Jalen Green had the highest defensive rating in 2021-22, with a 120.2 rating in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:

highest defense rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in 2022

	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	Jalen Green J. Green	120.2	2021-22	HOU	67	31.9	17.3	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	6.1	14.2	42.6	2.3	6.8	34.3	2.8	3.5	79.7	54.7	0.5	2.9	2.0	2,138	1,157	226	176	44	18	135	103	-519
2	Davion Mitchell D. Mitchell	118.5	2021-22	SAC	75	27.7	11.5	2.2	4.2	0.7	0.3	4.7	11.2	41.8	1.3	4.3	31.6	0.7	1.1	65.9	48.9	0.4	1.8	1.5	2,076	861	166	313	55	24	114	141	-273
3	Justin Holiday J. Holiday	118.3	2021-22	TOT	74	27.8	10.1	2.6	1.7	0.8	0.4	3.5	8.9	39.4	2.4	6.5	36.7	0.7	0.8	80.6	54.3	0.4	2.2	0.9	2,057	749	190	128	57	33	70	154	-204
4	Trae Young T. Young	117.8	2021-22	ATL	76	34.9	28.4	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	9.4	20.3	46.0	3.1	8.0	38.2	6.6	7.3	90.4	60.3	0.7	3.1	4.0	2,652	2,155	284	737	72	7	303	128	+158
5	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	117.6	2021-22	SAC	77	33.6	16.4	5.6	2.4	0.7	0.2	5.1	10.8	46.9	1.8	4.7	39.4	4.4	5.4	82.6	62.3	1.1	4.5	1.5	2,587	1,265	432	186	53	14	118	94	-374
6	Patty Mills P. Mills	117.5	2021-22	BKN	81	29.0	11.4	1.9	2.3	0.6	0.2	4.0	9.8	40.8	2.8	7.0	40.0	0.6	0.7	81.4	56.3	0.2	1.7	0.9	2,345	923	156	183	51	17	73	112	+117
7	Buddy Hield B. Hield	117.2	2021-22	TOT	81	30.9	15.6	4.4	2.8	0.9	0.3	5.5	13.6	40.6	3.2	8.8	36.6	1.4	1.6	87.4	54.8	0.8	3.5	1.9	2,499	1,265	353	229	73	25	153	184	-164
8	CJ McCollum	117.0	2021-22	TOT	62	34.6	22.1	4.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	8.6	18.8	46.0	2.9	7.6	38.8	1.9	2.7	68.2	55.3	0.9	3.5	2.0	2,145	1,370	269	315	70	22	127	121	-69
9	Kevin Huerter K. Huerter	117.0	2021-22	ATL	74	29.6	12.1	3.4	2.7	0.7	0.4	4.7	10.3	45.4	2.2	5.6	38.9	0.6	0.7	80.8	57.0	0.4	3.0	1.2	2,188	892	254	203	55	26	91	185	+168
10	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	116.8	2021-22	SAC	59	35.3	23.2	3.9	5.6	1.2	0.4	8.7	18.5	47.3	1.3	4.2	29.7	4.4	5.9	75.0	54.9	0.4	3.5	2.8	2,083	1,367	231	330	68	25	168	172	-193
11	Jae'Sean Tate J. Tate	116.3	2021-22	HOU	78	26.4	11.8	5.4	2.8	0.9	0.5	4.7	9.3	49.8	0.8	2.6	31.2	1.7	2.4	70.7	56.7	1.7	3.7	1.8	2,056	919	420	222	72	41	139	286	-406
12	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	116.1	2021-22	CHI	67	34.7	24.4	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	8.4	17.7	47.6	2.8	7.1	38.9	4.8	5.6	85.3	60.5	0.3	4.3	2.6	2,328	1,635	308	303	41	23	171	120	-26
13	Devonte' Graham D. Graham	116.1	2021-22	NOP	76	28.4	11.9	2.3	4.2	0.9	0.2	3.9	10.7	36.3	2.5	7.4	34.1	1.6	1.8	84.3	51.4	0.5	1.8	1.4	2,161	902	177	316	71	12	105	95	+40
14	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	115.8	2021-22	DET	82	33.0	16.1	5.4	2.8	0.9	0.2	5.5	13.9	39.6	2.6	7.4	34.6	2.6	3.1	82.7	52.9	1.3	4.1	1.2	2,704	1,321	441	233	73	16	96	128	-499
15	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	115.6	2021-22	WAS	77	30.2	13.2	3.4	1.9	1.1	0.3	4.7	10.8	43.5	2.1	5.3	39.0	1.8	2.0	89.0	56.8	0.5	2.9	1.3	2,329	1,018	261	145	83	26	97	139	-228
16	Ayo Dosunmu A. Dosunmu	115.4	2021-22	CHI	77	27.4	8.8	2.8	3.3	0.8	0.4	3.6	6.9	52.0	0.9	2.4	37.6	0.7	1.0	67.9	59.6	0.4	2.4	1.4	2,110	679	214	256	60	29	108	182	-199
17	Malik Monk M. Monk	115.4	2021-22	LAL	76	28.1	13.8	3.4	2.9	0.8	0.4	5.1	10.9	47.3	2.3	5.8	39.1	1.2	1.5	79.5	59.7	0.5	2.9	1.6	2,138	1,048	256	218	61	29	122	138	+53
18	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	115.4	2021-22	CHA	73	33.7	19.3	4.3	4.5	1.3	0.3	7.1	16.0	44.4	3.0	8.1	37.4	2.1	2.4	85.2	56.6	0.8	3.5	1.3	2,458	1,408	315	326	93	25	96	119	+74
19	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	115.3	2021-22	CHI	76	36.1	27.9	5.2	4.9	0.9	0.3	10.2	20.2	50.4	0.7	1.9	35.2	6.8	7.8	87.7	59.0	0.7	4.4	2.4	2,743	2,118	392	374	68	24	181	178	+77
20	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	115.1	2021-22	TOT	77	35.0	15.3	4.0	8.2	1.7	0.6	5.6	11.8	47.3	2.1	5.1	41.4	2.1	2.5	84.2	59.5	0.8	3.2	2.6	2,693	1,181	311	628	134	49	199	121	-327
21	Monté Morris M. Morris	115.1	2021-22	DEN	75	29.9	12.6	3.0	4.4	0.7	0.2	5.0	10.3	48.4	1.7	4.2	39.5	1.0	1.1	86.9	58.3	0.4	2.7	1.0	2,239	945	226	333	56	14	78	92	+282
22	Seth Curry S. Curry	115.0	2021-22	TOT	64	33.3	15.0	3.1	3.6	0.8	0.2	5.6	11.5	48.7	2.5	5.8	42.2	1.3	1.5	87.2	61.5	0.3	2.8	1.7	2,134	960	200	230	53	14	109	148	+192
23	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	114.9	2021-22	MIN	65	31.9	18.1	3.3	7.1	1.0	0.3	6.2	15.0	41.1	2.7	8.0	34.0	3.0	3.7	82.5	54.4	0.4	2.9	2.5	2,076	1,176	216	460	62	22	165	130	+211
24	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	114.7	2021-22	PHI	75	35.3	17.5	3.2	4.3	0.7	0.4	6.4	13.3	48.5	1.8	4.1	42.7	2.8	3.3	86.6	59.4	0.3	2.9	1.2	2,650	1,311	240	321	55	32	88	156	+192
25	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	114.5	2021-22	UTA	69	30.9	18.1	4.3	1.7	0.5	0.0	6.1	13.4	45.5	2.6	6.8	38.7	3.2	3.8	85.8	59.9	0.8	3.4	1.7	2,131	1,248	296	120	34	1	118	116	+218