Jalen Duren has the best defensive rating by a center this season, with a 109.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

NBA defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders 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	Jalen Duren J. Duren	109.4	2025-26	DET	21	29.2	18.8	11.5	1.8	0.8	1.0	6.9	10.5	65.5	0.0	0.0		5.1	6.8	75.4	69.9	4.2	7.3	2.6	613	395	242	38	16	20	55	70	+195
2	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	110.9	2025-26	HOU	19	35.9	23.1	9.1	7.1	1.3	1.0	8.5	16.8	50.5	1.1	2.7	38.5	5.1	6.8	73.8	58.2	2.9	6.2	3.3	682	438	173	135	25	19	62	64	+136
3	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	111.3	2025-26	NYK	22	33.1	22.5	11.9	3.4	0.8	0.7	7.4	15.8	46.7	1.9	5.4	35.3	5.8	6.6	88.3	60.1	3.1	8.8	2.6	729	494	261	74	18	16	57	74	+168
4	Naz Reid N. Reid	111.4	2025-26	MIN	24	25.8	13.5	6.0	2.3	1.0	0.9	5.1	11.2	45.4	2.3	6.1	38.1	1.0	1.3	76.7	57.2	1.2	4.8	1.5	620	323	144	55	24	21	35	62	+27
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	112.1	2025-26	DEN	23	34.9	29.2	12.3	11.0	1.3	0.8	10.5	17.1	61.2	2.1	5.0	41.4	6.1	7.2	85.5	71.9	3.0	9.3	3.5	803	671	282	253	31	18	80	64	+223
6	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	112.6	2025-26	ORL	24	29.7	11.7	7.7	2.0	0.6	0.7	4.0	7.6	52.2	1.2	2.8	41.2	2.6	3.3	78.5	64.6	2.7	5.0	1.6	712	280	184	48	15	17	38	90	+52
7	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	112.7	2025-26	MIN	24	31.3	11.1	10.1	1.9	0.4	1.5	4.5	6.2	73.6	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.8	53.8	71.0	3.5	6.5	1.5	752	267	242	45	10	35	36	72	+127
8	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	113.1	2025-26	ATL	24	30.8	16.0	7.4	3.0	0.9	1.1	6.1	12.1	50.7	1.8	5.2	35.5	2.0	2.6	75.8	60.7	1.8	5.6	1.9	738	385	178	73	21	26	46	82	-41
9	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	113.5	2025-26	MEM	22	29.3	17.0	5.0	1.9	0.8	1.0	6.2	13.4	46.4	1.5	4.6	33.3	3.0	3.8	78.6	56.3	0.9	4.1	2.0	645	374	110	41	18	22	45	88	-93
10	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	115.0	2025-26	LAL	21	29.5	15.3	8.8	0.9	0.7	1.1	7.1	10.0	70.6	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.6	67.6	71.0	2.8	6.0	2.0	620	321	185	19	15	23	42	55	+28
11	Myles Turner M. Turner	115.0	2025-26	MIL	25	28.7	12.6	5.7	1.7	0.9	1.6	4.2	9.6	43.8	2.3	5.9	39.2	1.9	2.6	72.7	58.7	1.0	4.6	1.1	718	316	142	43	23	41	27	69	-12
12	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	117.1	2025-26	CHI	22	30.5	15.9	9.5	3.4	0.8	0.3	6.3	13.2	47.9	1.9	4.9	38.0	1.4	1.7	78.9	56.9	2.3	7.1	1.8	670	349	208	74	17	7	39	52	-86
13	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	117.7	2025-26	LAC	24	32.8	15.9	11.6	2.6	0.5	0.9	7.0	11.8	59.9	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.6	71.0	61.8	3.5	8.1	2.0	786	382	279	63	11	22	47	64	-22
14	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	118.4	2025-26	BKN	23	30.2	13.6	7.7	4.5	0.7	1.4	5.1	9.2	55.7	0.0	0.5	9.1	3.3	4.7	69.4	60.1	2.8	4.9	1.5	694	312	177	103	16	32	35	53	-129
15	Derik Queen D. Queen	119.4	2025-26	NOP	25	24.9	12.9	6.4	3.9	1.0	0.8	4.8	9.6	49.6	0.1	0.7	11.1	3.3	4.1	79.6	56.4	1.7	4.7	2.3	622	322	160	97	25	21	57	82	-130