highest defensive rating among guards this year

CJ McCollum has the highest defensive rating by a guard this season, with a 128.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games among guards this year

	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	128.1	2025-26	WAS	23	30.3	19.0	3.1	3.5	0.7	0.3	6.7	15.2	44.3	3.0	7.5	39.9	2.5	3.2	78.1	57.1	0.5	2.6	1.6	696	436	71	80	17	6	37	53	-162
2	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	127.7	2025-26	WAS	23	26.4	7.8	3.5	4.4	0.5	0.1	2.7	7.3	36.7	1.7	3.9	42.2	0.8	1.1	72.0	50.0	0.3	3.2	2.2	607	180	81	101	11	2	51	54	-284
3	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	124.0	2025-26	SAC	22	33.5	20.6	3.1	2.3	0.8	0.2	7.3	15.0	48.6	2.8	7.1	38.9	3.2	3.7	86.6	61.8	0.3	2.8	2.2	738	454	68	51	17	4	49	49	-213
4	Keyonte George K. George	123.8	2025-26	UTA	24	33.4	22.9	4.0	6.8	0.9	0.3	7.2	16.1	44.4	2.2	6.5	34.2	6.4	7.0	91.1	59.7	0.5	3.5	3.5	802	550	96	163	21	7	85	59	-169
5	Kyshawn George K. George	123.4	2025-26	WAS	21	31.2	15.1	5.7	4.7	1.1	0.9	5.4	11.4	47.1	2.5	5.6	44.4	1.9	2.5	75.5	60.4	0.8	4.9	3.3	655	318	120	98	23	18	69	88	-203
6	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	122.1	2025-26	NOP	26	27.6	15.5	3.5	3.1	1.4	0.2	5.8	13.2	44.4	1.2	3.3	36.5	2.6	3.3	80.0	53.1	0.7	2.8	2.3	717	403	91	81	37	4	59	52	-216
7	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	121.8	2025-26	MIL	26	27.7	9.8	1.3	1.8	0.8	0.1	3.3	8.4	39.9	2.2	5.9	37.0	0.9	1.1	79.3	55.0	0.2	1.2	0.8	721	254	35	46	21	2	20	42	-125
8	AJ Green	121.1	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
9	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	120.6	2025-26	DEN	24	24.9	12.2	2.1	1.5	0.5	0.1	4.1	9.0	46.0	2.4	5.8	41.4	1.5	1.7	87.8	62.7	0.3	1.8	0.3	597	292	50	36	12	2	7	27	+121
10	Sion James S. James	120.2	2025-26	CHA	25	26.1	6.9	3.1	1.5	0.7	0.4	2.2	5.1	42.2	1.2	3.2	37.5	1.4	1.6	85.0	59.1	0.4	2.7	1.0	652	172	78	37	18	11	24	41	-58
11	James Harden J. Harden	120.0	2025-26	LAC	24	35.5	26.6	5.3	8.2	1.3	0.4	7.7	17.5	44.0	3.5	9.6	36.8	7.6	8.5	89.7	62.6	0.5	4.8	4.0	853	638	128	197	30	10	95	52	-56
12	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	119.7	2025-26	BOS	25	32.3	16.8	4.3	5.0	0.7	0.1	6.2	14.0	44.3	2.7	8.1	33.7	1.7	2.0	86.0	56.6	1.1	3.2	1.2	808	421	107	126	18	2	30	43	+115
13	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	119.1	2025-26	LAL	21	36.9	27.8	5.6	6.7	1.0	0.2	8.5	16.9	50.3	2.8	7.6	36.9	8.0	9.1	87.5	66.5	0.8	4.8	3.3	775	583	117	141	22	4	70	48	+81
14	Kris Dunn K. Dunn	119.0	2025-26	LAC	25	26.3	7.7	2.7	2.8	1.7	0.2	3.0	6.2	48.1	0.9	2.6	35.4	0.8	1.1	74.1	57.5	0.8	1.9	1.3	658	193	68	71	42	4	32	57	-120
15	Devin Booker D. Booker	118.7	2025-26	PHX	22	34.7	25.0	4.3	6.7	0.9	0.4	8.1	17.8	45.7	1.8	5.6	31.5	7.0	8.0	87.4	58.6	1.0	3.3	3.7	763	550	95	147	20	8	81	64	+46
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	118.7	2025-26	SAC	25	28.7	14.0	6.8	7.2	1.3	0.2	5.2	11.9	43.8	1.9	5.1	36.7	1.7	2.6	65.2	53.7	1.5	5.3	3.3	718	350	170	180	33	4	82	59	-166
17	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	118.5	2025-26	NYK	23	35.1	28.8	3.1	6.4	0.7	0.1	10.2	21.0	48.7	2.8	7.4	37.6	5.6	6.7	83.8	60.2	0.5	2.7	2.3	807	663	72	147	17	2	53	55	+205
18	Nickeil Alexander-Walker N. Alexander-Walker	117.9	2025-26	ATL	24	32.6	20.7	3.5	3.3	1.0	0.7	7.0	15.1	46.7	2.9	7.5	39.1	3.7	4.3	86.4	61.0	0.8	2.7	2.2	783	497	83	79	23	17	52	53	+5
19	Jamal Murray J. Murray	117.6	2025-26	DEN	23	34.7	24.4	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.3	8.9	17.7	50.0	3.2	7.2	44.2	3.5	4.0	89.0	62.7	0.4	4.0	2.3	797	562	102	158	26	7	53	36	+204
20	Jaylen Wells J. Wells	117.2	2025-26	MEM	25	26.7	12.4	3.5	1.7	0.7	0.0	4.2	9.6	44.4	1.8	5.0	37.1	2.1	2.7	77.9	57.8	1.0	2.5	0.8	668	311	88	42	18	1	19	52	-1
21	Ryan Rollins R. Rollins	117.0	2025-26	MIL	26	32.1	17.2	4.1	6.0	1.7	0.3	6.7	14.0	47.4	2.3	5.8	39.3	1.7	2.1	78.2	57.6	0.8	3.3	2.7	834	448	106	156	43	8	69	74	-22
22	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	116.9	2025-26	PHI	23	33.2	16.3	4.3	4.3	0.9	0.4	5.2	11.7	44.8	2.3	6.4	36.7	3.5	4.0	86.0	60.5	0.8	3.5	2.6	763	374	98	100	20	10	60	48	+55
23	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	116.7	2025-26	CHI	22	34.1	20.5	9.4	9.0	1.0	0.5	7.1	14.9	48.0	1.8	4.5	40.0	4.5	6.0	74.8	58.8	1.3	8.1	3.6	751	452	207	197	22	10	80	41	-38
24	Max Christie M. Christie	116.5	2025-26	DAL	26	29.1	12.0	3.3	1.9	0.5	0.5	4.1	8.5	48.2	2.5	5.5	46.5	1.3	1.5	82.5	65.4	0.1	3.2	1.2	756	311	86	50	13	12	30	43	-63
25	Collin Gillespie C. Gillespie	116.4	2025-26	PHX	25	27.0	13.1	3.8	4.8	1.2	0.3	4.6	10.6	43.6	2.9	6.8	42.6	1.0	1.2	86.7	59.2	1.0	2.8	1.8	676	328	96	119	30	8	46	33	+46