who had the best defensive rating 2021 nba

Rudy Gobert had the best defensive rating in 2020-21, with a 100.5 rating.

Interpreted as:
Who had the best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 2021 NBA?
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
100.5
2020-21
UTA 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
2Ben Simmons
B. Simmons
106.1
2020-21
PHI PHI
58
32.4
14.3
7.2
6.9
1.6
0.6
5.6
10.1
55.7
0.1
0.2
30.0
3.0
4.9
61.3
58.4
1.6
5.6
3.0
1,877
829
417
401
93
35
173
171
+329
3Clint Capela
C. Capela
106.1
2020-21
ATL ATL
63
30.1
15.2
14.3
0.8
0.7
2.0
6.6
11.0
59.4
0.0
0.0
2.1
3.6
57.3
60.1
4.7
9.6
1.2
1,898
956
903
49
44
129
73
145
+251
4Draymond Green
D. Green
106.5
2020-21
GSW GSW
63
31.5
7.0
7.1
8.9
1.7
0.8
2.7
6.0
44.7
0.5
2.0
27.0
1.1
1.4
79.5
53.0
0.9
6.2
3.0
1,982
444
448
558
105
52
188
194
+241
5Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
107.0
2020-21
MIL MIL
61
33.0
28.1
11.0
5.9
1.2
1.2
10.3
18.0
56.9
1.1
3.6
30.3
6.5
9.5
68.5
63.3
1.6
9.4
3.4
2,013
1,717
671
357
72
73
207
168
+409
6Julius Randle
J. Randle
107.2
2020-21
NYK NYK
71
37.6
24.1
10.2
6.0
0.9
0.3
8.5
18.6
45.6
2.3
5.5
41.1
4.9
6.0
81.1
56.7
1.2
9.0
3.4
2,667
1,712
724
427
64
18
241
225
+153
7Danny Green
D. Green
107.5
2020-21
PHI PHI
69
28.0
9.5
3.8
1.7
1.3
0.8
3.2
7.9
41.2
2.5
6.3
40.5
0.4
0.6
77.5
58.2
0.8
3.0
1.0
1,934
654
260
118
92
56
67
125
+312
8Tobias Harris
T. Harris
108.0
2020-21
PHI PHI
62
32.5
19.5
6.8
3.5
0.9
0.8
7.6
14.9
51.2
1.3
3.4
39.4
2.9
3.3
89.2
59.7
1.0
5.8
1.7
2,014
1,210
419
220
55
51
107
119
+322
9Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
108.3
2020-21
MIA MIA
64
33.5
18.7
9.0
5.4
1.2
1.0
7.1
12.5
57.0
0.0
0.1
25.0
4.4
5.5
79.9
62.6
2.2
6.7
2.6
2,142
1,197
573
346
75
66
169
145
+24
10Royce O'Neale
R. O'Neale
108.4
2020-21
UTA UTA
71
31.5
7.0
6.8
2.5
0.8
0.5
2.5
5.5
44.4
1.5
3.9
38.5
0.5
0.6
84.8
59.9
1.2
5.6
1.2
2,240
496
485
181
57
32
83
182
+471
11Kyle Kuzma
K. Kuzma
108.6
2020-21
LAL LAL
68
28.7
12.9
6.1
1.9
0.5
0.6
4.9
11.1
44.3
2.0
5.6
36.1
1.0
1.4
69.1
54.6
1.6
4.5
1.7
1,954
874
417
127
35
41
113
121
-3
12Deandre Ayton
D. Ayton
108.7
2020-21
PHX PHX
69
30.6
14.4
10.5
1.4
0.6
1.2
6.2
10.0
62.6
0.1
0.3
20.0
1.9
2.5
76.9
65.3
3.3
7.2
1.5
2,114
997
727
99
41
81
103
196
+274
13Kyle Anderson
K. Anderson
108.8
2020-21
MEM MEM
69
27.3
12.4
5.7
3.6
1.2
0.8
4.5
9.5
46.8
1.4
3.8
36.0
2.1
2.7
78.3
57.8
0.8
5.0
1.2
1,887
854
396
250
84
57
86
120
+51
14Dennis Schröder
D. Schröder
109.2
2020-21
LAL LAL
61
32.1
15.4
3.5
5.8
1.1
0.2
5.4
12.5
43.7
1.2
3.5
33.5
3.4
4.0
84.8
54.3
0.5
3.0
2.7
1,956
941
211
351
70
13
163
159
+84
15Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
109.3
2020-21
DEN DEN
72
34.5
26.4
10.8
8.3
1.3
0.7
10.2
18.0
56.6
1.3
3.3
38.8
4.8
5.5
86.8
64.7
2.8
8.0
3.1
2,487
1,898
780
599
95
48
222
192
+384
16Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
K. Caldwell-Pope
109.4
2020-21
LAL LAL
67
28.4
9.7
2.7
1.9
0.9
0.4
3.3
7.6
43.1
1.8
4.4
41.0
1.4
1.7
86.6
58.8
0.4
2.3
1.0
1,902
653
179
127
62
26
66
114
+138
17Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
109.5
2020-21
LAC LAC
52
34.1
24.8
6.5
5.2
1.6
0.4
8.9
17.5
51.2
1.9
4.9
39.8
5.0
5.7
88.5
62.2
1.1
5.4
2.0
1,772
1,292
337
269
81
21
105
82
+447
18Jordan Clarkson
J. Clarkson
109.5
2020-21
UTA UTA
68
26.7
18.4
4.0
2.5
0.9
0.1
6.7
15.8
42.5
3.1
8.8
34.7
1.9
2.1
89.6
54.9
0.7
3.3
1.7
1,818
1,251
274
168
61
10
115
110
+301
19Jakob Poeltl
J. Poeltl
109.6
2020-21
SAS SAS
69
26.7
8.6
7.9
1.9
0.7
1.8
3.8
6.2
61.6
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.8
50.8
61.2
3.2
4.8
1.2
1,845
593
547
134
47
123
83
172
+109
20Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
109.7
2020-21
WAS WAS
65
36.4
22.2
11.5
11.7
1.4
0.4
8.4
19.0
43.9
1.3
4.2
31.5
4.2
6.4
65.6
50.9
1.7
9.9
4.8
2,369
1,445
750
763
89
23
312
190
-87
21Domantas Sabonis
D. Sabonis
109.8
2020-21
IND IND
62
36.0
20.3
12.0
6.7
1.2
0.5
7.8
14.6
53.5
0.8
2.6
32.1
3.9
5.3
73.2
60.1
2.4
9.5
3.4
2,231
1,260
742
415
75
33
213
203
-91
22Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
110.1
2020-21
TOT
70
33.5
23.4
11.7
3.8
0.9
0.7
9.5
19.9
47.7
2.5
6.3
40.0
1.9
2.2
84.0
56.0
2.1
9.6
1.8
2,348
1,639
817
269
65
48
126
137
-341
23Nicolas Batum
N. Batum
110.2
2020-21
LAC LAC
67
27.4
8.1
4.7
2.2
1.0
0.6
2.9
6.1
46.4
1.6
4.1
40.4
0.7
0.9
82.8
61.7
0.7
4.0
0.8
1,835
540
316
148
69
37
53
102
+338
24Kelly Olynyk
K. Olynyk
110.2
2020-21
TOT
70
28.5
13.5
7.0
2.9
1.1
0.6
4.8
10.0
48.4
1.8
5.3
34.2
2.1
2.5
82.9
61.0
1.2
5.7
1.8
1,997
945
489
203
79
42
126
207
-100
25Paul George
P. George
110.3
2020-21
LAC LAC
54
33.7
23.3
6.6
5.2
1.1
0.4
8.2
17.6
46.7
3.2
7.7
41.1
3.7
4.2
86.8
59.8
0.8
5.8
3.3
1,821
1,259
359
280
62
24
179
132
+432
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