Jalen Williams had the best defensive rating in 2024-25, with a 107.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

lowest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in 2025

	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 Williams J. Williams	107.3	2024-25	OKC	69	32.4	21.6	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	8.2	16.9	48.4	1.8	4.9	36.5	3.4	4.3	78.9	57.3	0.9	4.5	2.2	2,237	1,490	369	354	111	46	150	158	+456
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	107.4	2024-25	OKC	76	34.2	32.7	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.3	21.8	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	8.8	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	2,598	2,484	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
3	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	107.8	2024-25	LAC	80	32.8	16.8	12.6	2.7	0.7	1.1	7.4	11.8	62.8	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.0	66.1	64.1	3.8	8.9	1.6	2,624	1,340	1,010	214	55	90	127	168	+514
4	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	108.1	2024-25	HOU	69	32.2	14.1	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	5.6	10.1	55.7	0.4	1.3	27.5	2.4	3.6	68.4	60.2	2.8	5.4	2.0	2,225	970	564	265	97	89	138	167	+268
5	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	108.1	2024-25	CLE	82	28.0	13.5	9.7	1.9	0.9	0.9	5.5	7.8	70.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	3.4	71.8	72.4	2.6	7.1	1.2	2,296	1,103	798	158	77	73	97	127	+514
6	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	108.3	2024-25	CLE	71	30.5	18.5	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	7.1	12.8	55.7	1.2	3.2	37.0	3.1	4.3	72.5	63.3	2.3	7.0	2.0	2,167	1,316	659	226	61	113	145	141	+546
7	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	108.3	2024-25	HOU	76	31.5	19.1	10.3	4.9	1.1	0.8	7.5	15.0	49.6	0.3	1.2	23.3	3.9	5.6	69.2	54.5	3.4	6.9	2.6	2,395	1,451	786	372	84	61	194	209	+410
8	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	108.8	2024-25	MIN	72	33.2	12.0	10.9	1.8	0.8	1.4	4.7	7.1	66.9	0.0	0.0		2.6	3.8	67.4	68.7	3.7	7.2	1.2	2,388	866	785	127	56	104	89	182	+327
9	Jalen Duren J. Duren	108.9	2024-25	DET	78	26.1	11.8	10.3	2.7	0.7	1.1	4.8	7.0	69.2	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.1	66.9	70.3	3.6	6.8	1.7	2,034	918	807	209	54	89	136	251	+36
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	109.3	2024-25	MIL	67	34.2	30.4	11.9	6.5	0.9	1.2	11.8	19.7	60.1	0.2	0.9	22.2	6.5	10.6	61.7	62.5	2.2	9.7	3.1	2,289	2,036	798	433	58	78	206	155	+334
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	109.5	2024-25	BOS	72	36.4	26.8	8.7	6.0	1.1	0.5	9.2	20.3	45.2	3.5	10.1	34.3	5.0	6.1	81.4	58.2	0.7	8.0	2.9	2,624	1,932	623	431	76	38	209	157	+534
12	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	109.9	2024-25	OKC	71	29.2	10.1	4.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	3.6	8.4	43.5	2.4	5.8	41.2	0.5	0.6	71.7	58.6	1.3	2.9	0.7	2,073	719	293	115	79	39	51	208	+549
13	James Harden J. Harden	110.0	2024-25	LAC	79	35.3	22.8	5.8	8.7	1.5	0.7	6.7	16.4	41.0	3.0	8.5	35.2	6.4	7.3	87.4	58.2	0.7	5.1	4.3	2,789	1,802	456	687	118	55	341	162	+344
14	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	110.3	2024-25	ORL	60	33.7	24.2	5.7	4.7	1.3	0.4	9.0	19.4	46.3	1.7	5.9	29.5	4.5	5.2	87.1	55.8	0.9	4.8	2.3	2,023	1,449	342	284	75	21	138	147	+248
15	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	110.3	2024-25	NYK	72	35.0	24.4	12.8	3.1	1.0	0.7	8.9	16.9	52.6	2.0	4.7	42.0	4.7	5.7	82.9	63.0	2.9	9.8	2.7	2,517	1,759	920	222	71	50	192	249	+378
16	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	110.3	2024-25	MIN	82	31.9	12.2	5.7	2.0	1.3	0.9	4.9	10.2	47.7	1.2	3.7	33.0	1.3	1.6	81.3	56.2	1.6	4.2	1.2	2,614	1,000	470	163	110	74	95	225	+172
17	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	110.3	2024-25	MIA	78	34.3	18.1	9.6	4.3	1.3	0.7	6.9	14.3	48.5	1.0	2.8	35.7	3.2	4.2	76.5	56.1	2.4	7.2	2.1	2,674	1,410	749	337	98	53	161	162	+27
18	Naz Reid N. Reid	110.4	2024-25	MIN	80	27.5	14.2	6.0	2.3	0.7	0.9	5.3	11.5	46.2	2.2	5.8	37.9	1.4	1.8	77.6	57.7	1.2	4.9	1.4	2,200	1,138	480	181	58	72	108	189	+342
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	110.7	2024-25	DEN	70	36.7	29.6	12.7	10.2	1.8	0.6	11.2	19.5	57.6	2.0	4.7	41.7	5.2	6.4	80.0	66.3	2.9	9.9	3.3	2,571	2,071	892	716	127	45	230	160	+594
20	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	110.9	2024-25	ATL	76	33.8	14.1	5.9	4.4	3.0	0.7	6.0	12.1	49.3	1.1	3.1	34.0	1.1	1.8	59.3	54.5	1.6	4.3	2.0	2,571	1,073	449	333	229	55	155	175	-65
21	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	111.0	2024-25	MEM	74	29.8	22.2	5.6	2.0	1.2	1.5	8.0	16.4	48.8	2.0	5.3	37.5	4.2	5.4	78.1	59.1	1.2	4.4	2.1	2,207	1,641	417	148	92	113	153	257	+330
22	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	111.7	2024-25	ORL	77	29.6	8.7	2.2	1.8	1.3	0.4	3.1	7.1	43.9	1.5	4.3	34.2	1.1	1.2	86.3	57.4	0.4	1.8	0.8	2,279	673	169	136	99	34	62	136	+10
23	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	111.7	2024-25	TOR	65	32.8	19.3	7.7	5.8	1.4	1.0	7.3	16.4	44.6	1.2	4.3	27.1	3.5	4.6	75.5	52.3	1.7	6.0	2.8	2,134	1,252	502	378	93	63	185	113	-130
24	Myles Turner M. Turner	111.8	2024-25	IND	72	30.2	15.6	6.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	5.4	11.3	48.1	2.2	5.5	39.6	2.6	3.3	77.3	61.2	1.3	5.3	1.7	2,174	1,120	471	111	54	144	123	183	+202
25	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	112.0	2024-25	BOS	63	34.3	22.2	5.8	4.5	1.2	0.3	8.2	17.7	46.3	1.8	5.7	32.4	3.9	5.1	76.4	55.5	1.3	4.5	2.6	2,158	1,398	368	286	73	19	162	154	+402