Steven Adams has a defensive rating of 111.1 this season.

Interpreted as:

defense rating NBA players highest this regular 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	Steven Adams S. Adams	111.1	2025-26	HOU	19	21.3	6.3	8.6	1.5	0.7	0.7	2.3	4.2	53.8	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.3	75.0	59.9	4.5	4.1	1.1	405	119	163	28	14	13	21	37	+159
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	114.0	2025-26	MIL	17	29.1	28.9	10.1	6.1	0.9	0.9	11.1	17.3	63.9	0.6	1.4	43.5	6.2	9.8	63.5	66.9	3.3	6.8	3.3	495	492	172	104	16	16	56	47	+95
3	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	117.1	2025-26	SAS	25	31.0	13.2	3.4	2.3	1.1	0.2	4.6	9.6	47.7	2.4	5.8	41.0	1.6	1.9	85.4	62.9	0.9	2.5	1.3	774	330	85	57	27	4	32	42	+50
4	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	119.4	2025-26	LAC	25	19.7	4.5	2.8	0.8	0.8	0.4	1.4	3.8	37.9	1.4	3.6	37.8	0.2	0.3	85.7	57.1	0.5	2.2	0.7	493	112	69	20	21	11	18	49	-82
5	Bradley Beal B. Beal	125.6	2025-26	LAC	6	20.2	8.2	0.8	1.7	0.5	0.0	3.0	8.0	37.5	1.2	3.2	36.8	1.0	1.3	75.0	47.6	0.3	0.5	1.5	121	49	5	10	3	0	9	14	-23
6	Bismack Biyombo B. Biyombo	114.6	2025-26	SAS	8	7.3	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.5	75.0	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.3	50.0	71.7	0.3	0.5	0.4	58	7	6	3	3	1	3	10	-33
7	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	113.4	2025-26	GSW	23	31.2	19.1	5.9	5.0	1.6	0.2	5.8	11.4	51.0	0.9	2.0	44.4	6.6	7.8	84.9	64.4	2.3	3.6	1.4	717	440	135	114	37	5	33	31	+101
8	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	115.7	2025-26	MEM	26	22.0	7.5	2.5	3.3	0.8	0.2	2.5	6.6	37.8	1.1	3.3	33.3	1.3	1.5	92.1	51.4	0.4	2.1	1.2	571	194	64	86	21	5	32	24	-53
9	Mike Conley M. Conley	117.1	2025-26	MIN	24	19.1	5.3	1.8	3.2	0.6	0.1	1.5	4.3	36.3	1.1	3.0	36.6	1.1	1.2	93.1	55.3	0.4	1.5	0.7	459	127	44	77	14	3	17	42	+16
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	114.1	2025-26	GSW	18	31.3	29.6	3.7	3.9	1.3	0.6	9.8	20.2	48.4	5.2	12.6	41.2	4.9	5.4	90.7	65.5	0.4	3.3	3.1	564	533	67	71	24	10	55	38	+17
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	107.3	2025-26	DAL	11	29.5	20.0	10.5	3.2	1.4	1.6	8.2	15.8	51.7	0.6	2.0	31.8	3.0	4.3	70.2	56.5	3.2	7.4	1.8	325	220	116	35	15	18	20	24	-22
12	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	122.3	2025-26	SAC	26	32.8	17.7	3.2	3.4	1.3	0.2	6.5	13.0	50.1	0.8	2.0	39.2	3.9	4.3	89.4	59.3	0.5	2.6	1.0	854	459	82	88	33	6	26	54	-223
13	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	108.9	2025-26	PHI	24	21.4	7.3	9.4	0.9	0.7	1.0	2.9	5.5	53.0	0.5	1.3	36.7	1.0	1.5	62.2	58.7	3.4	6.0	0.8	514	174	225	21	16	25	20	51	+18
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	114.9	2025-26	HOU	21	35.8	24.8	4.6	4.0	1.0	0.8	8.6	17.1	50.1	1.8	4.5	40.4	5.9	6.6	89.1	62.1	0.3	4.3	3.0	752	521	97	84	20	17	64	51	+163
15	Paul George P. George	111.8	2025-26	PHI	10	26.2	17.1	5.0	3.3	1.4	0.4	5.7	12.9	44.2	2.6	6.0	43.3	3.1	3.6	86.1	59.0	0.4	4.6	1.7	262	171	50	33	14	4	17	15	+29
16	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	112.2	2025-26	MIN	26	31.1	11.5	10.3	1.9	0.5	1.4	4.7	6.3	74.5	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.8	52.0	71.3	3.6	6.7	1.4	808	298	268	49	12	37	37	77	+144
17	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	117.8	2025-26	PHI	5	11.4	4.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.0	1.6	2.6	61.5	1.0	1.6	62.5	0.0	0.0		80.8	0.2	0.2	0.6	57	21	2	3	3	0	3	2	-25
18	Draymond Green D. Green	111.8	2025-26	GSW	21	28.2	8.3	6.2	5.5	0.9	0.9	3.0	7.6	39.4	1.6	4.6	34.0	0.7	1.1	65.2	51.1	0.8	5.4	3.2	593	174	130	116	18	18	68	77	+61
19	Jeff Green J. Green	119.9	2025-26	HOU	10	4.8	2.1	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.8	1.6	50.0	0.5	1.2	41.7	0.0	0.0		65.6	0.1	0.3	0.0	48	21	4	1	0	1	0	4	-35
20	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	120.6	2025-26	DEN	25	25.5	12.2	2.0	1.5	0.6	0.1	4.1	9.0	45.8	2.4	5.9	40.5	1.6	1.8	88.6	62.4	0.2	1.8	0.3	637	305	51	38	14	2	7	29	+125
21	James Harden J. Harden	120.2	2025-26	LAC	25	35.4	26.0	5.2	8.1	1.3	0.4	7.6	17.2	44.0	3.6	9.5	37.6	7.4	8.3	88.5	62.4	0.6	4.6	3.9	885	651	131	203	33	10	98	54	-61
22	Tobias Harris T. Harris	115.1	2025-26	DET	16	29.3	14.3	5.1	2.4	0.6	0.3	5.1	11.3	44.8	1.6	4.6	35.6	2.5	3.0	83.3	56.4	0.9	4.1	1.1	469	228	81	38	9	4	17	38	+17
23	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	118.5	2025-26	POR	12	33.4	16.7	5.3	8.3	1.6	0.3	6.2	13.8	44.6	2.6	7.1	36.5	1.8	2.1	84.0	56.5	1.3	3.9	2.9	401	200	63	99	19	3	35	24	+11
24	Al Horford A. Horford	110.1	2025-26	GSW	13	21.5	5.6	4.4	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.9	6.0	32.1	1.3	4.4	29.8	0.5	0.5	100.0	45.3	0.8	3.5	1.2	279	73	57	26	13	13	16	19	-50
25	LeBron James L. James	118.2	2025-26	LAL	9	33.8	17.6	5.7	7.2	0.8	0.8	6.7	14.2	46.9	1.3	4.6	29.3	2.9	4.7	61.9	53.9	0.8	4.9	2.7	304	158	51	65	7	7	24	15	+4