Between the 2011-12 and 2021-22 seasons, Ronnie Brewer had the best defensive rating by a guard, with a 98.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

best drtg with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games guards 2011-12 to 2021-22

	NAME	DRTG	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	Ronnie Brewer R. Brewer	98.8	66	24.8	6.9	3.5	2.1	1.1	0.3	2.9	6.7	42.7	0.3	1.0	27.5	0.8	1.5	56.0	46.5	1.1	2.4	0.9	1,635	455	231	137	72	21	59	64	+195
2	Mickael Pietrus M. Pietrus	100.4	42	21.9	6.9	3.1	0.6	0.5	0.2	2.5	6.4	38.5	1.5	4.3	33.5	0.5	0.7	64.5	50.9	0.4	2.7	0.8	921	289	130	25	21	10	33	81	+38
3	Nick Calathes N. Calathes	101.9	129	15.6	4.6	1.9	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.9	4.3	44.1	0.2	0.8	28.8	0.5	0.9	58.1	48.4	0.3	1.6	1.3	2,011	590	243	353	129	13	162	217	+107
4	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	102.1	124	27.6	6.1	4.2	4.1	1.7	0.3	2.0	5.5	36.8	1.6	4.4	35.2	0.5	0.6	81.6	52.9	0.5	3.7	1.3	3,422	757	521	513	207	35	167	208	+253
5	Tony Allen T. Allen	102.1	349	25.0	8.7	4.4	1.3	1.6	0.4	3.5	7.6	46.4	0.2	0.6	27.3	1.5	2.2	68.8	50.9	1.7	2.7	1.4	8,718	3,049	1,538	448	549	146	475	876	+355
6	Paul George P. George	102.1	114	29.6	16.1	5.6	3.0	1.5	0.5	5.5	12.5	43.9	2.2	5.4	40.2	2.9	3.5	84.2	57.3	0.7	4.9	2.1	3,377	1,831	642	343	176	58	242	304	+506
7	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	102.3	424	21.3	10.3	2.8	3.6	1.0	0.2	3.5	8.0	44.2	1.3	3.5	36.4	2.0	2.5	80.6	56.9	0.4	2.3	1.9	9,046	4,369	1,175	1,534	432	105	789	780	+1845
8	Delonte West D. West	102.6	44	24.1	9.6	2.3	3.2	1.3	0.3	3.8	8.2	46.1	0.6	1.7	35.5	1.4	1.6	88.6	53.9	0.3	2.0	1.7	1,060	421	101	139	58	11	76	67	-27
9	Lance Stephenson L. Stephenson	103.3	298	25.8	9.2	4.7	3.1	0.7	0.2	3.7	8.1	45.7	0.8	2.4	31.5	1.1	1.6	67.2	52.4	0.7	3.9	1.7	7,683	2,752	1,391	922	207	48	512	596	+542
10	Thabo Sefolosha T. Sefolosha	103.4	184	25.7	6.5	3.6	1.4	1.2	0.4	2.3	5.2	45.0	1.0	2.6	38.9	0.8	1.0	81.8	57.6	0.7	2.9	0.9	4,727	1,199	665	266	219	78	159	345	+755
11	Jared Dudley J. Dudley	103.9	72	23.8	7.2	3.1	1.8	1.0	0.2	2.8	5.9	46.8	1.0	2.7	38.5	0.7	0.9	71.6	57.2	0.6	2.4	0.9	1,717	518	220	130	72	11	62	113	+110
12	Otto Porter Jr. O. Porter Jr.	103.9	74	19.4	6.0	3.0	0.9	0.6	0.4	2.4	5.3	45.0	0.5	1.4	33.7	0.8	1.1	73.4	52.3	0.9	2.0	0.7	1,432	445	221	65	44	30	52	97	-35
13	Danny Green D. Green	104.2	723	26.1	8.9	3.5	1.6	1.1	0.8	3.1	7.5	42.0	2.0	4.9	39.9	0.7	0.8	80.7	56.7	0.6	2.9	1.0	18,883	6,444	2,550	1,159	773	566	729	1,314	+3138
14	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	104.8	300	33.7	16.6	4.8	3.4	1.6	0.5	5.5	12.1	44.9	0.9	2.8	32.6	4.8	5.9	82.4	56.6	1.3	3.5	1.5	10,101	4,994	1,437	1,010	478	144	449	436	+868
15	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	104.9	293	25.1	6.7	2.2	3.3	0.8	0.3	2.4	6.3	38.7	1.0	2.7	36.1	0.8	1.1	74.8	49.2	0.3	1.9	1.3	7,358	1,955	642	953	242	78	380	703	+347
16	CJ Miles	105.0	190	23.4	11.6	2.7	1.1	0.8	0.4	4.0	10.1	39.7	1.8	5.2	34.8	1.7	2.2	78.6	52.2	0.4	2.3	1.0	4,450	2,203	505	207	159	73	196	396	+182
17	C.J. Watson	105.2	344	20.2	7.0	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.1	2.4	5.9	40.5	0.9	2.5	37.8	1.3	1.6	81.6	53.2	0.4	1.6	1.2	6,963	2,424	669	878	290	44	398	532	-33
18	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	105.3	106	27.8	10.8	3.7	1.8	1.0	0.4	4.2	10.5	39.6	1.8	5.1	35.2	0.7	1.2	62.9	49.3	0.6	3.0	1.0	2,943	1,148	387	196	106	40	102	176	+12
19	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	105.4	275	33.9	15.9	8.1	7.7	1.7	0.7	6.5	11.6	56.0	0.0	0.1	14.7	2.9	4.9	59.7	57.9	1.9	6.2	3.4	9,326	4,382	2,217	2,127	464	199	925	777	+894
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	105.4	775	35.0	24.4	8.2	8.8	1.7	0.3	8.8	19.8	44.2	1.4	4.4	30.8	5.6	7.2	77.4	53.2	1.6	6.6	4.3	27,097	18,927	6,362	6,854	1,326	233	3,330	2,084	+2857
21	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	105.5	421	26.7	9.4	2.6	3.8	1.5	0.2	3.1	7.5	42.1	1.1	3.3	35.1	2.0	2.5	79.8	55.0	0.3	2.2	2.0	11,233	3,957	1,076	1,586	623	76	823	1,183	+1133
22	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	105.5	507	30.0	18.3	4.2	4.4	1.3	0.7	7.1	14.9	47.4	0.5	1.6	29.4	3.7	4.9	75.7	53.6	1.1	3.2	2.6	15,233	9,257	2,150	2,229	647	337	1,340	931	+876
23	Evan Turner E. Turner	105.6	149	24.3	8.4	4.4	2.8	0.7	0.3	3.5	8.1	43.3	0.3	1.2	24.4	1.1	1.5	75.6	48.1	0.5	4.0	1.6	3,623	1,258	661	423	102	52	231	258	-194
24	Chris Paul C. Paul	105.6	730	33.1	17.8	4.5	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.3	13.3	47.4	1.6	4.3	37.2	3.6	4.1	88.5	59.0	0.6	3.9	2.3	24,135	13,000	3,255	6,749	1,443	136	1,709	1,717	+5047
25	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	105.8	131	22.8	4.8	2.1	1.1	1.7	1.1	1.9	4.1	46.4	0.7	2.2	30.7	0.3	0.5	68.9	55.6	0.5	1.5	0.5	2,983	634	275	138	220	142	71	285	+183