Alperen Şengün has the lowest defensive rating by a center this season, with a 100.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games centers 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	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	100.4	2024-25	HOU	20	30.5	18.7	10.7	5.1	1.2	1.3	7.2	15.2	47.5	0.4	1.5	26.7	3.9	5.1	76.5	53.8	3.5	7.3	2.2	609	374	214	102	24	25	43	55	+179
2	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	105.5	2024-25	MEM	18	28.3	22.2	5.8	1.3	1.3	1.8	8.0	15.5	51.6	1.7	5.2	33.0	4.5	5.6	81.0	61.9	1.6	4.2	2.2	510	400	104	23	24	32	40	57	+130
3	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	107.0	2024-25	LAC	20	32.6	15.7	12.6	2.4	0.6	1.1	7.0	11.5	61.1	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.1	54.8	61.3	4.1	8.5	2.2	651	314	251	48	12	22	44	44	+72
4	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	108.1	2024-25	CLE	20	29.6	14.5	10.7	1.7	0.9	1.1	5.9	8.4	70.1	0.0	0.0		2.8	3.8	74.7	72.5	2.4	8.4	1.0	591	290	214	34	18	21	20	24	+86
5	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	108.3	2024-25	MIA	16	35.2	15.9	9.3	4.4	1.7	0.9	5.9	13.8	43.2	0.9	2.6	33.3	3.2	4.4	71.8	50.7	2.8	6.6	1.6	563	255	149	71	27	15	26	33	+3
6	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	108.7	2024-25	CLE	19	31.1	18.2	9.3	2.7	1.1	1.5	7.1	12.6	55.8	0.6	1.9	32.4	3.4	4.1	83.3	62.9	2.4	6.9	2.1	591	345	176	52	20	29	40	40	+161
7	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	110.4	2024-25	MIL	18	32.7	12.3	5.2	1.8	1.3	2.3	4.6	9.6	47.7	1.9	5.3	36.5	1.3	1.7	74.2	59.8	1.2	4.0	1.2	588	222	94	32	24	42	22	44	+32
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	110.8	2024-25	DEN	14	37.4	29.7	13.1	10.6	1.5	0.9	11.1	19.5	56.8	2.2	4.1	53.4	5.4	6.4	83.3	66.5	4.2	8.9	3.6	523	416	184	149	21	12	51	25	+141
9	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	110.9	2024-25	MIN	18	33.9	10.5	11.1	1.9	0.4	1.6	3.9	5.9	65.4	0.0	0.0		2.7	3.4	80.3	70.6	3.4	7.7	1.6	611	189	200	34	7	29	29	53	+38
10	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	111.3	2024-25	SAC	17	36.4	20.4	12.8	6.2	0.8	0.5	7.8	12.5	62.0	1.0	2.5	40.5	3.9	4.6	84.6	70.2	2.9	9.9	3.6	618	347	218	105	14	8	61	64	+73
11	Jakob Poeltl J. Poeltl	111.6	2024-25	TOR	19	32.3	15.5	12.0	2.5	1.1	1.3	6.7	11.6	57.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	3.2	62.3	59.3	4.3	7.7	2.3	614	294	228	47	21	25	44	68	-28
12	Naz Reid N. Reid	111.9	2024-25	MIN	18	24.7	13.7	5.1	1.5	0.7	0.6	4.9	10.1	48.9	2.0	5.2	38.7	1.8	2.0	88.9	62.2	0.8	4.3	1.3	444	246	92	27	13	10	24	44	-2
13	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	112.9	2024-25	NYK	18	33.8	25.8	12.7	3.3	0.8	0.8	9.3	17.3	54.0	2.4	5.2	46.8	4.7	5.6	85.0	65.5	2.9	9.7	2.2	609	465	228	59	15	14	39	61	+73
14	Myles Turner M. Turner	113.8	2024-25	IND	17	32.5	16.4	7.4	1.4	0.9	2.1	6.1	12.5	48.4	2.1	5.2	39.8	2.2	3.2	67.3	58.6	1.4	5.9	2.6	553	278	125	23	16	35	45	56	-33
15	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	116.1	2024-25	CHI	20	31.9	20.4	9.9	3.3	0.7	0.9	8.3	14.5	57.1	2.0	4.5	44.9	1.9	2.2	86.0	66.1	2.1	7.9	1.9	637	407	198	65	14	18	38	47	-64