Andre Drummond has the best career defensive rating by an active player, with a 101.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

NBA active defensive rating with a minimum of 5000 minutes played leaders

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	101.1	23,468	864	27.2	12.7	12.4	1.2	1.3	1.3	5.4	9.9	54.3	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.0	4.2	48.2	54.4	4.2	8.1	1.8	11,000	10,671	1,073	1,094	1,130	1,567	2,505	-572
2	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	101.8	23,042	757	30.4	12.7	11.8	1.3	0.7	2.1	4.7	7.2	65.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	5.1	63.9	67.2	3.4	8.4	1.6	9,592	8,915	996	520	1,614	1,249	2,027	+3134
3	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	103.0	27,176	1,055	25.8	8.8	10.0	0.9	0.5	1.5	3.6	5.3	67.4	0.0	0.0	15.4	1.7	3.5	47.5	64.4	2.9	7.0	1.3	9,274	10,501	992	555	1,540	1,402	2,610	+1071
4	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	103.2	22,101	696	31.8	20.0	6.4	3.0	1.7	0.7	7.2	14.5	49.9	1.6	4.1	39.1	3.9	4.6	86.2	60.5	1.2	5.2	1.6	13,937	4,443	2,120	1,196	454	1,140	1,169	+4301
5	Draymond Green D. Green	103.6	23,299	813	28.7	8.7	7.0	5.6	1.3	1.0	3.2	7.1	45.2	0.8	2.5	31.9	1.4	2.0	71.3	54.2	1.1	5.9	2.3	7,052	5,673	4,565	1,084	818	1,853	2,317	+4323
6	Danny Green D. Green	104.0	20,897	832	25.1	8.7	3.4	1.5	1.0	0.8	3.1	7.3	42.1	1.9	4.7	40.0	0.6	0.8	80.5	56.8	0.6	2.8	1.0	7,204	2,827	1,277	853	634	825	1,454	+3449
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	104.2	25,376	736	34.5	24.1	10.6	2.5	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.2	52.3	0.5	1.6	29.7	5.6	7.0	79.5	59.2	2.7	8.0	2.0	17,717	7,826	1,828	974	1,705	1,460	1,742	+904
8	JaVale McGee J. McGee	104.3	14,675	909	16.1	7.6	5.0	0.4	0.4	1.4	3.3	5.6	57.8	0.0	0.1	19.2	1.1	1.8	60.4	59.3	1.8	3.2	1.0	6,907	4,577	386	345	1,258	896	1,923	-756
9	Paul George P. George	104.6	29,182	867	33.7	20.8	6.3	3.7	1.7	0.4	7.1	16.1	44.0	2.6	6.8	38.5	4.0	4.7	85.4	57.2	0.8	5.5	2.7	18,032	5,465	3,191	1,464	381	2,317	2,317	+3467
10	LeBron James L. James	104.6	56,598	1,492	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.6	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	58.9	1.2	6.3	3.5	40,474	11,185	11,009	2,275	1,111	5,211	2,682	+7443
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	104.9	13,834	433	31.9	27.9	11.2	3.6	0.9	1.7	9.2	18.2	50.4	1.2	3.4	34.1	8.3	10.1	82.6	61.5	2.2	8.9	3.4	12,071	4,832	1,573	397	720	1,485	1,327	+2547
12	Al Horford A. Horford	105.2	34,258	1,078	31.8	13.1	8.0	3.2	0.8	1.2	5.4	10.6	51.3	0.8	2.1	37.9	1.5	1.9	76.0	57.4	1.9	6.0	1.4	14,167	8,574	3,501	830	1,249	1,523	2,335	+3173
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	105.3	25,944	792	32.8	23.4	9.8	4.9	1.1	1.2	8.5	15.6	54.5	0.7	2.3	28.6	5.7	8.1	70.2	61.0	1.8	7.9	3.0	18,502	7,732	3,855	903	986	2,380	2,376	+2680
14	Taj Gibson T. Gibson	105.4	22,660	965	23.5	8.6	5.8	1.0	0.5	1.0	3.6	6.9	51.7	0.1	0.2	26.3	1.4	2.0	71.3	55.4	2.2	3.7	1.1	8,290	5,607	925	521	946	1,020	2,371	+666
15	Chris Paul C. Paul	105.8	43,316	1,272	34.1	17.5	4.5	9.4	2.1	0.2	6.2	13.2	47.1	1.4	3.7	36.9	3.8	4.3	87.0	58.1	0.6	3.9	2.3	22,288	5,682	11,894	2,614	200	2,964	3,034	+6110
16	Kyle Anderson K. Anderson	105.9	14,320	653	21.9	6.9	4.4	2.8	1.0	0.6	2.7	5.7	47.9	0.4	1.2	33.8	1.1	1.5	71.4	54.6	0.8	3.6	1.0	4,519	2,861	1,833	659	408	677	1,027	+701
17	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	106.1	10,790	332	32.5	14.4	7.8	7.4	1.6	0.7	5.9	10.5	56.0	0.0	0.1	13.9	2.5	4.3	58.9	57.8	1.8	6.0	3.2	4,765	2,599	2,469	530	232	1,049	952	+896
18	James Johnson J. Johnson	106.1	15,524	774	20.1	7.5	3.5	2.1	0.8	0.8	3.0	6.3	47.4	0.5	1.6	30.0	1.1	1.6	67.8	53.8	0.8	2.7	1.3	5,822	2,710	1,606	581	653	1,044	1,744	-624
19	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	106.4	22,034	856	25.7	13.4	9.5	1.3	0.4	1.0	5.3	9.5	56.1	0.3	0.8	34.8	2.5	3.1	78.9	61.6	2.8	6.7	1.6	11,436	8,096	1,137	342	822	1,411	2,445	+856
20	Steven Adams S. Adams	106.6	18,942	706	26.8	9.2	8.2	1.5	0.9	1.0	3.8	6.5	58.7	0.0	0.0	6.7	1.5	2.9	53.6	59.1	3.7	4.5	1.5	6,518	5,788	1,079	624	675	1,029	1,748	+2244
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	106.6	39,080	1,162	33.6	21.7	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.3	7.8	17.8	43.8	1.1	3.6	30.4	5.0	6.5	77.6	52.6	1.6	5.5	3.9	25,211	8,307	9,468	1,849	369	4,587	2,969	+3063
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	106.7	38,971	1,061	36.7	27.3	7.0	4.4	1.1	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.1	1.9	4.9	38.7	6.6	7.5	88.4	61.9	0.7	6.3	3.2	28,924	7,454	4,645	1,123	1,196	3,363	2,033	+4771
23	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	106.8	13,283	539	24.6	12.1	8.9	2.5	0.9	1.1	4.8	9.5	50.3	0.2	0.6	28.0	2.4	3.6	66.7	54.8	2.6	6.4	2.2	6,538	4,821	1,353	496	613	1,164	1,726	+1069
24	Bismack Biyombo B. Biyombo	106.9	16,384	839	19.5	5.1	5.9	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.0	3.7	53.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	2.0	55.3	55.3	1.9	4.0	0.9	4,251	4,951	551	217	1,077	766	1,822	-2132
25	Cody Zeller C. Zeller	106.9	11,510	552	20.9	7.9	5.7	1.3	0.6	0.6	3.0	5.7	52.0	0.1	0.3	22.0	1.9	2.6	72.7	57.5	1.9	3.7	1.0	4,376	3,125	740	332	330	552	1,358	+157