Isaiah Hartenstein has the lowest defensive rating this season, with a 99.9 rating.

Interpreted as:

defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders 2025-2026

	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	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	99.9	2025-26	OKC	19	27.8	12.2	10.7	3.4	1.3	0.8	5.3	7.8	67.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.7	2.6	64.0	67.8	3.3	7.4	2.1	528	232	203	64	24	15	39	53	+170
2	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	103.3	2025-26	MIA	19	25.0	12.4	10.9	0.6	1.1	1.4	4.8	9.1	52.9	1.1	2.5	41.7	1.7	2.2	80.5	61.8	3.3	7.6	1.0	475	235	207	11	20	26	19	37	+37
3	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	103.9	2025-26	OKC	19	28.9	8.9	2.9	2.5	2.3	0.3	3.4	7.7	44.5	1.6	4.2	37.5	0.5	0.6	90.9	56.4	0.7	2.2	1.1	550	170	55	47	43	5	21	45	+190
4	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	104.7	2025-26	OKC	20	26.4	15.2	3.4	3.7	1.6	0.3	5.5	12.0	45.8	1.1	3.4	32.8	3.1	3.6	85.9	55.9	0.6	2.8	1.7	527	303	68	73	32	6	34	42	+191
5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	104.9	2025-26	OKC	20	33.4	32.9	4.9	6.7	1.6	0.8	10.9	19.9	54.5	2.2	5.2	42.3	9.0	10.1	89.1	67.5	0.5	4.4	1.7	667	657	97	133	31	15	34	37	+280
6	Jalen Duren J. Duren	107.9	2025-26	DET	17	29.1	19.5	11.8	2.0	0.9	1.1	7.0	10.7	65.4	0.0	0.0		5.5	7.2	76.4	70.3	4.2	7.6	2.6	495	332	201	34	15	18	44	56	+148
7	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	108.3	2025-26	TOR	19	33.2	19.5	7.9	5.0	1.4	1.6	7.5	14.8	50.9	1.3	3.2	39.3	3.2	3.7	85.7	59.3	2.2	5.7	2.2	630	370	150	95	27	31	42	60	+90
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	109.7	2025-26	DEN	18	34.9	29.1	12.6	11.0	1.6	0.8	10.6	16.9	62.8	2.1	4.7	44.0	5.8	6.9	84.7	73.1	3.2	9.4	3.5	628	524	227	198	28	14	63	56	+191
9	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	110.2	2025-26	ATL	18	34.2	21.9	9.6	7.3	1.7	0.4	8.2	15.1	54.4	1.4	3.6	39.1	4.1	5.2	78.5	63.0	1.2	8.4	3.1	615	394	173	131	30	7	56	36	+33
10	P.J. Washington	110.3	2025-26	DAL	19	31.7	16.0	7.8	2.3	0.9	1.2	5.8	13.3	43.9	1.6	4.7	33.7	2.7	4.0	68.4	53.1	1.4	6.4	2.6	602	304	149	43	18	23	49	43	-85
11	Naz Reid N. Reid	110.8	2025-26	MIN	18	24.4	13.1	5.6	1.9	0.9	0.9	5.1	11.2	45.3	2.0	5.5	36.4	1.0	1.4	72.0	55.7	1.4	4.2	1.4	440	236	101	35	17	17	25	50	-5
12	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	111.0	2025-26	CLE	19	34.2	18.7	8.9	4.1	1.1	1.6	6.7	13.7	49.0	1.6	4.3	37.0	3.7	6.1	60.3	57.0	2.5	6.4	2.6	649	356	170	77	21	31	50	43	+50
13	Reed Sheppard R. Sheppard	111.3	2025-26	HOU	16	24.9	14.3	2.8	3.3	1.6	0.4	5.3	10.8	48.8	2.8	6.2	45.5	0.9	1.3	71.4	62.9	0.4	2.4	1.3	399	228	44	53	26	7	20	32	+110
14	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	111.5	2025-26	MIN	18	32.3	10.4	10.3	1.8	0.4	1.8	4.3	6.0	72.2	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.5	49.2	68.9	3.6	6.8	1.8	582	187	186	32	8	32	33	56	+120
15	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	111.5	2025-26	DAL	19	33.7	15.7	6.5	3.5	1.4	0.6	6.1	13.5	45.1	1.0	3.8	26.4	2.5	3.2	80.0	52.8	1.3	5.2	2.1	640	299	123	67	27	12	40	45	-164
16	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	111.5	2025-26	TOR	19	33.7	21.8	5.9	3.7	1.1	0.7	8.1	16.6	48.6	1.4	4.5	31.4	4.3	5.1	84.5	58.0	0.6	5.3	2.9	640	415	113	70	21	13	55	42	+67
17	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	112.0	2025-26	NYK	18	33.5	21.7	12.2	3.4	0.8	0.8	6.9	15.5	44.4	1.8	5.4	33.0	6.1	6.9	88.7	58.5	3.2	9.0	2.6	603	390	219	61	15	15	47	66	+113
18	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	112.1	2025-26	HOU	16	36.6	22.0	9.4	7.1	1.1	0.9	8.0	16.6	48.3	1.2	2.9	40.4	4.8	6.6	72.6	56.5	3.0	6.4	3.4	585	352	151	113	18	14	54	53	+124
19	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	112.1	2025-26	TOR	19	31.8	15.5	4.8	6.1	1.4	0.1	5.6	12.4	44.9	2.4	6.5	36.6	1.9	2.6	74.0	57.0	0.4	4.4	1.6	605	294	91	115	26	1	30	42	+80
20	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	112.1	2025-26	NYK	18	35.2	16.2	4.6	4.4	2.1	1.2	6.3	12.0	52.3	2.2	5.4	41.2	1.4	1.8	78.8	63.3	1.2	3.4	1.1	633	292	82	80	38	22	19	36	+80
21	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	112.1	2025-26	ATL	20	33.2	10.0	6.5	5.9	2.2	0.4	4.5	9.1	49.2	0.3	1.3	19.2	0.8	1.4	59.3	51.6	2.2	4.3	2.3	663	199	129	118	44	8	45	50	+75
22	Naji Marshall N. Marshall	112.1	2025-26	DAL	20	26.4	11.8	5.1	2.3	1.1	0.1	3.7	7.8	47.4	0.9	3.0	30.5	3.5	4.4	80.5	60.7	0.8	4.3	1.2	527	236	101	46	22	2	24	38	-122
23	Anthony Black A. Black	112.2	2025-26	ORL	20	27.4	13.0	3.0	2.8	1.5	0.6	4.8	10.0	47.7	1.2	3.5	34.3	2.3	3.4	67.6	56.8	0.5	2.5	2.1	548	260	59	56	30	12	42	52	+39
24	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	112.3	2025-26	LAL	14	37.4	35.1	8.5	9.4	1.8	0.6	10.8	22.7	47.5	3.7	10.9	34.0	9.9	12.3	80.2	62.5	0.8	7.7	4.1	524	492	119	131	25	8	58	39	+84
25	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	112.5	2025-26	UTA	18	24.8	7.6	9.7	3.8	1.7	0.4	3.0	7.0	42.9	0.3	1.5	18.5	1.3	2.3	57.1	47.4	2.3	7.3	2.8	447	137	174	69	31	7	50	54	-63