Giannis Antetokounmpo had the best defensive rating in 2018-19, with a 99.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

2018-2019 NBA defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders

	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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	99.3	2018-19	MIL	72	32.8	27.7	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	10.0	17.3	57.8	0.7	2.8	25.6	6.9	9.5	72.9	64.4	2.2	10.3	3.7	2,358	1,994	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654
2	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	100.3	2018-19	UTA	81	31.8	15.9	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	5.9	8.8	66.9	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.4	63.6	68.2	3.8	9.0	1.6	2,577	1,284	1,041	161	66	187	130	231	+384
3	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	100.3	2018-19	DET	79	33.5	17.3	15.6	1.4	1.7	1.7	7.1	13.3	53.3	0.1	0.5	13.2	3.1	5.2	59.0	55.5	5.4	10.2	2.2	2,647	1,370	1,232	112	136	138	175	272	+176
4	Myles Turner M. Turner	101.4	2018-19	IND	74	28.6	13.3	7.2	1.6	0.8	2.7	5.1	10.5	48.7	1.0	2.6	38.8	2.0	2.7	73.6	56.7	1.4	5.8	1.4	2,119	984	531	115	60	199	100	195	+121
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	103.0	2018-19	OKC	73	36.0	22.9	11.1	10.7	1.9	0.5	8.6	20.2	42.8	1.6	5.6	29.0	4.1	6.2	65.6	50.1	1.5	9.6	4.5	2,630	1,675	807	784	142	33	325	245	+292
6	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	103.3	2018-19	MIL	81	28.7	12.5	4.9	1.2	0.6	2.2	4.4	9.7	45.2	2.3	6.3	36.5	1.4	1.6	84.2	59.7	0.4	4.5	1.0	2,322	1,009	396	98	51	179	82	189	+583
7	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	103.3	2018-19	ORL	80	31.4	20.8	12.0	3.8	1.0	1.1	8.8	16.9	51.8	1.1	2.9	36.4	2.2	2.8	78.9	57.3	2.8	9.2	2.0	2,510	1,665	960	307	81	89	159	157	+218
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	104.3	2018-19	PHI	64	33.7	27.5	13.6	3.7	0.7	1.9	9.1	18.7	48.4	1.2	4.1	30.0	8.2	10.1	80.4	59.3	2.5	11.1	3.5	2,154	1,761	871	234	46	122	226	211	+371
9	Paul George P. George	104.6	2018-19	OKC	77	36.9	28.0	8.2	4.1	2.2	0.4	9.2	21.0	43.8	3.8	9.8	38.6	5.9	7.0	83.9	58.3	1.4	6.8	2.7	2,841	2,159	628	318	170	34	205	214	+496
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	104.7	2018-19	DEN	80	31.3	20.1	10.8	7.3	1.4	0.7	7.7	15.1	51.1	1.0	3.4	30.7	3.6	4.4	82.1	58.9	2.9	8.0	3.1	2,504	1,604	865	580	108	55	248	228	+315
11	Eric Bledsoe E. Bledsoe	105.1	2018-19	MIL	78	29.1	15.9	4.6	5.5	1.5	0.4	6.0	12.4	48.4	1.6	4.8	32.9	2.3	3.0	75.0	57.7	1.1	3.6	2.1	2,272	1,241	362	430	116	29	165	156	+560
12	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	105.2	2018-19	TOR	60	34.0	26.6	7.3	3.3	1.8	0.4	9.3	18.8	49.6	1.9	5.0	37.1	6.1	7.1	85.4	60.6	1.3	6.0	2.0	2,040	1,596	439	199	106	24	121	87	+356
13	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	105.2	2018-19	TOT	79	30.8	13.6	7.9	4.4	1.1	1.1	4.9	11.0	44.8	1.3	3.5	36.3	2.4	3.2	75.9	54.6	1.0	6.9	2.0	2,436	1,071	627	349	84	86	155	217	+160
14	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	105.4	2018-19	TOR	74	27.2	15.0	8.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	6.3	11.9	52.9	0.7	2.3	29.0	1.8	2.4	76.3	58.2	2.1	6.0	1.5	2,010	1,112	601	99	29	103	114	211	+255
15	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	106.0	2018-19	BKN	80	26.2	10.9	8.4	1.4	0.5	1.5	4.2	7.1	59.0	0.1	0.6	13.3	2.5	3.5	70.9	63.2	2.4	6.0	1.3	2,096	873	672	110	43	120	103	184	-119
16	Thaddeus Young T. Young	106.0	2018-19	IND	81	30.7	12.6	6.5	2.5	1.5	0.4	5.5	10.4	52.7	0.6	1.8	34.9	1.1	1.7	64.4	56.9	2.4	4.1	1.5	2,489	1,024	523	204	123	36	123	194	+134
17	Draymond Green D. Green	106.1	2018-19	GSW	66	31.3	7.4	7.3	6.9	1.4	1.1	2.8	6.4	44.5	0.7	2.5	28.5	1.0	1.4	69.2	52.6	0.9	6.4	2.6	2,065	486	481	454	95	70	169	197	+463
18	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	106.2	2018-19	TOT	69	29.7	11.0	13.1	2.3	0.6	1.1	4.1	6.5	64.1	0.0	0.0		2.7	3.8	70.5	67.4	3.3	9.8	2.2	2,047	758	902	156	42	73	153	167	-213
19	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	106.4	2018-19	MIL	77	31.1	18.3	6.0	4.3	1.0	0.1	6.6	14.9	44.1	2.3	6.2	37.8	2.8	3.4	83.7	55.8	0.6	5.3	2.3	2,393	1,407	461	331	80	7	174	172	+548
20	Steven Adams S. Adams	106.4	2018-19	OKC	80	33.4	13.9	9.5	1.6	1.5	1.0	6.0	10.1	59.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	3.7	50.0	59.1	4.9	4.6	1.7	2,669	1,108	760	124	117	76	135	204	+391
21	Jae Crowder J. Crowder	106.9	2018-19	UTA	80	27.1	11.9	4.8	1.7	0.8	0.4	4.0	10.0	39.9	2.2	6.5	33.1	1.8	2.5	72.1	53.8	0.8	4.1	1.1	2,166	951	384	133	64	31	85	170	+227
22	Marcus Smart M. Smart	107.1	2018-19	BOS	80	27.5	8.9	2.9	4.0	1.8	0.4	3.0	7.1	42.2	1.6	4.3	36.4	1.3	1.6	80.6	56.8	0.7	2.2	1.5	2,200	708	234	321	143	28	123	201	+163
23	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	107.1	2018-19	UTA	77	33.7	23.8	4.1	4.2	1.4	0.4	8.6	19.9	43.2	2.4	6.7	36.2	4.1	5.1	80.6	53.7	0.8	3.3	2.8	2,598	1,829	316	322	106	31	218	208	+371
24	Cory Joseph C. Joseph	107.1	2018-19	IND	82	25.2	6.5	3.4	3.9	1.1	0.3	2.8	6.7	41.2	0.7	2.1	32.2	0.4	0.5	69.8	47.4	0.5	2.9	1.0	2,063	537	279	321	94	22	80	131	+211
25	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	107.3	2018-19	TOR	80	31.9	16.9	6.9	3.1	0.9	0.7	6.5	11.8	54.9	1.0	2.7	36.9	3.0	3.8	78.5	62.8	1.6	5.3	1.9	2,548	1,354	549	248	73	52	154	241	+593