CJ McCollum has the highest defensive rating this season, with a 128.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

worst defense rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in the NBA this regular season

	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	CJ McCollum	128.1	2025-26	WAS	23	30.3	19.0	3.1	3.5	0.7	0.3	6.7	15.2	44.3	3.0	7.5	39.9	2.5	3.2	78.1	57.1	0.5	2.6	1.6	696	436	71	80	17	6	37	53	-162
2	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	127.7	2025-26	WAS	23	26.4	7.8	3.5	4.4	0.5	0.1	2.7	7.3	36.7	1.7	3.9	42.2	0.8	1.1	72.0	50.0	0.3	3.2	2.2	607	180	81	101	11	2	51	54	-284
3	Svi Mykhailiuk S. Mykhailiuk	125.8	2025-26	UTA	24	26.0	8.9	2.6	2.1	0.5	0.1	3.4	7.1	47.4	1.8	4.9	37.3	0.3	0.3	87.5	61.0	0.7	2.0	0.9	623	213	63	51	11	3	22	34	-46
4	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	124.0	2025-26	SAC	22	33.5	20.6	3.1	2.3	0.8	0.2	7.3	15.0	48.6	2.8	7.1	38.9	3.2	3.7	86.6	61.8	0.3	2.8	2.2	738	454	68	51	17	4	49	49	-213
5	Keyonte George K. George	123.8	2025-26	UTA	24	33.4	22.9	4.0	6.8	0.9	0.3	7.2	16.1	44.4	2.2	6.5	34.2	6.4	7.0	91.1	59.7	0.5	3.5	3.5	802	550	96	163	21	7	85	59	-169
6	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	123.4	2025-26	NOP	25	29.4	14.3	6.0	2.3	0.9	0.1	5.1	11.4	45.1	1.8	5.2	34.6	2.3	3.0	76.0	56.5	1.9	4.1	0.6	734	358	150	58	23	2	16	26	-164
7	Kyshawn George K. George	123.4	2025-26	WAS	21	31.2	15.1	5.7	4.7	1.1	0.9	5.4	11.4	47.1	2.5	5.6	44.4	1.9	2.5	75.5	60.4	0.8	4.9	3.3	655	318	120	98	23	18	69	88	-203
8	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	123.3	2025-26	UTA	23	35.1	27.6	6.7	2.0	0.8	0.4	9.2	19.7	46.9	3.0	8.4	35.8	6.1	6.8	89.8	60.8	2.1	4.5	1.3	808	634	153	46	19	9	31	40	-66
9	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	122.4	2025-26	SAC	25	32.6	17.7	3.1	3.4	1.3	0.2	6.4	12.9	50.0	0.8	2.0	38.0	4.0	4.5	89.4	59.5	0.6	2.6	1.0	815	442	78	85	32	5	26	52	-213
10	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	122.1	2025-26	NOP	26	27.6	15.5	3.5	3.1	1.4	0.2	5.8	13.2	44.4	1.2	3.3	36.5	2.6	3.3	80.0	53.1	0.7	2.8	2.3	717	403	91	81	37	4	59	52	-216
11	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	121.8	2025-26	MIL	26	27.7	9.8	1.3	1.8	0.8	0.1	3.3	8.4	39.9	2.2	5.9	37.0	0.9	1.1	79.3	55.0	0.2	1.2	0.8	721	254	35	46	21	2	20	42	-125
12	Rui Hachimura R. Hachimura	121.8	2025-26	LAL	23	33.0	13.7	3.7	0.8	0.5	0.2	5.3	9.8	54.0	2.0	4.2	46.9	1.2	1.6	75.0	65.3	0.8	3.0	1.0	759	316	86	19	11	5	22	39	+20
13	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	121.3	2025-26	NOP	24	35.5	21.2	6.4	3.6	1.8	0.2	7.4	15.3	48.6	2.7	7.5	36.1	3.6	4.0	90.6	62.2	1.4	5.0	2.1	853	508	153	86	42	5	50	52	-178
14	AJ Green	121.1	2025-26	MIL	24	29.0	11.3	2.8	2.1	0.5	0.1	3.6	7.3	48.9	3.3	6.8	48.5	0.8	1.0	79.2	72.4	0.0	2.8	0.8	696	270	67	51	13	3	20	66	+10
15	Noah Clowney N. Clowney	120.9	2025-26	BKN	24	28.3	13.3	3.8	1.8	0.7	0.8	4.0	9.6	41.6	2.3	6.4	35.3	3.0	3.7	81.8	59.0	0.8	3.0	1.8	679	318	91	44	16	18	43	65	-66
16	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	120.8	2025-26	CHA	25	33.6	18.6	5.4	3.5	0.7	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	3.4	8.5	40.4	2.2	2.4	91.5	62.0	1.0	4.4	2.4	839	466	136	87	18	5	59	57	-46
17	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	120.6	2025-26	DEN	24	24.9	12.2	2.1	1.5	0.5	0.1	4.1	9.0	46.0	2.4	5.8	41.4	1.5	1.7	87.8	62.7	0.3	1.8	0.3	597	292	50	36	12	2	7	27	+121
18	Jerami Grant J. Grant	120.5	2025-26	POR	24	29.8	19.3	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.6	5.7	13.3	43.1	2.3	6.0	38.2	5.6	6.5	86.0	59.9	1.2	2.7	2.1	714	464	93	62	19	14	50	72	-97
19	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	120.2	2025-26	CHA	25	34.7	21.4	6.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	7.5	17.2	43.6	2.4	7.7	31.8	4.0	4.7	84.7	55.6	1.0	5.2	1.5	867	535	154	93	15	13	38	47	-136
20	Sion James S. James	120.2	2025-26	CHA	25	26.1	6.9	3.1	1.5	0.7	0.4	2.2	5.1	42.2	1.2	3.2	37.5	1.4	1.6	85.0	59.1	0.4	2.7	1.0	652	172	78	37	18	11	24	41	-58
21	John Collins J. Collins	120.1	2025-26	LAC	25	26.9	12.1	4.6	0.7	0.8	0.6	4.7	9.4	49.6	0.9	3.0	29.7	1.8	2.3	80.7	57.8	1.3	3.4	1.5	673	302	116	18	21	15	37	58	-49
22	James Harden J. Harden	120.0	2025-26	LAC	24	35.5	26.6	5.3	8.2	1.3	0.4	7.7	17.5	44.0	3.5	9.6	36.8	7.6	8.5	89.7	62.6	0.5	4.8	4.0	853	638	128	197	30	10	95	52	-56
23	Toumani Camara T. Camara	120.0	2025-26	POR	25	33.4	12.5	5.3	2.8	1.0	0.6	4.5	10.8	41.6	2.4	7.0	34.1	1.2	1.6	70.7	54.5	2.0	3.3	2.0	835	313	132	71	26	14	51	82	-64
24	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	119.7	2025-26	BOS	25	32.3	16.8	4.3	5.0	0.7	0.1	6.2	14.0	44.3	2.7	8.1	33.7	1.7	2.0	86.0	56.6	1.1	3.2	1.2	808	421	107	126	18	2	30	43	+115
25	Cameron Johnson C. Johnson	119.5	2025-26	DEN	23	30.1	11.3	3.4	2.2	0.7	0.3	4.0	8.7	45.3	1.7	4.5	38.5	1.7	2.1	79.6	58.6	0.8	2.6	1.1	693	261	78	51	16	6	26	52	+156