Saddiq Bey has the highest defensive rating by a forward this season, with a 125.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

worst defensive ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games forwards 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	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	125.6	2025-26	NOP	13	27.5	12.4	4.8	2.0	0.8	0.0	4.4	10.2	42.9	2.2	5.4	40.0	1.5	2.1	70.4	55.6	1.8	3.0	0.7	358	161	62	26	10	0	9	13	-115
2	Noah Clowney N. Clowney	124.0	2025-26	BKN	14	24.9	9.7	3.7	1.6	0.6	0.4	2.7	7.6	35.8	1.8	5.6	32.1	2.5	3.4	72.9	53.5	0.7	3.0	1.5	348	136	52	23	9	6	21	29	-74
3	Herbert Jones H. Jones	123.9	2025-26	NOP	14	30.2	9.7	3.5	2.3	1.4	0.2	3.5	8.8	39.8	1.6	4.4	37.1	1.1	1.5	71.4	51.4	0.9	2.6	1.8	423	136	49	32	19	3	25	48	-120
4	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	123.9	2025-26	SAC	14	34.0	18.8	3.3	3.5	1.1	0.1	7.1	14.1	50.0	0.9	2.4	39.4	3.7	4.4	85.2	58.5	0.5	2.8	1.0	476	263	46	49	16	2	14	28	-139
5	Svi Mykhailiuk S. Mykhailiuk	123.6	2025-26	UTA	13	27.2	9.5	2.5	2.1	0.5	0.2	3.5	7.5	46.9	2.0	5.4	37.1	0.4	0.5	83.3	61.1	0.8	1.8	0.7	353	123	33	27	7	3	9	18	-19
6	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	122.6	2025-26	NOP	14	35.6	19.7	6.8	3.1	1.5	0.1	6.8	14.6	46.6	2.9	7.6	37.7	3.3	3.5	93.9	61.2	1.7	5.1	2.1	498	276	95	44	21	2	30	32	-157
7	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	122.2	2025-26	BKN	13	32.6	24.2	7.7	3.2	0.8	0.2	8.5	18.0	47.4	3.2	8.8	36.0	3.9	4.5	86.4	60.4	1.2	6.5	2.2	424	314	100	42	11	2	29	29	-80
8	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	121.3	2025-26	UTA	13	36.2	30.6	6.2	2.1	0.9	0.5	10.3	21.5	47.9	3.8	9.7	38.9	6.2	7.1	88.0	62.1	2.3	3.8	1.4	470	398	80	27	12	7	18	25	-8
9	Jerami Grant J. Grant	120.7	2025-26	POR	13	27.8	18.3	3.0	2.3	0.9	0.4	5.4	11.6	46.4	2.1	5.2	40.3	5.5	6.5	84.5	63.3	0.8	2.2	1.6	362	238	39	30	12	5	21	44	-63
10	Toumani Camara T. Camara	120.4	2025-26	POR	13	34.6	12.3	5.2	2.9	1.1	0.5	4.5	11.1	41.0	2.1	6.6	31.4	1.2	1.6	71.4	52.2	1.9	3.3	2.0	450	160	68	38	14	6	26	41	-32
11	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	120.2	2025-26	CHA	14	32.9	17.6	6.0	2.7	0.9	0.2	6.1	13.2	46.5	3.2	8.0	40.2	2.1	2.4	88.2	61.8	0.9	5.1	2.5	460	247	84	38	12	3	35	34	-16
12	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	120.2	2025-26	CHA	14	35.2	22.1	7.0	3.9	0.7	0.4	7.4	17.5	42.0	3.3	9.1	36.2	4.1	4.6	89.1	56.6	1.1	5.9	1.6	493	309	98	55	10	6	23	26	-53
13	Jarace Walker J. Walker	119.5	2025-26	IND	14	29.1	10.0	5.2	3.0	0.6	0.5	3.2	10.8	29.8	1.4	5.1	26.4	2.2	2.8	79.5	41.6	0.8	4.4	2.3	407	140	73	42	9	7	32	29	-117
14	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	119.5	2025-26	POR	13	34.1	26.0	6.5	4.8	0.5	0.8	8.3	17.0	48.9	2.5	6.8	37.5	6.8	7.9	86.4	63.5	1.3	5.2	3.6	443	338	85	62	7	11	47	48	+37
15	John Collins J. Collins	119.3	2025-26	LAC	14	25.4	11.9	4.8	0.6	0.9	0.5	4.6	9.2	50.4	0.9	2.6	33.3	1.8	2.2	80.6	58.5	1.4	3.4	1.9	355	167	67	9	12	7	27	32	-30
16	Rui Hachimura R. Hachimura	119.3	2025-26	LAL	13	34.6	15.8	3.8	1.2	0.7	0.2	6.1	10.5	57.7	2.0	4.0	50.0	1.7	2.3	73.3	68.6	0.7	3.1	1.2	450	206	49	16	9	3	16	25	+5
17	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	118.7	2025-26	IND	13	34.9	24.9	7.1	4.8	1.2	0.4	8.7	19.2	45.4	1.9	5.3	36.2	5.6	8.3	67.6	54.6	1.8	5.3	2.5	454	324	92	62	15	5	32	42	-119
18	Matas Buzelis M. Buzelis	117.0	2025-26	CHI	13	29.1	15.0	5.6	1.2	0.8	1.2	5.5	11.5	47.3	1.8	4.6	40.0	2.2	2.6	85.3	59.1	1.2	4.4	1.9	378	195	73	16	10	15	25	43	-2
19	Kelly Oubre Jr. K. Oubre Jr.	116.5	2025-26	PHI	12	34.8	16.8	5.1	1.3	1.1	0.8	6.2	12.4	49.7	1.9	5.6	34.3	2.5	3.2	78.9	60.6	1.2	3.9	1.5	418	201	61	16	13	10	18	32	+3
20	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	116.1	2025-26	MIA	14	32.9	16.7	4.9	2.9	1.1	0.9	6.6	13.7	48.4	1.8	5.0	35.7	1.6	2.5	65.7	56.4	1.5	3.4	2.1	461	234	68	41	15	13	29	37	-30
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	115.7	2025-26	HOU	12	36.1	25.9	4.7	3.4	1.0	0.7	8.8	17.2	51.0	1.8	4.6	40.0	6.6	7.4	88.8	63.4	0.3	4.3	3.0	433	311	56	41	12	8	36	33	+119
22	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	115.6	2025-26	HOU	12	35.5	17.3	6.1	5.2	1.3	0.5	6.7	14.2	47.1	0.5	2.4	20.7	3.4	4.5	75.9	53.4	2.3	3.8	2.3	426	207	73	62	15	6	27	27	+127
23	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	115.6	2025-26	DET	15	32.1	12.7	2.8	2.0	0.9	0.3	4.2	9.4	44.7	3.1	7.3	41.8	1.2	1.6	75.0	62.7	0.5	2.3	0.7	482	190	42	30	13	5	11	40	+78
24	RJ Barrett	115.3	2025-26	TOR	14	31.6	19.1	4.9	3.9	0.9	0.3	7.2	14.4	50.0	1.8	5.3	33.8	2.9	4.1	70.2	58.8	0.8	4.1	1.6	442	267	69	55	12	4	22	40	-2
25	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	115.0	2025-26	MIA	14	30.3	17.1	6.9	5.1	0.6	0.3	6.8	12.9	52.8	0.4	1.9	22.2	3.1	4.0	78.6	58.6	1.2	5.6	1.9	424	240	96	72	9	4	27	30	+106