CJ McCollum has the highest defensive rating this season, with a 127.0 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest player defensive ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 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	127.0	2025-26	WAS	17	29.6	18.2	3.4	3.4	0.7	0.2	6.4	14.7	43.6	3.0	7.1	42.1	2.4	3.1	78.8	56.8	0.6	2.7	1.5	504	310	57	57	12	4	25	39	-92
2	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	126.3	2025-26	WAS	17	25.2	6.5	3.4	4.2	0.5	0.1	2.3	6.4	36.1	1.4	2.9	46.0	0.6	0.8	71.4	48.6	0.3	3.1	2.3	428	111	58	71	9	2	39	46	-205
3	Terance Mann T. Mann	125.4	2025-26	BKN	17	26.5	8.6	3.4	3.6	0.7	0.2	3.2	7.1	45.0	1.1	2.8	37.5	1.2	1.5	80.8	55.9	1.6	1.8	0.9	451	147	58	61	12	3	16	49	-107
4	Svi Mykhailiuk S. Mykhailiuk	125.2	2025-26	UTA	17	26.4	9.3	2.5	2.1	0.5	0.2	3.5	7.5	47.2	1.9	5.3	36.7	0.3	0.4	83.3	60.9	0.6	1.9	0.9	448	158	43	36	8	3	15	24	-32
5	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	124.4	2025-26	SAC	16	33.5	20.5	3.3	2.2	0.7	0.1	7.3	14.7	49.8	2.8	7.1	38.6	3.1	3.5	89.3	63.2	0.2	3.1	2.2	536	328	53	35	11	2	35	37	-208
6	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	124.1	2025-26	CHA	16	26.6	15.8	2.1	4.7	0.6	0.0	5.3	11.2	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.3	3.9	4.6	86.3	59.9	0.3	1.8	2.8	426	253	34	75	10	0	44	36	-44
7	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	123.8	2025-26	NOP	17	26.9	12.1	5.4	2.2	0.9	0.0	4.3	10.2	42.2	1.9	5.3	35.6	1.6	2.4	65.9	53.7	1.8	3.5	0.6	457	205	91	37	15	0	11	20	-141
8	Noah Clowney N. Clowney	123.3	2025-26	BKN	17	27.2	12.2	3.5	1.6	0.7	0.6	3.6	9.0	39.9	2.1	6.4	33.0	2.9	3.7	79.4	57.5	0.6	2.9	1.6	462	208	60	27	12	11	28	38	-68
9	Keyonte George K. George	123.1	2025-26	UTA	17	34.6	23.4	4.1	7.2	1.1	0.2	7.4	16.7	44.4	2.2	6.8	31.9	6.4	7.0	90.8	59.0	0.6	3.5	3.3	589	397	69	122	18	4	56	39	-86
10	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	122.9	2025-26	SAC	18	29.2	12.4	3.7	6.0	0.8	0.2	4.6	11.5	39.6	1.5	4.5	33.3	1.8	2.3	78.0	49.5	0.4	3.2	1.9	525	223	66	108	15	4	35	33	-148
11	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	122.8	2025-26	SAC	18	32.7	18.7	3.1	3.6	1.3	0.2	6.6	13.2	50.0	0.7	2.0	36.1	4.8	5.3	89.6	60.1	0.6	2.6	1.1	588	337	56	65	23	3	20	37	-169
12	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	122.8	2025-26	UTA	17	35.6	28.5	6.1	2.2	1.0	0.5	9.6	20.4	47.3	3.4	8.9	37.7	5.9	6.6	89.3	61.2	2.3	3.8	1.4	605	485	104	38	17	8	23	31	-42
13	Herbert Jones H. Jones	122.7	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
14	AJ Green	122.2	2025-26	MIL	18	28.4	10.7	2.6	1.7	0.4	0.1	3.4	7.2	47.3	3.1	6.5	47.0	0.9	1.2	76.2	69.8	0.1	2.6	0.8	511	193	47	30	8	1	14	55	-11
15	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	122.1	2025-26	BKN	16	32.6	24.3	7.4	3.0	0.8	0.2	8.7	18.0	48.3	3.1	8.6	36.2	3.8	4.5	83.3	60.7	1.1	6.3	2.1	521	388	118	48	12	3	34	34	-94
16	Kyshawn George K. George	122.0	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
17	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	122.0	2025-26	CHA	17	33.6	19.4	5.8	2.9	0.8	0.2	6.8	13.8	49.1	3.7	8.5	43.8	2.1	2.4	90.0	65.4	1.1	4.7	2.4	571	329	99	49	13	4	41	41	-33
18	Sion James S. James	121.9	2025-26	CHA	17	26.5	6.9	3.2	1.6	0.8	0.3	2.3	5.2	43.8	1.3	3.1	42.3	1.0	1.2	81.0	59.5	0.4	2.8	1.0	451	117	54	28	13	5	17	28	-27
19	Kris Dunn K. Dunn	121.9	2025-26	LAC	18	25.9	7.7	2.4	2.7	1.4	0.2	3.0	6.0	50.0	0.9	2.3	39.0	0.8	1.1	75.0	59.5	0.8	1.6	1.3	466	139	44	48	25	4	24	44	-101
20	James Harden J. Harden	121.8	2025-26	LAC	17	35.6	27.9	5.7	8.4	1.1	0.4	8.1	18.0	45.1	3.8	10.1	37.8	7.8	8.6	90.5	63.9	0.6	5.1	3.8	605	474	97	143	18	7	65	32	-36
21	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	121.4	2025-26	NOP	18	35.3	20.2	6.3	3.1	1.7	0.2	6.8	14.7	46.2	3.0	8.1	37.2	3.6	3.9	92.9	61.6	1.4	4.9	2.1	636	363	113	55	31	4	38	40	-158
22	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	121.4	2025-26	MIL	18	28.0	10.2	1.4	1.9	1.0	0.1	3.5	8.6	40.6	2.3	5.9	38.7	0.9	1.3	73.9	55.7	0.1	1.4	0.9	504	184	26	35	18	1	16	36	-110
23	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	121.3	2025-26	NOP	18	26.8	15.4	3.3	2.7	1.6	0.2	5.9	12.9	45.7	1.2	3.3	36.7	2.4	3.1	78.2	54.1	0.7	2.6	2.4	482	277	59	49	29	3	44	36	-162
24	John Collins J. Collins	121.3	2025-26	LAC	18	26.1	11.6	4.8	0.6	0.8	0.6	4.4	8.9	49.7	0.9	2.7	35.4	1.8	2.2	80.0	58.5	1.2	3.6	1.6	469	209	86	10	14	10	29	42	-58
25	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	121.2	2025-26	CHA	17	34.9	22.0	6.5	3.8	0.7	0.6	7.4	17.5	41.9	2.9	8.6	34.2	4.4	4.8	90.2	56.0	1.1	5.5	1.5	594	374	111	64	12	10	25	34	-72