Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has the best defensive rating this season, with a 102.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

best NBA 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	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	102.6	2024-25	OKC	32	34.5	31.3	5.5	6.0	2.0	1.2	11.1	21.0	52.8	2.2	6.2	35.0	7.0	7.9	87.8	63.9	0.8	4.7	2.7	1,104	1,000	177	193	64	37	86	68	+386
2	Jalen Williams J. Williams	102.8	2024-25	OKC	32	32.3	21.0	5.9	5.2	1.8	0.7	8.3	17.3	47.9	1.8	5.2	35.5	2.6	3.3	79.0	56.1	0.9	5.0	2.3	1,035	672	190	166	57	22	73	83	+189
3	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	102.9	2024-25	HOU	33	31.5	19.1	10.7	5.1	1.3	0.9	7.5	15.2	49.3	0.3	1.5	22.4	3.7	4.9	75.3	54.8	3.4	7.2	2.4	1,040	629	352	168	42	31	80	90	+237
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	104.0	2024-25	SAS	28	32.9	25.6	10.0	3.9	1.0	3.9	9.2	19.1	48.0	3.3	9.4	35.5	3.9	4.4	87.9	60.7	1.8	8.2	3.4	920	716	280	108	29	110	96	57	+115
5	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	104.0	2024-25	OKC	31	26.8	6.5	3.4	2.4	1.7	0.7	2.6	6.4	41.2	0.9	3.1	29.2	0.3	0.4	81.8	49.3	1.2	2.2	0.6	832	201	105	74	54	23	18	66	+170
6	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	104.4	2024-25	HOU	32	27.8	11.9	7.1	2.2	1.1	1.1	4.6	8.3	55.6	0.3	1.3	26.2	2.3	3.4	69.4	60.9	2.5	4.6	1.8	891	382	227	71	35	35	59	74	+114
7	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	104.8	2024-25	MEM	32	28.5	22.1	6.1	1.8	1.5	1.7	7.9	16.0	49.2	1.8	5.2	35.3	4.5	5.7	79.7	59.8	1.4	4.7	2.2	912	708	196	59	47	54	70	103	+248
8	Jalen Suggs J. Suggs	105.7	2024-25	ORL	33	29.5	16.8	4.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	5.8	14.1	41.2	2.2	7.0	31.0	2.9	3.2	90.7	53.9	0.7	3.5	3.0	973	553	137	125	49	33	98	93	-15
9	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	106.1	2024-25	OKC	31	29.5	9.7	4.6	1.6	1.1	0.7	3.3	8.3	39.9	2.2	5.6	39.3	0.9	1.1	80.0	55.2	1.5	3.1	0.5	915	302	144	51	35	23	17	96	+218
10	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	106.2	2024-25	CLE	33	29.2	13.7	10.1	1.8	1.0	0.9	5.6	8.1	69.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.3	73.6	71.7	2.3	7.8	1.1	965	451	333	61	34	29	36	43	+215
11	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	106.6	2024-25	CLE	31	30.2	18.4	8.7	2.9	1.0	1.5	7.1	12.5	57.0	1.1	2.5	43.0	3.1	4.0	78.2	64.8	2.1	6.6	2.2	937	571	271	89	32	45	68	68	+285
12	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	107.1	2024-25	HOU	31	35.4	15.0	4.6	6.0	1.6	0.5	5.3	14.0	37.5	2.5	7.9	32.0	2.0	2.5	80.5	49.7	0.8	3.8	1.5	1,096	466	142	187	49	16	47	74	+186
13	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	107.4	2024-25	LAC	33	32.4	15.1	12.5	2.5	0.7	1.1	6.8	11.1	61.0	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.9	51.6	60.8	4.0	8.5	1.8	1,069	497	412	83	23	35	60	66	+104
14	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	107.5	2024-25	MIN	32	33.7	10.4	10.6	1.7	0.7	1.4	4.0	6.3	63.2	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.5	71.4	66.7	3.4	7.2	1.5	1,078	334	338	55	22	46	48	84	+39
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	107.5	2024-25	BOS	30	36.3	28.3	9.5	5.5	1.3	0.5	9.3	20.0	46.6	3.9	10.5	36.9	5.8	7.2	79.7	60.9	0.6	8.9	2.8	1,090	849	286	165	38	14	83	76	+284
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	107.6	2024-25	NYK	32	34.3	24.9	13.7	3.3	0.8	0.9	8.9	16.3	54.8	2.2	5.0	44.0	4.9	5.9	83.6	66.2	2.9	10.8	2.6	1,096	798	439	106	27	29	82	115	+241
17	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	107.7	2024-25	MIA	31	34.8	16.4	9.9	4.8	1.5	0.8	6.3	13.7	45.6	0.7	2.6	28.0	3.1	4.3	72.7	52.5	2.4	7.5	2.2	1,078	507	307	150	45	26	68	68	+41
18	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	108.0	2024-25	ORL	34	31.0	9.1	2.0	2.0	1.6	0.6	3.1	7.6	40.7	1.5	4.9	30.3	1.4	1.5	92.3	54.8	0.3	1.7	0.8	1,054	308	69	68	56	22	28	70	+96
19	Naz Reid N. Reid	108.2	2024-25	MIN	32	24.7	12.4	5.0	1.7	0.7	0.8	4.7	10.1	46.0	1.7	4.9	34.2	1.4	1.7	81.8	57.0	0.7	4.3	1.3	790	397	159	53	23	27	42	79	+47
20	Draymond Green D. Green	108.2	2024-25	GSW	28	28.5	8.5	6.3	5.6	1.1	1.1	2.9	7.0	41.1	1.4	3.8	37.7	1.3	2.1	60.0	53.3	1.1	5.3	2.5	797	238	177	157	30	30	69	89	+68
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	108.3	2024-25	MIL	25	35.0	32.6	11.6	6.0	0.8	1.4	12.7	20.8	61.0	0.2	0.7	22.2	7.0	11.4	61.4	63.0	2.0	9.6	3.4	875	815	290	149	19	36	84	60	+22
22	Jabari Smith Jr. J. Smith Jr.	108.3	2024-25	HOU	33	30.9	11.9	6.5	1.0	0.4	1.0	4.1	9.5	43.5	1.7	4.8	35.4	2.0	2.3	86.7	56.8	1.8	4.7	0.9	1,021	393	215	33	12	32	30	75	+109
23	Jalen Green J. Green	108.7	2024-25	HOU	33	32.7	19.4	4.5	2.5	1.0	0.2	6.8	16.6	40.8	2.4	7.6	31.6	3.5	4.1	85.8	52.8	0.5	3.9	2.5	1,078	640	147	84	33	8	81	55	+108
24	James Harden J. Harden	108.7	2024-25	LAC	32	33.9	21.9	6.1	7.8	1.5	0.6	6.3	15.9	39.3	2.8	8.2	34.7	6.6	7.4	89.0	57.2	0.6	5.5	4.8	1,085	701	196	248	47	20	153	65	+60
25	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	109.0	2024-25	MIN	32	29.7	9.6	4.6	1.6	1.3	0.8	3.9	9.0	43.2	1.1	3.7	30.3	0.7	1.0	69.7	50.9	1.4	3.2	1.1	949	307	147	52	43	24	35	97	-48