who are the top centers defensive rating 2023

Jarrett Allen had the lowest defensive rating by a center in 2022-23, with a 108.1 rating.

Interpreted as:
Who are the top centers defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 2023?
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Jarrett Allen
J. Allen
108.1
2022-23
CLE CLE
68
32.6
14.3
9.8
1.7
0.8
1.2
5.9
9.2
64.4
0.0
0.1
10.0
2.4
3.3
73.3
67.0
3.3
6.5
1.4
2,220
969
666
113
54
84
93
153
+345
2Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
108.1
2022-23
CLE CLE
79
34.4
16.2
9.0
2.8
0.8
1.5
6.6
12.0
55.4
0.3
1.3
21.6
2.6
3.8
67.4
59.1
2.4
6.6
1.8
2,715
1,277
711
224
60
119
146
218
+339
3Nic Claxton
N. Claxton
108.2
2022-23
BKN BKN
76
29.9
12.6
9.2
1.9
0.9
2.5
5.4
7.7
70.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.8
3.2
54.1
69.1
2.4
6.8
1.3
2,270
961
702
144
65
189
96
212
+119
4Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
108.8
2022-23
PHI PHI
66
34.6
33.1
10.2
4.2
1.0
1.7
11.0
20.1
54.8
1.0
3.0
33.0
10.0
11.7
85.7
65.5
1.7
8.4
3.4
2,284
2,183
670
274
66
112
226
205
+424
5Brook Lopez
B. Lopez
109.4
2022-23
MIL MIL
78
30.4
15.9
6.7
1.3
0.5
2.5
6.1
11.5
53.1
1.7
4.7
37.4
1.9
2.4
78.4
63.0
2.0
4.7
1.4
2,372
1,239
520
99
37
193
107
203
+398
6Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
109.5
2022-23
MIN MIN
70
30.7
13.4
11.6
1.2
0.8
1.4
5.1
7.8
65.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.1
4.9
64.4
67.5
3.3
8.3
1.7
2,148
939
814
87
56
95
122
210
-7
7Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
109.6
2022-23
DEN DEN
69
33.7
24.5
11.8
9.8
1.3
0.7
9.4
14.8
63.2
0.8
2.2
38.3
4.9
6.0
82.2
70.1
2.4
9.4
3.6
2,323
1,690
817
678
87
47
247
174
+640
8Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
109.7
2022-23
CHI CHI
82
33.5
17.6
11.0
3.2
0.7
0.7
7.3
14.0
52.0
1.5
4.2
34.9
1.6
1.9
83.5
59.4
1.9
9.1
1.7
2,746
1,447
903
265
60
57
139
179
-20
9Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
110.9
2022-23
MIA MIA
75
34.6
20.4
9.2
3.2
1.2
0.8
8.0
14.9
54.0
0.0
0.2
8.3
4.3
5.4
80.6
59.2
2.5
6.7
2.5
2,598
1,529
688
240
88
61
187
208
+117
10Deandre Ayton
D. Ayton
111.0
2022-23
PHX PHX
67
30.4
18.0
10.0
1.7
0.6
0.8
7.8
13.2
58.9
0.1
0.4
29.2
2.3
3.0
76.0
61.7
2.6
7.4
1.8
2,035
1,203
667
115
37
53
120
190
-7
11Ivica Zubac
I. Zubac
112.0
2022-23
LAC LAC
76
28.5
10.8
9.9
1.0
0.4
1.3
4.3
6.8
63.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.2
3.1
69.7
66.1
3.1
6.8
1.5
2,169
818
756
77
29
98
117
219
-33
12Mason Plumlee
M. Plumlee
113.5
2022-23
TOT
79
26.0
10.8
8.9
3.1
0.6
0.6
4.2
6.1
68.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
4.0
63.6
68.9
2.9
6.0
1.5
2,053
857
700
245
46
47
117
217
-269
13Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
116.6
2022-23
HOU HOU
75
28.9
14.8
9.0
3.9
0.9
0.9
5.9
10.7
55.3
0.3
0.8
33.3
2.7
3.8
71.5
59.9
3.2
5.8
2.6
2,171
1,109
678
291
70
70
193
258
-283
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Magic Magic
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.560
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
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MIL MIL
119-95
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8:00 PM
Wed
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