CJ McCollum has the worst defensive rating this season, with a 127.2 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player for basketball 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	127.2	2025-26	WAS	24	30.5	18.9	3.2	3.4	0.7	0.3	6.8	15.3	44.3	3.0	7.3	40.3	2.4	3.0	78.1	56.7	0.5	2.7	1.6	731	454	77	82	17	6	38	55	-152
2	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	126.9	2025-26	WAS	24	26.8	8.0	3.5	4.4	0.5	0.1	2.8	7.5	36.7	1.7	4.0	41.2	0.8	1.1	70.4	49.8	0.3	3.2	2.2	643	191	84	106	12	2	52	54	-272
3	Svi Mykhailiuk S. Mykhailiuk	125.8	2025-26	UTA	24	26.0	8.9	2.6	2.1	0.5	0.1	3.4	7.1	47.4	1.8	4.9	37.3	0.3	0.3	87.5	61.0	0.7	2.0	0.9	623	213	63	51	11	3	22	34	-46
4	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	124.0	2025-26	SAC	23	32.8	20.2	3.0	2.3	0.7	0.2	7.2	14.7	48.7	2.7	7.0	38.5	3.1	3.6	86.7	61.8	0.3	2.7	2.2	754	464	69	52	17	4	51	50	-207
5	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
6	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	123.3	2025-26	UTA	23	35.1	27.6	6.7	2.0	0.8	0.4	9.2	19.7	46.9	3.0	8.4	35.8	6.1	6.8	89.8	60.8	2.1	4.5	1.3	808	634	153	46	19	9	31	40	-66
7	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	122.6	2025-26	NOP	26	29.2	14.2	6.0	2.3	1.0	0.1	5.1	11.4	44.6	1.7	5.1	34.1	2.3	3.0	76.6	55.8	1.9	4.1	0.6	758	368	156	59	25	2	16	27	-150
8	Kyshawn George K. George	122.5	2025-26	WAS	22	31.4	14.9	5.8	4.9	1.1	0.9	5.3	11.4	46.2	2.5	5.6	43.9	1.9	2.5	73.2	59.3	0.9	5.0	3.3	691	327	128	107	24	19	72	92	-190
9	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	122.3	2025-26	SAC	26	32.8	17.7	3.2	3.4	1.3	0.2	6.5	13.0	50.1	0.8	2.0	39.2	3.9	4.3	89.4	59.3	0.5	2.6	1.0	854	459	82	88	33	6	26	54	-223
10	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	122.0	2025-26	MIL	27	27.8	10.1	1.4	1.7	0.9	0.1	3.5	8.6	40.5	2.3	6.0	37.7	0.9	1.1	80.6	55.8	0.1	1.2	0.8	750	274	37	46	23	2	22	45	-142
11	AJ Green	121.5	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
12	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	121.5	2025-26	NOP	27	27.6	15.7	3.4	3.1	1.4	0.1	5.9	13.1	44.8	1.2	3.3	36.4	2.7	3.4	80.2	53.5	0.6	2.8	2.3	746	423	93	84	39	4	62	56	-204
13	Rui Hachimura R. Hachimura	121.4	2025-26	LAL	24	32.9	13.3	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.2	5.1	9.6	53.2	1.9	4.2	46.0	1.1	1.5	75.0	64.6	0.8	3.0	0.9	790	319	93	20	13	5	22	42	+8
14	Jerami Grant J. Grant	120.9	2025-26	POR	25	30.0	20.0	3.8	2.6	0.8	0.6	6.0	13.6	43.8	2.5	6.3	39.5	5.6	6.4	86.3	60.7	1.1	2.7	2.2	749	499	96	64	19	15	54	76	-93
15	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	120.8	2025-26	NOP	25	35.5	21.1	6.5	3.5	1.7	0.2	7.4	15.2	48.9	2.7	7.4	36.0	3.6	4.0	89.9	62.3	1.5	5.0	2.0	887	528	163	88	42	5	51	54	-172
16	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
17	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	120.2	2025-26	CHA	26	34.0	19.0	5.4	3.5	0.7	0.2	6.7	14.2	47.2	3.4	8.5	40.5	2.2	2.4	92.1	62.4	1.0	4.4	2.3	883	495	140	90	19	6	61	62	-36
18	John Collins J. Collins	120.1	2025-26	LAC	25	26.9	12.1	4.6	0.7	0.8	0.6	4.7	9.4	49.6	0.9	3.0	29.7	1.8	2.3	80.7	57.8	1.3	3.4	1.5	673	302	116	18	21	15	37	58	-49
19	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
20	Toumani Camara T. Camara	120.0	2025-26	POR	26	33.1	12.3	5.2	2.8	1.1	0.5	4.4	10.7	41.5	2.3	7.0	33.7	1.1	1.6	70.7	54.2	1.9	3.3	2.0	861	320	135	74	29	14	52	87	-58
21	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
22	Sion James S. James	119.7	2025-26	CHA	26	26.5	7.0	3.3	1.5	0.7	0.5	2.2	5.3	41.6	1.3	3.3	38.4	1.3	1.5	85.0	58.5	0.4	2.8	1.0	690	181	85	40	18	12	25	45	-46
23	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	119.6	2025-26	CHA	26	34.8	21.3	6.3	3.8	0.6	0.5	7.5	17.2	43.3	2.5	7.7	32.0	4.0	4.7	84.4	55.3	1.0	5.3	1.5	906	555	164	99	16	13	40	48	-126
24	Cameron Johnson C. Johnson	119.5	2025-26	DEN	23	30.1	11.3	3.4	2.2	0.7	0.3	4.0	8.7	45.3	1.7	4.5	38.5	1.7	2.1	79.6	58.6	0.8	2.6	1.1	693	261	78	51	16	6	26	52	+156
25	Noah Clowney N. Clowney	119.5	2025-26	BKN	25	28.0	13.4	3.8	1.8	0.6	0.8	4.0	9.6	41.7	2.3	6.4	36.0	3.0	3.7	82.6	59.5	0.7	3.0	1.8	701	334	94	46	16	20	45	68	-52