Keyonte George had the highest defensive rating by a guard in 2024-25, with a 123.2 rating.

Interpreted as:

worst defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games guards 2025

	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	Keyonte George K. George	123.2	2024-25	UTA	67	31.5	16.8	3.8	5.6	0.7	0.1	5.4	13.7	39.1	2.6	7.6	34.3	3.5	4.3	81.8	53.9	0.4	3.4	2.7	2,109	1,125	253	377	46	9	183	111	-512
2	Devin Booker D. Booker	122.6	2024-25	PHX	75	37.3	25.6	4.1	7.1	0.9	0.2	8.7	18.9	46.1	2.4	7.3	33.2	5.8	6.4	89.4	58.9	1.0	3.1	2.9	2,795	1,923	305	529	67	16	220	198	-175
3	Tyus Jones T. Jones	122.3	2024-25	PHX	81	26.8	10.2	2.4	5.3	0.9	0.1	3.8	8.4	44.8	2.0	5.0	41.4	0.6	0.7	89.5	58.5	0.5	1.9	1.1	2,174	829	196	429	69	8	91	63	-92
4	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	121.5	2024-25	WAS	82	30.0	9.8	4.2	4.4	0.7	0.3	3.7	9.1	40.1	1.7	5.0	33.9	0.8	1.0	81.2	51.4	0.4	3.8	1.7	2,458	807	341	364	54	21	141	190	-798
5	Jordan Poole J. Poole	120.2	2024-25	WAS	68	29.4	20.5	3.0	4.5	1.3	0.4	6.7	15.5	43.2	3.5	9.1	37.8	3.6	4.0	88.3	59.1	0.5	2.5	3.0	2,001	1,391	203	303	86	27	204	201	-558
6	Stephon Castle S. Castle	119.4	2024-25	SAS	81	26.7	14.7	3.7	4.1	0.9	0.3	5.2	12.2	42.8	1.2	4.1	28.5	3.1	4.2	72.4	52.2	1.1	2.6	2.2	2,162	1,190	297	332	74	22	177	164	-239
7	Trae Young T. Young	119.4	2024-25	ATL	76	36.0	24.2	3.1	11.6	1.2	0.2	7.4	18.1	41.1	2.9	8.4	34.0	6.5	7.4	87.5	56.7	0.5	2.6	4.7	2,739	1,841	236	880	91	12	355	145	+34
8	Anfernee Simons A. Simons	119.0	2024-25	POR	70	32.7	19.3	2.7	4.8	0.9	0.1	6.8	16.1	42.6	3.1	8.5	36.3	2.5	2.8	90.2	55.7	0.4	2.3	2.0	2,292	1,348	189	337	60	5	143	117	-220
9	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	118.8	2024-25	TOT	74	35.2	23.3	4.3	4.2	0.8	0.2	8.4	16.5	51.1	3.2	7.2	44.6	3.2	3.9	82.5	63.9	0.3	4.0	2.8	2,602	1,724	315	310	58	12	208	121	-70
10	Spencer Dinwiddie S. Dinwiddie	118.6	2024-25	DAL	79	27.0	11.0	2.6	4.4	0.9	0.2	3.6	8.6	41.6	1.4	4.1	33.4	2.5	3.1	80.2	55.3	0.2	2.4	1.3	2,136	872	209	349	70	17	102	121	-222
11	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	118.2	2024-25	NYK	65	35.4	26.0	2.9	7.3	0.9	0.1	9.0	18.5	48.8	2.3	6.1	38.3	5.7	6.9	82.1	60.5	0.4	2.5	2.5	2,301	1,690	187	475	60	8	164	138	+146
12	Coby White C. White	118.2	2024-25	CHI	74	33.1	20.4	3.7	4.5	0.9	0.2	6.9	15.1	45.3	2.9	7.9	37.0	3.7	4.1	90.2	60.1	0.3	3.4	2.4	2,450	1,509	273	330	69	16	177	154	-141
13	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	118.0	2024-25	DET	77	28.0	11.0	2.4	1.6	0.5	0.1	3.6	8.8	40.6	2.2	5.9	36.8	1.6	1.9	85.5	56.7	0.2	2.1	0.6	2,153	844	183	123	38	7	48	96	+25
14	Jamal Murray J. Murray	117.8	2024-25	DEN	67	36.1	21.4	3.9	6.0	1.4	0.5	7.9	16.7	47.4	2.3	5.9	39.3	3.3	3.7	88.6	58.4	0.7	3.2	2.1	2,418	1,436	261	403	91	33	138	128	+331
15	Jaylen Wells J. Wells	117.7	2024-25	MEM	79	25.9	10.4	3.4	1.7	0.6	0.1	3.6	8.6	42.5	1.7	5.0	35.2	1.4	1.7	82.2	56.0	1.1	2.3	0.9	2,043	823	268	135	44	8	69	146	+187
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	117.7	2024-25	SAS	82	28.0	8.8	3.6	7.4	1.3	0.3	3.0	7.1	42.7	1.7	4.5	37.7	1.0	1.1	92.4	58.0	0.4	3.2	1.6	2,292	723	296	605	103	22	129	151	+4
17	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	117.6	2024-25	TOT	75	26.8	14.6	4.3	3.0	1.0	0.3	5.1	11.0	46.7	2.2	5.6	38.5	2.2	2.9	75.7	59.5	0.8	3.5	1.9	2,013	1,092	324	228	74	22	141	138	-259
18	Christian Braun C. Braun	117.6	2024-25	DEN	79	33.9	15.4	5.2	2.6	1.1	0.5	6.0	10.4	58.0	1.1	2.8	39.7	2.2	2.7	82.7	66.5	1.2	3.9	1.0	2,675	1,218	410	205	85	37	81	170	+480
19	Malik Monk M. Monk	117.4	2024-25	SAC	65	31.6	17.2	3.8	5.6	0.9	0.6	6.3	14.4	43.9	2.1	6.6	32.5	2.4	2.7	86.5	54.9	0.5	3.3	2.4	2,054	1,117	245	362	61	38	159	158	+116
20	Shaedon Sharpe S. Sharpe	117.2	2024-25	POR	72	31.3	18.5	4.5	2.8	0.9	0.2	6.9	15.3	45.2	2.0	6.6	31.1	2.6	3.4	78.5	55.1	0.9	3.6	2.1	2,252	1,335	324	198	62	16	150	120	-138
21	Max Christie M. Christie	117.1	2024-25	TOT	78	27.3	9.6	3.3	1.9	0.8	0.4	3.2	7.6	42.7	1.5	4.0	36.6	1.7	1.9	85.5	57.0	0.5	2.8	1.1	2,127	749	258	146	64	31	88	115	-83
22	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	117.0	2024-25	TOT	62	36.1	23.5	4.8	6.3	1.5	0.4	8.7	18.8	46.3	1.9	6.1	31.0	4.2	5.1	82.7	56.0	0.9	3.9	2.8	2,241	1,459	298	392	91	25	174	164	-69
23	Davion Mitchell D. Mitchell	116.6	2024-25	TOT	74	27.4	7.9	2.3	4.9	1.0	0.2	3.0	6.4	46.8	1.1	2.9	39.8	0.8	1.1	69.0	57.3	0.5	1.8	1.7	2,027	588	167	363	72	16	128	185	-3
24	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	116.6	2024-25	TOT	75	28.1	13.1	2.6	5.4	0.9	0.2	4.5	11.0	40.6	1.7	4.9	34.2	2.4	2.9	83.8	53.1	0.4	2.3	1.9	2,105	980	198	404	66	12	142	180	-72
25	Malik Beasley M. Beasley	116.5	2024-25	DET	82	27.8	16.3	2.6	1.7	0.9	0.1	5.6	13.1	43.0	3.9	9.3	41.6	1.2	1.7	67.9	59.0	0.6	2.0	1.0	2,283	1,336	214	139	73	5	83	125	+175