Jalen Duren has the lowest defensive rating by a big man this season, with a 109.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

lowest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games frontcourt 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	Jalen Duren J. Duren	109.3	2025-26	DET	23	29.0	18.0	11.0	1.7	0.8	1.0	6.7	10.3	64.8	0.0	0.0		4.7	6.3	74.7	69.1	4.0	7.0	2.4	666	415	252	40	19	23	56	76	+202
2	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	110.2	2025-26	TOR	27	33.9	19.6	7.9	5.3	1.4	1.6	7.6	15.1	50.1	1.4	3.6	37.8	3.1	3.7	83.8	58.6	2.1	5.8	2.5	914	530	214	143	38	44	67	86	+70
3	P.J. Washington	110.9	2025-26	DAL	22	31.9	16.2	7.9	2.1	1.1	1.2	6.0	13.5	44.3	1.5	4.7	33.0	2.7	4.0	67.4	53.1	1.5	6.5	2.5	702	356	174	46	24	27	56	54	-63
4	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	110.9	2025-26	NYK	24	33.2	22.4	11.9	3.2	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.4	47.4	1.9	5.2	36.0	5.9	6.7	88.2	61.0	3.1	8.8	2.4	797	537	285	77	20	19	58	81	+201
5	Naz Reid N. Reid	111.2	2025-26	MIN	26	26.3	13.9	6.1	2.5	1.0	0.8	5.2	11.3	46.1	2.4	6.2	39.1	1.0	1.3	76.5	58.2	1.2	5.0	1.4	685	361	159	65	27	22	37	67	+39
6	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	111.2	2025-26	HOU	21	36.2	23.5	9.4	7.1	1.5	1.0	8.8	17.5	50.0	1.0	2.7	35.1	5.0	6.8	73.9	57.3	3.0	6.4	3.4	760	493	198	150	31	20	71	74	+128
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	111.4	2025-26	DEN	25	35.0	29.8	12.4	10.8	1.4	0.8	10.7	17.5	61.3	2.2	5.1	43.3	6.2	7.4	84.2	72.0	3.0	9.4	3.4	874	746	309	271	35	20	85	73	+250
8	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	111.8	2025-26	CLE	25	34.2	19.1	9.3	4.1	1.0	1.6	7.0	14.1	49.6	1.5	4.3	35.2	3.6	5.6	64.0	57.6	2.6	6.7	2.2	854	477	232	103	24	41	56	59	+88
9	Santi Aldama S. Aldama	112.1	2025-26	MEM	26	26.6	13.1	6.3	3.0	1.0	0.7	5.0	10.6	46.7	1.5	4.4	33.0	1.7	2.5	66.7	55.7	1.3	5.0	1.0	692	340	164	77	25	18	27	36	-26
10	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	112.2	2025-26	MIN	26	31.1	11.5	10.3	1.9	0.5	1.4	4.7	6.3	74.5	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.8	52.0	71.3	3.6	6.7	1.4	808	298	268	49	12	37	37	77	+144
11	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	112.9	2025-26	ORL	25	29.9	11.8	7.6	2.0	0.8	0.7	4.0	7.5	52.7	1.2	2.8	42.9	2.6	3.4	77.6	65.2	2.7	4.9	1.5	748	294	190	50	19	17	38	92	+55
12	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	113.3	2025-26	MEM	24	29.4	17.4	5.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	6.5	13.6	47.9	1.6	4.6	34.5	2.8	3.7	76.1	57.2	0.9	4.1	2.0	705	417	119	48	20	28	48	95	-88
13	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	113.4	2025-26	ATL	26	30.8	16.1	7.5	3.1	0.9	1.2	6.0	12.2	49.5	1.9	5.2	36.0	2.2	2.8	75.7	59.9	1.8	5.8	2.1	802	419	196	80	24	32	55	90	-51
14	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	114.2	2025-26	MIN	25	32.8	15.8	4.7	2.6	1.2	1.0	6.1	11.9	51.5	1.5	3.6	41.8	2.0	2.4	85.0	61.1	1.3	3.4	1.9	820	395	118	65	30	24	47	89	+131
15	Jabari Smith Jr. J. Smith Jr.	114.3	2025-26	HOU	22	34.0	15.4	6.7	2.0	0.7	0.8	5.5	12.0	45.8	2.1	5.6	37.1	2.3	2.9	79.7	58.0	1.5	5.3	1.4	747	339	148	45	16	17	30	68	+182
16	Julius Randle J. Randle	114.4	2025-26	MIN	26	33.8	23.1	7.3	5.8	1.0	0.2	7.7	15.6	49.5	1.8	5.0	35.4	5.8	7.0	83.1	61.7	1.6	5.7	2.7	880	600	189	152	26	4	69	68	+155
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	114.9	2025-26	HOU	21	35.8	24.8	4.6	4.0	1.0	0.8	8.6	17.1	50.1	1.8	4.5	40.4	5.9	6.6	89.1	62.1	0.3	4.3	3.0	752	521	97	84	20	17	64	51	+163
18	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	115.2	2025-26	LAL	23	29.4	15.3	9.0	0.9	0.8	1.0	7.1	10.0	71.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	63.2	71.0	2.9	6.0	2.0	676	352	206	20	18	24	45	62	+6
19	Myles Turner M. Turner	115.4	2025-26	MIL	27	28.6	12.2	5.5	1.6	0.9	1.6	4.0	9.3	43.2	2.1	5.7	37.7	2.0	2.8	72.4	58.0	1.0	4.5	1.1	771	329	148	44	23	43	29	75	-18
20	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	116.4	2025-26	IND	25	34.0	23.8	6.8	4.0	1.2	0.4	8.7	18.3	47.6	1.7	4.7	35.9	4.6	6.7	69.0	55.8	1.6	5.3	2.1	849	594	171	100	31	11	52	70	-67
21	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	117.1	2025-26	BKN	25	30.2	13.4	7.6	4.4	0.7	1.3	5.1	9.3	55.2	0.0	0.4	9.1	3.2	4.5	70.5	59.7	2.7	4.9	1.5	754	336	190	110	17	33	37	56	-109
22	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	117.1	2025-26	SAS	25	31.0	13.2	3.4	2.3	1.1	0.2	4.6	9.6	47.7	2.4	5.8	41.0	1.6	1.9	85.4	62.9	0.9	2.5	1.3	774	330	85	57	27	4	32	42	+50
23	Jarace Walker J. Walker	117.3	2025-26	IND	26	25.6	9.7	4.9	2.0	0.6	0.4	3.2	9.0	34.9	1.5	4.7	31.4	1.9	2.3	81.7	48.0	0.6	4.3	1.9	666	251	127	53	15	11	50	45	-157
24	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	117.5	2025-26	CHI	24	30.1	15.6	9.1	3.4	0.7	0.3	6.3	13.1	47.8	1.8	4.8	37.9	1.3	1.6	76.9	56.5	2.3	6.9	1.7	722	374	219	82	17	8	40	56	-112
25	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	117.9	2025-26	MIL	26	26.2	13.5	4.6	2.2	0.8	0.5	5.2	10.1	51.5	0.9	2.7	32.9	2.2	3.0	73.1	59.1	0.9	3.7	1.6	680	350	119	56	21	13	41	63	-49