nba centers highest defensive rating 2026 minimum 1000 minutes

Maxime Raynaud had the worst defensive rating by a center with 1,000+ minutes played in 2025-26 in his rookie season, with a 120.5 rating.

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	NAME	DRTG	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Maxime Raynaud M. Raynaud	120.5	1,964	2025-26	SAC	74	26.5	12.5	7.5	1.4	0.5	0.5	5.2	9.1	57.1	0.3	1.0	32.4	1.8	2.3	78.6	61.9	1.9	5.6	1.3	922	556	100	38	39	94	170	-461
2	Jericho Sims J. Sims	120.4	1,318	2025-26	MIL	67	19.7	5.0	5.5	1.6	0.3	0.3	2.2	2.8	78.4	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.1	62.0	77.2	2.2	3.3	1.1	334	370	104	19	17	75	146	-272
3	Precious Achiuwa P. Achiuwa	119.0	1,745	2025-26	SAC	73	23.9	10.1	6.7	1.4	0.9	0.7	4.3	8.2	52.8	0.4	1.3	27.8	1.1	1.9	55.4	55.8	2.4	4.3	0.9	736	492	101	65	50	65	123	-271
4	Alex Sarr A. Sarr	118.8	1,305	2025-26	WAS	48	27.2	16.3	7.4	2.7	0.8	2.0	6.6	13.7	48.2	1.0	3.1	33.3	2.1	3.0	69.2	54.4	2.2	5.2	1.7	783	355	130	39	95	82	105	-351
5	Kyle Filipowski K. Filipowski	118.7	1,801	2025-26	UTA	77	23.4	11.4	7.2	2.6	0.9	0.5	4.2	8.5	49.2	1.0	3.0	32.5	2.1	2.8	75.0	58.6	1.9	5.3	1.6	879	552	198	73	39	125	232	-256
6	Jock Landale J. Landale	118.6	1,506	2025-26	TOT	68	22.1	10.6	5.7	1.7	0.5	0.5	4.1	8.1	51.5	1.1	2.8	38.3	1.2	1.9	63.5	59.5	2.7	3.0	0.9	718	387	115	35	36	60	150	-55
7	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	117.8	1,920	2025-26	BKN	69	27.8	11.7	6.9	3.7	0.7	1.1	4.8	8.4	57.1	0.0	0.3	15.8	2.0	3.3	61.6	59.2	2.4	4.5	1.4	810	478	253	45	77	96	158	-515
8	Ousmane Dieng O. Dieng	117.7	1,099	2025-26	TOT	57	19.3	7.6	3.2	2.4	0.4	0.3	2.9	7.0	42.2	1.1	3.2	34.1	0.6	0.8	71.1	51.6	0.5	2.6	1.3	431	180	136	25	17	75	78	-210
9	Yves Missi Y. Missi	117.6	1,297	2025-26	NOP	66	19.7	5.7	5.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.4	4.5	54.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.5	55.9	55.6	2.8	3.1	0.8	377	385	84	20	101	54	113	-41
10	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	116.8	1,454	2025-26	TOT	48	30.3	19.4	5.7	2.0	1.1	1.4	7.1	15.0	47.6	1.8	4.9	35.7	3.4	4.2	80.3	57.6	0.9	4.8	2.2	931	272	94	53	69	107	179	-63
11	Myles Turner M. Turner	116.7	1,912	2025-26	MIL	71	26.9	11.9	5.3	1.5	0.7	1.6	4.0	9.1	44.0	2.1	5.4	38.3	1.8	2.5	74.0	58.4	1.1	4.3	1.2	846	378	103	50	115	83	185	-227
12	Guerschon Yabusele G. Yabusele	116.4	1,007	2025-26	TOT	67	15.0	5.6	3.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.9	4.7	40.1	1.0	2.9	35.2	0.8	1.1	75.0	54.3	0.8	2.7	0.6	373	234	63	26	16	41	81	-166
13	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	116.0	1,083	2025-26	UTA	41	26.4	10.9	10.4	4.8	1.3	0.5	4.4	8.7	50.3	0.6	1.7	35.2	1.5	2.8	54.9	54.8	2.6	7.8	2.5	447	425	196	52	22	101	134	-187
14	Jaxson Hayes J. Hayes	115.9	1,207	2025-26	LAL	66	18.3	7.5	4.1	0.9	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.0	75.6	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.5	2.3	65.3	75.8	1.5	2.6	0.5	497	271	59	29	52	31	127	+71
15	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	115.8	1,818	2025-26	TOT	64	28.4	15.1	8.4	3.3	0.6	0.6	6.2	12.5	49.3	1.6	4.2	36.9	1.2	1.5	82.8	57.4	2.0	6.4	1.3	965	537	213	39	41	85	127	-42
16	Jalen Smith J. Smith	115.6	1,095	2025-26	CHI	53	20.7	10.2	6.7	1.2	0.5	0.8	3.7	7.6	48.3	1.5	4.2	37.3	1.3	1.8	74.2	60.8	1.8	4.8	1.0	541	355	65	24	42	53	111	+86
17	Quinten Post Q. Post	115.6	1,159	2025-26	GSW	67	17.3	7.7	4.0	1.4	0.4	0.5	2.9	6.6	44.0	1.4	4.1	33.6	0.5	0.6	79.1	56.0	1.0	3.0	0.8	513	269	94	26	35	56	125	+60
18	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	115.5	1,201	2025-26	PHI	38	31.6	26.9	7.7	3.9	0.6	1.2	9.0	18.3	48.9	1.4	4.2	33.3	7.5	8.8	85.4	60.5	2.0	5.7	2.9	1,021	293	150	21	46	109	82	+155
19	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	115.3	1,635	2025-26	LAC	75	21.8	8.5	3.6	1.3	0.6	1.2	3.1	7.2	42.8	1.5	4.2	36.0	0.7	1.0	75.7	55.2	0.6	3.0	0.8	634	273	97	45	87	61	154	+42
20	Jay Huff J. Huff	115.3	1,719	2025-26	IND	82	21.0	9.5	4.0	1.5	0.5	1.9	3.5	7.5	47.6	1.5	4.5	31.9	1.0	1.2	82.8	59.8	0.9	3.1	0.9	783	324	121	41	153	76	196	-252
21	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	115.2	1,446	2025-26	TOT	48	30.1	14.1	10.6	2.2	0.4	0.8	6.0	10.0	59.8	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.0	71.1	62.2	3.4	7.2	1.8	677	509	105	18	40	86	112	-46
22	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	115.0	1,958	2025-26	LAL	72	27.2	12.5	8.0	0.8	0.6	1.0	5.6	8.3	67.1	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.0	64.5	67.6	2.6	5.4	1.2	897	575	59	41	70	83	157	-8
23	Derik Queen D. Queen	114.9	2,023	2025-26	NOP	81	25.0	11.7	7.1	3.7	1.0	0.9	4.4	9.2	47.3	0.3	1.1	26.1	2.7	3.4	79.5	54.6	1.7	5.4	2.3	948	572	298	84	74	190	215	-304
24	Adem Bona A. Bona	114.3	1,234	2025-26	PHI	71	17.4	4.8	4.3	0.5	0.4	1.2	1.8	3.1	59.5	0.0	0.1	33.3	1.1	1.6	70.8	63.8	1.8	2.5	0.8	344	307	32	30	82	56	153	-8
25	Luka Garza L. Garza	114.2	1,118	2025-26	BOS	69	16.2	8.1	4.1	1.0	0.4	0.4	3.0	5.2	57.7	0.8	1.8	43.3	1.3	1.7	76.9	68.2	2.3	1.8	0.7	557	281	66	27	28	46	161	+124