Since 2016-17, Andre Drummond has the best defensive rating, with a 102.0 rating.

Interpreted as:

lowest defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player since 2017

	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	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	102.0	600	25.3	12.1	11.9	1.5	1.3	1.1	5.0	9.4	53.5	0.0	0.2	11.7	2.1	3.8	55.3	55.0	3.9	8.0	2.0	15,190	7,278	7,151	920	781	657	1,180	1,652	-605
2	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	102.2	371	25.0	13.0	11.2	0.8	0.5	2.0	5.4	9.4	57.9	0.0	0.1	30.8	2.1	3.4	60.8	59.5	3.3	7.9	1.5	9,267	4,817	4,137	291	197	736	556	997	+280
3	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	102.3	171	22.2	9.9	7.4	2.6	0.3	1.0	3.7	7.7	47.7	0.6	1.4	44.3	1.8	2.5	73.0	55.6	1.5	5.8	1.2	3,799	1,685	1,257	440	53	164	205	260	+251
4	David Lee D. Lee	103.0	79	18.7	7.3	5.6	1.6	0.4	0.5	3.1	5.3	59.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.4	70.8	61.3	1.9	3.7	1.0	1,477	576	441	124	31	40	82	125	+315
5	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	103.2	641	32.6	14.2	12.6	1.4	0.7	2.1	5.3	7.9	67.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	5.5	65.1	68.6	3.6	9.1	1.7	20,906	9,111	8,102	916	459	1,353	1,081	1,814	+3330
6	Dwight Howard D. Howard	103.4	362	23.1	10.6	9.6	1.0	0.6	1.1	4.0	6.6	60.7	0.0	0.1	34.7	2.5	4.5	56.4	61.7	2.9	6.7	1.8	8,364	3,835	3,478	354	214	404	637	1,023	-101
7	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	103.9	239	26.8	18.6	9.2	3.5	1.2	1.1	6.3	13.8	45.8	1.4	4.2	34.2	4.5	5.9	75.7	56.6	1.8	7.4	3.1	6,403	4,436	2,191	843	288	258	732	816	+96
8	Zaza Pachulia Z. Pachulia	104.0	207	15.1	5.1	4.8	1.6	0.6	0.3	1.9	3.7	52.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	78.7	58.3	1.6	3.2	1.0	3,118	1,066	996	332	128	67	216	439	+518
9	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	104.4	134	19.3	8.2	2.2	2.6	0.9	0.2	2.8	6.7	41.2	1.1	3.1	36.5	1.5	1.8	82.4	54.3	0.4	1.9	1.5	2,590	1,093	299	346	125	32	201	245	+330
10	Derrick Favors D. Favors	104.5	361	22.3	9.3	6.9	1.1	0.6	1.0	3.9	6.9	56.7	0.1	0.5	21.0	1.3	2.0	65.4	59.4	2.4	4.5	0.9	8,038	3,351	2,478	397	234	354	332	742	+397
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	105.1	527	34.7	25.8	11.2	3.0	1.3	2.3	9.5	18.2	52.5	0.6	2.2	29.7	6.1	7.6	79.9	59.9	2.7	8.5	2.2	18,292	13,580	5,898	1,576	691	1,189	1,159	1,193	+1127
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	105.3	452	31.9	27.7	11.0	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.1	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	10.0	82.8	61.3	2.2	8.8	3.4	14,408	12,523	4,987	1,658	411	738	1,547	1,369	+2490
13	Tony Allen T. Allen	105.4	93	23.5	8.0	4.7	1.2	1.4	0.3	3.4	7.4	46.4	0.2	0.7	28.8	1.0	1.6	60.3	49.6	2.0	2.7	1.3	2,186	746	438	107	126	32	119	227	-27
14	Amir Johnson A. Johnson	105.6	205	16.1	5.2	4.1	1.6	0.5	0.6	2.1	3.8	54.9	0.2	0.7	35.5	0.7	1.1	66.4	60.0	1.4	2.7	0.9	3,305	1,063	843	318	112	119	177	502	+146
15	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	105.6	621	33.8	28.4	11.3	5.8	1.2	1.3	10.4	18.4	56.3	0.8	2.6	28.5	6.9	9.9	68.9	62.2	2.1	9.2	3.4	20,972	17,633	7,037	3,586	734	805	2,083	1,846	+3350
16	Dewayne Dedmon D. Dedmon	105.8	367	19.0	7.3	6.3	0.9	0.6	0.8	2.9	5.5	52.3	0.5	1.5	33.6	1.0	1.4	75.8	59.9	1.5	4.8	1.1	6,963	2,687	2,320	331	213	291	396	974	-178
17	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	105.9	322	29.6	13.6	6.7	3.9	0.8	1.2	4.9	11.0	44.2	1.3	3.5	37.0	2.6	3.2	80.6	54.8	0.9	5.9	1.9	9,529	4,368	2,173	1,248	265	382	627	812	+267
18	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	106.2	519	22.8	8.4	9.8	1.4	0.4	1.0	3.4	5.1	67.8	0.0	0.0	25.0	1.5	2.7	56.2	67.0	2.7	7.1	1.4	11,816	4,361	5,082	701	213	495	712	1,084	-362
19	Draymond Green D. Green	106.5	560	30.6	8.7	7.1	6.9	1.4	1.0	3.3	7.1	45.5	0.8	2.7	30.8	1.4	1.9	72.4	54.5	1.0	6.1	2.7	17,126	4,875	4,002	3,854	797	579	1,493	1,653	+2627
20	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
21	Danny Green D. Green	106.7	430	25.4	8.2	3.4	1.5	1.0	0.7	2.9	7.0	41.4	2.0	5.0	39.6	0.4	0.6	77.9	56.5	0.6	2.7	1.0	10,943	3,546	1,448	640	450	318	410	796	+1628
22	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	106.7	383	31.1	13.1	7.4	7.2	1.5	0.7	5.4	9.7	55.8	0.0	0.1	13.9	2.3	3.8	59.2	57.6	1.7	5.7	3.0	11,910	5,021	2,840	2,754	568	255	1,151	1,059	+840
23	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	106.8	395	25.4	12.6	6.7	1.1	0.4	1.2	5.1	10.2	50.1	1.1	3.0	36.1	1.3	1.7	77.7	57.6	1.6	5.1	1.3	10,026	4,974	2,638	440	149	459	516	989	+599
24	Ersan Ilyasova E. Ilyasova	106.9	298	20.9	9.2	5.1	1.1	0.6	0.3	3.3	7.6	44.2	1.2	3.3	36.2	1.4	1.7	79.5	55.6	1.3	3.8	0.9	6,236	2,753	1,519	336	185	89	278	664	+325
25	Nikola Mirotic N. Mirotic	107.0	171	25.8	13.5	6.6	1.2	0.7	0.7	4.7	10.8	43.3	2.2	6.2	36.1	1.8	2.3	81.2	56.9	1.1	5.5	1.1	4,418	2,300	1,128	210	128	128	190	343	+464