CJ McCollum has the worst defensive rating this season, with a 127.9 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest def rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 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	CJ McCollum	127.9	2025-26	WAS	22	30.0	18.6	3.0	3.4	0.7	0.3	6.6	15.0	44.2	3.0	7.5	40.2	2.3	2.9	79.7	57.1	0.5	2.5	1.6	660	409	67	74	16	6	36	50	-161
2	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	127.7	2025-26	WAS	22	25.7	7.0	3.4	4.2	0.5	0.1	2.4	6.8	34.9	1.5	3.5	42.9	0.7	1.0	76.2	48.3	0.4	3.0	2.2	565	153	75	93	10	2	48	52	-291
3	Svi Mykhailiuk S. Mykhailiuk	126.0	2025-26	UTA	23	26.0	9.0	2.7	2.1	0.5	0.1	3.4	7.2	47.6	1.8	4.9	37.2	0.3	0.3	87.5	61.1	0.7	2.0	0.9	599	207	61	48	11	3	21	32	-51
4	Keyonte George K. George	124.3	2025-26	UTA	23	33.4	22.2	3.9	6.7	0.8	0.3	7.0	16.0	43.6	2.1	6.3	32.9	6.2	6.9	90.5	58.5	0.5	3.4	3.6	768	511	89	155	19	7	82	54	-169
5	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	123.8	2025-26	UTA	22	35.1	27.6	6.5	2.0	0.8	0.4	9.2	19.5	47.2	3.0	8.3	36.1	6.2	6.8	90.7	61.3	2.2	4.4	1.2	773	608	144	44	18	8	26	37	-68
6	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	123.7	2025-26	SAC	21	33.3	20.9	3.1	2.3	0.8	0.2	7.4	15.1	48.7	2.8	7.2	39.1	3.3	3.8	86.3	62.0	0.3	2.9	2.1	700	438	66	48	16	4	44	49	-203
7	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	123.2	2025-26	NOP	23	29.0	14.2	5.9	2.2	1.0	0.1	5.0	11.3	44.8	1.9	5.3	35.0	2.2	3.0	73.9	56.3	1.8	4.1	0.7	668	326	136	51	23	2	15	25	-183
8	Kyshawn George K. George	123.1	2025-26	WAS	20	31.5	15.2	5.9	4.8	1.1	0.9	5.4	11.5	47.0	2.5	5.5	45.0	1.9	2.6	74.5	60.0	0.8	5.1	3.4	629	303	118	95	22	17	67	83	-201
9	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	122.4	2025-26	NOP	24	28.0	15.8	3.4	3.0	1.5	0.2	5.9	13.3	44.1	1.3	3.4	36.6	2.8	3.5	79.8	53.1	0.7	2.7	2.3	672	379	81	73	35	4	54	45	-228
10	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	122.2	2025-26	SAC	23	33.0	17.9	3.0	3.5	1.3	0.2	6.5	13.0	49.8	0.8	2.0	38.3	4.1	4.6	89.6	59.5	0.5	2.6	1.1	758	411	70	81	30	4	25	47	-172
11	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	122.1	2025-26	MIL	25	27.8	9.6	1.3	1.8	0.8	0.1	3.3	8.4	39.2	2.2	5.9	36.5	0.9	1.2	79.3	54.3	0.1	1.2	0.8	694	241	33	45	21	2	20	42	-137
12	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	121.6	2025-26	NOP	22	35.6	20.5	6.5	3.5	1.7	0.2	7.0	15.0	46.8	2.8	7.8	36.3	3.6	4.0	92.0	61.2	1.5	5.0	2.2	784	452	144	78	37	4	48	50	-198
13	AJ Green	121.6	2025-26	MIL	24	29.0	11.3	2.8	2.1	0.5	0.1	3.6	7.3	48.9	3.3	6.8	48.5	0.8	1.0	79.2	72.4	0.0	2.8	0.8	696	270	67	51	13	3	20	66	+10
14	Noah Clowney N. Clowney	121.3	2025-26	BKN	23	28.1	13.3	3.8	1.7	0.6	0.7	4.0	9.5	41.7	2.3	6.4	36.1	3.1	3.8	81.8	59.8	0.8	3.0	1.7	646	307	87	40	14	17	39	60	-65
15	Rui Hachimura R. Hachimura	121.3	2025-26	LAL	22	33.1	14.0	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.2	5.4	10.1	53.6	2.0	4.2	46.2	1.2	1.6	75.0	64.7	0.8	3.0	1.0	729	308	85	18	11	4	22	38	+15
16	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	121.2	2025-26	DEN	23	24.9	12.2	2.0	1.5	0.5	0.1	4.1	8.9	46.1	2.5	5.8	42.5	1.6	1.8	87.8	63.3	0.2	1.7	0.3	572	281	45	34	12	2	7	25	+96
17	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	120.3	2025-26	CHA	24	33.5	18.0	5.5	3.3	0.8	0.2	6.3	13.7	45.9	3.4	8.4	40.3	2.1	2.3	90.9	61.3	1.0	4.5	2.4	803	433	131	78	18	5	57	54	-54
18	Cameron Johnson C. Johnson	120.1	2025-26	DEN	22	30.0	11.1	3.4	2.3	0.7	0.3	3.9	8.5	45.2	1.8	4.5	39.4	1.6	2.0	80.0	59.0	0.8	2.6	1.1	661	245	75	50	15	6	25	51	+139
19	John Collins J. Collins	119.9	2025-26	LAC	24	27.1	12.2	4.8	0.7	0.8	0.6	4.8	9.5	49.8	0.9	3.0	31.0	1.8	2.3	79.6	58.0	1.3	3.5	1.5	650	293	116	16	19	15	35	55	-53
20	James Harden J. Harden	119.9	2025-26	LAC	23	35.3	26.8	5.4	8.3	1.2	0.4	7.7	17.5	44.3	3.5	9.6	36.7	7.8	8.7	89.9	62.9	0.5	4.9	4.0	813	616	125	190	27	10	91	49	-60
21	Sion James S. James	119.7	2025-26	CHA	24	26.1	6.6	3.1	1.5	0.8	0.5	2.0	5.0	41.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	1.3	1.5	86.5	58.4	0.5	2.6	1.0	626	158	74	36	18	11	23	41	-46
22	Jerami Grant J. Grant	119.7	2025-26	POR	23	29.7	19.5	3.8	2.7	0.8	0.6	5.7	13.0	43.8	2.3	6.0	39.4	5.7	6.7	85.7	61.1	1.1	2.7	2.0	683	448	88	61	19	14	47	70	-65
23	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	119.7	2025-26	CHA	24	34.7	21.0	6.3	3.6	0.6	0.5	7.3	17.0	42.5	2.4	7.7	30.8	4.1	4.8	85.2	54.7	1.0	5.3	1.6	833	503	152	86	15	13	38	46	-144
24	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	119.5	2025-26	BOS	24	32.4	17.1	4.3	5.0	0.8	0.1	6.3	14.0	44.9	2.7	8.0	34.0	1.8	2.1	86.0	57.3	1.1	3.2	1.3	777	410	102	119	18	2	30	42	+136
25	Derik Queen D. Queen	119.4	2025-26	NOP	24	24.5	12.0	6.3	3.6	1.0	0.7	4.5	9.4	48.0	0.1	0.7	11.8	3.0	3.8	78.9	54.6	1.8	4.5	2.2	589	289	150	87	25	17	53	79	-144