nba centers with the worst defensive rating this year

Nic Claxton has the highest defensive rating by a center this season, with a 120.8 rating.

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NBA centers with the worst defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games this year

	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	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
2	Alex Sarr A. Sarr	120.0	2025-26	WAS	15	29.5	18.7	8.5	3.4	0.7	2.0	7.7	14.8	52.3	1.1	3.2	35.4	2.1	3.3	65.3	57.7	2.4	6.1	2.2	442	281	128	51	11	30	33	32	-89
3	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	118.9	2025-26	LAC	18	31.8	16.6	11.5	2.4	0.5	0.9	7.4	12.1	61.0	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.5	73.3	62.9	3.7	7.8	1.9	572	299	207	44	9	17	34	47	-32
4	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
5	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	115.8	2025-26	MEM	17	29.4	18.3	5.3	1.6	0.6	1.2	6.5	14.2	46.1	1.8	5.1	35.6	3.4	4.2	81.7	57.1	1.0	4.3	2.1	499	311	90	28	10	20	35	71	-103
6	Donovan Clingan D. Clingan	114.8	2025-26	POR	19	25.4	10.2	10.0	1.7	0.7	1.5	3.9	8.0	49.3	0.7	2.9	25.5	1.6	1.9	81.1	57.6	4.7	5.3	0.7	483	194	190	32	13	29	14	50	0
7	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	114.1	2025-26	ORL	18	29.4	12.3	7.4	1.9	0.6	0.7	4.1	7.6	54.0	1.2	2.7	44.9	2.8	3.5	81.0	67.1	2.9	4.6	1.9	529	221	134	35	11	13	34	71	+73
8	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	113.9	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
9	Myles Turner M. Turner	113.6	2025-26	MIL	19	30.1	13.0	6.7	1.8	1.1	1.7	4.5	10.1	44.5	2.4	5.8	40.5	1.7	2.4	69.6	58.5	1.2	5.5	1.3	572	247	127	34	20	33	24	51	+7
10	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
11	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	112.9	2025-26	ATL	18	29.1	16.4	7.1	2.6	0.8	1.0	6.0	11.5	52.2	2.0	4.8	41.4	2.4	3.2	77.2	63.8	1.6	5.6	1.7	524	296	128	46	14	18	31	63	-26
12	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	112.1	2025-26	HOU	16	36.6	22.0	9.4	7.1	1.1	0.9	8.0	16.6	48.3	1.2	2.9	40.4	4.8	6.6	72.6	56.5	3.0	6.4	3.4	585	352	151	113	18	14	54	53	+124
13	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	111.5	2025-26	MIN	18	32.3	10.4	10.3	1.8	0.4	1.8	4.3	6.0	72.2	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.5	49.2	68.9	3.6	6.8	1.8	582	187	186	32	8	32	33	56	+120
14	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	111.4	2025-26	NYK	17	33.4	22.4	12.3	3.4	0.9	0.8	7.2	15.9	45.0	1.8	5.6	32.6	6.2	7.0	89.1	58.9	3.2	9.1	2.6	567	381	209	57	15	14	45	62	+113
15	Naz Reid N. Reid	110.8	2025-26	MIN	18	24.4	13.1	5.6	1.9	0.9	0.9	5.1	11.2	45.3	2.0	5.5	36.4	1.0	1.4	72.0	55.7	1.4	4.2	1.4	440	236	101	35	17	17	25	50	-5
16	Jalen Duren J. Duren	108.8	2025-26	DET	16	29.0	19.8	11.8	2.0	0.9	0.9	7.1	10.9	65.5	0.0	0.0		5.5	7.3	75.2	70.1	4.4	7.4	2.4	464	316	189	32	14	14	39	53	+126
17	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
18	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	103.3	2025-26	MIA	19	25.0	12.4	10.9	0.6	1.1	1.4	4.8	9.1	52.9	1.1	2.5	41.7	1.7	2.2	80.5	61.8	3.3	7.6	1.0	475	235	207	11	20	26	19	37	+37
19	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	102.1	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
20	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	99.6	2025-26	OKC	19	27.8	12.2	10.7	3.4	1.3	0.8	5.3	7.8	67.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.7	2.6	64.0	67.8	3.3	7.4	2.1	528	232	203	64	24	15	39	53	+170