Since 2021-22, Hassan Whiteside has the best defensive rating, with a 103.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

lowest defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player after 2021

	NAME	DRTG	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	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	103.5	65	17.9	8.2	7.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	3.3	5.1	65.2	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.6	62.3	66.2	2.6	5.0	0.8	1,162	534	494	26	22	103	53	179	+230
2	Nemanja Bjelica N. Bjelica	105.0	71	16.1	6.1	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.4	2.3	4.8	46.8	0.8	2.1	36.2	0.8	1.1	72.8	57.3	0.9	3.3	1.2	1,142	433	294	159	41	26	87	128	+133
3	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	105.5	259	16.9	7.5	8.3	0.9	0.9	0.6	3.1	5.5	56.1	0.0	0.1	10.3	1.3	2.3	56.6	57.5	2.9	5.4	1.3	4,388	1,935	2,142	235	235	161	326	543	-154
4	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	106.5	284	32.6	13.7	12.5	1.4	0.7	1.8	5.2	7.7	67.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	5.1	66.2	69.2	3.6	8.9	1.6	9,249	3,893	3,549	388	209	498	449	806	+1148
5	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	106.6	117	31.1	22.5	10.8	3.8	1.2	3.7	8.2	17.5	46.9	2.3	6.8	33.9	3.8	4.8	80.9	57.7	2.1	8.7	3.5	3,633	2,638	1,261	442	140	430	409	258	-40
6	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	107.0	114	28.9	16.1	7.9	2.3	0.7	2.3	5.9	11.4	51.9	1.5	4.1	37.2	2.8	3.6	78.0	62.3	1.6	6.4	1.6	3,290	1,836	905	263	76	261	187	269	+716
7	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	107.2	282	22.4	7.8	7.5	2.4	0.8	1.0	3.3	5.5	59.7	0.1	0.3	25.8	1.2	1.7	69.0	62.6	2.6	4.9	1.2	6,330	2,188	2,105	669	237	288	339	761	+1144
8	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	107.9	179	25.1	7.3	8.6	0.7	0.9	1.6	3.1	4.5	69.4	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.2	48.2	66.8	4.2	4.4	0.8	4,495	1,305	1,536	122	167	295	136	436	+140
9	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	108.0	269	32.5	16.4	9.0	2.9	0.8	1.6	6.6	12.0	54.8	0.6	1.8	31.5	2.7	3.8	69.4	59.8	2.2	6.7	1.9	8,745	4,412	2,408	784	222	419	514	640	+1012
10	Steven Adams S. Adams	108.2	176	22.3	6.3	8.9	2.4	0.7	0.8	2.6	4.6	56.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	2.4	47.0	55.7	4.1	4.8	1.4	3,925	1,114	1,572	419	123	134	248	311	+768
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	108.2	192	33.7	31.6	10.7	4.5	1.1	1.5	10.3	19.9	51.8	1.2	3.5	35.4	9.7	11.4	84.9	63.3	2.0	8.7	3.4	6,463	6,067	2,051	862	203	295	652	540	+1001
12	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	108.3	64	22.2	9.3	7.4	0.9	0.6	1.1	4.0	7.3	55.4	0.5	1.7	31.5	0.7	1.0	68.7	60.3	1.8	5.6	0.9	1,422	595	473	60	39	71	57	111	+39
13	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	108.4	283	31.0	15.0	10.2	2.0	0.8	1.1	6.2	9.3	66.3	0.0	0.1	6.5	2.7	3.7	72.6	68.7	3.1	7.1	1.4	8,767	4,247	2,877	573	228	313	405	524	+1194
14	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	108.4	131	27.6	11.9	7.4	3.3	1.3	1.0	4.8	8.7	54.9	0.3	1.1	22.1	2.1	3.1	68.4	59.2	2.6	4.8	1.7	3,613	1,562	973	428	175	127	228	308	+313
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	108.4	292	34.6	26.9	12.7	9.2	1.5	0.8	10.3	17.5	59.1	1.3	3.4	37.5	4.9	6.1	81.2	66.7	2.7	10.0	3.4	10,106	7,850	3,704	2,686	431	223	996	720	+2360
16	Anthony Davis A. Davis	108.6	223	34.6	24.7	11.9	3.2	1.2	2.2	9.4	17.3	54.4	0.4	1.7	25.6	5.5	7.1	78.1	60.7	3.0	8.8	2.1	7,714	5,515	2,647	717	258	492	476	518	+289
17	Kevin Love K. Love	108.7	214	19.1	9.9	6.4	1.9	0.4	0.2	3.2	7.8	41.7	1.8	5.1	36.3	1.6	2.0	82.6	57.6	1.1	5.3	1.1	4,080	2,123	1,367	413	75	44	230	316	+286
18	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	108.8	280	34.0	19.2	9.8	3.7	1.2	0.8	7.4	14.2	52.3	0.3	1.0	33.8	4.0	5.2	77.1	58.2	2.4	7.4	2.4	9,513	5,374	2,738	1,045	347	224	658	700	+494
19	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	108.9	281	29.3	19.8	5.9	1.6	1.1	2.1	7.0	15.1	46.2	1.7	5.1	34.1	4.2	5.2	80.0	57.1	1.4	4.5	2.0	8,244	5,572	1,662	448	310	585	550	991	+718
20	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	108.9	270	33.6	30.4	11.7	6.1	1.0	1.1	11.2	19.3	58.1	0.6	2.2	27.7	7.4	11.2	66.1	62.8	2.3	9.4	3.4	9,083	8,219	3,159	1,656	269	299	921	774	+1411
21	Kevon Looney K. Looney	109.0	314	19.2	5.6	7.1	2.0	0.6	0.5	2.3	4.0	58.1	0.0	0.0	25.0	0.9	1.5	60.8	59.7	2.6	4.5	0.6	6,025	1,747	2,237	623	176	168	201	749	+480
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	109.1	296	36.3	27.7	8.4	5.0	1.0	0.6	9.4	20.3	46.0	3.2	9.0	35.5	5.8	6.9	84.0	59.3	0.9	7.4	2.8	10,732	8,190	2,482	1,471	305	181	827	636	+2279
23	Donovan Clingan D. Clingan	109.1	67	19.8	6.5	7.9	1.1	0.5	1.6	2.7	5.0	53.9	0.2	0.7	28.6	0.9	1.6	59.6	57.4	3.2	4.6	1.1	1,324	436	527	77	34	110	72	189	-2
24	Draymond Green D. Green	109.2	242	29.3	8.5	6.9	6.3	1.2	0.9	3.2	6.7	48.8	0.8	2.3	33.4	1.2	1.7	69.5	57.1	1.1	5.8	2.7	7,099	2,051	1,673	1,535	289	227	652	750	+983
25	Al Horford A. Horford	109.2	257	28.5	9.4	6.6	2.8	0.6	1.0	3.5	7.5	46.8	1.8	4.5	39.2	0.6	0.7	84.2	60.2	1.3	5.3	0.8	7,324	2,417	1,702	717	153	266	196	425	+1513