league leaders in defensive rating minimum 50 games played 2021-2022

5 players were tied for the most games with a defensive rating of 50.0 or above in 2021-22, with 82 games. The first three are Dwight Powell, Mikal Bridges and Saddiq Bey.

	NAME	GP	DRTG	SEASON	TM	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	Dwight Powell D. Powell	82	110.8	2021-22	DAL	21.9	8.7	4.9	1.2	0.5	0.5	3.3	4.9	67.1	0.2	0.5	35.1	2.0	2.6	78.3	72.5	2.1	2.8	0.8	1,798	717	404	97	37	39	64	220	+74
2	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	82	110.8	2021-22	PHX	34.8	14.2	4.2	2.3	1.2	0.4	5.6	10.5	53.4	1.4	3.8	36.9	1.6	1.9	83.4	62.7	0.9	3.3	0.8	2,854	1,162	347	185	96	36	68	150	+576
3	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	82	116.9	2021-22	DET	33.0	16.1	5.4	2.8	0.9	0.2	5.5	13.9	39.6	2.6	7.4	34.6	2.6	3.1	82.7	52.9	1.3	4.1	1.2	2,704	1,321	441	233	73	16	96	128	-499
4	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	82	113.7	2021-22	WAS	24.2	8.4	5.2	2.0	0.7	0.5	3.0	7.1	43.2	1.0	3.2	31.7	1.3	1.7	75.7	53.6	0.6	4.5	1.1	1,984	685	425	167	59	44	87	190	-65
5	Kevon Looney K. Looney	82	106.5	2021-22	GSW	21.1	6.0	7.3	2.0	0.6	0.6	2.5	4.4	57.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.5	60.0	58.6	2.5	4.7	0.8	1,732	491	596	165	50	52	67	215	+166
6	Terance Mann T. Mann	81	112.9	2021-22	LAC	28.6	10.8	5.2	2.6	0.7	0.3	4.1	8.5	48.4	0.9	2.6	36.5	1.6	2.0	78.0	57.2	1.3	4.0	1.0	2,317	872	425	209	55	21	84	178	+68
7	Alec Burks A. Burks	81	111.2	2021-22	NYK	28.6	11.7	4.9	3.0	1.0	0.3	3.5	9.0	39.1	1.9	4.8	40.4	2.7	3.3	82.2	55.9	0.6	4.3	1.1	2,317	944	397	239	85	26	91	215	+123
8	Buddy Hield B. Hield	81	120.2	2021-22	TOT	30.8	15.6	4.4	2.8	0.9	0.3	5.5	13.6	40.6	3.2	8.8	36.6	1.4	1.6	87.4	54.8	0.8	3.5	1.9	2,499	1,265	353	229	73	25	153	184	-164
9	Patty Mills P. Mills	81	118.3	2021-22	BKN	29.0	11.4	1.9	2.3	0.6	0.2	4.0	9.8	40.8	2.8	7.0	40.0	0.6	0.7	81.4	56.3	0.2	1.7	0.9	2,345	923	156	183	51	17	73	112	+117
10	Dorian Finney-Smith D. Finney-Smith	80	111.3	2021-22	DAL	33.0	11.0	4.7	1.9	1.1	0.5	4.1	8.7	47.1	2.2	5.4	39.5	0.7	1.0	67.5	60.4	1.5	3.2	1.0	2,643	880	375	150	88	39	80	183	+241
11	Evan Fournier E. Fournier	80	114.3	2021-22	NYK	29.5	14.1	2.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	5.0	12.1	41.7	3.0	7.7	38.9	1.0	1.4	70.8	55.4	0.4	2.2	1.3	2,358	1,125	210	171	79	20	105	180	-93
12	Chris Boucher C. Boucher	80	109.5	2021-22	TOR	21.1	9.4	6.2	0.3	0.6	0.9	3.4	7.2	46.4	0.9	2.9	29.7	1.9	2.4	77.7	57.0	2.2	3.9	0.5	1,690	754	494	25	49	75	42	174	+189
13	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	80	114.6	2021-22	CHA	35.5	20.2	7.0	3.8	0.9	0.8	7.5	15.2	49.1	1.9	5.8	33.1	3.3	4.2	80.2	59.3	1.1	5.9	1.9	2,837	1,613	559	300	74	67	150	193	+142
14	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	79	112.8	2021-22	DAL	31.9	16.3	3.9	4.8	0.8	0.0	6.4	12.8	50.2	1.2	3.2	37.3	2.3	2.7	84.0	58.3	0.5	3.4	1.6	2,524	1,285	309	377	66	3	124	151	+231
15	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	79	112.8	2021-22	MIA	25.9	10.9	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.2	3.7	9.2	39.9	2.9	7.9	37.2	0.6	0.8	83.6	57.3	0.3	2.3	0.8	2,042	863	203	129	42	14	60	201	+106
16	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	79	114.0	2021-22	UTA	27.1	16.0	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.2	5.9	14.1	41.9	2.4	7.6	31.8	1.8	2.2	82.8	53.2	0.8	2.6	1.6	2,141	1,266	273	194	66	16	129	149	+383
17	Malik Beasley M. Beasley	79	116.1	2021-22	MIN	25.0	12.1	2.9	1.5	0.5	0.2	4.2	10.8	39.1	3.0	8.1	37.7	0.6	0.8	81.7	54.4	0.3	2.5	0.5	1,976	953	227	116	43	12	43	88	+82
18	KJ Martin	79	120.0	2021-22	HOU	21.0	8.8	3.8	1.3	0.4	0.5	3.5	6.6	53.3	0.8	2.1	35.7	1.0	1.6	63.4	60.3	1.0	2.7	0.8	1,656	696	297	101	34	40	60	113	-238
19	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	79	114.5	2021-22	ORL	30.7	15.2	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	5.8	12.3	46.8	1.2	3.4	35.4	2.4	2.8	86.3	55.9	1.1	3.4	1.5	2,429	1,197	356	231	68	34	119	164	-243
20	Torrey Craig T. Craig	78	113.3	2021-22	TOT	20.5	6.6	4.0	1.2	0.6	0.5	2.6	5.7	45.4	1.0	3.0	32.9	0.5	0.7	75.0	55.6	1.1	2.9	0.9	1,595	516	310	91	46	36	67	151	-184
21	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	78	106.7	2021-22	MEM	27.3	16.3	5.8	1.1	0.9	2.3	5.5	13.3	41.5	1.6	5.1	31.9	3.6	4.4	82.3	53.5	1.5	4.3	1.7	2,126	1,272	454	86	73	177	130	272	+361
22	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	78	113.2	2021-22	NYK	23.1	11.3	3.2	3.5	0.7	0.0	3.6	9.3	39.2	1.8	5.1	34.6	2.3	2.6	88.1	54.3	0.4	2.8	1.3	1,802	882	247	275	54	3	99	167	+264
23	Jae'Sean Tate J. Tate	78	117.2	2021-22	HOU	26.4	11.8	5.4	2.8	0.9	0.5	4.7	9.3	49.8	0.8	2.6	31.2	1.7	2.4	70.7	56.7	1.7	3.7	1.8	2,056	919	420	222	72	41	139	286	-406
24	Herbert Jones H. Jones	78	111.6	2021-22	NOP	29.9	9.5	3.8	2.1	1.7	0.8	3.5	7.4	47.6	0.7	2.2	33.7	1.8	2.1	84.0	57.3	1.3	2.5	1.3	2,335	742	296	167	130	60	100	238	+68
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	78	114.3	2021-22	LAL	34.3	18.5	7.4	7.1	1.0	0.3	7.0	15.8	44.4	1.0	3.4	29.8	3.4	5.1	66.7	51.2	1.4	6.0	3.8	2,678	1,441	580	550	75	20	295	235	-211