Kevin Durant had the lowest defensive rating by a small forward in 2016-17, with a 101.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

top defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games small forward 2017

	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	Kevin Durant K. Durant	101.3	2016-17	GSW	62	33.4	25.1	8.3	4.8	1.1	1.6	8.9	16.5	53.7	1.9	5.0	37.5	5.4	6.2	87.5	65.1	0.6	7.6	2.2	2,070	1,555	513	300	66	99	138	117	+711
2	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	101.4	2016-17	SAS	74	33.4	25.5	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	8.6	17.7	48.5	2.0	5.2	38.0	6.3	7.2	88.0	61.0	1.1	4.7	2.1	2,474	1,888	430	260	133	55	154	122	+436
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	104.1	2016-17	MIL	80	35.6	22.9	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	8.2	15.7	52.1	0.6	2.3	27.2	5.9	7.7	77.0	59.9	1.8	7.0	2.9	2,845	1,832	700	434	131	151	234	246	+46
4	Robert Covington R. Covington	105.0	2016-17	PHI	67	31.6	12.9	6.5	1.5	1.9	1.0	4.4	10.9	39.9	2.0	6.1	33.3	2.1	2.6	82.2	53.4	1.4	5.1	2.0	2,119	864	436	102	127	69	131	203	-152
5	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	106.2	2016-17	CHI	76	37.0	23.9	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	7.5	16.5	45.5	1.2	3.3	36.7	7.7	8.9	86.5	58.6	1.7	4.5	2.1	2,809	1,816	470	417	143	32	159	112	+204
6	Gordon Hayward G. Hayward	106.3	2016-17	UTA	73	34.5	21.9	5.4	3.5	1.0	0.3	7.5	15.8	47.1	2.0	5.1	39.8	5.0	5.9	84.4	59.5	0.7	4.7	1.9	2,516	1,601	394	252	73	20	140	117	+347
7	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist M. Kidd-Gilchrist	106.4	2016-17	CHA	81	29.0	9.2	7.0	1.4	1.0	1.0	3.6	7.6	47.7	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.9	2.4	78.4	52.8	1.9	5.0	0.7	2,349	743	565	114	81	77	56	187	-7
8	Andre Roberson A. Roberson	106.5	2016-17	OKC	79	30.1	6.6	5.1	1.0	1.2	1.0	2.7	5.9	46.4	0.6	2.3	24.5	0.6	1.4	42.3	51.0	1.2	3.9	0.6	2,376	522	403	79	94	79	51	204	+148
9	Paul George P. George	107.7	2016-17	IND	75	35.9	23.7	6.6	3.3	1.6	0.4	8.3	18.0	46.1	2.6	6.6	39.3	4.5	5.0	89.8	58.7	0.8	5.8	2.9	2,689	1,775	492	251	119	27	220	206	+172
10	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	107.7	2016-17	HOU	80	34.7	11.7	5.7	2.2	1.8	0.3	4.1	10.0	40.9	2.4	6.9	34.4	1.2	1.6	73.8	54.8	0.7	5.1	0.9	2,773	936	458	175	147	20	73	133	+367
11	Otto Porter Jr. O. Porter Jr.	108.0	2016-17	WAS	80	32.6	13.4	6.4	1.5	1.5	0.5	5.2	10.0	51.6	1.9	4.3	43.4	1.2	1.5	83.2	62.8	1.5	5.0	0.6	2,605	1,075	514	121	116	42	44	193	+192
12	Tobias Harris T. Harris	108.2	2016-17	DET	82	31.3	16.1	5.1	1.7	0.7	0.5	6.2	13.0	48.1	1.3	3.8	34.7	2.3	2.8	84.1	56.8	0.8	4.3	1.2	2,566	1,321	416	142	60	39	96	133	+2
13	LeBron James L. James	108.4	2016-17	CLE	74	37.8	26.4	8.6	8.7	1.2	0.6	9.9	18.2	54.8	1.7	4.6	36.3	4.8	7.2	67.4	61.9	1.3	7.3	4.1	2,795	1,954	639	646	92	44	303	134	+483
14	Jae Crowder J. Crowder	108.5	2016-17	BOS	72	32.4	13.9	5.8	2.2	1.0	0.3	4.6	10.0	46.3	2.2	5.5	39.8	2.4	3.0	81.1	61.3	0.7	5.1	1.1	2,335	999	415	155	73	23	80	161	+349
15	P.J. Tucker	109.3	2016-17	TOT	81	27.6	6.7	5.8	1.2	1.4	0.2	2.5	6.0	41.3	0.9	2.4	35.7	0.9	1.1	77.4	51.6	1.4	4.4	0.8	2,236	540	471	98	116	19	66	196	-75
16	Solomon Hill S. Hill	109.4	2016-17	NOP	80	29.7	7.0	3.8	1.8	0.9	0.4	2.3	6.0	38.3	1.2	3.4	34.8	1.3	1.6	80.5	52.7	0.6	3.2	1.0	2,374	563	307	141	72	32	82	182	+1
17	Maurice Harkless M. Harkless	110.5	2016-17	POR	77	28.9	10.0	4.4	1.1	1.1	0.9	4.1	8.1	50.3	0.9	2.5	35.1	1.0	1.6	62.1	57.0	1.6	2.8	1.1	2,223	773	341	88	85	70	86	214	+50
18	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	112.1	2016-17	LAC	82	26.3	12.3	1.6	2.6	0.7	0.2	4.4	10.6	41.3	1.4	3.9	36.0	2.1	2.5	85.7	52.5	0.2	1.4	1.6	2,157	1,008	129	214	61	14	134	115	+19
19	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	112.5	2016-17	NYK	74	34.3	22.4	5.9	2.9	0.8	0.5	8.1	18.8	43.3	2.0	5.7	35.9	4.1	4.9	83.3	53.5	0.8	5.1	2.1	2,538	1,659	438	213	60	34	153	198	-227
20	T.J. Warren	112.9	2016-17	PHX	66	31.0	14.4	5.1	1.1	1.2	0.6	6.1	12.3	49.5	0.4	1.5	26.5	1.8	2.3	77.3	53.9	1.9	3.2	0.9	2,048	951	339	75	76	39	57	175	-283
21	Wilson Chandler W. Chandler	113.2	2016-17	DEN	71	30.9	15.7	6.5	2.0	0.7	0.4	6.1	13.2	46.1	1.5	4.6	33.7	2.0	2.7	72.7	54.5	1.5	5.0	1.6	2,197	1,117	460	141	51	30	114	172	-35
22	Allen Crabbe A. Crabbe	113.6	2016-17	POR	79	28.5	10.7	2.9	1.2	0.7	0.3	3.8	8.2	46.8	1.7	3.8	44.4	1.3	1.6	84.7	60.2	0.2	2.6	0.8	2,254	845	226	94	54	20	62	171	-118
23	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	113.8	2016-17	TOT	81	25.7	13.7	3.4	1.4	0.4	0.1	4.6	10.4	44.5	1.8	4.8	36.7	2.7	3.0	89.3	58.5	0.5	3.0	1.6	2,083	1,113	277	111	34	7	131	146	-263
24	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	115.0	2016-17	MIN	82	37.2	23.6	4.0	2.3	1.0	0.4	8.6	19.1	45.2	1.3	3.5	35.6	5.0	6.6	76.0	53.4	1.2	2.8	2.3	3,048	1,933	328	189	82	30	187	183	-17
25	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	115.1	2016-17	LAL	79	28.8	9.4	4.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	3.5	8.7	40.2	0.7	2.4	29.4	1.7	2.7	62.1	47.4	0.8	3.2	1.5	2,279	740	316	166	50	36	116	158	-381