Tari Eason has the best defensive rating by an active player this season, with a 98.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

NBA active defensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders 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	Tari Eason T. Eason	98.1	2024-25	HOU	24	22.8	11.3	6.3	1.0	1.9	1.0	4.4	9.2	47.5	1.0	3.0	31.5	1.5	2.0	75.5	55.7	2.1	4.2	0.8	546	270	151	25	46	24	20	59	+92
2	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	100.0	2024-25	OKC	17	20.0	5.5	2.9	2.3	1.8	0.6	2.2	5.7	38.1	0.8	3.2	25.9	0.3	0.4	71.4	46.5	0.6	2.4	0.8	340	93	50	39	31	10	13	39	+73
3	Jonathan Isaac J. Isaac	100.6	2024-25	ORL	22	16.8	6.3	4.6	0.2	0.9	1.5	2.3	5.2	44.7	0.8	2.7	30.5	0.9	1.3	67.9	55.0	1.7	3.0	0.4	370	139	102	5	19	32	9	32	-19
4	Jalen Williams J. Williams	101.8	2024-25	OKC	25	32.1	21.7	6.1	5.0	2.0	0.8	8.5	17.0	50.0	2.0	5.2	38.5	2.8	3.4	81.2	58.8	0.9	5.2	2.2	802	543	152	125	50	20	56	67	+183
5	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	102.3	2024-25	HOU	26	31.1	18.6	10.6	5.2	1.2	1.0	7.2	15.3	47.2	0.4	1.5	25.6	3.8	4.9	76.6	53.3	3.5	7.2	2.3	808	484	276	135	32	26	60	71	+160
6	Goga Bitadze G. Bitadze	102.9	2024-25	ORL	23	23.5	8.9	7.7	1.9	0.8	1.6	3.7	5.9	63.2	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.4	1.8	78.0	66.2	2.9	4.8	1.4	541	204	178	44	18	37	33	58	+84
7	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	103.5	2024-25	HOU	26	27.1	12.1	7.0	2.0	1.2	0.9	4.6	8.3	55.6	0.3	1.2	29.0	2.5	3.7	68.8	61.0	2.3	4.7	1.8	705	315	181	52	31	24	47	62	+88
8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	103.5	2024-25	OKC	25	34.4	30.3	5.5	6.3	1.9	1.0	10.5	20.6	51.0	2.1	6.2	34.0	7.1	8.2	86.4	62.4	0.8	4.7	2.6	861	757	137	157	47	25	65	55	+293
9	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	104.0	2024-25	OKC	25	26.7	6.9	3.7	2.2	1.8	0.7	2.8	6.8	41.8	1.0	3.4	29.8	0.2	0.3	85.7	50.0	1.3	2.4	0.6	667	173	93	55	44	18	16	52	+136
10	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	104.8	2024-25	MEM	25	28.2	22.0	5.8	1.3	1.5	1.8	7.9	15.2	51.8	1.9	5.2	36.4	4.3	5.3	81.2	62.6	1.3	4.5	2.0	706	549	146	33	38	44	51	82	+160
11	Moritz Wagner M. Wagner	104.9	2024-25	ORL	28	19.4	13.4	5.3	1.4	0.9	0.4	4.9	8.6	56.2	1.0	2.6	36.5	2.8	3.8	72.6	65.1	1.4	3.9	1.7	544	376	148	40	24	12	47	54	+1
12	Kevon Looney K. Looney	105.1	2024-25	GSW	23	16.6	5.3	7.7	1.9	0.8	0.3	2.3	4.3	53.5	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.6	45.9	53.3	3.4	4.3	0.7	382	123	176	43	18	6	15	55	+36
13	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	105.1	2024-25	PHI	21	20.5	7.8	8.6	0.5	1.4	0.4	3.1	6.0	52.0	0.0	0.4	12.5	1.5	2.6	57.4	54.4	3.0	5.5	1.8	431	164	180	11	29	9	37	51	-101
14	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	105.2	2024-25	MIN	25	34.4	10.6	11.0	2.0	0.7	1.4	4.0	6.3	63.3	0.0	0.0		2.6	3.4	76.5	67.8	3.4	7.6	1.6	861	265	275	50	18	36	41	70	+103
15	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	105.3	2024-25	ORL	15	26.0	7.2	7.6	2.3	0.9	0.5	2.5	5.1	48.7	0.3	2.1	16.1	1.9	2.5	76.3	58.2	1.9	5.7	0.9	390	108	114	34	14	8	13	43	+89
16	Naz Reid N. Reid	105.7	2024-25	MIN	25	24.8	12.2	5.3	1.6	0.8	0.8	4.4	9.8	45.1	1.7	4.9	35.0	1.7	1.9	87.5	57.5	0.6	4.7	1.2	621	305	133	40	19	21	30	55	+71
17	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	105.7	2024-25	OKC	25	29.4	10.2	4.8	1.8	1.2	0.8	3.4	8.4	41.1	2.2	5.6	40.3	1.1	1.4	80.0	57.0	1.5	3.3	0.6	736	256	120	45	31	21	14	76	+172
18	Jalen Suggs J. Suggs	105.7	2024-25	ORL	27	30.4	16.3	4.1	3.9	1.6	1.0	5.6	13.9	40.5	2.3	7.2	31.4	2.8	3.0	91.5	53.5	0.7	3.5	2.8	821	440	112	106	42	27	76	76	-10
19	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	105.8	2024-25	SAS	21	32.3	23.6	10.3	3.9	1.1	3.5	8.6	18.2	47.3	3.0	8.9	33.3	3.4	3.9	88.9	59.2	2.0	8.3	3.6	678	496	216	81	24	73	75	47	+43
20	Aaron Wiggins A. Wiggins	105.9	2024-25	OKC	25	19.9	8.8	3.4	1.5	0.9	0.3	3.5	7.7	45.1	1.4	3.6	39.3	0.5	0.6	80.0	55.4	1.0	2.4	0.8	498	221	85	37	22	7	21	32	+136
21	Kyle Anderson K. Anderson	106.2	2024-25	GSW	23	14.2	4.8	2.9	2.3	0.8	0.4	1.9	4.7	41.1	0.4	1.5	28.6	0.6	0.9	65.0	47.9	0.5	2.4	0.5	327	111	67	52	18	10	12	23	-10
22	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	106.2	2024-25	ORL	25	33.2	24.4	5.6	5.7	1.7	0.5	8.8	18.9	46.5	2.0	6.4	32.1	4.8	5.4	88.1	57.3	0.9	4.7	2.4	829	610	140	142	43	12	61	58	+144
23	Kris Dunn K. Dunn	106.4	2024-25	LAC	27	22.6	6.8	3.6	2.6	1.7	0.3	2.8	6.3	45.0	1.0	3.1	32.5	0.2	0.4	50.0	53.1	0.7	2.9	1.0	610	184	97	70	47	7	28	70	+123
24	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	106.9	2024-25	CLE	25	30.4	18.4	8.9	2.6	1.1	1.5	7.0	12.5	56.4	0.9	2.2	41.1	3.4	4.2	80.8	64.1	2.2	6.7	2.2	759	459	223	66	27	37	54	53	+226
25	Mike Conley M. Conley	107.0	2024-25	MIN	21	25.8	8.7	3.1	4.7	1.5	0.2	2.7	7.7	34.8	2.0	5.3	36.6	1.4	1.6	90.9	52.1	0.6	2.5	1.4	541	183	65	99	31	5	30	34	+88