lowest defensive rating at center 2021-2022

Rudy Gobert had the best defensive rating by a center in 2021-22, with a 103.2 rating.

Interpreted as:
lowest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games at center 2021-2022
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
103.2
2021-22
66
32.1
15.6
14.7
1.1
0.7
2.1
5.5
7.7
71.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.6
6.7
69.0
73.2
3.7
11.0
1.8
2,120
1,027
968
72
45
137
119
176
+417
2Al Horford
A. Horford
104.3
2021-22
69
29.1
10.2
7.7
3.4
0.7
1.3
3.9
8.2
46.7
1.3
3.8
33.6
1.2
1.4
84.2
57.4
1.6
6.1
0.9
2,005
701
530
232
49
92
65
130
+386
3Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
105.3
2021-22
68
33.8
30.6
11.7
4.2
1.1
1.5
9.8
19.6
49.9
1.4
3.7
37.1
9.6
11.8
81.4
61.6
2.1
9.6
3.1
2,296
2,079
796
284
77
99
214
181
+367
4Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
105.3
2021-22
74
33.4
27.1
13.8
7.9
1.5
0.9
10.3
17.7
58.3
1.3
3.9
33.7
5.1
6.3
81.0
66.1
2.8
11.0
3.8
2,475
2,004
1,019
584
109
63
281
191
+442
5Jaren Jackson Jr.
J. Jackson Jr.
105.8
2021-22
78
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
6Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
107.3
2021-22
69
33.8
15.0
8.3
2.5
0.8
1.7
6.1
12.0
50.8
0.3
1.3
25.0
2.4
3.7
66.3
54.9
2.1
6.2
1.9
2,331
1,034
570
174
56
115
133
147
+94
7Clint Capela
C. Capela
109.3
2021-22
74
27.6
11.1
11.9
1.2
0.7
1.3
5.0
8.2
61.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.1
2.3
47.3
60.4
3.8
8.1
0.6
2,041
820
877
92
55
93
44
166
+125
8Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
109.6
2021-22
73
33.1
17.6
11.0
3.2
1.0
1.0
7.5
15.8
47.3
1.4
4.5
31.4
1.3
1.7
76.0
53.3
1.9
9.1
1.9
2,417
1,288
804
236
70
71
136
181
-52
9Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
109.8
2021-22
74
33.4
24.6
9.8
3.6
1.0
1.1
8.7
16.4
52.9
2.0
4.9
41.0
5.2
6.3
82.2
64.0
2.6
7.2
3.1
2,475
1,818
727
269
72
83
226
267
+274
10Jonas Valančiūnas
J. Valančiūnas
110.5
2021-22
74
30.3
17.8
11.4
2.6
0.6
0.8
6.9
12.7
54.4
0.8
2.1
36.1
3.2
3.9
82.0
61.7
3.1
8.3
2.4
2,240
1,314
843
190
41
60
179
247
+67
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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NBA 2025-26 Standings

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1
27
9
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2
23
12
.657
3.5
3
23
13
.639
4.0
4
22
15
.595
5.5
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19
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23
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13
11
22
.333
14.5
14
9
25
.265
17.0
15
6
30
.167
21.0
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1
30
7
.811
2
25
10
.714
4.0
3
22
11
.667
6.0
4
24
12
.667
5.5
5
22
11
.667
6.0
6
23
13
.639
6.5
7
21
15
.583
8.5
8
19
18
.514
11.0
9
17
20
.459
13.0
10
15
20
.429
14.0
11
13
22
.371
16.0
12
13
23
.361
16.5
13
12
23
.343
17.0
14
8
28
.222
21.5
15
8
29
.216
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12/4
@
98-117
Thu
12/4
@
111-132
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@
101-119

Schedule

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Tue
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