highest defensive rating players 2020

Darius Garland had the worst defensive rating in 2019-20, with a 119.4 rating in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
highest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games players 2020
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Darius Garland
D. Garland
119.4
2019-20
CLE CLE
59
30.9
12.3
1.9
3.9
0.7
0.1
4.7
11.8
40.1
1.8
5.0
35.5
1.1
1.2
87.5
49.8
0.5
1.4
2.6
1,824
728
111
229
42
4
151
92
-295
2Collin Sexton
C. Sexton
118.0
2019-20
CLE CLE
65
33.0
20.8
3.1
3.0
1.0
0.1
7.9
16.7
47.2
1.5
3.9
38.0
3.5
4.1
84.6
56.0
0.9
2.2
2.4
2,143
1,349
204
192
65
7
158
142
-397
3CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
117.5
2019-20
POR POR
70
36.5
22.2
4.2
4.4
0.8
0.6
8.7
19.4
45.1
2.8
7.3
37.9
2.0
2.6
75.7
54.1
0.7
3.6
1.8
2,556
1,556
297
310
54
42
127
183
+13
4De'Andre Hunter
D. Hunter
117.3
2019-20
ATL ATL
63
32.0
12.3
4.5
1.8
0.7
0.3
4.4
10.8
41.0
1.7
4.8
35.5
1.7
2.3
76.4
52.1
0.7
3.8
1.6
2,018
778
286
112
44
18
103
182
-261
5Trae Young
T. Young
117.2
2019-20
ATL ATL
60
35.3
29.6
4.3
9.3
1.1
0.1
9.1
20.8
43.7
3.4
9.5
36.1
8.0
9.3
86.0
59.5
0.5
3.7
4.8
2,120
1,778
255
560
65
8
289
104
-228
6Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
117.1
2019-20
POR POR
66
37.5
30.0
4.3
8.0
1.1
0.3
9.5
20.4
46.3
4.1
10.2
40.1
7.0
7.8
88.8
62.8
0.5
3.8
2.9
2,474
1,978
284
530
70
22
194
114
+84
7Bradley Beal
B. Beal
117.0
2019-20
WAS WAS
57
36.0
30.5
4.2
6.1
1.2
0.4
10.4
22.9
45.5
3.0
8.4
35.3
6.8
8.0
84.2
57.9
0.9
3.3
3.4
2,053
1,741
242
347
71
23
194
126
-201
8Cedi Osman
C. Osman
117.0
2019-20
CLE CLE
65
29.4
11.0
3.6
2.4
0.8
0.2
4.1
9.4
43.7
1.9
4.9
38.3
1.0
1.4
67.0
55.2
0.6
3.0
1.4
1,910
718
231
154
54
16
91
160
-350
9Tony Snell
T. Snell
116.8
2019-20
DET DET
59
27.8
8.0
1.9
2.2
0.5
0.3
2.9
6.5
44.5
1.7
4.3
40.2
0.5
0.5
100.0
59.8
0.2
1.7
0.5
1,641
474
111
127
32
15
31
101
-173
10Eric Paschall
E. Paschall
116.7
2019-20
GSW GSW
60
27.6
14.0
4.6
2.1
0.5
0.2
5.3
10.7
49.7
0.6
2.2
28.7
2.7
3.5
77.4
57.1
1.4
3.2
1.6
1,654
837
275
127
32
13
94
125
-374
11Kevin Huerter
K. Huerter
116.5
2019-20
ATL ATL
56
31.4
12.2
4.1
3.8
0.9
0.5
4.5
10.9
41.3
2.3
6.0
38.0
0.9
1.1
82.8
53.6
0.6
3.4
1.6
1,760
684
228
213
51
27
87
139
-242
12Ish Smith
I. Smith
116.5
2019-20
WAS WAS
68
26.3
10.9
3.2
4.9
0.9
0.4
4.5
10.1
44.7
0.9
2.5
36.7
0.9
1.3
72.1
50.9
0.4
2.8
1.4
1,787
740
219
334
59
30
95
106
-140
13Langston Galloway
L. Galloway
115.9
2019-20
DET DET
66
25.8
10.2
2.3
1.5
0.7
0.2
3.6
8.2
43.5
2.0
5.0
39.9
1.1
1.3
85.7
58.4
0.5
1.8
0.6
1,702
676
149
101
48
11
40
96
-143
14Devonte' Graham
D. Graham
115.8
2019-20
CHA CHA
63
35.1
18.2
3.4
7.5
1.0
0.2
5.8
15.3
38.2
3.5
9.3
37.3
3.0
3.7
82.0
53.7
0.7
2.7
2.9
2,211
1,145
212
471
62
15
181
115
-185
15Harrison Barnes
H. Barnes
115.5
2019-20
SAC SAC
72
34.5
14.5
4.9
2.2
0.6
0.2
5.1
11.0
46.0
1.4
3.7
38.1
3.0
3.7
80.1
57.4
1.1
3.9
1.2
2,482
1,046
355
159
43
12
88
93
-124
16Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
115.3
2019-20
POR POR
58
32.8
15.4
6.3
1.5
0.8
0.5
5.8
13.5
43.0
1.5
3.9
38.5
2.3
2.8
84.5
52.5
1.2
5.1
1.7
1,902
895
368
85
49
27
100
171
+19
17Tim Hardaway Jr.
T. Hardaway Jr.
115.2
2019-20
DAL DAL
71
29.5
15.8
3.3
1.9
0.6
0.1
5.4
12.5
43.4
2.9
7.2
39.8
2.1
2.6
81.9
58.1
0.4
2.9
1.0
2,091
1,121
232
137
41
5
69
125
+290
18Glenn Robinson III
G. Robinson III
115.1
2019-20
TOT
62
28.8
11.7
4.4
1.5
0.9
0.3
4.6
9.5
48.6
1.2
3.2
39.1
1.2
1.4
86.0
57.7
1.3
3.0
0.9
1,786
727
270
96
54
16
55
100
-296
19Terry Rozier
T. Rozier
115.0
2019-20
CHA CHA
63
34.3
18.0
4.4
4.1
1.0
0.2
6.3
14.9
42.3
2.7
6.7
40.7
2.6
3.0
87.4
55.3
0.8
3.6
2.2
2,164
1,134
276
259
61
10
141
126
-397
20DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
114.6
2019-20
SAS SAS
68
34.1
22.1
5.5
5.6
1.0
0.3
8.2
15.4
53.1
0.1
0.5
25.7
5.6
6.6
84.5
60.3
0.6
4.9
2.4
2,316
1,504
375
380
70
20
164
180
-118
21Andrew Wiggins
A. Wiggins
114.4
2019-20
TOT
54
34.4
21.8
5.1
3.7
0.8
1.0
8.1
18.1
44.7
2.1
6.2
33.2
3.5
5.0
70.9
53.6
1.2
3.9
2.4
1,858
1,175
274
198
45
53
132
127
-201
22Cory Joseph
C. Joseph
114.3
2019-20
SAC SAC
72
24.4
6.4
2.6
3.5
0.7
0.3
2.4
5.7
41.5
0.8
2.2
35.2
0.8
1.0
85.7
51.7
0.6
2.0
1.1
1,759
458
188
251
53
21
80
133
-45
23Devin Booker
D. Booker
114.1
2019-20
PHX PHX
70
35.9
26.6
4.2
6.5
0.7
0.3
9.0
18.3
48.9
2.0
5.7
35.4
6.7
7.3
91.9
61.8
0.4
3.8
3.8
2,511
1,863
297
456
49
18
264
213
+130
24Tristan Thompson
T. Thompson
114.1
2019-20
CLE CLE
57
30.2
12.0
10.1
2.1
0.6
0.9
5.1
9.9
51.2
0.2
0.4
39.1
1.7
2.8
61.5
54.0
4.0
6.2
1.8
1,721
684
577
120
33
50
103
124
-377
25RJ Barrett
RJ Barrett
113.9
2019-20
NYK NYK
56
30.4
14.3
5.0
2.6
1.0
0.3
5.2
13.0
40.2
1.1
3.5
32.0
2.8
4.5
61.4
47.9
0.9
4.1
2.2
1,704
803
279
143
55
17
124
122
-325
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ORTG

108.2

21st

DRTG

115.9

15th

NETRTG

-7.8

18th

3P%

41.3

4th

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Fri
10/24
CLE CLE
@
BKN BKN
7:30 PM
Sun
10/26
MIL MIL
@
CLE CLE
6:00 PM
Mon
10/27
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
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10/29
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Fri
10/31
TOR TOR
@
CLE CLE
7:30 PM
Last Game
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111

Final

119

NYK Knicks

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Wed 22 Oct 2025

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Rockets Rockets
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
124-125
Mon
10/20
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
119-109
Tue
10/21
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
111-119
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10/21
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CHA CHA
117-136
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10/21
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ORL ORL
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10/23
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7:30 PM
Thu
10/23
DEN DEN
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10:00 PM
Fri
10/24
MIL MIL
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10/24
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10/24
BOS BOS
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