Jalen Williams has the best defensive rating this season, with a 102.4 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	Jalen Williams J. Williams	102.4	2024-25	OKC	27	32.4	21.7	5.9	5.0	1.9	0.8	8.5	17.2	49.4	2.0	5.3	38.7	2.7	3.4	80.4	58.2	0.9	5.0	2.3	874	587	159	136	50	21	63	71	+186
2	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	102.7	2024-25	HOU	27	31.2	18.8	10.6	5.3	1.2	1.0	7.3	15.3	48.1	0.4	1.5	25.0	3.7	4.9	76.5	53.9	3.3	7.2	2.2	843	507	285	142	32	27	60	74	+185
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	103.0	2024-25	OKC	27	34.6	30.3	5.5	6.2	2.0	1.0	10.7	21.0	50.8	2.1	6.3	33.5	6.8	7.9	86.8	61.9	0.8	4.7	2.7	935	817	148	167	53	27	72	57	+301
4	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	103.8	2024-25	HOU	27	27.0	11.8	6.9	2.1	1.1	1.0	4.5	8.1	55.3	0.3	1.1	29.0	2.5	3.6	69.4	60.8	2.2	4.6	1.8	728	319	185	57	31	26	49	66	+89
5	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	103.9	2024-25	MEM	27	27.8	21.4	5.8	1.4	1.5	1.7	7.7	15.1	51.1	1.8	5.0	36.0	4.2	5.1	82.0	61.8	1.3	4.6	2.0	751	579	157	39	40	46	54	89	+187
6	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	104.1	2024-25	OKC	27	26.3	6.7	3.6	2.2	1.6	0.8	2.7	6.5	42.3	1.0	3.2	30.2	0.2	0.3	85.7	50.5	1.2	2.3	0.6	711	180	96	59	44	21	17	54	+126
7	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	105.3	2024-25	OKC	27	29.4	10.1	4.6	1.7	1.3	0.8	3.4	8.2	41.6	2.2	5.5	40.5	1.0	1.3	80.0	57.5	1.5	3.1	0.6	795	272	125	46	35	22	16	86	+190
8	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	105.8	2024-25	SAS	22	32.5	24.5	10.1	3.9	1.2	3.5	8.8	18.5	47.7	3.1	9.1	34.3	3.7	4.2	87.1	60.1	1.9	8.2	3.6	716	538	222	86	26	77	80	47	+60
9	Jalen Suggs J. Suggs	105.8	2024-25	ORL	28	30.0	16.0	4.2	3.9	1.5	1.0	5.6	13.8	40.5	2.2	7.1	31.0	2.7	2.9	91.5	53.3	0.7	3.5	2.9	839	449	117	110	43	29	80	77	-13
10	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	106.1	2024-25	MIN	26	34.0	10.3	10.7	1.9	0.8	1.4	3.9	6.1	63.5	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.4	74.2	67.6	3.3	7.5	1.6	883	268	279	50	20	36	41	72	+66
11	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	106.5	2024-25	ORL	25	33.2	24.4	5.6	5.7	1.7	0.5	8.8	18.9	46.5	2.0	6.4	32.1	4.8	5.4	88.1	57.3	0.9	4.7	2.4	829	610	140	142	43	12	61	58	+144
12	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	106.5	2024-25	CLE	28	29.5	13.5	10.3	1.8	1.0	0.8	5.5	7.8	69.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	73.2	72.0	2.3	8.0	1.0	826	377	288	51	28	23	29	34	+146
13	Santi Aldama S. Aldama	106.6	2024-25	MEM	29	26.3	13.4	7.4	3.1	0.9	0.5	5.2	10.3	50.8	1.8	4.6	38.3	1.1	1.4	78.6	61.1	1.6	5.9	1.2	762	388	216	89	26	15	36	31	+192
14	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	106.7	2024-25	CLE	26	30.2	18.2	8.8	2.7	1.0	1.4	7.0	12.4	56.5	0.9	2.2	39.7	3.3	4.1	81.3	64.2	2.2	6.7	2.2	786	474	230	70	27	37	56	55	+247
15	Naz Reid N. Reid	106.8	2024-25	MIN	26	24.5	11.8	5.2	1.6	0.7	0.8	4.3	9.7	44.2	1.7	4.9	34.6	1.6	1.8	87.5	56.6	0.6	4.6	1.2	636	308	135	42	19	21	31	59	+65
16	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	107.4	2024-25	HOU	25	35.4	15.2	4.2	6.1	1.5	0.5	5.3	14.1	37.7	2.4	7.8	30.3	2.2	2.7	80.9	49.6	0.6	3.6	1.4	885	380	105	152	37	12	34	59	+141
17	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	107.6	2024-25	LAC	28	32.2	15.1	12.3	2.5	0.6	1.0	6.8	11.1	61.0	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.9	53.7	61.0	3.9	8.4	1.9	902	422	344	71	17	28	54	57	+107
18	Jalen Green J. Green	107.7	2024-25	HOU	27	32.6	19.5	4.7	2.6	1.1	0.3	6.6	16.4	40.5	2.5	7.8	31.8	3.8	4.3	87.2	53.4	0.5	4.1	2.7	879	527	126	71	30	8	74	48	+57
19	James Harden J. Harden	107.8	2024-25	LAC	27	33.8	22.2	6.4	8.3	1.6	0.6	6.3	16.1	39.2	2.9	8.3	35.4	6.6	7.4	89.4	57.2	0.6	5.8	4.6	912	599	172	224	42	17	124	52	+82
20	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	108.0	2024-25	NYK	25	34.5	25.0	14.2	3.4	0.9	1.0	8.8	16.4	53.5	2.4	5.1	46.1	5.1	6.0	84.1	65.6	3.0	11.2	2.6	862	626	354	85	23	25	65	85	+179
21	Jabari Smith Jr. J. Smith Jr.	108.0	2024-25	HOU	27	30.7	11.9	6.6	1.1	0.3	0.9	4.1	9.4	43.9	1.8	4.9	36.4	1.8	2.1	85.7	57.2	1.7	4.9	0.7	829	320	178	30	9	25	19	65	+72
22	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	108.1	2024-25	MIN	26	30.0	10.2	4.3	1.8	1.3	0.8	4.0	9.1	44.5	1.3	3.9	32.7	0.8	1.2	71.0	53.1	1.2	3.0	1.0	779	265	111	46	35	21	27	75	-15
23	Donte DiVincenzo D. DiVincenzo	108.4	2024-25	MIN	26	24.8	8.5	3.2	3.4	1.2	0.2	3.0	8.2	36.2	2.1	6.4	32.5	0.5	0.7	77.8	50.2	0.3	2.8	1.7	644	222	83	89	31	6	43	39	+9
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	108.5	2024-25	MIN	26	35.8	25.9	5.4	4.0	1.4	0.6	9.1	20.1	45.3	4.3	10.1	42.4	3.4	4.2	80.7	58.9	0.6	4.8	3.1	931	673	140	103	36	16	80	50	+83
25	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	108.5	2024-25	ORL	29	30.6	8.7	2.0	1.9	1.6	0.6	2.9	7.2	40.0	1.4	4.8	30.2	1.5	1.6	91.5	54.8	0.4	1.7	0.8	888	253	59	54	45	18	23	62	+95