Between the 2009-10 and 2018-19 seasons, Hassan Whiteside had the best defensive rating, with a 97.9 rating.

Interpreted as:

NBA best defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 2010s

	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	97.9	343	26.0	13.4	11.4	0.6	0.6	2.3	5.6	9.7	57.4	0.0	0.1	22.2	2.2	3.7	59.3	58.9	3.3	8.1	1.6	8,929	4,583	3,909	202	214	798	543	893	+74
2	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	98.0	493	28.9	14.7	9.2	2.8	0.7	1.8	5.9	11.8	50.2	0.0	0.1	15.0	2.9	3.9	73.6	54.5	2.2	7.1	1.8	14,227	7,250	4,544	1,378	336	902	886	910	+2642
3	Andrew Bogut A. Bogut	98.2	444	25.7	8.3	8.6	2.0	0.6	1.8	3.8	7.0	53.4	0.0	0.0	20.0	0.8	1.5	51.5	53.9	2.3	6.3	1.5	11,412	3,690	3,823	885	257	816	671	1,327	+1485
4	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	98.4	407	26.5	11.8	7.3	2.2	1.0	0.7	4.9	9.8	50.1	0.0	0.1	17.4	1.9	2.3	82.9	54.3	1.0	6.3	1.4	10,783	4,794	2,980	911	414	304	564	915	+1247
5	Joakim Noah J. Noah	99.2	513	29.5	9.4	9.8	3.3	0.8	1.4	3.6	7.5	48.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	3.1	70.3	53.5	3.3	6.4	1.9	15,124	4,842	5,020	1,710	416	699	956	1,454	+571
6	Dwight Howard D. Howard	99.3	637	33.5	17.4	12.7	1.5	1.0	1.9	6.4	10.7	59.2	0.0	0.1	9.8	4.7	8.6	54.5	60.0	3.5	9.2	2.9	21,340	11,079	8,077	955	623	1,237	1,857	2,077	+1934
7	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	99.4	406	28.7	11.1	10.5	1.3	0.7	2.2	4.1	6.5	62.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.7	63.1	65.0	3.2	7.3	1.6	11,661	4,524	4,275	545	276	895	641	1,025	+1292
8	Ivan Johnson I. Johnson	99.4	125	15.8	6.5	3.9	0.6	0.8	0.3	2.6	5.0	51.7	0.0	0.2	15.8	1.2	1.8	66.2	55.1	1.1	2.8	1.1	1,969	808	492	78	99	32	140	247	+10
9	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	99.5	467	30.8	17.7	6.3	2.4	1.8	0.7	6.4	12.9	49.5	1.4	3.6	38.3	3.5	4.1	84.8	59.9	1.3	5.1	1.5	14,404	8,250	2,950	1,123	829	313	679	793	+2764
10	Marcus Camby M. Camby	99.8	216	25.3	5.4	9.7	2.0	0.9	1.6	2.3	5.3	44.1	0.0	0.1	30.8	0.7	1.3	57.5	46.3	2.8	6.8	1.0	5,456	1,162	2,087	428	192	337	225	455	+152
11	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	100.1	542	30.8	14.1	13.7	1.2	1.3	1.6	6.0	11.0	54.3	0.0	0.1	14.7	2.1	4.8	44.8	53.8	4.8	8.9	1.8	16,710	7,661	7,424	626	726	845	969	1,706	-367
12	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	100.3	100	20.8	8.6	4.1	0.9	0.9	0.9	3.2	7.9	40.5	1.0	3.6	29.0	1.1	1.5	75.9	50.0	0.5	3.6	0.7	2,076	856	408	86	93	85	73	262	+62
13	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	100.5	429	30.0	15.6	9.1	2.1	0.8	0.3	6.7	13.2	50.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.2	71.9	53.6	2.0	7.1	2.1	12,882	6,702	3,888	909	352	140	898	1,263	+388
14	Draymond Green D. Green	100.7	533	28.1	9.1	6.9	4.9	1.4	1.1	3.3	7.5	43.9	0.9	2.8	32.3	1.6	2.2	70.6	53.5	1.2	5.8	2.0	14,979	4,825	3,700	2,589	730	576	1,089	1,482	+3565
15	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	100.9	300	22.8	8.2	6.5	1.2	1.4	1.4	3.4	6.4	52.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	1.4	2.3	63.1	54.9	2.0	4.4	1.4	6,850	2,445	1,940	365	413	410	429	751	-1167
16	Tiago Splitter T. Splitter	101.3	355	19.2	7.9	5.0	1.2	0.6	0.6	3.0	5.4	55.5	0.0	0.0	14.3	1.9	2.7	69.7	59.8	1.6	3.4	1.1	6,812	2,816	1,779	423	198	209	384	685	+1148
17	Andrew Bynum A. Bynum	101.3	205	29.8	14.3	9.3	1.2	0.4	1.7	5.7	10.4	55.0	0.0	0.0	16.7	2.9	4.2	70.2	58.8	2.9	6.4	1.8	6,105	2,937	1,903	255	87	345	375	468	+459
18	Kyle Anderson K. Anderson	101.3	300	19.6	5.3	3.9	1.9	1.0	0.5	2.1	4.4	49.2	0.2	0.6	32.4	0.9	1.2	70.6	54.6	0.7	3.3	0.9	5,882	1,601	1,171	572	295	159	260	414	+425
19	Tony Allen T. Allen	101.4	538	23.7	8.5	4.0	1.3	1.6	0.4	3.4	7.2	47.6	0.1	0.5	26.7	1.5	2.2	68.3	52.0	1.5	2.5	1.3	12,749	4,561	2,156	710	866	239	713	1,312	+621
20	Lamar Odom L. Odom	101.4	296	26.6	9.2	7.4	2.5	0.7	0.7	3.7	7.9	46.2	0.6	1.9	30.7	1.3	2.0	65.3	52.3	1.7	5.7	1.4	7,867	2,724	2,200	741	211	196	427	738	+903
21	DeJuan Blair D. Blair	101.5	424	16.6	6.8	5.1	0.8	0.7	0.3	2.9	5.6	52.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.5	60.8	54.1	1.9	3.2	1.1	7,054	2,865	2,153	349	316	127	471	1,003	+138
22	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	101.7	119	17.4	6.6	4.2	2.3	0.9	0.3	2.7	6.1	44.1	0.2	0.5	31.6	1.1	1.5	70.8	48.8	1.0	3.2	1.4	2,065	784	501	279	105	37	172	180	+152
23	Ronnie Brewer R. Brewer	101.7	289	21.4	5.7	2.9	1.7	1.1	0.2	2.3	5.2	44.7	0.2	0.7	27.0	0.8	1.4	60.0	48.9	0.7	2.1	0.6	6,171	1,655	834	491	318	65	187	263	+470
24	Josh Smith J. Smith	101.8	518	31.8	14.9	7.5	3.5	1.2	1.6	6.0	13.3	45.2	0.6	2.1	29.2	2.3	3.9	59.0	49.7	1.8	5.7	2.4	16,450	7,734	3,879	1,794	642	816	1,267	1,350	+555
25	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	101.8	218	22.5	9.2	5.7	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.7	7.3	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.5	74.5	54.7	1.6	4.1	1.4	4,904	2,007	1,244	181	68	286	298	585	+114