Elijah Bryant has the highest career defensive rating in the NBA Finals, with a 139.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest defensive rating by a player in the finals

	NAME	DRTG	SERIES	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	Elijah Bryant E. Bryant	139.4	NBA Finals	1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Greg Oden G. Oden	135.5	NBA Finals	2	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+1
3	Royal Ivey R. Ivey	134.0	NBA Finals	1	3.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		150.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	+7
4	Cedi Osman C. Osman	133.8	NBA Finals	3	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.7	40.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		40.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1
5	Ty-Shon Alexander T. Alexander	133.6	NBA Finals	1	1.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
6	Ante Zizic A. Zizic	133.2	NBA Finals	3	1.7	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	+6
7	Abdel Nader A. Nader	132.7	NBA Finals	2	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-7
8	Donny Marshall D. Marshall	132.2	NBA Finals	2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
9	Jordan Walsh J. Walsh	132.1	NBA Finals	1	5.4	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+7
10	Ronnie Lester R. Lester	131.8	NBA Finals	2	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	100.0	34.7	0.0	0.0	0.5	6	2	0	1	0	0	1	1
11	Damian Jones D. Jones	131.3	NBA Finals	1	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
12	Jacob Evans J. Evans	130.8	NBA Finals	3	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
13	Jaden Springer J. Springer	129.7	NBA Finals	1	8.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	+1
14	Mark Bryant M. Bryant	129.5	NBA Finals	3	10.0	3.7	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.7	62.5	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.7	50.0	61.9	1.3	1.0	1.0	30	11	7	0	0	0	3	4
15	Neemias Queta N. Queta	129.4	NBA Finals	1	5.4	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	+7
16	Cole Aldrich C. Aldrich	128.9	NBA Finals	1	4.7	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	+8
17	Travis Knight T. Knight	128.3	NBA Finals	4	2.3	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	50.0	64.4	0.5	0.0	0.3	9	5	2	0	0	0	1	5	-8
18	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	127.8	NBA Finals	1	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
19	Kyle Korver K. Korver	127.5	NBA Finals	9	17.9	3.1	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.9	3.9	22.9	0.7	3.0	22.2	0.7	0.9	75.0	36.3	0.2	1.2	0.4	162	28	13	5	1	2	4	17	-12
20	George Hill G. Hill	127.2	NBA Finals	4	29.2	7.5	2.3	2.3	0.8	0.3	2.5	7.8	32.3	1.8	4.0	43.8	0.8	1.5	50.0	44.6	1.3	1.0	1.5	117	30	9	9	3	1	6	16	-50
21	Conner Henry C. Henry	127.2	NBA Finals	4	3.8	2.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	44.4	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	46.5	0.3	0.5	0.3	15	10	3	0	0	0	1	1
22	Scot Pollard S. Pollard	126.8	NBA Finals	1	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Oshae Brissett O. Brissett	126.8	NBA Finals	3	6.2	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	50.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	71.7	0.3	0.7	0.0	19	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	-3
24	Svi Mykhailiuk S. Mykhailiuk	126.7	NBA Finals	3	4.4	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.7	25.0	0.3	1.7	20.0	0.0	0.0		31.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	13	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	-10
25	Omer Yurtseven O. Yurtseven	126.6	NBA Finals	2	0.9	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1