Harrison Barnes has the highest defensive rating by a forward this season, with a 122.0 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games forwards 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	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	122.0	2024-25	SAS	76	27.0	11.9	3.7	1.7	0.4	0.2	4.1	8.3	50.2	1.8	4.3	42.1	1.9	2.3	79.2	64.2	1.3	2.5	0.6	2,051	907	284	129	31	14	47	67	-47
2	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	120.7	2024-25	NOP	53	35.0	21.2	5.1	3.5	1.1	0.7	7.2	15.8	45.4	3.0	8.3	36.1	3.8	4.3	88.7	59.8	0.9	4.2	1.9	1,854	1,124	268	188	56	39	103	112	-384
3	Bilal Coulibaly B. Coulibaly	119.6	2024-25	WAS	59	33.0	12.3	5.0	3.4	1.3	0.7	4.5	10.6	42.1	1.1	3.8	28.1	2.3	3.1	74.6	51.5	1.5	3.4	2.1	1,948	727	294	199	78	41	125	139	-587
4	Jalen Wilson J. Wilson	119.2	2024-25	BKN	75	25.5	9.2	3.3	1.8	0.5	0.1	3.0	7.7	39.1	1.4	4.4	31.9	1.7	2.1	84.0	53.2	0.9	2.4	1.0	1,913	688	249	132	38	4	78	156	-258
5	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	119.0	2024-25	SAC	71	36.0	22.2	3.9	4.4	0.9	0.4	8.1	16.8	48.2	1.1	3.3	34.2	4.9	5.7	86.1	57.4	0.6	3.3	1.4	2,556	1,577	279	313	62	29	98	138	+66
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	118.7	2024-25	PHX	62	36.5	26.6	6.0	4.2	0.8	1.2	9.5	18.1	52.7	2.6	6.0	43.0	4.9	5.8	83.9	64.2	0.4	5.7	3.1	2,265	1,647	374	263	50	77	190	104	-39
7	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	118.2	2024-25	DAL	68	27.6	14.4	3.6	2.1	0.7	0.4	5.1	12.5	41.3	3.1	7.8	39.3	1.0	1.1	90.5	55.4	0.6	2.9	1.3	1,880	976	242	142	48	30	86	79	-22
8	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	118.1	2024-25	NYK	76	37.6	17.8	3.2	3.7	0.9	0.5	7.3	14.7	49.7	2.1	5.8	35.1	1.1	1.4	80.4	58.1	0.9	2.3	1.6	2,857	1,354	242	278	72	40	124	114	+326
9	Kelly Oubre Jr. K. Oubre Jr.	117.7	2024-25	PHI	60	34.6	15.1	6.1	1.8	1.5	0.5	5.8	12.4	47.0	1.2	4.0	29.3	2.3	3.1	75.1	55.1	1.6	4.5	1.3	2,078	906	368	108	92	30	80	180	-258
10	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	117.6	2024-25	DEN	72	33.6	18.2	7.0	2.2	0.7	0.5	6.9	13.7	50.4	2.5	6.3	39.8	1.9	2.5	76.4	61.6	1.8	5.2	1.3	2,420	1,313	501	157	49	34	95	144	+266
11	Keegan Murray K. Murray	116.9	2024-25	SAC	73	34.7	12.6	6.7	1.4	0.8	0.9	4.9	10.9	44.8	2.1	5.9	35.0	0.8	1.0	82.9	55.8	2.0	4.7	0.8	2,530	922	489	104	58	67	58	185	+17
12	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	116.8	2024-25	IND	67	30.1	16.1	5.4	1.9	0.6	0.4	5.5	11.9	46.6	1.4	4.0	35.2	3.7	4.4	83.9	58.5	1.2	4.2	1.9	2,014	1,082	360	124	41	24	127	153	+87
13	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	115.4	2024-25	IND	75	32.7	20.3	6.9	3.4	0.9	0.5	7.9	15.2	51.8	1.6	4.2	38.5	3.0	4.0	74.0	60.0	1.7	5.2	1.4	2,452	1,522	517	253	65	37	107	184	+293
14	Toumani Camara T. Camara	115.3	2024-25	POR	73	32.9	11.2	5.8	2.2	1.5	0.7	4.2	9.0	46.3	1.7	4.5	37.8	1.2	1.6	72.0	57.7	2.3	3.5	1.4	2,401	814	421	161	112	48	105	219	-134
15	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	115.0	2024-25	CHA	61	32.0	20.6	7.7	4.0	0.7	0.7	7.5	17.1	43.6	2.2	7.0	31.9	3.4	3.9	87.1	54.7	1.2	6.5	2.1	1,952	1,256	469	242	44	44	129	88	-197
16	Taurean Prince T. Prince	114.9	2024-25	MIL	74	27.0	8.2	3.6	2.0	0.9	0.2	2.9	6.4	46.0	1.9	4.2	45.0	0.4	0.5	84.6	61.9	0.4	3.2	1.1	1,996	608	269	146	68	14	78	151	-6
17	OG Anunoby	114.6	2024-25	NYK	70	36.6	17.8	4.8	2.2	1.5	0.9	6.5	13.7	47.4	2.3	6.2	37.1	2.5	3.0	82.2	59.1	1.3	3.5	1.4	2,559	1,248	336	152	105	60	95	164	+277
18	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	114.3	2024-25	POR	70	29.9	16.5	7.1	3.9	1.0	0.5	5.4	11.4	47.6	1.7	4.7	36.8	3.9	5.1	77.7	60.5	1.4	5.7	2.7	2,092	1,156	496	270	69	33	188	166	-76
19	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	113.7	2024-25	HOU	73	32.0	14.0	3.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	5.1	12.0	42.5	2.5	6.3	39.4	1.3	1.6	82.4	55.2	1.0	2.7	1.0	2,337	1,021	271	125	60	16	76	239	+215
20	Julius Randle J. Randle	113.4	2024-25	MIN	63	32.3	18.9	7.0	4.7	0.7	0.2	6.6	13.7	48.2	1.5	4.5	33.3	4.2	5.1	81.2	59.1	2.1	4.9	2.8	2,033	1,191	443	296	43	15	178	159	+145
21	LeBron James L. James	113.2	2024-25	LAL	64	35.1	24.4	8.1	8.4	1.0	0.6	9.3	18.3	51.0	2.1	5.7	37.4	3.6	4.6	77.1	60.0	1.0	7.1	3.8	2,244	1,562	520	537	63	38	244	92	-67
22	Tobias Harris T. Harris	112.3	2024-25	DET	70	32.0	13.8	6.0	2.2	1.0	0.8	5.3	11.2	47.4	1.2	3.6	33.5	2.0	2.3	86.7	56.5	0.9	5.1	1.1	2,238	964	423	156	70	55	79	129	+212
23	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	112.3	2024-25	BOS	60	34.8	22.4	5.9	4.6	1.2	0.3	8.4	18.1	46.2	1.9	5.8	31.9	3.9	5.1	75.9	55.2	1.4	4.6	2.6	2,086	1,346	356	277	73	19	157	151	+371
24	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	111.7	2024-25	TOR	61	33.1	19.2	7.7	5.9	1.5	1.0	7.2	16.3	44.2	1.2	4.4	26.5	3.6	4.7	76.8	52.2	1.7	6.0	2.9	2,020	1,169	469	357	91	61	175	110	-117
25	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	110.5	2024-25	ORL	57	33.8	24.2	5.7	4.8	1.2	0.4	8.9	19.4	46.2	1.7	5.9	29.0	4.6	5.3	86.7	55.7	0.9	4.7	2.4	1,924	1,377	323	271	70	20	134	145	+215