Kawhi Leonard had the best defensive rating by a small forward in 2015-16, with a 95.9 rating.

Interpreted as:

top defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games small forward 2016

	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	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	95.9	2015-16	SAS	72	33.1	21.2	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	7.7	15.1	50.6	1.8	4.0	44.3	4.1	4.6	87.4	61.6	1.3	5.5	1.5	2,380	1,523	493	186	128	71	105	133	+653
2	Kent Bazemore K. Bazemore	100.0	2015-16	ATL	75	27.8	11.6	5.1	2.3	1.3	0.5	4.3	9.7	44.1	1.5	4.1	35.7	1.6	2.0	81.5	55.1	0.4	4.7	1.8	2,083	872	379	171	98	38	138	176	+76
3	Paul George P. George	100.8	2015-16	IND	81	34.8	23.1	7.0	4.1	1.9	0.4	7.5	17.9	41.8	2.6	7.0	37.1	5.6	6.5	86.0	55.7	1.0	6.0	3.3	2,819	1,874	563	329	152	29	265	230	+182
4	Jae Crowder J. Crowder	102.4	2015-16	BOS	73	31.6	14.2	5.1	1.8	1.7	0.5	4.9	11.1	44.3	1.7	5.0	33.6	2.7	3.3	82.0	56.5	1.0	4.2	1.1	2,308	1,038	373	135	126	35	83	198	+215
5	LeBron James L. James	102.6	2015-16	CLE	76	35.6	25.3	7.4	6.8	1.4	0.6	9.7	18.6	52.0	1.1	3.7	30.9	4.7	6.5	73.1	58.8	1.5	6.0	3.3	2,709	1,920	565	514	104	49	249	143	+618
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	103.7	2015-16	OKC	72	35.8	28.2	8.2	5.0	1.0	1.2	9.7	19.2	50.5	2.6	6.7	38.7	6.2	6.9	89.8	63.4	0.6	7.6	3.5	2,578	2,029	589	361	69	85	250	137	+647
7	Evan Turner E. Turner	104.0	2015-16	BOS	81	28.0	10.5	4.9	4.4	1.0	0.3	4.2	9.3	45.6	0.2	1.0	24.1	1.8	2.2	82.7	51.3	0.6	4.3	2.1	2,271	854	397	359	80	28	169	139	+101
8	Justise Winslow J. Winslow	104.8	2015-16	MIA	78	28.2	6.4	5.2	1.5	0.9	0.3	2.5	5.9	42.2	0.4	1.5	27.6	1.0	1.5	68.4	48.9	1.0	4.1	1.2	2,203	502	403	118	68	26	95	184	+105
9	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	105.0	2015-16	CHA	70	35.0	14.9	6.1	5.8	0.9	0.6	5.3	12.5	42.6	2.0	5.7	34.8	2.3	2.7	84.9	54.6	0.8	5.3	2.9	2,448	1,046	428	403	65	43	205	114	+211
10	Gordon Hayward G. Hayward	105.3	2015-16	UTA	80	36.2	19.7	5.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	6.5	15.0	43.3	1.8	5.1	34.9	4.9	6.0	82.4	55.9	0.8	4.2	2.5	2,893	1,578	397	296	95	27	202	183	+95
11	Otto Porter Jr. O. Porter Jr.	105.3	2015-16	WAS	75	30.3	11.6	5.2	1.6	1.4	0.4	4.5	9.6	47.3	1.3	3.6	36.7	1.3	1.7	75.4	56.4	1.3	3.9	0.9	2,276	871	391	120	105	32	70	163	+45
12	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	106.3	2015-16	MIL	80	35.3	16.9	7.7	4.3	1.2	1.4	6.4	12.7	50.6	0.4	1.4	25.7	3.7	5.1	72.4	56.6	1.4	6.2	2.6	2,823	1,350	612	345	94	113	208	258	-169
13	Matt Barnes M. Barnes	106.7	2015-16	MEM	76	28.8	10.0	5.5	2.1	1.0	0.8	3.5	9.1	38.1	1.6	4.9	32.2	1.5	1.8	80.4	50.3	1.1	4.4	1.6	2,190	758	420	163	78	57	121	234	-212
14	Al-Farouq Aminu A. Aminu	106.8	2015-16	POR	82	28.5	10.2	6.1	1.7	0.9	0.6	3.6	8.8	41.6	1.5	4.3	36.1	1.4	1.9	73.7	53.3	1.2	4.9	1.5	2,341	839	499	138	72	53	120	171	+58
15	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	106.9	2015-16	NYK	72	35.1	21.8	7.7	4.2	0.9	0.5	7.9	18.2	43.4	1.5	4.3	33.9	4.6	5.6	82.9	53.0	1.4	6.4	2.4	2,530	1,573	556	299	62	38	176	180	-41
16	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	107.3	2015-16	GSW	66	30.9	11.7	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.2	4.5	9.6	46.6	1.2	3.2	38.3	1.5	2.0	76.1	55.9	1.2	3.8	0.9	2,042	774	325	117	41	10	57	136	+453
17	Marcus Morris Sr. M. Morris Sr.	107.6	2015-16	DET	80	35.7	14.1	5.1	2.5	0.8	0.3	5.1	11.8	43.4	1.4	3.7	36.2	2.5	3.4	74.9	53.1	1.1	3.9	1.8	2,856	1,131	404	201	67	23	140	170	+157
18	Rudy Gay R. Gay	107.7	2015-16	SAC	70	34.0	17.2	6.5	1.7	1.4	0.7	6.7	14.4	46.3	1.1	3.1	34.4	2.8	3.6	78.0	53.8	1.5	5.0	2.0	2,379	1,204	456	120	100	51	139	184	-82
19	Will Barton W. Barton	108.2	2015-16	DEN	82	28.7	14.4	5.8	2.5	0.9	0.5	5.2	12.0	43.2	1.4	4.0	34.5	2.6	3.3	80.6	53.5	0.7	5.1	1.7	2,353	1,178	476	203	71	39	139	147	-129
20	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	108.3	2015-16	HOU	81	34.8	12.7	4.5	2.3	2.0	0.3	4.4	10.6	41.6	2.3	6.2	37.1	1.6	2.0	78.3	55.1	0.8	3.7	1.4	2,818	1,025	366	188	160	26	113	177	+41
21	Jeff Green J. Green	108.6	2015-16	TOT	80	28.2	11.7	4.2	1.7	0.7	0.5	4.4	10.3	43.0	0.8	2.7	31.5	2.1	2.8	74.5	51.0	0.9	3.2	1.2	2,253	939	332	138	58	40	93	164	-42
22	P.J. Tucker	108.7	2015-16	PHX	82	31.0	8.0	6.2	2.2	1.3	0.2	2.9	7.1	41.1	0.8	2.5	33.0	1.3	1.7	74.6	50.6	2.0	4.2	1.4	2,540	652	512	177	106	20	111	202	-354
23	Wesley Matthews W. Matthews	109.2	2015-16	DAL	78	33.9	12.5	3.1	1.9	1.0	0.2	4.2	10.9	38.8	2.4	6.7	36.0	1.6	1.9	86.3	53.2	0.3	2.7	1.0	2,644	977	238	151	78	17	78	179	+105
24	Evan Fournier E. Fournier	109.6	2015-16	ORL	79	32.5	15.4	2.8	2.7	1.2	0.0	5.4	11.8	46.2	2.0	4.9	40.0	2.5	3.0	83.6	58.7	0.4	2.4	1.7	2,566	1,213	225	214	96	2	133	214	-191
25	Allen Crabbe A. Crabbe	110.1	2015-16	POR	81	26.0	10.3	2.7	1.2	0.8	0.2	3.8	8.4	45.9	1.4	3.5	39.3	1.2	1.4	86.7	57.2	0.3	2.3	0.8	2,105	832	216	99	63	16	64	192	+43