Giannis Antetokounmpo had the lowest defensive rating in 2022-23, with a 107.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

best player defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 2023

	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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	107.7	2022-23	MIL	63	32.1	31.1	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	11.2	20.3	55.3	0.7	2.7	27.5	7.9	12.3	64.5	60.5	2.2	9.6	3.9	2,023	1,959	742	359	52	51	246	197	+341
2	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	108.1	2022-23	CLE	68	32.6	14.3	9.8	1.7	0.8	1.2	5.9	9.2	64.4	0.0	0.1	10.0	2.4	3.3	73.3	67.0	3.3	6.5	1.4	2,220	969	666	113	54	84	93	153	+345
3	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	108.1	2022-23	CLE	79	34.4	16.2	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	6.6	12.0	55.4	0.3	1.3	21.6	2.6	3.8	67.4	59.1	2.4	6.6	1.8	2,715	1,277	711	224	60	119	146	218	+339
4	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	108.2	2022-23	BKN	76	29.9	12.6	9.2	1.9	0.9	2.5	5.4	7.7	70.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	3.2	54.1	69.1	2.4	6.8	1.3	2,270	961	702	144	65	189	96	212	+119
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	108.8	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
6	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	109.4	2022-23	MIL	78	30.4	15.9	6.7	1.3	0.5	2.5	6.1	11.5	53.1	1.7	4.7	37.4	1.9	2.4	78.4	63.0	2.0	4.7	1.4	2,372	1,239	520	99	37	193	107	203	+398
7	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	109.5	2022-23	MIN	70	30.7	13.4	11.6	1.2	0.8	1.4	5.1	7.8	65.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.9	64.4	67.5	3.3	8.3	1.7	2,148	939	814	87	56	95	122	210	-7
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	109.6	2022-23	DEN	69	33.7	24.5	11.8	9.8	1.3	0.7	9.4	14.8	63.2	0.8	2.2	38.3	4.9	6.0	82.2	70.1	2.4	9.4	3.6	2,323	1,690	817	678	87	47	247	174	+640
9	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	109.7	2022-23	CHI	82	33.5	17.6	11.0	3.2	0.7	0.7	7.3	14.0	52.0	1.5	4.2	34.9	1.6	1.9	83.5	59.4	1.9	9.1	1.7	2,746	1,447	903	265	60	57	139	179	-20
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	109.8	2022-23	BOS	74	36.9	30.1	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	9.8	21.1	46.6	3.2	9.3	35.0	7.2	8.4	85.4	60.7	1.1	7.7	2.9	2,732	2,225	649	342	78	51	213	160	+470
11	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	110.9	2022-23	MIA	75	34.6	20.4	9.2	3.2	1.2	0.8	8.0	14.9	54.0	0.0	0.2	8.3	4.3	5.4	80.6	59.2	2.5	6.7	2.5	2,598	1,529	688	240	88	61	187	208	+117
12	De'Anthony Melton D. Melton	111.0	2022-23	PHI	77	27.9	10.1	4.1	2.6	1.6	0.5	3.6	8.5	42.5	2.0	5.2	39.0	0.9	1.1	79.3	56.6	0.9	3.2	1.3	2,150	780	312	197	126	41	102	191	+102
13	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	111.0	2022-23	PHX	67	30.4	18.0	10.0	1.7	0.6	0.8	7.8	13.2	58.9	0.1	0.4	29.2	2.3	3.0	76.0	61.7	2.6	7.4	1.8	2,035	1,203	667	115	37	53	120	190	-7
14	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	111.0	2022-23	CLE	68	35.8	28.3	4.3	4.4	1.5	0.4	10.0	20.6	48.4	3.6	9.3	38.6	4.7	5.4	86.7	61.4	0.9	3.3	2.6	2,432	1,922	289	301	99	27	180	168	+338
15	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	111.4	2022-23	BOS	67	35.9	26.6	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	10.1	20.6	49.1	2.4	7.3	33.5	3.9	5.1	76.5	58.1	1.2	5.7	2.9	2,405	1,784	459	232	75	26	197	172	+256
16	Caris LeVert C. LeVert	111.7	2022-23	CLE	74	30.2	12.1	3.8	3.9	1.0	0.3	4.3	10.0	43.1	1.7	4.4	39.2	1.8	2.4	72.2	54.6	0.7	3.1	1.6	2,237	897	282	287	72	24	116	170	+194
17	Jimmy Butler J. Butler	111.8	2022-23	MIA	64	33.4	22.9	5.9	5.3	1.8	0.3	7.5	13.9	53.9	0.6	1.6	35.0	7.4	8.7	85.0	64.7	2.2	3.7	1.6	2,138	1,466	375	340	117	21	101	80	+47
18	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	112.0	2022-23	LAC	76	28.5	10.8	9.9	1.0	0.4	1.3	4.3	6.8	63.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	3.1	69.7	66.1	3.1	6.8	1.5	2,169	818	756	77	29	98	117	219	-33
19	Draymond Green D. Green	112.0	2022-23	GSW	73	31.5	8.5	7.2	6.8	1.0	0.8	3.4	6.5	52.7	0.5	1.8	30.5	1.1	1.5	71.3	59.2	0.9	6.3	2.8	2,297	617	525	500	74	60	204	229	+346
20	Derrick White D. White	112.2	2022-23	BOS	82	28.3	12.4	3.6	3.9	0.7	0.9	4.3	9.2	46.2	1.8	4.8	38.1	2.0	2.3	87.5	60.4	0.6	2.9	1.2	2,319	1,017	293	321	54	76	95	177	+488
21	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	112.4	2022-23	MIL	67	32.6	19.3	5.1	7.4	1.2	0.4	7.3	15.3	47.9	2.4	6.1	38.4	2.3	2.6	85.9	58.6	1.2	3.9	2.9	2,182	1,290	341	495	79	25	197	116	+481
22	Patrick Williams P. Williams	112.6	2022-23	CHI	82	28.3	10.2	4.0	1.2	0.9	0.9	3.8	8.3	46.4	1.4	3.4	41.5	1.1	1.3	85.7	57.6	1.0	3.0	1.2	2,323	833	327	100	72	70	101	147	-142
23	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	112.6	2022-23	WAS	65	32.6	23.2	8.4	2.7	0.9	1.5	7.8	15.7	49.8	2.1	5.5	38.5	5.4	6.4	85.1	62.7	1.8	6.6	2.1	2,119	1,505	546	174	58	100	137	196	+81
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	112.7	2022-23	MIN	79	36.0	24.6	5.8	4.4	1.6	0.7	8.9	19.5	45.9	2.7	7.3	36.9	4.0	5.3	75.6	56.4	0.6	5.2	3.3	2,841	1,946	458	350	125	58	259	186	+97
25	Grant Williams G. Williams	112.9	2022-23	BOS	79	25.9	8.1	4.6	1.7	0.5	0.4	2.7	6.0	45.4	1.5	3.7	39.5	1.2	1.5	77.0	60.5	1.1	3.5	1.0	2,045	641	363	131	41	31	82	192	+206