De'Anthony Melton had the lowest defensive rating by a point guard in 2022-23, with a 111.0 rating.

Interpreted as:

top point guard defensive ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 22-23

	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	De'Anthony Melton D. Melton	111.0	2022-23	PHI	77	27.9	10.1	4.1	2.6	1.6	0.5	3.6	8.5	42.5	2.0	5.2	39.0	0.9	1.1	79.3	56.6	0.9	3.2	1.3	2,150	780	312	197	126	41	102	191	+102
2	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	112.4	2022-23	MIL	67	32.6	19.3	5.1	7.4	1.2	0.4	7.3	15.3	47.9	2.4	6.1	38.4	2.3	2.6	85.9	58.6	1.2	3.9	2.9	2,182	1,290	341	495	79	25	197	116	+481
3	Darius Garland D. Garland	113.0	2022-23	CLE	69	35.5	21.6	2.7	7.8	1.2	0.1	7.6	16.4	46.2	2.4	6.0	41.0	4.0	4.7	86.3	58.7	0.4	2.3	2.9	2,447	1,490	185	538	85	9	199	148	+438
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	113.3	2022-23	TOT	73	29.1	15.9	5.8	7.5	1.0	0.5	5.9	13.6	43.6	1.2	3.9	31.1	2.8	4.3	65.6	51.3	1.2	4.6	3.5	2,126	1,159	423	551	76	33	255	162	-21
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	113.3	2022-23	DAL	66	36.2	32.4	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	10.9	22.0	49.6	2.8	8.2	34.2	7.8	10.5	74.2	60.9	0.8	7.8	3.6	2,390	2,138	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
6	Bruce Brown B. Brown	113.9	2022-23	DEN	80	28.5	11.5	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.6	4.5	9.3	48.3	1.1	3.2	35.8	1.5	1.9	75.8	57.1	0.8	3.3	1.5	2,279	923	328	268	87	51	123	190	+31
7	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	114.2	2022-23	TOR	69	36.7	19.3	4.1	7.2	1.8	0.6	6.3	16.1	39.3	3.0	8.8	34.2	3.7	4.1	89.8	54.0	0.4	3.6	2.0	2,535	1,335	280	495	123	38	140	193	+195
8	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	115.4	2022-23	NYK	81	28.9	14.9	4.2	3.4	1.0	0.2	5.2	11.6	44.8	2.1	5.6	37.0	2.5	3.1	81.9	57.8	0.7	3.4	1.2	2,344	1,209	337	279	80	14	100	166	+318
9	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	116.0	2022-23	TOT	60	37.4	27.1	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	9.9	20.1	49.4	3.1	8.3	37.9	4.1	4.6	90.5	61.3	1.0	4.1	2.1	2,241	1,623	304	331	66	45	128	165	+222
10	Jamal Murray J. Murray	116.2	2022-23	DEN	65	32.8	20.0	4.0	6.2	1.0	0.2	7.3	16.0	45.4	2.6	6.6	39.8	2.8	3.3	83.3	57.1	0.7	3.2	2.2	2,133	1,298	257	400	66	16	145	103	+300
11	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	116.3	2022-23	ATL	74	36.4	20.5	5.3	6.1	1.5	0.3	8.3	17.8	46.4	1.8	5.2	34.4	2.1	2.6	83.2	54.0	0.7	4.5	2.2	2,693	1,515	389	448	112	19	160	106	-62
12	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	116.5	2022-23	TOT	71	32.5	17.8	3.0	6.2	1.0	0.4	6.3	13.4	46.9	2.7	6.9	39.6	2.5	3.0	82.9	60.5	0.5	2.5	2.6	2,304	1,263	215	437	70	29	186	140	+85
13	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	117.3	2022-23	SAC	73	33.4	25.0	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.3	9.3	18.2	51.2	1.6	5.0	32.4	4.7	6.0	78.0	59.9	0.5	3.6	2.5	2,435	1,826	306	447	83	23	181	172	+176
14	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	117.3	2022-23	NYK	68	35.0	24.0	3.5	6.2	0.9	0.2	8.6	17.6	49.1	2.0	4.7	41.6	4.8	5.8	82.9	59.7	0.6	3.0	2.1	2,379	1,633	241	421	61	15	142	152	+152
15	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	117.5	2022-23	CHA	63	35.3	21.1	4.1	5.1	1.2	0.3	7.8	18.9	41.5	2.6	8.0	32.7	2.8	3.5	80.9	51.7	0.8	3.3	2.1	2,221	1,329	259	319	74	16	134	119	-288
16	Mike Conley M. Conley	117.8	2022-23	TOT	67	30.3	11.9	2.7	6.7	1.1	0.2	3.9	9.1	42.8	2.0	5.2	38.5	2.1	2.5	83.4	58.3	0.5	2.2	1.5	2,029	798	182	450	73	14	103	139	+60
17	Spencer Dinwiddie S. Dinwiddie	118.2	2022-23	TOT	79	34.5	17.3	3.4	6.5	0.8	0.3	5.8	13.3	43.8	2.3	6.2	36.9	3.4	4.2	81.2	57.3	0.4	3.1	1.8	2,725	1,369	270	515	67	24	145	187	-10
18	Killian Hayes K. Hayes	118.3	2022-23	DET	76	28.3	10.3	2.9	6.2	1.4	0.4	4.0	10.7	37.7	1.1	3.8	28.0	1.2	1.5	82.1	45.5	0.4	2.5	2.3	2,153	786	221	470	104	28	173	219	-499
19	Trae Young T. Young	119.2	2022-23	ATL	73	34.8	26.2	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	8.2	19.0	42.9	2.1	6.3	33.5	7.8	8.8	88.6	57.3	0.8	2.2	4.1	2,541	1,914	217	741	80	9	300	104	+100
20	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	120.8	2022-23	POR	58	36.3	32.2	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	9.6	20.7	46.3	4.2	11.3	37.1	8.8	9.6	91.4	64.5	0.8	4.0	3.3	2,106	1,866	277	425	50	18	191	109	+105