Tim Duncan had the best defensive rating in 2012-13, with a 95.0 rating.

Interpreted as:

defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders NBA 2013

	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	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	95.0	2012-13	SAS	69	30.1	17.8	9.9	2.7	0.7	2.7	7.1	14.1	50.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.6	4.3	81.7	55.4	1.8	8.1	2.1	2,078	1,227	686	184	50	183	147	117	+459
2	Roy Hibbert R. Hibbert	96.7	2012-13	IND	79	28.7	11.9	8.3	1.4	0.5	2.6	4.9	10.9	44.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.1	2.8	74.1	48.9	3.7	4.6	2.1	2,269	937	656	113	39	206	162	279	+386
3	Paul George P. George	97.0	2012-13	IND	79	37.6	17.4	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	6.2	14.9	41.9	2.2	5.9	36.2	2.8	3.5	80.7	53.1	1.1	6.5	2.9	2,972	1,377	603	327	143	51	233	227	+365
4	Tony Allen T. Allen	98.4	2012-13	MEM	79	26.7	8.9	4.6	1.2	1.5	0.6	3.6	8.1	44.5	0.0	0.3	12.5	1.7	2.4	71.7	48.9	1.5	3.1	1.2	2,109	705	363	98	119	44	94	211	+215
5	David West D. West	98.5	2012-13	IND	73	33.4	17.1	7.7	2.9	1.0	0.9	6.9	13.8	49.8	0.1	0.3	21.1	3.3	4.3	76.8	54.5	2.0	5.7	2.2	2,435	1,250	563	213	74	69	157	149	+368
6	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	98.5	2012-13	MEM	80	35.0	14.1	7.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	5.4	10.9	49.4	0.0	0.2	7.1	3.4	4.0	84.8	55.9	2.3	5.5	2.0	2,796	1,127	622	318	80	139	157	255	+434
7	Joakim Noah J. Noah	98.6	2012-13	CHI	66	36.8	11.9	11.1	4.0	1.2	2.1	4.6	9.5	48.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.7	3.6	75.1	53.4	3.9	7.2	2.7	2,426	784	733	262	78	141	176	185	+62
8	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	98.8	2012-13	BOS	68	29.7	14.8	7.8	2.3	1.1	0.9	6.2	12.5	49.6	0.0	0.2	12.5	2.3	3.0	78.6	53.5	1.1	6.7	1.6	2,022	1,004	530	159	78	62	110	154	+112
9	Emeka Okafor E. Okafor	99.4	2012-13	WAS	79	26.0	9.7	8.8	1.2	0.6	1.0	4.2	8.7	47.7	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.4	57.1	49.6	2.5	6.2	1.4	2,052	765	692	93	45	77	107	145	-48
10	Zach Randolph Z. Randolph	99.5	2012-13	MEM	76	34.3	15.4	11.2	1.4	0.8	0.4	6.2	13.5	46.0	0.0	0.3	8.7	3.0	3.9	75.0	50.6	4.1	7.2	2.0	2,607	1,169	854	108	61	31	150	180	+294
11	Dwight Howard D. Howard	100.0	2012-13	LAL	76	35.8	17.1	12.4	1.4	1.1	2.4	6.2	10.7	57.8	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.7	9.5	49.2	57.3	3.3	9.1	3.0	2,722	1,296	945	108	84	186	225	291	+140
12	Mike Conley M. Conley	100.2	2012-13	MEM	80	34.5	14.6	2.8	6.1	2.2	0.3	5.2	11.8	44.0	1.3	3.7	36.2	2.9	3.5	83.0	54.9	0.5	2.3	2.4	2,757	1,168	225	487	174	24	189	171	+506
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	100.3	2012-13	OKC	81	38.5	28.1	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	9.0	17.7	51.0	1.7	4.1	41.6	8.4	9.3	90.5	64.7	0.6	7.3	3.5	3,119	2,280	640	374	116	105	280	143	+721
14	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	100.5	2012-13	CHI	79	32.2	16.2	9.8	2.3	0.8	0.4	6.9	14.4	47.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.3	73.1	51.0	2.2	7.5	2.2	2,546	1,281	771	179	66	28	176	239	-72
15	Josh Smith J. Smith	100.6	2012-13	ATL	76	35.3	17.5	8.4	4.2	1.2	1.8	7.2	15.6	46.5	0.8	2.6	30.3	2.2	4.2	51.7	50.1	1.8	6.7	3.0	2,683	1,327	639	321	94	136	226	175	+85
16	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	100.9	2012-13	OKC	80	31.1	13.2	7.7	0.5	0.4	3.0	5.6	9.7	57.3	0.3	0.7	35.1	1.8	2.4	74.9	61.2	2.8	4.9	1.6	2,486	1,055	617	43	28	242	125	213	+491
17	LeBron James L. James	100.9	2012-13	MIA	76	37.9	26.8	8.0	7.3	1.7	0.9	10.1	17.8	56.5	1.4	3.3	40.6	5.3	7.0	75.3	64.0	1.3	6.8	3.0	2,877	2,036	610	551	129	67	226	110	+720
18	Lance Stephenson L. Stephenson	101.2	2012-13	IND	78	29.2	8.8	3.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	3.5	7.7	46.0	0.8	2.4	33.0	1.0	1.5	65.2	53.0	0.6	3.3	1.4	2,278	687	304	223	81	16	109	162	+382
19	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	101.3	2012-13	LAC	82	24.5	8.8	7.2	0.3	0.6	1.4	3.8	6.0	64.3	0.0	0.0		1.2	3.0	38.6	60.6	2.6	4.7	1.2	2,010	724	594	28	48	112	100	192	+275
20	Kenneth Faried K. Faried	102.0	2012-13	DEN	80	28.1	11.5	9.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	4.8	8.6	55.2	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.3	61.3	57.3	3.3	5.9	1.4	2,248	923	734	77	81	83	113	234	+218
21	Al Horford A. Horford	102.1	2012-13	ATL	74	37.2	17.4	10.2	3.2	1.1	1.1	7.8	14.3	54.3	0.0	0.1	50.0	1.8	2.8	64.4	56.0	2.6	7.6	2.0	2,756	1,289	757	240	78	78	147	163	+164
22	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	102.2	2012-13	LAC	80	32.5	18.0	8.3	3.7	1.2	0.6	7.2	13.4	53.8	0.1	0.4	17.9	3.5	5.3	66.0	57.2	2.3	6.0	2.3	2,598	1,440	662	299	97	50	185	231	+386
23	Rudy Gay R. Gay	102.3	2012-13	TOT	75	35.8	18.2	6.1	2.7	1.5	0.7	6.9	16.7	41.6	1.1	3.5	32.3	3.2	3.9	81.4	49.4	1.3	4.8	2.6	2,687	1,366	461	202	113	53	198	182	+217
24	Danny Green D. Green	102.3	2012-13	SAS	80	27.5	10.5	3.1	1.8	1.2	0.7	3.7	8.3	44.8	2.2	5.2	42.9	0.8	1.0	84.8	60.0	0.5	2.6	1.2	2,201	838	244	141	92	54	94	124	+313
25	George Hill G. Hill	102.4	2012-13	IND	76	34.5	14.2	3.7	4.7	1.1	0.3	5.1	11.5	44.3	1.7	4.6	36.8	2.3	2.8	81.7	55.8	0.6	3.1	1.5	2,620	1,076	284	355	81	26	116	134	+418