which player has the best defensive rating in a season since 2016

Since 2015-16, Hassan Whiteside has the lowest defensive rating in a season, with a 94.4 rating in 2015-16.

Interpreted as:

Which player has the best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in a season since 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	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	94.4	2015-16	MIA	73	29.1	14.2	11.8	0.4	0.6	3.7	5.7	9.3	60.6	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.5	65.0	62.9	3.3	8.6	1.9	2,125	1,040	865	29	44	269	137	201	+85
2	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
3	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	96.1	2015-16	ATL	81	32.7	17.1	9.0	3.3	1.8	1.7	6.2	13.2	47.0	0.9	2.9	31.9	3.8	5.0	75.7	55.6	2.4	6.6	2.4	2,647	1,385	732	265	147	139	191	237	+216
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	97.0	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
5	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	97.6	2015-16	LAC	77	33.7	12.7	13.8	1.2	0.7	2.3	4.6	6.6	70.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	8.0	43.0	62.8	3.5	10.3	1.4	2,598	980	1,059	90	51	177	107	207	+440
6	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	98.1	2015-16	DET	81	32.9	16.2	14.8	0.8	1.5	1.4	6.8	13.1	52.1	0.0	0.1	33.3	2.6	7.2	35.5	49.9	4.9	9.9	1.9	2,665	1,314	1,198	67	119	112	155	245	+126
7	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	98.6	2015-16	SAS	74	30.6	18.0	8.5	1.5	0.5	1.1	7.2	14.1	51.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.5	4.1	85.8	56.5	2.4	6.2	1.3	2,261	1,331	632	110	38	81	99	151	+507
8	Danny Green D. Green	98.7	2015-16	SAS	79	26.1	7.2	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.8	2.7	7.1	37.6	1.5	4.4	33.2	0.4	0.6	73.9	49.2	0.6	3.2	0.9	2,061	572	303	141	79	64	75	141	+506
9	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	99.0	2017-18	DET	78	33.7	15.0	16.0	3.0	1.5	1.6	6.0	11.3	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	5.1	60.5	55.5	5.1	10.9	2.6	2,625	1,171	1,247	237	114	127	200	250	-57
10	Draymond Green D. Green	99.1	2016-17	GSW	76	32.5	10.2	7.9	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.6	8.6	41.8	1.1	3.5	30.8	2.0	2.8	70.9	52.2	1.3	6.6	2.4	2,471	776	599	533	154	106	184	217	+820
11	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	99.1	2016-17	DET	81	29.7	13.6	13.8	1.1	1.5	1.1	6.0	11.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	28.6	1.7	4.4	38.6	51.8	4.3	9.5	1.9	2,409	1,105	1,115	90	124	89	152	237	-274
12	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	99.2	2016-17	UTA	81	33.9	14.0	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	5.1	7.7	66.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.9	65.3	68.1	3.9	8.9	1.8	2,744	1,137	1,035	97	49	214	147	246	+436
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	99.3	2018-19	MIL	72	32.8	27.7	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	10.0	17.3	57.8	0.7	2.8	25.6	6.9	9.5	72.9	64.4	2.2	10.3	3.7	2,358	1,994	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654
14	Draymond Green D. Green	99.8	2015-16	GSW	81	34.7	14.0	9.5	7.4	1.5	1.4	5.0	10.1	49.0	1.2	3.2	38.8	2.8	4.1	69.6	58.7	1.7	7.8	3.2	2,808	1,131	769	598	119	113	259	240	+1070
15	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	99.9	2016-17	MIA	77	32.6	17.0	14.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	7.0	12.6	55.7	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.6	62.8	57.9	3.8	10.3	2.0	2,513	1,309	1,088	57	57	161	154	226	+98
16	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
17	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	100.1	2019-20	MIL	68	26.7	12.0	4.6	1.5	0.7	2.4	4.3	9.9	43.5	1.5	4.8	31.4	1.9	2.2	83.6	55.1	0.9	3.7	1.0	1,817	813	312	99	46	163	70	163	+526
18	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	100.3	2018-19	UTA	81	31.8	15.9	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	5.9	8.8	66.9	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.4	63.6	68.2	3.8	9.0	1.6	2,577	1,284	1,041	161	66	187	130	231	+384
19	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	100.3	2018-19	DET	79	33.5	17.3	15.6	1.4	1.7	1.7	7.1	13.3	53.3	0.1	0.5	13.2	3.1	5.2	59.0	55.5	5.4	10.2	2.2	2,647	1,370	1,232	112	136	138	175	272	+176
20	Dwight Howard D. Howard	100.5	2016-17	ATL	74	29.7	13.5	12.7	1.4	0.9	1.2	5.2	8.3	63.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	5.7	53.3	62.7	4.0	8.7	2.3	2,199	1,002	940	104	64	92	170	203	-108
21	Clint Capela C. Capela	100.5	2017-18	HOU	74	27.5	13.9	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	6.0	9.1	65.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.5	56.0	65.0	3.3	7.6	1.4	2,034	1,026	802	68	58	137	103	185	+372
22	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	100.5	2020-21	UTA	71	30.8	14.3	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	5.5	8.2	67.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.3	62.3	68.3	3.4	10.1	1.7	2,187	1,015	960	89	40	190	118	163	+728
23	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
24	Al Horford A. Horford	100.8	2015-16	ATL	82	32.1	15.2	7.3	3.2	0.8	1.5	6.5	12.8	50.5	1.1	3.1	34.4	1.3	1.6	79.8	56.5	1.8	5.5	1.3	2,631	1,249	596	263	68	121	107	163	+231
25	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	100.9	2015-16	CHI	72	31.8	16.5	11.0	4.1	0.6	2.0	6.5	13.8	46.9	0.3	1.0	34.8	3.2	4.0	79.2	52.9	2.2	8.9	2.3	2,291	1,187	793	294	42	146	164	148	-3

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