Svi Mykhailiuk has the highest defensive rating by a small forward this season, with a 126.0 rating.

Interpreted as:

sf with the worst drtg with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 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	Svi Mykhailiuk S. Mykhailiuk	126.0	2025-26	UTA	23	26.0	9.0	2.7	2.1	0.5	0.1	3.4	7.2	47.6	1.8	4.9	37.2	0.3	0.3	87.5	61.1	0.7	2.0	0.9	599	207	61	48	11	3	21	32	-51
2	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	123.6	2025-26	NOP	24	29.3	14.3	5.9	2.2	1.0	0.1	5.1	11.3	45.6	1.8	5.3	34.9	2.2	3.0	74.6	56.9	1.8	4.2	0.6	704	343	142	53	23	2	15	26	-164
3	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	122.1	2025-26	SAC	24	33.1	18.0	3.1	3.5	1.3	0.2	6.5	13.1	49.8	0.8	2.0	36.7	4.1	4.6	89.2	59.2	0.6	2.5	1.1	794	431	75	84	31	4	26	51	-186
4	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	121.9	2025-26	NOP	23	35.7	21.0	6.4	3.6	1.7	0.2	7.3	15.3	47.7	2.8	7.7	36.2	3.7	4.0	91.3	61.7	1.4	5.0	2.1	822	484	147	82	39	5	49	51	-186
5	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	120.3	2025-26	CHA	24	33.5	18.0	5.5	3.3	0.8	0.2	6.3	13.7	45.9	3.4	8.4	40.3	2.1	2.3	90.9	61.3	1.0	4.5	2.4	803	433	131	78	18	5	57	54	-54
6	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	119.7	2025-26	CHA	24	34.7	21.0	6.3	3.6	0.6	0.5	7.3	17.0	42.5	2.4	7.7	30.8	4.1	4.8	85.2	54.7	1.0	5.3	1.6	833	503	152	86	15	13	38	46	-144
7	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	119.0	2025-26	BKN	19	32.8	25.8	7.6	3.2	0.9	0.3	9.3	18.7	49.6	3.5	9.0	39.2	3.8	4.6	81.8	62.4	1.2	6.4	2.2	624	491	144	60	18	5	41	42	-42
8	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	118.1	2025-26	POR	24	34.3	25.8	7.2	6.3	0.7	0.6	7.8	16.3	47.8	2.5	6.6	38.0	7.8	9.6	80.9	63.0	1.3	6.0	3.6	824	620	173	150	16	15	87	78	+24
9	Matas Buzelis M. Buzelis	116.5	2025-26	CHI	23	28.6	14.0	5.7	1.6	0.9	1.4	5.0	10.9	46.4	1.5	4.6	33.0	2.3	2.9	81.8	57.5	1.2	4.5	2.1	657	321	132	37	21	32	48	65	-64
10	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	115.8	2025-26	BOS	23	33.7	29.1	6.2	4.9	1.1	0.4	10.7	21.6	49.6	2.1	5.9	36.3	5.6	7.1	78.5	58.9	1.2	5.0	3.6	774	669	143	113	26	9	82	72	+81
11	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	115.7	2025-26	DET	22	31.8	12.4	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.3	4.1	9.4	43.7	3.0	7.5	40.2	1.2	1.6	77.1	61.7	0.4	2.6	0.7	699	273	66	44	22	7	16	56	+146
12	Peyton Watson P. Watson	115.0	2025-26	DEN	23	27.2	10.3	5.1	1.7	0.9	1.2	3.9	7.9	49.2	1.0	2.8	37.5	1.5	2.1	72.9	58.6	1.2	4.0	1.3	626	237	118	39	21	28	29	50	+127
13	Julian Champagnie J. Champagnie	114.7	2025-26	SAS	23	28.8	11.2	5.3	1.4	1.0	0.4	3.5	8.4	42.0	2.3	6.2	37.8	1.8	2.1	83.7	59.9	0.9	4.5	1.0	663	257	123	33	23	10	24	33	+71
14	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	114.7	2025-26	TOR	25	33.9	21.2	5.8	3.7	0.8	0.6	7.9	17.0	46.6	1.4	4.5	31.9	3.9	4.8	80.8	55.4	0.8	5.1	3.1	847	529	146	93	21	14	78	52	-10
15	Royce O'Neale R. O'Neale	114.5	2025-26	PHX	24	29.9	10.8	5.4	3.0	1.3	0.3	3.8	8.8	42.7	3.0	7.3	41.4	0.3	0.4	70.0	60.1	0.9	4.5	1.4	717	259	129	72	30	6	33	58	-15
16	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	113.9	2025-26	MIA	23	29.4	15.8	6.0	5.1	0.7	0.3	6.3	12.2	51.6	0.3	1.5	22.9	2.9	3.7	76.7	57.1	1.4	4.6	2.1	676	364	137	117	17	6	49	52	+121
17	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	113.7	2025-26	MIA	21	32.8	16.8	5.0	3.0	1.0	1.1	6.6	13.6	48.3	1.7	4.6	37.1	1.9	2.7	70.2	56.6	1.6	3.5	1.9	689	352	106	62	22	23	39	53	+9
18	Naji Marshall N. Marshall	113.4	2025-26	DAL	25	27.5	12.6	5.0	2.5	1.2	0.1	4.2	8.2	51.7	1.0	3.1	31.2	3.1	3.9	80.4	63.4	0.9	4.0	1.1	687	314	124	63	29	3	28	52	-123
19	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	113.1	2025-26	HOU	21	36.0	17.4	7.0	5.1	1.4	0.5	6.8	14.2	47.7	0.4	2.1	20.5	3.4	4.3	80.0	54.1	2.5	4.5	2.7	755	365	148	107	29	11	56	54	+191
20	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	113.0	2025-26	ORL	24	33.4	22.7	6.1	3.7	1.2	0.4	7.8	15.9	49.0	1.5	4.2	36.0	5.6	6.8	82.3	60.0	1.5	4.6	1.8	801	545	146	88	28	9	43	53	+53
21	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	112.7	2025-26	DAL	24	33.7	17.3	6.3	3.3	1.3	0.7	6.7	14.0	47.5	0.9	3.5	25.3	3.1	3.8	82.2	55.1	1.2	5.1	2.2	808	415	152	78	32	16	52	53	-153
22	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	112.3	2025-26	GSW	21	30.8	19.5	5.7	5.0	1.6	0.2	6.0	11.5	51.9	1.0	2.0	46.5	6.6	7.8	84.8	65.3	2.2	3.5	1.4	646	409	120	105	33	5	29	25	+110
23	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	111.9	2025-26	NYK	23	34.3	16.5	4.6	4.3	2.0	1.1	6.5	12.2	53.0	2.3	5.5	41.3	1.3	1.6	80.6	63.8	1.2	3.4	1.0	790	379	106	98	46	26	23	52	+139
24	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	110.2	2025-26	ATL	22	35.2	23.4	10.5	7.9	1.6	0.4	8.5	15.8	53.4	1.6	4.0	40.4	4.9	6.0	80.5	63.3	1.3	9.1	3.3	774	515	230	173	35	8	72	46	+46