Jonas Valančiūnas had the highest defensive rating by a center in 2021-22, with a 110.5 rating.

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worst defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games for centers 2022

	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	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	110.5	2021-22	NOP	74	30.3	17.8	11.4	2.6	0.6	0.8	6.9	12.7	54.4	0.8	2.1	36.1	3.2	3.9	82.0	61.7	3.1	8.3	2.4	2,240	1,314	843	190	41	60	179	247	+67
2	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	109.8	2021-22	MIN	74	33.4	24.6	9.8	3.6	1.0	1.1	8.7	16.4	52.9	2.0	4.9	41.0	5.2	6.3	82.2	64.0	2.6	7.2	3.1	2,475	1,818	727	269	72	83	226	267	+274
3	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	109.6	2021-22	CHI	73	33.1	17.6	11.0	3.2	1.0	1.0	7.5	15.8	47.3	1.4	4.5	31.4	1.3	1.7	76.0	53.3	1.9	9.1	1.9	2,417	1,288	804	236	70	71	136	181	-52
4	Clint Capela C. Capela	109.3	2021-22	ATL	74	27.6	11.1	11.9	1.2	0.7	1.3	5.0	8.2	61.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	2.3	47.3	60.4	3.8	8.1	0.6	2,041	820	877	92	55	93	44	166	+125
5	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	107.3	2021-22	CLE	69	33.8	15.0	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	6.1	12.0	50.8	0.3	1.3	25.0	2.4	3.7	66.3	54.9	2.1	6.2	1.9	2,331	1,034	570	174	56	115	133	147	+94
6	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	105.8	2021-22	MEM	78	27.3	16.3	5.8	1.1	0.9	2.3	5.5	13.3	41.5	1.6	5.1	31.9	3.6	4.4	82.3	53.5	1.5	4.3	1.7	2,126	1,272	454	86	73	177	130	272	+361
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	105.3	2021-22	DEN	74	33.4	27.1	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	10.3	17.7	58.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	5.1	6.3	81.0	66.1	2.8	11.0	3.8	2,475	2,004	1,019	584	109	63	281	191	+442
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	105.3	2021-22	PHI	68	33.8	30.6	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	9.8	19.6	49.9	1.4	3.7	37.1	9.6	11.8	81.4	61.6	2.1	9.6	3.1	2,296	2,079	796	284	77	99	214	181	+367
9	Al Horford A. Horford	104.3	2021-22	BOS	69	29.1	10.2	7.7	3.4	0.7	1.3	3.9	8.2	46.7	1.3	3.8	33.6	1.2	1.4	84.2	57.4	1.6	6.1	0.9	2,005	701	530	232	49	92	65	130	+386
10	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	103.2	2021-22	UTA	66	32.1	15.6	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	5.5	7.7	71.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.6	6.7	69.0	73.2	3.7	11.0	1.8	2,120	1,027	968	72	45	137	119	176	+417

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13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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