Jalen Williams has the lowest defensive rating this season, with a 106.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive 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	106.8	2024-25	OKC	61	32.6	21.3	5.5	5.3	1.7	0.7	8.1	16.9	47.8	1.8	5.0	36.2	3.3	4.2	79.1	56.8	0.9	4.6	2.2	1,987	1,298	333	322	101	44	134	144	+422
2	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	106.8	2024-25	CLE	65	28.6	13.6	10.3	1.9	1.0	1.0	5.5	7.9	70.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.3	75.5	72.4	2.7	7.6	1.2	1,861	881	667	126	64	63	76	99	+438
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	106.9	2024-25	OKC	64	34.3	32.8	5.1	6.2	1.8	1.0	11.3	21.5	52.5	2.2	5.8	37.1	8.0	8.9	90.0	64.5	0.9	4.2	2.6	2,197	2,097	327	398	114	67	165	145	+765
4	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	107.3	2024-25	HOU	62	31.5	19.2	10.3	4.9	1.1	0.8	7.5	15.0	50.2	0.3	1.3	24.7	3.9	5.6	69.3	55.1	3.3	7.0	2.6	1,951	1,191	639	306	71	49	164	179	+318
5	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	107.4	2024-25	CLE	58	30.2	18.6	9.3	3.1	0.8	1.6	7.1	12.6	56.8	1.1	2.9	36.5	3.2	4.3	74.4	64.1	2.3	7.0	2.0	1,753	1,076	540	180	49	90	118	118	+527
6	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	107.7	2024-25	HOU	60	32.5	14.0	8.3	3.6	1.3	1.3	5.5	10.0	55.3	0.3	1.3	25.6	2.6	3.8	69.3	60.1	2.8	5.6	2.1	1,952	840	500	218	79	75	126	140	+170
7	Jalen Duren J. Duren	107.8	2024-25	DET	63	25.8	11.4	10.3	2.6	0.8	1.2	4.7	6.7	69.6	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.9	68.5	70.9	3.5	6.9	1.8	1,628	716	651	161	48	74	114	204	+46
8	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	108.0	2024-25	LAC	64	32.7	16.2	12.5	2.5	0.8	1.2	7.2	11.6	62.2	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.8	63.5	63.1	3.7	8.8	1.6	2,094	1,035	802	161	48	75	103	139	+307
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	108.6	2024-25	MIL	52	33.9	30.7	12.1	5.9	0.8	1.2	12.2	20.2	60.5	0.2	0.8	18.6	6.0	10.2	59.4	62.1	2.3	9.8	3.3	1,764	1,594	631	305	40	62	171	128	+228
10	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	109.3	2024-25	MIN	57	33.0	11.1	10.4	1.9	0.7	1.5	4.3	6.6	65.4	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.6	68.5	67.8	3.5	6.9	1.3	1,881	631	591	106	40	86	76	139	+164
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	109.6	2024-25	BOS	61	36.6	27.2	8.8	5.9	1.1	0.5	9.3	20.3	45.6	3.6	10.2	35.4	5.1	6.3	80.7	59.0	0.7	8.1	2.9	2,234	1,662	539	357	68	32	179	136	+448
12	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	109.8	2024-25	OKC	61	29.2	9.9	4.1	1.6	1.1	0.6	3.5	8.4	42.4	2.3	5.8	39.8	0.5	0.7	75.0	57.1	1.4	2.8	0.7	1,780	605	253	99	68	35	41	180	+433
13	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	110.0	2024-25	MEM	59	29.4	22.7	5.8	2.1	1.3	1.6	8.2	16.5	49.7	1.9	5.2	36.5	4.5	5.8	77.2	59.8	1.3	4.5	2.2	1,732	1,341	345	126	74	97	127	199	+360
14	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	110.2	2024-25	NYK	58	35.1	24.2	13.2	3.1	1.0	0.7	8.7	16.6	52.4	2.1	4.9	42.2	4.7	5.7	83.3	63.3	3.0	10.1	2.6	2,036	1,403	763	180	59	43	150	205	+306
15	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	110.3	2024-25	MIN	67	32.5	12.6	5.9	2.0	1.4	0.8	5.0	10.4	47.9	1.3	3.9	33.5	1.3	1.6	83.3	56.8	1.7	4.3	1.1	2,180	846	397	137	97	56	75	191	+107
16	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	110.3	2024-25	MIA	63	34.5	17.7	10.0	4.4	1.3	0.7	6.8	14.0	48.8	0.8	2.7	31.0	3.2	4.3	75.4	55.8	2.5	7.5	2.1	2,176	1,112	629	277	82	42	133	138	-40
17	Naz Reid N. Reid	110.3	2024-25	MIN	66	28.0	14.8	6.1	2.2	0.7	1.0	5.5	11.8	46.5	2.3	5.9	39.2	1.5	1.9	79.2	58.5	1.1	5.0	1.3	1,848	978	404	145	49	63	88	163	+258
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	110.3	2024-25	DEN	60	36.4	29.0	12.9	10.4	1.8	0.7	11.1	19.3	57.7	1.9	4.5	42.8	4.8	6.0	80.8	66.2	2.9	10.0	3.3	2,186	1,738	776	623	105	40	196	135	+491
19	James Harden J. Harden	110.5	2024-25	LAC	63	35.1	22.3	5.8	8.7	1.5	0.6	6.5	16.5	39.2	3.0	8.7	34.1	6.4	7.3	87.0	56.5	0.7	5.1	4.5	2,209	1,406	365	551	94	39	285	129	+152
20	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	110.8	2024-25	ATL	61	34.0	14.1	5.6	4.1	3.0	0.7	5.9	12.2	48.3	1.1	3.1	34.9	1.1	1.9	59.8	53.7	1.6	4.0	1.9	2,073	858	341	253	184	45	115	153	-129
21	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	110.9	2024-25	HOU	47	35.3	14.3	3.9	5.7	1.7	0.4	4.9	12.9	38.4	2.6	7.7	34.0	1.8	2.2	82.4	51.7	0.6	3.2	1.5	1,658	671	182	270	79	20	71	113	+217
22	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	111.9	2024-25	ORL	63	30.2	8.6	2.1	1.7	1.3	0.5	3.1	7.2	42.4	1.3	4.3	31.1	1.1	1.3	86.6	55.1	0.4	1.7	0.8	1,902	541	132	108	84	29	53	123	-78
23	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	112.0	2024-25	MIN	64	36.4	27.2	6.0	4.6	1.1	0.6	9.0	20.4	44.2	4.1	10.1	40.6	5.1	6.1	83.5	59.0	0.8	5.2	3.3	2,331	1,742	381	295	73	38	210	118	+199
24	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	112.1	2024-25	CLE	60	31.3	24.2	4.3	4.8	1.3	0.2	8.4	18.6	45.1	3.5	9.0	38.4	4.0	4.9	81.9	58.5	0.7	3.6	2.1	1,875	1,452	260	285	79	12	125	118	+502
25	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	112.1	2024-25	BOS	55	35.4	23.0	6.1	4.7	1.3	0.3	8.6	18.6	46.0	1.9	5.9	31.6	4.1	5.3	75.9	54.9	1.5	4.6	2.7	1,949	1,267	334	261	70	17	148	141	+338