nba best defensive rating per 36 minutes last 3 seasons combined

Since 2023-24, Caleb Love had the highest defensive rating / minutes played / 36, with 4.2.

Interpreted as:
NBA best defensive rating per 36 minutes with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player last 3 seasons combined
NAMEDRTG/(MIN/36)DRTGMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Caleb Love
C. Love
4.2
118.3
1,013
49
20.7
10.4
2.3
2.5
0.6
0.1
3.9
10.0
38.8
1.9
6.0
31.8
0.7
1.0
73.5
49.7
0.5
1.8
1.3
509
114
123
27
4
62
48
-127
2Jamir Watkins
J. Watkins
4.2
120.4
1,032
50
20.6
7.4
3.9
1.3
1.1
0.5
2.6
5.9
44.6
0.9
3.2
29.7
1.1
1.6
69.5
55.4
1.0
2.9
0.8
368
194
67
54
25
40
129
-164
3Dennis Smith Jr.
D. Smith Jr.
3.86
113.7
1,059
56
18.9
6.6
2.9
3.6
1.2
0.2
2.6
6.0
43.5
0.6
1.9
29.4
0.8
1.0
74.1
50.8
0.9
2.0
1.2
369
164
203
68
12
68
121
-36
4Ryan Nembhard
R. Nembhard
3.69
120.0
1,171
60
19.5
6.6
2.2
5.3
0.4
0.0
2.7
6.5
41.5
0.8
2.3
35.6
0.4
0.5
80.6
49.2
0.2
2.0
1.4
397
133
316
25
2
85
86
-24
5Hugo González
H. González
3.68
110.9
1,084
74
14.6
3.9
3.3
0.5
0.6
0.3
1.6
3.3
47.6
0.6
1.6
36.2
0.2
0.4
50.0
56.1
0.8
2.5
0.5
289
246
40
42
21
38
124
+246
6Danny Wolf
D. Wolf
3.56
117.5
1,187
57
20.8
8.9
4.9
2.2
0.5
0.6
3.1
7.7
40.5
1.2
3.7
32.2
1.5
1.9
77.1
52.1
1.0
3.9
1.3
508
281
127
30
32
73
126
-231
7Nolan Traore
N. Traore
3.49
120.4
1,243
56
22.2
8.9
1.8
3.8
0.8
0.4
3.3
8.6
38.0
1.1
3.4
31.8
1.3
1.7
78.7
47.9
0.3
1.5
2.3
499
99
213
45
23
129
119
-280
8Gordon Hayward
G. Hayward
3.42
118.3
1,245
51
24.4
9.8
3.5
3.1
0.8
0.3
3.7
7.9
46.4
0.7
1.8
41.1
1.7
2.4
74.2
54.8
0.7
2.8
1.3
500
181
158
40
13
66
67
-134
9Cedi Osman
C. Osman
3.35
118.2
1,269
72
17.6
6.8
2.5
1.7
0.5
0.2
2.6
5.3
47.9
1.2
3.1
38.9
0.5
0.7
67.3
60.1
0.3
2.2
0.7
489
180
119
36
11
47
107
-353
10Drake Powell
D. Powell
3.32
121.9
1,320
63
21.0
6.5
1.8
1.4
0.6
0.2
2.3
5.7
40.2
0.8
2.9
28.0
1.1
1.2
89.6
52.1
0.3
1.4
1.0
408
111
91
36
14
60
89
-447
11Egor Dëmin
E. Dëmin
3.3
120.0
1,308
52
25.2
10.3
3.2
3.3
0.8
0.3
3.4
8.6
39.9
2.4
6.2
38.5
1.0
1.3
83.1
56.1
0.4
2.8
1.7
536
165
173
42
17
86
93
-161
12Collin Murray-Boyles
C. Murray-Boyles
3.22
111.6
1,246
57
21.9
8.5
5.0
1.9
0.9
0.9
3.5
6.0
57.9
0.3
0.9
34.0
1.2
1.9
65.7
62.1
2.3
2.7
1.0
484
285
106
52
53
59
147
+47
13Kobe Sanders
K. Sanders
3.15
118.4
1,351
68
19.9
7.3
2.3
1.6
0.7
0.1
2.6
5.6
46.6
1.2
2.9
40.8
0.8
1.0
82.6
59.7
0.4
1.8
1.2
495
153
109
49
10
81
146
+32
14Walter Clayton Jr.
W. Clayton Jr.
3.15
123.3
1,410
69
20.4
7.8
2.0
4.0
0.6
0.3
2.6
6.7
38.4
1.1
3.5
30.7
1.6
1.8
90.1
52.3
0.4
1.7
1.7
538
139
279
44
19
116
119
-285
15Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
3.13
125.7
1,443
60
24.1
12.2
2.8
2.0
0.6
0.3
4.5
10.8
41.9
1.9
5.4
35.8
1.3
1.5
87.4
53.5
0.5
2.4
1.6
733
170
122
33
18
93
122
-338
16Will Richard
W. Richard
3.03
116.1
1,377
69
20.0
6.4
2.5
1.3
1.2
0.1
2.3
5.0
46.8
1.0
3.1
33.5
0.7
0.8
85.2
59.6
1.0
1.5
0.8
441
172
93
80
9
53
131
-97
17Bojan Bogdanović
B. Bogdanović
2.93
120.2
1,478
57
25.9
15.2
2.7
1.7
0.5
0.1
5.4
11.9
45.4
2.3
5.9
39.8
2.1
2.6
78.5
58.1
0.4
2.3
1.8
868
152
97
30
5
101
95
-346
18Patrick Beverley
P. Beverley
2.84
115.4
1,462
73
20.0
6.2
3.3
2.9
0.6
0.4
2.2
5.2
41.7
0.8
2.5
33.7
1.0
1.2
82.2
53.9
0.7
2.6
0.9
451
239
212
43
31
65
128
-61
19Will Riley
W. Riley
2.76
125.0
1,633
74
22.1
10.3
2.9
2.0
0.7
0.1
3.7
8.4
43.9
1.1
3.3
31.6
1.9
2.4
80.0
54.8
0.8
2.1
1.3
764
212
146
54
9
94
91
-484
20Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
2.74
112.4
1,479
69
21.4
7.6
5.5
0.8
0.5
1.5
3.2
4.2
75.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.2
1.7
71.6
76.2
2.4
3.0
0.9
521
377
54
32
101
62
107
+46
21Cedric Coward
C. Coward
2.68
118.9
1,598
62
25.8
13.6
5.9
2.8
0.6
0.4
4.9
10.5
47.1
1.5
4.4
33.8
2.3
2.7
84.3
58.5
1.3
4.5
1.7
843
364
171
40
27
105
126
+23
22Dylan Harper
D. Harper
2.6
112.5
1,558
69
22.6
11.8
3.4
3.9
0.8
0.3
4.8
9.5
50.5
0.9
2.6
34.3
1.3
1.7
75.6
57.4
0.8
2.6
1.4
813
234
266
54
24
99
139
+303
23Nique Clifford
N. Clifford
2.33
121.9
1,882
75
25.1
8.6
3.8
2.4
0.9
0.3
3.3
7.9
41.8
1.0
3.1
33.3
0.9
1.3
72.2
50.5
0.9
2.9
1.5
645
282
179
68
24
116
156
-219
24Sion James
S. James
2.26
115.6
1,843
82
22.5
5.4
3.5
2.0
0.6
0.2
1.7
4.5
37.1
1.0
2.9
35.2
1.0
1.2
83.7
53.1
0.6
2.9
0.8
441
287
163
52
20
65
148
+65
25Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
2.24
123.5
1,988
72
27.6
13.8
4.2
1.8
0.8
0.7
5.5
12.4
44.3
1.9
5.5
34.4
0.9
1.2
75.0
53.3
1.4
2.8
1.5
993
302
131
60
49
107
193
-448
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1
60
22
.732
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56
26
.683
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53
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.634
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20
62
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19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
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.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
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