Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has the best defensive rating this season, with a 104.0 rating.

Interpreted as:

best def rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player this regular season

	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	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	104.0	2024-25	OKC	46	34.4	32.4	5.3	6.0	2.0	1.1	11.4	21.5	52.8	2.0	5.7	34.6	7.7	8.6	90.1	64.1	0.9	4.3	2.7	1,582	1,492	242	277	92	49	125	102	+564
2	Jalen Williams J. Williams	104.1	2024-25	OKC	45	32.8	21.1	5.6	5.2	1.8	0.8	8.2	17.2	47.5	1.7	5.0	34.7	3.1	4.0	78.1	55.9	0.8	4.8	2.3	1,476	951	251	232	81	34	102	114	+278
3	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	105.0	2024-25	SAS	40	33.2	24.6	10.9	3.7	1.1	4.0	9.0	18.9	47.6	3.3	9.1	35.8	3.4	4.0	84.9	59.7	1.7	9.2	3.4	1,326	983	436	146	44	159	136	88	+121
4	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	105.2	2024-25	OKC	46	27.4	7.3	3.5	2.4	1.8	0.6	3.0	6.8	44.2	1.0	2.9	33.3	0.3	0.4	77.8	52.4	1.1	2.4	0.7	1,259	335	159	110	81	26	34	103	+263
5	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	105.6	2024-25	LAC	46	31.8	15.2	12.8	2.5	0.7	1.1	6.8	11.1	61.2	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.8	58.6	61.7	3.9	8.9	1.7	1,463	699	587	116	33	52	80	90	+233
6	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	106.2	2024-25	HOU	46	31.3	19.1	10.4	5.0	1.3	0.8	7.6	15.5	49.1	0.3	1.4	22.7	3.6	5.1	70.8	54.0	3.4	7.0	2.4	1,442	880	477	231	59	37	110	127	+246
7	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	106.6	2024-25	HOU	45	31.0	13.6	8.1	2.9	1.4	1.2	5.2	9.6	54.5	0.3	1.3	24.1	2.9	4.1	70.7	60.0	2.7	5.4	1.9	1,395	614	364	129	62	53	85	104	+136
8	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	107.8	2024-25	OKC	45	29.2	9.8	4.4	1.7	1.0	0.7	3.4	8.2	41.6	2.3	5.6	41.5	0.7	0.8	81.1	57.3	1.5	2.9	0.7	1,315	443	199	78	46	30	32	139	+319
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	107.8	2024-25	LAL	42	34.3	25.7	11.9	3.4	1.3	2.1	9.5	18.0	52.8	0.7	2.2	29.8	6.0	7.6	78.8	60.1	2.8	9.0	2.2	1,440	1,081	499	141	54	90	93	82	+21
10	James Harden J. Harden	108.1	2024-25	LAC	45	33.8	21.5	5.8	8.4	1.4	0.6	6.3	15.8	39.8	2.8	8.2	34.9	6.1	6.9	89.0	57.2	0.6	5.3	4.6	1,522	969	262	378	65	28	209	94	+141
11	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	108.3	2024-25	MEM	46	29.6	22.8	6.2	2.2	1.3	1.6	8.3	16.7	49.9	1.8	5.2	35.3	4.3	5.5	78.4	59.7	1.5	4.7	2.2	1,360	1,048	283	99	62	74	100	154	+314
12	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	108.3	2024-25	BOS	46	36.3	26.7	8.9	5.5	1.2	0.5	9.0	19.8	45.1	3.5	10.1	35.1	5.2	6.5	80.0	58.7	0.6	8.3	2.9	1,672	1,227	409	255	57	22	132	103	+354
13	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	108.4	2024-25	MIN	49	33.2	10.5	10.2	1.9	0.7	1.5	4.1	6.3	64.5	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.4	68.0	67.0	3.3	7.0	1.4	1,625	515	502	91	33	75	67	118	+115
14	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	108.4	2024-25	CLE	48	29.0	13.7	10.1	1.9	0.9	0.9	5.6	8.0	70.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.4	73.0	72.5	2.6	7.4	1.1	1,393	659	483	93	45	44	53	70	+306
15	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	108.5	2024-25	CLE	42	30.1	18.2	9.1	2.9	0.9	1.4	7.0	12.3	57.1	1.1	2.7	39.1	3.0	4.0	75.7	64.5	2.1	7.0	1.9	1,263	763	382	120	38	59	81	83	+351
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	108.7	2024-25	MIL	40	34.9	31.8	12.2	5.9	0.7	1.3	12.7	20.9	60.6	0.1	0.7	13.8	6.4	10.9	58.5	61.9	2.3	10.0	3.4	1,394	1,272	488	234	29	53	137	97	+146
17	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	109.0	2024-25	MIA	46	33.9	16.2	10.0	4.6	1.3	0.8	6.3	13.4	46.7	0.7	2.5	28.7	3.0	4.1	73.3	53.3	2.5	7.5	2.2	1,559	746	459	212	62	37	100	99	+4
18	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	109.2	2024-25	MIN	49	31.3	10.7	5.3	1.7	1.5	0.8	4.2	9.1	46.2	1.3	3.8	34.2	1.1	1.3	78.8	55.5	1.4	3.9	1.1	1,532	525	262	81	73	41	52	143	+25
19	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	109.3	2024-25	NYK	44	34.5	24.3	13.6	3.4	1.0	0.8	8.8	16.4	53.5	2.0	4.7	42.4	4.8	5.8	84.2	64.4	3.1	10.5	2.5	1,520	1,070	597	149	43	35	112	153	+300
20	Naz Reid N. Reid	109.6	2024-25	MIN	48	25.3	13.5	5.0	1.8	0.8	0.8	5.0	10.3	48.4	2.1	5.1	41.8	1.4	1.8	78.8	60.9	0.9	4.1	1.2	1,213	647	242	84	36	38	58	112	+87
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	109.7	2024-25	DEN	43	36.4	29.6	12.8	10.3	1.9	0.7	11.3	19.8	56.9	2.0	4.4	46.8	5.0	6.2	81.6	65.8	3.2	9.7	3.2	1,564	1,273	552	443	80	28	137	89	+367
22	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	110.2	2024-25	ATL	44	33.6	13.6	5.3	3.7	3.0	0.8	5.7	12.3	46.7	1.2	3.6	31.9	1.0	1.6	60.9	52.3	1.7	3.6	1.9	1,480	597	233	163	133	33	82	112	-146
23	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	110.6	2024-25	ORL	47	30.7	9.0	1.9	1.9	1.5	0.5	3.2	7.6	41.5	1.5	4.8	31.1	1.2	1.4	87.7	54.8	0.3	1.6	0.9	1,441	425	90	87	72	25	42	89	-22
24	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	110.6	2024-25	HOU	45	35.5	14.6	3.9	5.8	1.6	0.4	5.0	13.0	38.7	2.7	7.8	34.4	1.9	2.3	82.4	52.1	0.7	3.2	1.6	1,596	658	175	261	72	20	70	110	+211
25	Norman Powell N. Powell	110.8	2024-25	LAC	40	33.3	24.1	3.6	2.2	1.4	0.2	8.4	16.8	49.9	3.4	7.8	43.6	3.9	4.7	83.1	63.8	0.4	3.3	2.1	1,330	963	145	88	55	7	83	78	+198