Isaiah Hartenstein has the lowest defensive rating by a center this season, with a 99.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

NBA best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by center 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	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	99.3	2025-26	OKC	18	27.8	12.1	10.9	3.4	1.3	0.8	5.2	7.7	67.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.6	2.4	65.9	68.5	3.3	7.6	2.2	500	217	196	62	23	14	39	52	+171
2	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	102.6	2025-26	SAS	12	34.7	26.2	12.9	4.0	1.1	3.6	9.3	18.4	50.2	1.7	4.8	34.5	6.0	7.0	85.7	60.9	2.0	10.9	3.6	416	314	155	48	13	43	43	44	+85
3	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	103.8	2025-26	MIA	18	24.9	12.4	11.0	0.6	1.0	1.4	4.8	9.2	52.4	1.1	2.6	40.4	1.7	2.2	79.5	61.1	3.4	7.6	1.0	449	224	198	11	18	25	18	35	+21
4	Jalen Duren J. Duren	108.2	2025-26	DET	15	28.9	20.3	11.5	2.1	0.9	0.9	7.3	10.9	67.1	0.0	0.0		5.6	7.4	75.7	71.4	4.3	7.3	2.4	434	304	173	31	14	14	36	50	+120
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	108.3	2025-26	DEN	17	34.8	29.6	12.8	11.1	1.6	0.8	10.8	17.3	62.6	2.1	4.9	43.4	5.8	6.8	85.3	72.9	3.3	9.5	3.5	592	503	218	188	27	13	59	51	+197
6	Naz Reid N. Reid	110.3	2025-26	MIN	17	24.5	13.2	5.8	1.9	1.0	0.9	5.1	11.2	45.8	2.0	5.5	36.2	0.9	1.4	69.6	56.0	1.4	4.4	1.4	416	224	99	32	17	16	24	47	+11
7	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	111.6	2025-26	MIN	17	32.4	10.7	10.2	1.7	0.5	1.7	4.5	6.2	73.3	0.0	0.0		1.6	3.2	50.9	70.4	3.6	6.6	1.9	550	182	174	29	8	29	32	52	+120
8	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	111.8	2025-26	NYK	16	33.4	22.6	12.4	3.4	0.9	0.9	7.3	16.1	45.0	1.9	5.8	33.7	6.2	7.0	88.4	58.9	3.1	9.3	2.6	535	362	199	54	15	14	42	60	+107
9	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	112.0	2025-26	ATL	17	29.6	16.2	7.4	2.7	0.8	1.0	5.9	11.4	51.8	1.9	4.8	40.7	2.5	3.2	78.2	63.5	1.6	5.8	1.8	504	276	125	46	14	17	30	60	-4
10	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	112.0	2025-26	HOU	15	36.7	22.4	9.7	7.1	1.1	0.9	8.1	16.5	49.0	1.3	2.9	44.2	5.0	6.7	74.3	57.6	2.9	6.7	3.5	551	336	145	107	17	14	53	50	+138
11	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	113.1	2025-26	UTA	17	24.7	7.5	9.6	3.5	1.6	0.4	2.9	6.9	42.4	0.3	1.6	18.5	1.4	2.4	57.5	47.2	2.4	7.2	2.8	420	128	163	60	28	7	47	49	-65
12	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	113.5	2025-26	LAL	15	29.2	15.5	8.4	0.9	0.7	0.9	7.3	10.5	69.6	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.5	56.5	69.3	2.8	5.6	2.4	438	233	126	13	11	13	36	45	+3
13	Myles Turner M. Turner	114.0	2025-26	MIL	18	30.0	12.4	6.6	1.8	1.1	1.8	4.2	9.8	43.2	2.4	5.9	41.5	1.5	2.1	71.1	57.9	1.2	5.4	1.3	540	223	119	32	20	32	23	49	-4
14	Donovan Clingan D. Clingan	114.8	2025-26	POR	18	25.4	10.3	9.9	1.7	0.7	1.6	4.0	8.0	50.0	0.8	3.1	25.5	1.5	1.8	81.8	58.4	4.7	5.3	0.8	457	185	179	31	13	28	14	49	+9
15	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	114.8	2025-26	ORL	17	29.9	12.3	7.4	2.0	0.6	0.8	4.1	7.8	53.0	1.3	2.8	45.8	2.8	3.5	79.7	66.2	2.9	4.5	1.9	508	209	126	34	11	13	33	70	+40
16	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	116.0	2025-26	MEM	16	28.9	17.8	5.3	1.6	0.4	1.2	6.4	13.6	46.8	1.6	4.8	34.2	3.4	4.2	80.6	57.4	1.1	4.3	2.2	463	284	85	26	7	19	35	66	-113
17	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	117.6	2025-26	CHI	16	30.6	16.7	9.6	3.4	0.6	0.4	6.6	13.4	49.5	2.1	5.1	40.7	1.4	1.8	78.6	59.0	2.3	7.4	1.7	490	267	154	55	10	7	27	40	-60
18	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	117.7	2025-26	LAC	17	31.5	17.0	11.6	2.4	0.5	0.9	7.5	12.1	62.1	0.0	0.0		1.9	2.5	76.7	64.2	3.6	8.0	1.9	535	289	197	40	8	15	33	42	-21
19	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	120.8	2025-26	BKN	17	29.6	14.1	7.5	4.1	0.7	1.4	5.2	9.4	56.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	3.6	5.2	69.7	60.6	2.9	4.6	1.4	504	240	128	70	12	23	24	44	-114
20	Alex Sarr A. Sarr	120.8	2025-26	WAS	14	28.9	18.1	8.4	3.6	0.6	2.0	7.5	14.8	50.7	1.1	3.3	34.8	2.0	2.9	68.3	56.4	2.4	6.0	2.3	404	254	117	51	9	28	32	30	-119