Andre Drummond had the best defensive rating in 2017-18, with a 99.0 rating.

Interpreted as:

best NBA defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 2018

	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	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	99.0	2017-18	DET	78	33.7	15.0	16.0	3.0	1.5	1.6	6.0	11.3	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	5.1	60.5	55.5	5.1	10.9	2.6	2,625	1,171	1,247	237	114	127	200	250	-57
2	Clint Capela C. Capela	100.5	2017-18	HOU	74	27.5	13.9	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	6.0	9.1	65.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.5	56.0	65.0	3.3	7.6	1.4	2,034	1,026	802	68	58	137	103	185	+372
3	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	101.5	2017-18	POR	79	26.4	14.3	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	6.1	12.0	50.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	3.5	63.0	52.8	2.4	6.6	2.3	2,088	1,132	708	143	64	111	183	247	+159
4	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	101.9	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	6.7	12.3	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.0	55.7	1.8	6.3	3.4	2,732	1,279	659	661	140	70	278	211	+387
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	102.3	2017-18	NOP	75	36.4	28.1	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	10.4	19.5	53.4	0.7	2.2	34.0	6.6	8.0	82.8	61.2	2.5	8.6	2.2	2,727	2,110	832	174	115	193	162	159	+298
6	Robert Covington R. Covington	102.5	2017-18	PHI	80	31.6	12.6	5.4	2.0	1.7	0.9	4.3	10.5	41.3	2.5	6.9	36.9	1.5	1.7	85.3	56.3	0.7	4.7	1.6	2,525	1,009	433	156	137	72	126	238	+543
7	Al Horford A. Horford	103.2	2017-18	BOS	72	31.6	12.9	7.4	4.7	0.6	1.1	5.1	10.5	48.9	1.3	3.1	42.9	1.3	1.7	78.3	57.5	1.4	5.9	1.8	2,277	927	530	339	43	78	132	138	+348
8	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	103.3	2017-18	UTA	77	29.3	13.1	4.6	5.3	1.6	0.1	4.5	10.7	41.8	1.2	3.5	35.2	2.9	3.3	86.6	53.7	0.6	4.0	2.7	2,254	1,008	351	410	121	11	207	206	+212
9	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	103.4	2017-18	BOS	80	30.5	13.9	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	5.0	10.4	47.5	1.3	3.0	43.4	2.7	3.2	82.6	58.6	0.6	4.4	1.4	2,443	1,112	402	128	83	58	114	170	+344
10	Derrick Favors D. Favors	103.5	2017-18	UTA	77	28.0	12.3	7.2	1.3	0.7	1.1	5.1	9.1	56.3	0.2	0.8	22.2	1.8	2.8	65.1	59.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	2,153	944	552	102	54	82	88	164	+143
11	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	103.7	2017-18	BOS	80	25.9	11.3	4.7	2.9	1.0	0.2	4.0	10.0	39.5	1.9	5.0	38.1	1.4	1.9	77.2	52.0	0.8	3.9	1.0	2,068	900	376	232	80	19	80	123	+117
12	Dwight Howard D. Howard	104.1	2017-18	CHA	81	30.4	16.6	12.5	1.3	0.6	1.6	6.2	11.2	55.5	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.1	7.2	57.4	57.7	3.1	9.3	2.6	2,463	1,347	1,012	105	48	131	208	249	+89
13	Al-Farouq Aminu A. Aminu	104.2	2017-18	POR	69	30.0	9.3	7.6	1.2	1.1	0.6	3.3	8.4	39.5	1.8	4.9	36.9	0.9	1.2	73.8	52.2	1.4	6.2	1.1	2,072	644	525	84	79	40	79	136	+221
14	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	104.2	2017-18	IND	75	34.0	23.1	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	8.5	17.9	47.7	2.1	5.8	37.1	3.9	4.9	79.9	57.7	0.6	4.6	2.9	2,552	1,735	390	323	177	57	219	175	+336
15	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	104.3	2017-18	OKC	80	36.4	25.4	10.1	10.3	1.8	0.3	9.5	21.1	44.9	1.2	4.1	29.8	5.2	7.1	73.7	52.4	1.9	8.2	4.8	2,914	2,028	804	820	147	20	381	200	+383
16	Draymond Green D. Green	104.6	2017-18	GSW	70	32.7	11.0	7.6	7.3	1.4	1.3	4.0	8.8	45.4	1.1	3.7	30.1	1.9	2.5	77.5	55.6	1.1	6.6	2.9	2,287	773	535	508	95	91	202	185	+312
17	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	104.7	2017-18	BOS	70	30.7	14.5	4.9	1.6	1.0	0.4	5.3	11.5	46.5	1.7	4.4	39.5	2.1	3.3	64.4	56.2	0.9	4.0	1.8	2,152	1,017	346	114	70	26	124	181	+335
18	James Harden J. Harden	104.9	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
19	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	105.1	2017-18	UTA	79	33.4	20.5	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.7	2.4	7.0	34.0	3.0	3.8	80.5	54.1	0.7	3.1	2.7	2,638	1,616	296	291	118	27	215	213	+357
20	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	105.2	2017-18	TOR	76	27.5	12.6	6.3	0.8	0.4	1.3	5.0	10.3	48.3	1.4	3.9	36.0	1.2	1.6	79.7	57.4	1.0	5.3	1.2	2,093	959	478	62	29	99	90	209	+314
21	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	105.4	2017-18	SAS	75	33.5	23.1	8.5	2.0	0.6	1.2	9.2	18.0	51.0	0.4	1.2	29.3	4.5	5.3	83.7	57.0	3.3	5.2	1.5	2,509	1,735	635	152	43	90	111	161	+285
22	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	105.5	2017-18	LAC	77	31.5	12.0	15.2	1.5	0.5	0.9	4.8	7.5	64.5	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.1	58.0	64.8	4.3	10.9	1.8	2,424	927	1,171	117	39	70	137	203	-126
23	Joe Ingles J. Ingles	105.5	2017-18	UTA	82	31.5	11.5	4.2	4.8	1.1	0.2	4.1	8.8	46.7	2.5	5.7	44.0	0.8	1.0	79.5	62.3	0.3	3.9	1.9	2,579	940	344	392	90	20	159	178	+267
24	Paul George P. George	106.0	2017-18	OKC	79	36.6	21.9	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	7.3	17.0	43.0	3.1	7.7	40.1	4.3	5.2	82.2	57.0	0.9	4.7	2.7	2,891	1,734	447	263	161	39	212	233	+226
25	Josh Richardson J. Richardson	106.2	2017-18	MIA	81	33.2	12.9	3.5	2.9	1.5	0.9	4.9	10.9	45.1	1.6	4.1	37.8	1.5	1.8	84.5	55.1	0.9	2.7	1.7	2,689	1,045	285	231	121	75	140	199	+40