Cason Wallace has the lowest defensive rating this season, with a 104.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders 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	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	104.8	2025-26	OKC	22	28.3	8.5	3.1	2.4	2.1	0.3	3.3	7.5	43.6	1.5	4.1	37.4	0.5	0.6	76.9	55.1	0.8	2.3	1.1	622	188	68	53	47	6	24	49	+224
2	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	106.0	2025-26	OKC	23	26.6	14.7	3.3	3.6	1.5	0.3	5.3	11.4	46.6	1.1	3.3	34.7	3.0	3.4	87.3	57.1	0.6	2.8	1.7	611	339	77	83	35	6	38	49	+218
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	106.3	2025-26	OKC	23	33.3	32.8	4.7	6.4	1.4	0.7	10.8	19.4	55.6	2.2	5.0	44.3	9.0	10.2	88.1	68.6	0.5	4.3	1.7	767	754	109	148	33	16	39	46	+316
4	Reed Sheppard R. Sheppard	109.3	2025-26	HOU	20	25.1	13.1	3.2	3.3	1.7	0.6	4.9	10.3	47.1	2.6	5.9	44.1	0.8	1.1	71.4	60.6	0.3	2.9	1.3	502	261	63	66	33	11	25	37	+169
5	Jalen Duren J. Duren	109.4	2025-26	DET	20	29.1	19.0	11.3	1.9	0.8	1.0	6.9	10.6	65.1	0.0	0.0		5.2	6.9	75.2	69.6	4.3	7.1	2.7	581	379	226	37	16	19	54	68	+168
6	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	110.0	2025-26	TOR	24	33.6	20.1	7.8	5.2	1.4	1.7	7.7	15.1	51.0	1.5	3.6	40.2	3.2	3.8	84.6	59.8	2.1	5.7	2.5	807	482	188	125	33	40	59	73	+84
7	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	110.2	2025-26	HOU	19	35.9	23.1	9.1	7.1	1.3	1.0	8.5	16.8	50.5	1.1	2.7	38.5	5.1	6.8	73.8	58.2	2.9	6.2	3.3	682	438	173	135	25	19	62	64	+136
8	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	110.2	2025-26	ATL	21	35.0	23.1	10.4	7.7	1.6	0.4	8.4	15.7	53.3	1.6	4.0	40.5	4.7	6.0	79.2	63.0	1.4	9.0	3.3	735	485	218	161	33	8	69	45	+39
9	P.J. Washington	111.1	2025-26	DAL	19	31.7	16.0	7.8	2.3	0.9	1.2	5.8	13.3	43.9	1.6	4.7	33.7	2.7	4.0	68.4	53.1	1.4	6.4	2.6	602	304	149	43	18	23	49	43	-85
10	Naz Reid N. Reid	111.2	2025-26	MIN	22	25.5	13.5	5.7	2.4	1.0	1.0	5.1	11.2	45.9	2.2	5.9	38.0	1.0	1.4	76.7	57.5	1.2	4.5	1.5	562	298	126	52	23	21	32	59	+20
11	Anthony Black A. Black	111.6	2025-26	ORL	23	27.9	13.1	3.6	3.0	1.4	0.6	4.7	10.1	45.9	1.1	3.4	32.9	2.7	3.9	68.9	55.4	0.6	3.0	2.0	641	302	83	70	32	14	47	56	+66
12	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	111.7	2025-26	NYK	22	33.1	22.5	11.9	3.4	0.8	0.7	7.4	15.8	46.7	1.9	5.4	35.3	5.8	6.6	88.3	60.1	3.1	8.8	2.6	729	494	261	74	18	16	57	74	+168
13	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	111.8	2025-26	CLE	23	34.0	19.0	9.1	4.2	1.0	1.7	7.0	13.8	50.5	1.6	4.2	37.1	3.5	5.6	62.5	58.4	2.5	6.6	2.4	783	436	209	96	23	40	55	54	+91
14	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	112.1	2025-26	NYK	22	34.4	16.7	4.5	4.1	2.0	1.1	6.5	12.0	54.2	2.4	5.5	42.6	1.3	1.6	80.6	65.6	1.3	3.3	1.0	756	367	100	91	45	25	21	49	+138
15	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	112.1	2025-26	DET	20	36.7	27.7	6.4	9.2	1.6	0.8	9.6	21.2	45.3	1.9	6.2	29.8	6.7	8.0	83.6	56.1	1.5	5.0	4.0	734	554	128	183	31	16	79	67	+122
16	Draymond Green D. Green	112.3	2025-26	GSW	20	28.2	8.0	6.1	5.5	0.8	0.9	2.9	7.6	38.2	1.6	4.7	33.3	0.7	1.1	61.9	49.6	0.8	5.3	3.0	563	160	122	109	15	17	60	72	+73
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	112.3	2025-26	DEN	22	34.9	29.2	12.4	11.0	1.4	0.8	10.5	17.2	60.8	2.0	4.9	40.7	6.3	7.4	85.8	71.6	3.1	9.3	3.5	768	643	273	242	30	18	76	62	+217
18	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	112.4	2025-26	ATL	24	33.9	10.7	6.2	5.9	2.3	0.3	4.8	9.8	48.7	0.3	1.5	16.7	0.8	1.4	58.8	51.0	2.1	4.1	2.3	813	256	149	141	54	8	56	62	+59
19	Josh Hart J. Hart	112.4	2025-26	NYK	21	29.1	11.8	7.7	5.2	1.2	0.3	4.3	8.7	49.7	1.4	3.9	37.0	1.7	2.1	81.8	61.3	1.9	5.8	2.1	612	248	161	109	26	6	44	54	+111
20	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	112.5	2025-26	MIN	22	31.8	11.3	10.3	1.9	0.4	1.5	4.6	6.3	73.2	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.9	54.1	70.7	3.5	6.8	1.5	699	248	227	42	9	34	34	64	+136
21	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	112.6	2025-26	HOU	20	36.1	17.9	7.1	5.1	1.3	0.5	7.0	14.4	48.8	0.5	2.1	22.0	3.5	4.3	80.2	55.1	2.5	4.7	2.5	722	358	142	101	26	10	50	50	+205
22	Santi Aldama S. Aldama	112.7	2025-26	MEM	23	26.0	12.7	6.4	3.1	0.9	0.7	4.9	10.7	46.1	1.3	4.2	32.0	1.6	2.3	67.9	54.6	1.4	5.0	1.1	597	293	148	72	21	17	26	31	-64
23	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	112.7	2025-26	DAL	23	33.6	17.2	6.4	3.3	1.3	0.6	6.7	14.0	47.5	0.9	3.5	24.7	3.0	3.7	81.4	55.0	1.2	5.2	2.3	772	396	147	75	30	14	52	53	-162
24	Jabari Smith Jr. J. Smith Jr.	112.8	2025-26	HOU	19	32.9	14.9	6.3	1.8	0.7	0.8	5.2	11.6	45.0	2.0	5.4	36.9	2.5	3.2	78.3	57.4	1.4	4.9	1.2	626	283	120	34	14	15	23	56	+199
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	112.8	2025-26	HOU	18	35.6	25.2	5.0	3.9	1.1	0.7	8.7	17.3	50.2	1.8	4.6	38.6	6.1	6.8	88.6	62.0	0.3	4.7	2.9	640	453	90	71	20	12	53	46	+179