Davion Mitchell had the worst defensive rating by a point guard in 2021-22, with a 118.5 rating in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:

2022 pg highest defensive ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games

	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	Davion Mitchell D. Mitchell	118.5	2021-22	SAC	75	27.7	11.5	2.2	4.2	0.7	0.3	4.7	11.2	41.8	1.3	4.3	31.6	0.7	1.1	65.9	48.9	0.4	1.8	1.5	2,076	861	166	313	55	24	114	141	-273
2	Trae Young T. Young	117.8	2021-22	ATL	76	34.9	28.4	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	9.4	20.3	46.0	3.1	8.0	38.2	6.6	7.3	90.4	60.3	0.7	3.1	4.0	2,652	2,155	284	737	72	7	303	128	+158
3	Patty Mills P. Mills	117.5	2021-22	BKN	81	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
4	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	116.8	2021-22	SAC	59	35.3	23.2	3.9	5.6	1.2	0.4	8.7	18.5	47.3	1.3	4.2	29.7	4.4	5.9	75.0	54.9	0.4	3.5	2.8	2,083	1,367	231	330	68	25	168	172	-193
5	Devonte' Graham D. Graham	116.1	2021-22	NOP	76	28.4	11.9	2.3	4.2	0.9	0.2	3.9	10.7	36.3	2.5	7.4	34.1	1.6	1.8	84.3	51.4	0.5	1.8	1.4	2,161	902	177	316	71	12	105	95	+40
6	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	115.4	2021-22	CHA	73	33.7	19.3	4.3	4.5	1.3	0.3	7.1	16.0	44.4	3.0	8.1	37.4	2.1	2.4	85.2	56.6	0.8	3.5	1.3	2,458	1,408	315	326	93	25	96	119	+74
7	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	115.1	2021-22	TOT	77	35.0	15.3	4.0	8.2	1.7	0.6	5.6	11.8	47.3	2.1	5.1	41.4	2.1	2.5	84.2	59.5	0.8	3.2	2.6	2,693	1,181	311	628	134	49	199	121	-327
8	Monté Morris M. Morris	115.1	2021-22	DEN	75	29.9	12.6	3.0	4.4	0.7	0.2	5.0	10.3	48.4	1.7	4.2	39.5	1.0	1.1	86.9	58.3	0.4	2.7	1.0	2,239	945	226	333	56	14	78	92	+282
9	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	114.9	2021-22	MIN	65	31.9	18.1	3.3	7.1	1.0	0.3	6.2	15.0	41.1	2.7	8.0	34.0	3.0	3.7	82.5	54.4	0.4	2.9	2.5	2,076	1,176	216	460	62	22	165	130	+211
10	Cole Anthony C. Anthony	113.8	2021-22	ORL	65	31.7	16.3	5.4	5.7	0.7	0.3	5.5	14.0	39.1	2.0	6.0	33.8	3.3	3.9	85.4	51.9	0.5	4.9	2.6	2,059	1,062	348	369	46	17	170	171	-230
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	113.6	2021-22	LAL	78	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
12	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	113.4	2021-22	LAC	75	31.1	16.8	3.6	4.8	0.7	0.2	6.4	16.3	39.2	2.2	6.8	32.6	1.8	2.2	84.7	48.8	0.5	3.1	2.3	2,336	1,263	271	359	55	15	173	159	-70
13	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	113.1	2021-22	DET	64	32.6	17.4	5.5	5.6	1.2	0.7	6.7	16.1	41.6	1.8	5.7	31.4	2.2	2.6	84.5	50.4	0.9	4.6	3.7	2,088	1,114	354	356	78	43	234	200	-275
14	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	112.1	2021-22	CHA	75	32.3	20.1	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	7.2	16.7	42.9	2.9	7.5	38.9	2.8	3.2	87.2	55.4	1.4	5.2	3.3	2,422	1,508	501	571	119	30	245	237	+99
15	Darius Garland D. Garland	112.0	2021-22	CLE	68	35.7	21.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	8.0	17.3	46.2	2.6	6.7	38.3	3.2	3.5	89.2	57.6	0.6	2.7	3.6	2,430	1,473	224	583	89	7	248	115	+376
16	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	111.8	2021-22	DAL	79	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
17	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	111.5	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	18.3	4.5	6.8	1.6	0.4	7.1	14.2	50.1	2.0	4.8	41.1	2.0	2.7	76.1	59.3	1.0	3.5	2.7	2,207	1,225	301	457	108	29	183	133	+426
18	Mike Conley M. Conley	111.2	2021-22	UTA	72	28.6	13.7	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.3	4.8	11.0	43.5	2.3	5.8	40.8	1.8	2.3	79.6	57.2	0.7	2.4	1.7	2,058	986	217	385	96	21	123	142	+348
19	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	111.2	2021-22	TOR	65	37.9	20.3	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	6.8	16.9	40.3	3.7	9.9	37.7	3.0	3.4	87.4	55.2	0.7	3.8	2.6	2,462	1,320	289	434	111	35	170	162	+212
20	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	110.1	2021-22	MIA	63	33.9	13.4	4.5	7.5	1.1	0.3	4.4	10.0	44.0	2.3	6.1	37.7	2.3	2.8	85.1	60.0	0.5	4.0	2.7	2,133	844	282	474	67	17	168	177	+250
21	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	108.5	2021-22	SAS	68	34.8	21.1	8.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	8.4	18.3	46.2	1.4	4.3	32.7	2.9	3.6	79.4	53.3	1.2	7.1	2.6	2,366	1,438	563	627	138	23	180	138	+49
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	107.6	2021-22	GSW	64	34.5	25.5	5.2	6.3	1.3	0.4	8.4	19.1	43.7	4.5	11.7	38.0	4.3	4.7	92.3	60.1	0.5	4.7	3.2	2,211	1,630	335	404	85	23	206	130	+507
23	Marcus Smart M. Smart	107.1	2021-22	BOS	71	32.3	12.1	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	4.2	10.1	41.8	1.7	5.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	79.3	54.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	2,296	861	270	417	119	18	159	160	+443
24	Chris Paul C. Paul	106.5	2021-22	PHX	65	32.9	14.7	4.4	10.8	1.9	0.3	5.6	11.3	49.3	1.0	3.1	31.7	2.6	3.1	83.7	58.1	0.3	4.0	2.4	2,139	958	283	702	121	20	153	134	+460
25	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	106.5	2021-22	DAL	65	35.4	28.4	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	9.9	21.6	45.7	3.1	8.8	35.3	5.6	7.5	74.4	57.1	0.9	8.3	4.5	2,301	1,847	593	568	75	36	292	145	+146