Anthony Edwards had the best defensive rating by a guard in 2023-24, with a 109.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games guards NBA 2024

	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	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	109.5	2023-24	MIN	79	35.1	25.9	5.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	9.1	19.7	46.1	2.4	6.7	35.7	5.4	6.4	83.6	57.5	0.7	4.8	3.1	2,770	2,049	430	405	101	42	241	141	+431
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	109.9	2023-24	OKC	75	34.0	30.1	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	10.6	19.8	53.5	1.3	3.6	35.3	7.6	8.7	87.4	63.6	0.9	4.7	2.2	2,553	2,254	415	465	150	67	162	184	+614
3	Jalen Suggs J. Suggs	110.4	2023-24	ORL	75	27.0	12.6	3.1	2.7	1.4	0.6	4.5	9.5	47.1	2.0	5.1	39.7	1.6	2.1	75.6	60.2	0.6	2.4	1.8	2,025	943	229	205	106	47	132	205	+46
4	Mike Conley M. Conley	111.2	2023-24	MIN	76	28.9	11.4	2.9	5.9	1.2	0.2	3.9	8.5	45.7	2.4	5.3	44.2	1.3	1.5	91.1	62.7	0.5	2.4	1.3	2,193	869	218	449	88	17	102	128	+275
5	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	111.7	2023-24	OKC	80	25.1	12.3	6.4	4.8	0.6	0.6	5.0	10.6	47.5	1.0	3.0	33.7	1.3	1.6	80.6	54.7	1.4	5.0	2.1	2,011	986	514	386	51	44	168	111	+375
6	Derrick White D. White	112.1	2023-24	BOS	73	32.6	15.2	4.2	5.2	1.0	1.2	5.3	11.5	46.1	2.7	6.8	39.6	1.9	2.1	90.1	61.1	0.7	3.5	1.5	2,381	1,107	310	377	74	87	112	152	+619
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	112.6	2023-24	DAL	70	37.5	33.9	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	11.5	23.6	48.7	4.1	10.6	38.2	6.8	8.7	78.6	61.7	0.8	8.4	4.0	2,624	2,370	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
8	Josh Hart J. Hart	112.6	2023-24	NYK	81	33.4	9.4	8.3	4.1	0.9	0.3	3.6	8.4	43.4	1.0	3.2	31.0	1.1	1.4	79.1	52.2	1.6	6.8	1.5	2,707	761	675	331	75	23	118	171	+346
9	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	112.9	2023-24	BOS	69	32.8	12.5	5.4	4.8	0.9	0.8	4.8	10.0	48.0	2.0	4.7	42.9	0.9	1.0	83.3	59.7	1.2	4.2	1.8	2,263	860	373	333	60	53	124	108	+427
10	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	113.2	2023-24	CHI	71	28.7	10.1	3.8	3.5	1.7	1.0	3.6	7.6	46.8	1.9	4.7	40.8	1.0	1.4	76.0	61.3	0.9	3.0	1.4	2,040	715	273	247	120	70	102	181	+3
11	Donte DiVincenzo D. DiVincenzo	113.2	2023-24	NYK	81	29.1	15.5	3.7	2.7	1.3	0.4	5.5	12.4	44.3	3.5	8.7	40.1	1.1	1.4	75.4	59.7	0.8	2.9	1.4	2,360	1,259	297	216	107	36	113	166	+162
12	Jalen Williams J. Williams	113.6	2023-24	OKC	71	31.3	19.1	4.0	4.5	1.1	0.6	7.5	14.0	54.0	1.5	3.4	42.7	2.5	3.1	81.4	62.1	0.5	3.5	1.7	2,223	1,355	282	322	80	45	123	175	+382
13	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	113.9	2023-24	SAC	74	35.9	26.6	4.6	5.6	2.0	0.4	9.7	20.9	46.5	2.9	7.8	36.9	4.2	5.7	73.8	56.7	0.9	3.7	2.6	2,659	1,966	340	418	150	31	194	193	+235
14	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	114.2	2023-24	HOU	73	36.8	17.4	3.8	8.1	1.4	0.8	5.8	13.9	41.6	3.1	8.0	38.7	2.7	3.1	86.0	56.8	0.5	3.4	1.7	2,684	1,270	278	589	101	59	126	183	+184
15	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	114.4	2023-24	OKC	79	28.4	10.9	3.6	1.4	0.9	0.6	3.6	8.3	43.8	2.0	5.0	39.4	1.6	2.0	82.6	59.3	0.9	2.7	0.9	2,246	860	284	113	72	47	74	228	+348
16	CJ McCollum	114.5	2023-24	NOP	66	32.7	20.0	4.3	4.6	0.9	0.6	7.3	16.0	45.9	3.6	8.4	42.9	1.7	2.1	82.7	59.2	0.6	3.7	1.7	2,159	1,322	286	305	62	41	110	126	+197
17	Jalen Green J. Green	114.7	2023-24	HOU	82	31.7	19.6	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.3	6.9	16.2	42.3	2.5	7.4	33.2	3.5	4.3	80.4	54.1	0.5	4.7	2.3	2,601	1,610	423	291	66	28	191	115	+32
18	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	114.7	2023-24	DEN	76	31.6	10.1	2.4	2.4	1.3	0.6	3.6	7.7	46.0	1.6	4.1	40.6	1.3	1.5	89.4	60.2	0.4	2.0	1.0	2,402	766	183	182	98	42	75	151	+572
19	James Harden J. Harden	115.6	2023-24	LAC	72	34.3	16.6	5.1	8.5	1.1	0.8	4.9	11.4	42.8	2.6	6.8	38.1	4.2	4.8	87.8	61.2	0.5	4.7	2.6	2,470	1,192	369	614	77	57	185	127	+290
20	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	115.7	2023-24	DAL	58	35.0	25.6	5.0	5.2	1.3	0.5	9.7	19.5	49.7	3.0	7.3	41.1	3.3	3.6	90.5	60.8	0.8	4.2	1.8	2,030	1,487	290	299	74	28	106	112	+277
21	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	116.3	2023-24	HOU	72	30.9	12.7	3.4	1.7	0.9	0.1	4.6	10.7	42.8	1.8	5.1	35.9	1.7	2.0	84.4	54.9	0.7	2.7	1.2	2,227	915	246	119	64	10	88	241	-20
22	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	116.6	2023-24	NYK	77	35.4	28.7	3.6	6.7	0.9	0.2	10.3	21.4	47.9	2.7	6.8	40.1	5.5	6.5	84.7	59.2	0.6	3.1	2.4	2,726	2,212	278	519	70	13	186	144	+512
23	Grayson Allen G. Allen	116.8	2023-24	PHX	75	33.5	13.5	3.9	3.0	0.9	0.6	4.5	9.1	49.9	2.7	5.9	46.1	1.7	2.0	87.8	67.9	0.6	3.3	1.3	2,513	1,014	295	227	69	45	95	157	+262
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	117.2	2023-24	GSW	74	32.7	26.4	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	8.8	19.5	45.0	4.8	11.8	40.8	4.0	4.4	92.3	61.6	0.5	4.0	2.8	2,421	1,956	330	379	54	28	210	117	+189
25	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	117.3	2023-24	PHI	70	37.5	25.9	3.7	6.2	1.0	0.5	9.1	20.3	45.0	3.0	8.1	37.3	4.7	5.4	86.8	57.3	0.5	3.2	1.7	2,626	1,816	258	433	69	33	116	151	+303