Marc Gasol had the highest defensive rating by a center in 2017-18, with a 108.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

worst defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by center 2018

	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	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	108.4	2017-18	MEM	73	33.0	17.2	8.1	4.2	0.7	1.4	5.9	14.2	42.0	1.5	4.4	34.1	3.8	4.6	83.4	53.2	1.1	7.0	2.7	2,408	1,258	592	305	54	101	194	185	-313
2	Willie Cauley-Stein W. Cauley-Stein	108.3	2017-18	SAC	73	28.0	12.8	7.0	2.4	1.1	0.9	5.3	10.6	50.2	0.0	0.2	25.0	2.1	3.4	61.9	52.9	1.8	5.2	1.5	2,044	932	510	172	77	67	109	185	-325
3	Julius Randle J. Randle	107.4	2017-18	LAL	82	26.7	16.1	8.0	2.6	0.5	0.5	6.1	11.0	55.8	0.1	0.5	22.2	3.7	5.2	71.8	60.6	2.2	5.8	2.6	2,190	1,323	654	210	43	45	213	274	-80
4	Marcin Gortat M. Gortat	107.4	2017-18	WAS	82	25.3	8.4	7.6	1.8	0.5	0.7	3.5	6.8	51.8	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.0	67.5	54.6	2.2	5.4	1.2	2,075	690	623	151	40	61	99	175	+103
5	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	107.4	2017-18	MIN	82	35.6	21.3	12.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	7.8	14.3	54.5	1.5	3.5	42.1	4.2	4.9	85.8	64.6	2.9	9.4	1.9	2,918	1,743	1,012	199	64	115	159	285	+371
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	107.2	2017-18	DEN	75	32.5	18.5	10.7	6.1	1.2	0.8	6.7	13.5	49.9	1.5	3.7	39.6	3.5	4.2	85.0	60.3	2.6	8.1	2.8	2,436	1,385	803	458	90	61	210	212	+367
7	Steven Adams S. Adams	107.2	2017-18	OKC	76	32.7	13.9	9.0	1.2	1.2	1.0	5.9	9.4	62.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.8	55.9	63.0	5.1	4.0	1.7	2,487	1,056	685	88	92	78	128	215	+318
8	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	105.5	2017-18	LAC	77	31.5	12.0	15.2	1.5	0.5	0.9	4.8	7.5	64.5	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.1	58.0	64.8	4.3	10.9	1.8	2,424	927	1,171	117	39	70	137	203	-126
9	Dwight Howard D. Howard	104.1	2017-18	CHA	81	30.4	16.6	12.5	1.3	0.6	1.6	6.2	11.2	55.5	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.1	7.2	57.4	57.7	3.1	9.3	2.6	2,463	1,347	1,012	105	48	131	208	249	+89
10	Al Horford A. Horford	103.2	2017-18	BOS	72	31.6	12.9	7.4	4.7	0.6	1.1	5.1	10.5	48.9	1.3	3.1	42.9	1.3	1.7	78.3	57.5	1.4	5.9	1.8	2,277	927	530	339	43	78	132	138	+348
11	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	101.5	2017-18	POR	79	26.4	14.3	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	6.1	12.0	50.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	3.5	63.0	52.8	2.4	6.6	2.3	2,088	1,132	708	143	64	111	183	247	+159
12	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
13	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