highest defensive rating by a player in nba history in a single game

Jaylen Martin has the worst defensive rating in a game, with a 173.6 rating against the Pacers on March 27.

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highest defensive rating by a player in NBA history in a single 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	Jaylen Martin J. Martin	173.6	3/27/2025	WAS	vs	IND	23	4	1	2	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	1	0	1	0	-37
2	AJ Johnson	171.1	3/27/2025	WAS	vs	IND	27	2	3	0	0	0	1	7	14.3	0	2	0.0	0	0		14.3	1	2	0	0	-41
3	Richaun Holmes R. Holmes	171.0	3/27/2025	WAS	vs	IND	13	9	3	1	0	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	58.9	2	1	0	1	-13
4	John Thomas J. Thomas	168.9	3/13/1998	TOR	@	LAC	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	39.9	0	0	1	1	-12
5	Tristan Vukcevic T. Vukcevic	168.9	3/27/2025	WAS	vs	IND	15	4	2	1	0	0	1	6	16.7	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	29.1	0	2	4	3	-28
6	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	167.6	3/27/2025	WAS	vs	IND	31	13	4	6	0	1	5	12	41.7	3	6	50.0	0	0		54.2	0	4	2	3	-19
7	Dee Brown D. Brown	166.8	3/13/1998	TOR	@	LAC	25	14	3	1	0	0	6	10	60.0	2	4	50.0	0	0		70.0	1	2	1	0	-16
8	Reggie Slater R. Slater	166.3	3/13/1998	TOR	@	LAC	27	20	6	0	0	0	7	8	87.5	0	0		6	8	75.0	86.8	4	2	1	5	-22
9	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	165.6	3/13/1998	TOR	@	LAC	22	13	6	1	0	1	4	7	57.1	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	61.8	5	1	0	3	-5
10	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	165.5	3/13/1998	TOR	@	LAC	30	11	1	3	1	0	3	12	25.0	1	5	20.0	4	4	100.0	40.0	1	0	1	1	-31
11	Ochai Agbaji O. Agbaji	165.2	3/27/2024	TOR	vs	NYK	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	1	0	1	0	-8
12	Gradey Dick G. Dick	165.1	3/27/2024	TOR	vs	NYK	30	23	1	0	0	0	10	18	55.6	3	6	50.0	0	0		63.9	1	0	0	1	-26
13	Bruce Brown B. Brown	165.1	3/27/2024	TOR	vs	NYK	20	3	0	1	0	0	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	0	0		50.0	0	0	2	1	-19
14	John Wallace J. Wallace	163.9	3/13/1998	TOR	@	LAC	32	14	6	1	0	1	6	19	31.6	0	0		2	4	50.0	33.7	2	4	0	3	-22
15	Anthony Gill A. Gill	163.9	3/27/2025	WAS	vs	IND	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	1	0	0	-2
16	Jordan Poole J. Poole	163.8	3/27/2025	WAS	vs	IND	25	18	0	3	2	0	6	13	46.2	4	8	50.0	2	2	100.0	64.8	0	0	2	1	-24
17	Alex Sarr A. Sarr	163.7	3/27/2025	WAS	vs	IND	28	22	7	1	1	1	8	15	53.3	1	4	25.0	5	6	83.3	62.4	4	3	3	4	-27
18	Justin Champagnie J. Champagnie	163.4	3/27/2025	WAS	vs	IND	33	15	7	1	2	0	6	9	66.7	0	2	0.0	3	4	75.0	69.7	4	3	2	1	-33
19	Sharone Wright S. Wright	163.2	3/13/1998	TOR	@	LAC	5	4	1	0	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	0	1	0	0	-2
20	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	162.7	3/27/2025	WAS	vs	IND	14	8	1	2	1	0	3	7	42.9	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	50.8	0	1	0	1	-17
21	Jalen McDaniels J. McDaniels	162.6	3/27/2024	TOR	vs	NYK	16	4	0	0	0	1	2	7	28.6	0	2	0.0	0	0		28.6	0	0	3	3	-27
22	Tre Mann T. Mann	162.3	12/2/2021	OKC	@	MEM	27	12	0	1	0	1	5	11	45.5	2	4	50.0	0	1	0.0	52.4	0	0	2	0	-47
23	Darius Songaila D. Songaila	162.1	1/14/2009	WAS	@	NYK	7	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	0	1	1	0
24	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	162.1	3/27/2024	TOR	vs	NYK	31	18	2	6	0	0	6	11	54.5	1	2	50.0	5	6	83.3	66.0	0	2	1	0	-32
25	Justin James J. James	162.0	4/28/2021	SAC	vs	UTA	17	16	0	0	0	0	6	8	75.0	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	82.0	0	0	0	0	-14