Joel Embiid had his best defensive rating in a game against the Pelicans on February 9, 2018, with a 65.9 rating.

Interpreted as:

embiid best defensive rating in a regular-season game

	NAME	DRTG	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	65.9	2/9/2018	PHI	vs	NOP	24	24	16	0	2	1	11	18	61.1	2	4	50.0	0	0		66.7	3	13	3	1	+33
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	73.8	3/17/2023	PHI	@	CHA	29	38	13	5	0	4	16	21	76.2	0	0		6	7	85.7	78.9	1	12	3	1	+26
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	74.3	12/16/2023	PHI	@	CHA	30	42	15	3	1	2	18	23	78.3	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	81.9	0	15	4	2	+36
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	75.1	2/11/2022	PHI	vs	OKC	35	25	19	4	1	5	8	25	32.0	1	7	14.3	8	11	72.7	41.9	4	15	4	1	+14
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	77.0	12/15/2023	PHI	vs	DET	29	35	13	2	2	4	9	19	47.4	2	3	66.7	15	16	93.8	67.2	0	13	4	2	+28
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	77.8	11/22/2017	PHI	vs	POR	30	28	12	1	0	2	11	19	57.9	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	66.0	3	9	4	5	+9
7	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	78.7	1/21/2019	PHI	vs	HOU	27	32	14	2	2	3	9	16	56.3	0	1	0.0	14	17	82.4	68.1	3	11	2	3	+21
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	79.3	3/22/2023	PHI	@	CHI	16	12	7	7	1	1	5	7	71.4	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	76.1	0	7	4	1	+25
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	79.3	11/23/2019	PHI	vs	MIA	26	23	11	2	2	2	8	15	53.3	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	66.9	3	8	2	2	+28
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	79.6	1/18/2018	PHI	@	BOS	35	26	16	6	1	2	10	19	52.6	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	58.9	3	13	4	4	+10
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	79.8	1/2/2024	PHI	vs	CHI	31	31	15	10	1	2	10	20	50.0	2	5	40.0	9	12	75.0	61.3	0	15	4	4	+32
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	79.8	11/23/2016	PHI	vs	MEM	27	12	11	3	1	3	4	10	40.0	1	4	25.0	3	4	75.0	51.0	1	10	7	5	+6
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	80.7	12/8/2016	PHI	@	NOP	27	14	7	2	3	4	5	15	33.3	0	5	0.0	4	5	80.0	40.7	3	4	3	3	+27
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	80.8	12/31/2022	PHI	@	OKC	28	16	13	10	1	4	6	17	35.3	0	3	0.0	4	6	66.7	40.7	2	11	4	3	+22
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	81.3	10/29/2023	PHI	vs	POR	29	35	15	7	2	6	12	22	54.5	2	4	50.0	9	12	75.0	64.1	5	10	3	3	+28
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	81.4	4/26/2021	PHI	vs	OKC	23	21	5	1	3	0	6	10	60.0	2	5	40.0	7	9	77.8	75.2	0	5	2	3	+18
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	81.7	1/4/2021	PHI	vs	CHA	25	14	11	4	2	3	4	10	40.0	0	3	0.0	6	8	75.0	51.8	1	10	1	1	+18
18	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	81.8	10/23/2019	PHI	vs	BOS	23	15	13	3	0	3	5	14	35.7	1	4	25.0	4	8	50.0	42.8	4	9	0	5	+16
19	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	82.1	3/10/2019	PHI	vs	IND	28	33	12	0	2	0	11	21	52.4	0	2	0.0	11	15	73.3	59.8	3	9	2	5	+16
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	82.2	12/1/2021	PHI	@	BOS	33	13	18	6	2	3	3	17	17.6	1	3	33.3	6	10	60.0	30.4	4	14	0	1	-9
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	82.2	10/23/2017	PHI	@	DET	28	30	9	0	2	0	11	15	73.3	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	81.0	0	9	7	5	+21
22	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	82.4	1/20/2017	PHI	vs	POR	22	18	10	5	0	4	7	14	50.0	0	0		4	9	44.4	50.1	3	7	5	2	-1
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	82.4	11/28/2018	PHI	vs	NYK	30	26	14	7	1	1	10	21	47.6	0	3	0.0	6	8	75.0	53.0	2	12	1	1	+25
24	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	83.1	1/5/2018	PHI	vs	DET	25	23	9	0	0	1	9	16	56.3	1	2	50.0	4	5	80.0	63.2	2	7	1	3	+26
25	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	83.4	2/7/2020	PHI	vs	MEM	16	10	10	3	2	1	3	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	3	4	75.0	64.4	3	7	3	2	+7