Alperen Şengün has the lowest defensive rating by a center this season, with a 101.2 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games centers 2025

	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	101.2	2024-25	HOU	16	29.4	18.4	11.1	4.8	1.0	1.3	7.2	14.9	48.1	0.5	1.6	30.8	3.5	4.6	75.7	54.1	3.6	7.4	2.0	471	294	177	76	16	21	32	45	+142
2	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	105.5	2024-25	MEM	14	28.9	22.9	5.7	1.1	1.4	1.7	8.2	15.6	52.8	1.9	5.2	35.6	4.6	5.8	80.2	63.3	1.3	4.4	2.3	405	321	80	15	19	24	32	45	+96
3	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	106.7	2024-25	CLE	17	29.5	14.4	10.9	1.8	0.9	1.2	5.8	8.4	68.5	0.0	0.0		2.8	3.7	76.2	71.5	2.3	8.6	1.1	502	244	186	31	16	20	18	18	+96
4	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	108.4	2024-25	CLE	16	30.3	17.8	8.8	2.5	0.9	1.6	6.9	12.3	56.3	0.7	1.8	37.9	3.3	3.9	83.9	63.5	2.1	6.7	2.3	485	285	141	40	14	25	37	33	+155
5	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	108.6	2024-25	LAC	15	34.1	15.3	12.4	2.3	0.7	1.2	6.6	11.7	56.6	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.5	60.4	58.0	4.0	8.4	2.1	511	230	186	35	11	18	32	39	+2
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	108.7	2024-25	DEN	10	38.1	29.7	13.7	11.7	1.7	1.0	10.8	19.2	56.3	2.2	3.9	56.4	5.9	7.0	84.3	66.7	4.5	9.2	4.1	381	297	137	117	17	10	41	20	+98
7	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	108.8	2024-25	MIA	13	35.2	16.3	9.5	3.9	1.8	1.2	6.0	14.1	42.6	0.8	2.5	31.3	3.5	5.0	70.8	50.1	3.0	6.5	1.5	458	212	123	51	24	15	20	25	+8
8	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	109.4	2024-25	MIL	15	32.5	12.3	5.3	1.6	1.5	2.3	4.6	9.9	46.3	1.9	5.5	33.7	1.3	1.8	70.4	57.5	1.2	4.1	1.2	488	185	79	24	22	35	18	36	+16
9	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	110.4	2024-25	MIN	14	32.9	10.9	10.4	1.9	0.4	1.6	4.1	6.6	63.0	0.0	0.0		2.6	3.2	80.0	68.0	3.1	7.3	1.8	460	152	146	27	6	22	25	40	+47
10	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	111.6	2024-25	SAC	13	36.5	20.2	12.5	6.6	0.6	0.5	7.7	12.0	64.1	0.9	2.3	40.0	3.8	4.5	84.7	72.0	2.8	9.7	3.4	474	262	163	86	8	6	44	47	+82
11	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	111.9	2024-25	NYK	13	32.9	26.2	12.4	3.0	0.8	0.8	9.5	17.4	54.4	2.6	5.1	51.5	4.7	5.5	84.7	66.2	2.9	9.5	1.8	428	341	161	39	10	10	23	43	+65
12	Naz Reid N. Reid	112.7	2024-25	MIN	14	24.7	15.2	5.2	1.6	0.5	0.4	5.4	10.3	52.8	2.3	5.3	43.2	2.1	2.3	90.6	67.4	0.8	4.4	1.1	346	213	73	23	7	6	15	33	-9
13	Jakob Poeltl J. Poeltl	113.9	2024-25	TOR	15	32.9	17.1	11.9	2.7	1.2	1.3	7.5	12.4	60.8	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.2	64.6	62.0	4.4	7.5	2.7	494	257	178	40	18	20	41	54	-27
14	Myles Turner M. Turner	114.4	2024-25	IND	13	32.6	17.0	7.0	1.5	0.8	2.0	6.1	12.8	47.6	2.2	5.2	41.8	2.7	3.8	70.0	58.8	0.8	6.2	2.6	424	221	91	19	11	26	34	42	-67
15	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	116.1	2024-25	CHI	16	32.3	20.3	9.6	3.2	0.8	0.9	8.3	14.2	58.1	2.1	4.4	46.5	1.8	2.1	84.8	67.3	2.1	7.5	1.6	517	325	154	51	12	14	26	38	-61