Keyonte George has the highest defensive rating by a rookie, with a 124.0 rating in 2023-24.

Interpreted as:

highest drtg with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a rookie

	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	Keyonte George K. George	124.0	2023-24	UTA	75	27.0	13.0	2.8	4.4	0.5	0.1	4.3	10.9	39.1	2.0	5.9	33.4	2.5	3.0	84.8	53.3	0.2	2.6	2.5	2,023	974	211	332	36	7	188	91	-374
2	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	121.5	2024-25	WAS	82	30.0	9.8	4.2	4.4	0.7	0.3	3.7	9.1	40.1	1.7	5.0	33.9	0.8	1.0	81.2	51.4	0.4	3.8	1.7	2,458	807	341	364	54	21	141	190	-798
3	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	121.0	2018-19	CLE	82	31.8	16.7	2.9	3.0	0.5	0.1	6.3	14.7	43.0	1.5	3.6	40.2	2.6	3.1	83.9	52.0	0.7	2.2	2.3	2,605	1,371	236	243	44	6	185	186	-672
4	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	121.0	2022-23	IND	78	28.5	16.7	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	5.3	12.2	43.4	1.3	4.0	32.3	4.8	5.8	82.8	56.6	1.1	3.0	1.9	2,222	1,302	318	116	48	13	152	162	-179
5	Jaden Ivey J. Ivey	120.9	2022-23	DET	74	31.1	16.3	3.9	5.2	0.8	0.2	5.5	13.3	41.6	1.6	4.7	34.3	3.6	4.8	74.7	52.8	1.0	2.9	3.2	2,304	1,204	288	387	61	17	237	242	-642
6	Brandon Miller B. Miller	120.7	2023-24	CHA	74	32.2	17.3	4.3	2.4	0.9	0.6	6.4	14.6	44.0	2.5	6.7	37.3	1.9	2.3	82.7	55.2	0.8	3.4	1.8	2,383	1,279	315	175	66	42	132	184	-510
7	Andrew Nembhard A. Nembhard	120.4	2022-23	IND	75	27.6	9.5	2.7	4.5	0.9	0.2	3.8	8.6	44.1	1.2	3.5	35.0	0.7	0.8	79.0	52.8	0.5	2.2	1.7	2,073	709	199	341	70	13	126	179	-263
8	Jalen Green J. Green	120.2	2021-22	HOU	67	31.9	17.3	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	6.1	14.2	42.6	2.3	6.8	34.3	2.8	3.5	79.7	54.7	0.5	2.9	2.0	2,138	1,157	226	176	44	18	135	103	-519
9	Stephon Castle S. Castle	119.4	2024-25	SAS	81	26.7	14.7	3.7	4.1	0.9	0.3	5.2	12.2	42.8	1.2	4.1	28.5	3.1	4.2	72.4	52.2	1.1	2.6	2.2	2,162	1,190	297	332	74	22	177	164	-239
10	Darius Garland D. Garland	119.4	2019-20	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
11	Jabari Smith Jr. J. Smith Jr.	119.0	2022-23	HOU	79	31.0	12.8	7.2	1.3	0.5	0.9	4.6	11.3	40.8	1.5	4.9	30.7	2.1	2.6	78.6	51.4	1.5	5.7	1.3	2,450	1,010	569	101	43	74	104	227	-555
12	Davion Mitchell D. Mitchell	118.5	2021-22	SAC	75	27.7	11.5	2.2	4.2	0.7	0.3	4.7	11.2	41.8	1.3	4.3	31.6	0.7	1.1	65.9	48.9	0.4	1.8	1.5	2,076	861	166	313	55	24	114	141	-273
13	Jaylen Wells J. Wells	117.7	2024-25	MEM	79	25.9	10.4	3.4	1.7	0.6	0.1	3.6	8.6	42.5	1.7	5.0	35.2	1.4	1.7	82.2	56.0	1.1	2.3	0.9	2,043	823	268	135	44	8	69	146	+187
14	Keegan Murray K. Murray	117.4	2022-23	SAC	80	29.8	12.2	4.6	1.2	0.8	0.5	4.4	9.8	45.3	2.6	6.3	41.1	0.8	1.0	76.5	59.7	1.1	3.5	0.8	2,381	976	371	98	61	42	60	162	+99
15	Isaac Okoro I. Okoro	117.3	2020-21	CLE	67	32.4	9.6	3.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	3.5	8.3	42.0	0.9	3.2	29.0	1.7	2.3	72.6	51.4	1.0	2.1	1.3	2,173	646	206	128	62	24	86	185	-407
16	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	117.3	2019-20	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
17	Trae Young T. Young	116.8	2018-19	ATL	81	30.9	19.1	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	6.5	15.5	41.8	1.9	6.0	32.4	4.2	5.1	82.9	53.9	0.8	2.9	3.8	2,503	1,549	301	653	72	15	308	140	-336
18	Eric Paschall E. Paschall	116.7	2019-20	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
19	Kevin Huerter K. Huerter	116.2	2018-19	ATL	75	27.3	9.7	3.3	2.9	0.9	0.3	3.7	8.8	41.9	1.8	4.7	38.5	0.5	0.7	73.2	53.3	0.8	2.5	1.5	2,048	727	245	214	65	25	109	155	-122
20	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	116.1	2020-21	MIN	72	32.1	19.3	4.7	2.9	1.1	0.5	7.0	16.8	41.7	2.4	7.2	32.9	2.9	3.8	77.6	52.3	0.8	3.8	2.2	2,314	1,392	336	211	82	36	160	129	-228
21	Theo Maledon T. Maledon	115.8	2020-21	OKC	65	27.4	10.1	3.2	3.5	0.9	0.2	3.5	9.4	36.8	1.6	4.8	33.5	1.6	2.1	74.8	48.9	0.4	2.9	2.2	1,778	658	211	227	56	11	141	126	-621
22	Kevin Knox II K. Knox II	115.7	2018-19	NYK	75	28.8	12.8	4.5	1.1	0.6	0.3	4.5	12.2	37.0	1.7	4.9	34.3	2.2	3.0	71.7	47.5	0.8	3.7	1.5	2,158	963	335	82	43	24	114	175	-637
23	Ayo Dosunmu A. Dosunmu	115.4	2021-22	CHI	77	27.4	8.8	2.8	3.3	0.8	0.4	3.6	6.9	52.0	0.9	2.4	37.6	0.7	1.0	67.9	59.6	0.4	2.4	1.4	2,110	679	214	256	60	29	108	182	-199
24	Trey Burke T. Burke	115.3	2013-14	UTA	70	32.3	12.8	3.0	5.7	0.6	0.1	4.9	12.8	38.0	1.6	4.8	33.0	1.5	1.6	90.3	47.3	0.5	2.4	1.9	2,262	895	208	396	42	6	131	145	-257
25	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	115.2	1995-96	PHI	72	37.5	19.2	3.7	3.9	1.1	1.1	6.3	15.2	41.4	1.3	4.1	31.8	5.4	7.2	74.7	52.5	1.3	2.4	3.5	2,701	1,384	265	278	76	79	252	179