Gary Payton II had the lowest defensive rating with a defensive rating above 0.0 in 2020-21, with a 95.2 rating.

	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	Gary Payton II G. Payton II	95.2	2020-21	GSW	10	4.0	2.5	1.1	0.1	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.3	76.9	0.2	0.4	50.0	0.3	0.4	75.0	84.7	0.2	0.9	0.1	40	25	11	1	6	1	1	8	+3
2	Kostas Antetokounmpo K. Antetokounmpo	100.4	2020-21	LAL	15	3.7	0.8	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.7	30.0	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.9	46.2	38.2	0.3	1.0	0.7	56	12	19	1	2	4	11	8	+27
3	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	100.5	2020-21	UTA	71	30.8	14.3	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	5.5	8.2	67.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.3	62.3	68.3	3.4	10.1	1.7	2,187	1,015	960	89	40	190	118	163	+728
4	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	101.2	2020-21	NYK	64	24.2	5.1	6.4	0.7	1.1	2.2	2.1	3.5	61.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.1	71.4	63.8	2.2	4.1	1.0	1,547	324	407	46	70	141	65	176	-3
5	Paul Reed P. Reed	101.6	2020-21	PHI	26	6.8	3.4	2.3	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.6	3.0	53.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	50.0	54.0	1.2	1.2	0.5	177	88	61	12	10	13	12	29	+36
6	Dwight Howard D. Howard	102.3	2020-21	PHI	69	17.3	7.0	8.4	0.9	0.4	0.9	2.6	4.4	58.7	0.1	0.3	25.0	1.8	3.0	57.6	61.0	2.8	5.7	1.6	1,195	482	580	61	30	62	112	200	-66
7	Devontae Cacok D. Cacok	102.5	2020-21	LAL	20	4.9	2.0	1.6	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.9	1.5	58.6	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.6	45.5	57.6	0.6	1.0	0.3	98	39	32	1	5	4	5	8	+42
8	Derrick Favors D. Favors	103.1	2020-21	UTA	68	15.3	5.4	5.5	0.6	0.5	1.0	2.3	3.6	63.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.2	73.8	66.3	2.0	3.5	0.5	1,039	369	376	44	32	68	36	143	+37
9	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	103.1	2020-21	PHI	65	20.0	3.9	1.9	1.0	1.6	1.1	1.6	3.7	42.0	0.7	2.2	30.1	0.1	0.3	44.4	50.8	0.5	1.4	0.5	1,298	255	124	63	105	71	32	127	+96
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	103.5	2020-21	LAL	36	32.3	21.8	7.9	3.1	1.3	1.6	8.4	17.0	49.1	0.7	2.8	26.0	4.4	5.9	73.8	55.6	1.7	6.2	2.1	1,162	786	286	110	45	59	74	60	+115
11	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	103.5	2020-21	TOT	46	27.0	14.9	12.0	2.0	1.4	1.1	6.1	12.4	49.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.7	4.5	60.0	51.9	3.6	8.4	2.7	1,242	687	551	94	63	49	124	149	-105
12	Tacko Fall T. Fall	103.8	2020-21	BOS	18	7.6	2.6	2.9	0.2	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.6	72.4	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.8	33.3	66.0	0.9	2.0	0.3	136	47	52	3	1	20	6	22	+26
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	103.9	2020-21	PHI	51	31.1	28.5	10.6	2.8	1.0	1.4	9.0	17.6	51.3	1.1	3.0	37.7	9.2	10.7	85.9	63.6	2.2	8.4	3.1	1,585	1,451	539	145	50	69	159	123	+405
14	Ersan Ilyasova E. Ilyasova	103.9	2020-21	UTA	17	8.7	3.8	1.7	0.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	3.2	38.9	1.1	2.4	43.9	0.3	0.3	100.0	57.8	0.4	1.3	0.5	148	65	29	4	10	3	8	29	+15
15	Marquese Chriss M. Chriss	104.4	2020-21	GSW	2	13.5	6.5	6.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	7.0	35.7	0.5	2.5	20.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	41.2	1.5	5.0	1.0	27	13	13	2	0	2	2	3	-25
16	Robert Williams III R. Williams III	104.4	2020-21	BOS	52	18.9	8.0	6.9	1.8	0.8	1.8	3.6	5.0	72.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.4	61.6	71.9	2.6	4.3	1.0	985	417	358	94	43	91	52	105	+8
17	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	104.5	2020-21	NYK	31	27.5	8.3	8.1	0.5	1.1	1.5	3.7	5.7	65.3	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.7	49.1	64.2	3.6	4.5	0.8	852	256	252	17	35	45	26	86	-17
18	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	104.6	2020-21	LAL	52	19.1	5.0	4.1	2.1	0.5	1.1	1.7	3.7	45.4	1.0	2.3	41.0	0.7	1.0	72.0	60.6	0.7	3.4	1.0	993	262	215	109	26	58	53	115	+89
19	Dewayne Dedmon D. Dedmon	105.2	2020-21	MIA	16	13.1	7.1	5.4	0.8	0.6	0.4	2.9	4.1	70.8	0.1	0.3	20.0	1.3	1.7	74.1	73.5	1.8	3.6	0.8	210	113	86	12	9	6	13	36	+68
20	Taj Gibson T. Gibson	105.4	2020-21	NYK	45	20.8	5.4	5.6	0.8	0.7	1.1	2.2	3.5	62.7	0.1	0.3	20.0	0.9	1.2	72.7	66.1	2.2	3.4	0.5	936	241	250	36	31	49	22	99	+129
21	Udoka Azubuike U. Azubuike	106.0	2020-21	UTA	15	3.8	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.6	44.4	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.7	80.0	59.7	0.3	0.6	0.2	57	16	13	0	1	4	3	9	-65
22	LeBron James L. James	106.1	2020-21	LAL	45	33.4	25.0	7.7	7.8	1.1	0.6	9.4	18.3	51.3	2.3	6.3	36.5	4.0	5.7	69.8	60.2	0.6	7.0	3.7	1,504	1,126	346	350	48	25	168	70	+287
23	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	106.1	2020-21	PHI	58	32.4	14.3	7.2	6.9	1.6	0.6	5.6	10.1	55.7	0.1	0.2	30.0	3.0	4.9	61.3	58.4	1.6	5.6	3.0	1,877	829	417	401	93	35	173	171	+329
24	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	106.1	2020-21	MEM	11	23.5	14.4	5.6	1.1	1.1	1.6	4.8	11.4	42.4	1.5	5.5	28.3	3.2	3.8	83.3	55.1	1.5	4.1	1.4	258	158	62	12	12	18	15	42	-64
25	Amida Brimah A. Brimah	106.1	2020-21	IND	5	5.8	2.6	1.6	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	62.5	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.6	100.0	69.7	0.4	1.2	0.8	29	13	8	1	0	5	4	4	+22