CJ McCollum has the highest defensive rating this season, with a 127.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 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	127.8	2025-26	WAS	16	29.3	16.5	3.3	3.3	0.7	0.3	5.8	14.1	40.9	2.6	6.8	38.0	2.4	3.0	81.3	53.6	0.7	2.6	1.4	468	264	52	53	11	4	23	38	-111
2	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	126.5	2025-26	WAS	16	25.4	6.3	3.6	4.1	0.6	0.1	2.2	6.4	34.3	1.3	2.9	44.7	0.6	0.9	71.4	46.7	0.3	3.3	2.3	406	101	58	65	9	2	36	45	-209
3	Svi Mykhailiuk S. Mykhailiuk	125.6	2025-26	UTA	15	26.7	9.6	2.5	1.9	0.5	0.2	3.6	7.5	47.8	2.1	5.4	38.3	0.3	0.4	83.3	62.3	0.7	1.9	0.9	400	144	38	29	8	3	13	22	-19
4	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	125.4	2025-26	SAC	15	33.6	21.4	3.3	2.3	0.7	0.1	7.6	15.0	50.7	2.9	7.2	39.8	3.3	3.7	89.3	64.3	0.2	3.1	2.3	504	321	50	34	10	2	34	34	-204
5	Terance Mann T. Mann	125.3	2025-26	BKN	15	27.5	9.2	3.3	3.6	0.7	0.2	3.4	7.4	45.9	1.1	3.1	37.0	1.3	1.5	82.6	57.0	1.5	1.8	0.9	412	138	50	54	11	3	13	45	-78
6	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	124.4	2025-26	NOP	16	26.4	11.6	4.9	2.1	0.8	0.0	4.1	9.8	41.4	1.8	5.1	35.4	1.6	2.3	70.3	53.4	1.7	3.2	0.7	423	185	78	34	13	0	11	18	-145
7	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	123.9	2025-26	SAC	17	32.8	17.9	3.3	3.6	1.2	0.2	6.5	13.1	49.5	0.8	2.1	36.1	4.2	4.8	87.7	59.0	0.6	2.7	1.1	557	304	56	61	20	3	18	35	-169
8	Keyonte George K. George	123.8	2025-26	UTA	15	34.2	22.8	3.9	7.1	1.0	0.3	7.1	16.3	43.4	1.9	6.5	29.6	6.7	7.2	93.5	58.7	0.6	3.3	3.4	513	342	58	107	15	4	51	35	-83
9	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	123.7	2025-26	SAC	17	29.5	12.8	3.6	5.8	0.9	0.2	4.7	11.7	40.2	1.6	4.7	33.8	1.8	2.3	76.9	50.2	0.4	3.2	2.0	501	217	61	99	15	4	34	32	-150
10	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	123.2	2025-26	UTA	15	35.7	29.9	6.1	2.1	1.1	0.5	10.0	20.6	48.5	3.6	9.3	38.8	6.3	7.0	89.5	63.1	2.3	3.8	1.3	536	448	91	32	16	7	20	29	-41
11	Noah Clowney N. Clowney	123.0	2025-26	BKN	15	25.7	10.3	3.7	1.5	0.7	0.6	3.0	8.1	37.2	1.9	5.9	31.5	2.5	3.3	74.0	54.2	0.7	3.0	1.4	385	155	55	23	10	9	21	32	-65
12	Herbert Jones H. Jones	122.8	2025-26	NOP	16	30.3	9.5	3.8	2.3	1.4	0.3	3.4	8.8	39.0	1.6	4.3	36.2	1.1	1.4	73.9	50.3	0.9	2.8	1.6	484	152	60	37	23	4	26	57	-119
13	Kyshawn George K. George	122.7	2025-26	WAS	15	31.6	16.5	6.3	4.9	1.1	0.9	5.9	12.3	48.4	2.5	5.6	44.0	2.2	3.0	73.3	60.8	0.9	5.4	3.5	474	248	95	73	16	14	52	66	-152
14	AJ Green	122.2	2025-26	MIL	17	28.6	11.0	2.6	1.8	0.4	0.1	3.5	7.2	48.0	3.2	6.6	48.2	0.9	1.1	78.9	71.2	0.1	2.6	0.8	487	187	45	30	7	1	13	52	+20
15	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	122.2	2025-26	CHA	16	33.5	18.8	5.8	2.9	0.8	0.2	6.6	13.6	48.8	3.5	8.3	42.1	2.1	2.3	89.2	64.5	1.1	4.7	2.4	536	301	93	46	13	3	39	40	-37
16	Sion James S. James	122.0	2025-26	CHA	16	26.2	6.9	3.0	1.6	0.8	0.3	2.3	5.1	43.9	1.3	3.0	43.8	1.1	1.3	81.0	60.3	0.3	2.7	1.0	419	110	48	25	13	5	16	26	-43
17	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	121.6	2025-26	BKN	14	32.9	24.8	7.7	3.1	0.8	0.1	8.9	18.2	48.6	3.2	8.6	37.5	3.9	4.6	84.4	61.3	1.1	6.6	2.2	461	347	108	44	11	2	31	30	-67
18	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	121.6	2025-26	CHA	16	34.9	22.1	6.6	3.7	0.7	0.6	7.3	17.3	42.2	3.1	8.6	35.8	4.4	4.9	89.7	56.7	1.1	5.5	1.4	559	353	106	59	11	9	23	31	-70
19	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	121.3	2025-26	NOP	17	35.3	20.2	6.4	3.0	1.7	0.2	6.8	14.6	46.4	2.9	7.9	37.0	3.7	3.9	94.0	61.8	1.5	4.9	2.2	600	343	109	51	29	4	37	37	-178
20	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	121.2	2025-26	MIL	17	27.8	10.1	1.4	1.9	1.0	0.1	3.5	8.7	40.5	2.3	6.0	38.2	0.8	1.1	72.2	55.2	0.1	1.4	0.8	472	172	24	32	17	1	14	33	-119
21	Jerami Grant J. Grant	121.1	2025-26	POR	15	28.7	18.4	3.5	2.4	0.9	0.4	5.3	11.8	45.2	2.1	5.3	40.0	5.6	6.7	84.0	62.4	1.1	2.4	1.8	430	276	52	36	13	6	27	48	-56
22	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	121.1	2025-26	NOP	17	26.9	15.4	3.2	2.7	1.7	0.2	6.0	13.1	45.7	1.2	3.4	35.1	2.2	2.9	77.6	53.6	0.7	2.5	2.5	457	262	55	46	29	3	43	35	-166
23	Toumani Camara T. Camara	121.0	2025-26	POR	16	34.6	12.5	5.1	2.8	1.1	0.5	4.6	11.3	41.1	2.2	6.8	32.1	1.1	1.4	73.9	52.6	2.1	3.0	2.2	553	200	82	44	17	8	35	52	-39
24	Alex Sarr A. Sarr	120.8	2025-26	WAS	14	28.9	18.1	8.4	3.6	0.6	2.0	7.5	14.8	50.7	1.1	3.3	34.8	2.0	2.9	68.3	56.4	2.4	6.0	2.3	404	254	117	51	9	28	32	30	-119
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	120.8	2025-26	SAC	17	28.2	14.1	6.9	6.5	1.1	0.2	5.1	11.5	44.4	2.1	5.3	38.9	1.8	2.9	63.3	55.2	1.6	5.2	3.1	479	240	117	111	18	3	52	40	-132