
0.8
1.7
4.4
6.3
70.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.1
4.2
50.6
67.5
3.9
7.6
1.3
1,891
658
690
106
46
99
80
162
+286
7Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
109.8
2025-26
55
35.2
25.2
5.8
9.8
1.5
0.9
8.9
19.7
45.5
2.0
5.9
33.4
5.3
6.6
81.2
55.9
0.9
4.9
3.8
1,934
1,386
318
541
81
51
208
177
+415
8Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
110.0
2025-26
60
34.2
18.9
8.0
5.4
1.4
1.6
7.4
14.7
50.2
0.9
3.0
29.8
3.2
3.9
82.9
57.5
2.1
5.9
2.7
2,054
1,135
480
325
82
95
161
171
+173
9Naz Reid
N. Reid
110.2
2025-26
62
26.1
13.9
6.4
2.4
1.0
1.0
5.2
11.2
46.6
2.3
6.1
37.8
1.1
1.5
71.0
58.2
1.2
5.2
1.6
1,620
859
394
149
63
60
100
153
+187
10Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
110.5
2025-26
55
33.7
20.5
9.1
6.2
1.3
1.1
8.1
16.0
50.3
0.5
1.8
28.7
3.9
5.6
69.3
55.5
3.1
6.0
3.3
1,856
1,129
499
341
72
59
183
176
+162
11Josh Hart
J. Hart
111.0
2025-26
52
30.1
11.9
7.5
5.2
1.1
0.3
4.5
9.2
49.2
1.5
3.8
38.0
1.4
1.9
70.3
59.0
1.4
6.1
2.0
1,563
619
389
268
58
17
102
127
+194
12OG Anunoby
OG Anunoby
111.0
2025-26
50
33.0
16.4
5.2
2.2
1.7
0.8
5.8
12.2
47.8
2.2
5.9
36.9
2.6
3.3
80.0
60.3
1.3
3.9
1.9
1,652
822
262
111
87
38
95
124
+289
13Julian Champagnie
J. Champagnie
111.3
2025-26
63
27.8
11.4
5.9
1.5
0.8
0.4
3.7
8.4
43.6
2.5
6.4
38.9
1.6
1.9
83.3
61.7
0.9
5.0
0.9
1,751
719
369
94
49
27
56
100
+426
14Stephon Castle
S. Castle
111.3
2025-26
53
29.7
16.2
4.9
7.0
1.3
0.3
5.6
12.0
46.6
1.0
3.4
29.1
4.1
5.6
72.1
56.1
1.2
3.7
3.2
1,576
860
259
369
69
18
169
174
+254
15Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
111.5
2025-26
48
32.6
17.6
8.7
3.8
0.9
1.8
6.8
13.1
51.7
1.2
3.7
31.5
2.9
4.6
63.2
58.2
2.2
6.5
2.0
1,566
847
416
181
42
88
95
120
+184
16Jalen Johnson
J. Johnson
111.7
2025-26
56
35.1
22.7
10.5
8.0
1.3
0.5
8.4
17.1
49.1
1.5
4.5
34.1
4.4
5.6
77.8
58.0
1.5
9.0
3.4
1,966
1,271
586
446
74
27
189
122
+52
17Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
111.8
2025-26
62
25.7
13.5
2.7
3.3
1.4
0.6
5.0
11.4
43.4
2.7
6.7
39.9
0.9
1.2
79.5
56.5
0.4
2.4
1.4
1,593
837
170
202
89
40
89
126
+238
18Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
112.1
2025-26
48
34.6
28.8
12.5
10.3
1.4
0.8
10.2
17.7
57.4
1.9
4.8
39.1
6.6
8.0
83.2
68.0
3.1
9.4
3.8
1,659
1,384
600
494
65
37
181
131
+394
19Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
112.4
2025-26
56
34.2
28.8
7.2
5.1
1.0
0.4
10.6
22.1
48.1
2.1
5.9
34.8
5.5
7.1
77.7
57.1
1.1
6.1
3.6
1,917
1,612
403
283
56
24
200
150
+188
20Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
112.5
2025-26
48
32.5
27.9
6.4
3.7
2.0
0.5
9.7
19.6
49.7
2.6
6.9
37.5
5.8
6.4
90.6
62.2
1.0
5.4
2.1
1,560
1,339
308
177
96
23
103
60
+175
21Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
112.6
2025-26
57
31.4
16.2
7.9
3.2
1.1
1.0
6.0
12.3
48.6
2.1
5.5
38.6
2.1
2.7
77.3
59.8
1.9
6.0
1.9
1,791
921
448
185
65
59
107
192
-71
22De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
112.7
2025-26
54
31.4
18.8
3.8
6.2
1.2
0.3
7.1
14.7
48.4
1.9
5.6
34.2
2.7
3.6
76.6
58.0
0.5
3.2
2.3
1,695
1,017
203
334
67
14
125
119
+260
23Amen Thompson
A. Thompson
112.7
2025-26
60
37.1
17.6
7.7
5.3
1.6
0.6
6.8
13.1
51.8
0.3
1.6
20.6
3.6
4.7
76.7
57.7
2.9
4.8
2.5
2,226
1,053
463
316
93
37
152
130
+295
24Derrick White
D. White
112.7
2025-26
61
34.2
17.4
4.4
5.7
1.2
1.5
6.0
15.2
39.4
2.9
8.8
33.0
2.5
2.7
90.4
52.8
1.1
3.3
1.8
2,088
1,060
268
348
73
90
109
92
+501
25Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
112.8
2025-26
59
27.3
11.9
11.5
2.1
0.5
1.5
4.5
8.6
52.5
1.1
3.2
33.7
1.7
2.6
65.6
60.6
4.6
6.9
1.2
1,612
700
680
125
30
88
70
135
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118.4

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107.3

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11.1

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36.1

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Thunder Thunder
49
15
.766
2
46
17
.730
2.5
3
40
23
.635
8.5
4
39
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25
.609
10.0
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9:30 PM
Sun
3/15
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1:00 PM
Tue
3/17
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7:00 PM
Last Game
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Final

100

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2
42
21
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41
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14.0
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14.5
11
26
35
.426
19.0
12
26
37
.413
20.0
13
16
46
.258
29.5
14
15
47
.242
30.5
15
15
48
.238
31.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
49
15
.766
2
Spurs Spurs - x
46
17
.730
2.5
3
40
23
.635
8.5
4
39
23
.629
9.0
5
39
25
.609
10.0
6
38
25
.603
10.5
7
36
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.571
12.5
8
32
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.516
16.0
9
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.484
18.0
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.469
19.0
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15
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.219
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132-101
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Schedule

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