Harrison Barnes had the highest defensive rating by a forward this season, with a 121.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

worst defensive ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games forwards NBA 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	121.6	2024-25	SAS	82	27.2	12.3	3.8	1.7	0.5	0.2	4.2	8.3	50.8	1.9	4.4	43.3	2.0	2.4	80.9	65.6	1.2	2.6	0.6	2,230	1,011	310	136	39	14	50	75	-25
2	Jalen Wilson J. Wilson	119.2	2024-25	BKN	79	25.7	9.5	3.4	1.8	0.5	0.1	3.1	7.8	39.7	1.5	4.6	33.7	1.7	2.1	81.8	54.1	0.9	2.5	1.0	2,031	749	270	145	40	5	79	164	-262
3	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	119.2	2024-25	SAC	77	35.9	22.2	3.9	4.4	0.8	0.4	8.1	17.0	47.7	1.1	3.3	32.8	4.9	5.7	85.7	56.9	0.6	3.2	1.4	2,768	1,710	298	342	62	32	105	150	+110
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	118.9	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
5	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	118.0	2024-25	NYK	82	37.0	17.6	3.2	3.7	0.9	0.5	7.2	14.4	50.0	2.0	5.6	35.4	1.2	1.4	81.4	58.5	0.9	2.3	1.6	3,036	1,444	259	306	75	43	132	127	+334
6	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	117.7	2024-25	DEN	77	33.7	18.2	7.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	6.9	13.6	50.4	2.5	6.4	39.5	1.9	2.5	76.8	61.7	1.8	5.2	1.4	2,593	1,398	540	165	50	38	104	157	+265
7	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
8	Keegan Murray K. Murray	116.7	2024-25	SAC	76	34.3	12.4	6.7	1.4	0.8	0.9	4.8	10.8	44.4	2.0	5.9	34.3	0.8	0.9	83.3	55.3	1.9	4.8	0.8	2,610	942	507	109	61	69	60	186	+46
9	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	116.5	2024-25	IND	72	29.8	16.1	5.3	1.9	0.7	0.3	5.4	11.8	45.8	1.4	4.0	34.0	3.8	4.6	83.1	57.9	1.2	4.1	1.9	2,149	1,156	383	136	47	24	135	162	+94
10	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	115.7	2024-25	CHA	64	31.7	20.3	7.5	3.9	0.7	0.7	7.3	17.0	43.1	2.2	7.0	31.3	3.5	4.0	87.0	54.1	1.1	6.4	2.1	2,029	1,300	481	248	44	45	136	93	-259
11	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	114.9	2024-25	IND	78	32.7	20.2	6.9	3.4	0.9	0.5	7.9	15.2	51.9	1.6	4.2	38.9	2.9	3.9	73.4	59.9	1.7	5.2	1.4	2,548	1,578	540	263	70	42	109	189	+312
12	Taurean Prince T. Prince	114.8	2024-25	MIL	80	27.1	8.2	3.6	1.9	1.0	0.2	2.9	6.4	45.7	1.8	4.2	43.9	0.5	0.6	81.3	61.3	0.4	3.2	1.0	2,166	656	287	155	76	15	82	165	-22
13	Toumani Camara T. Camara	114.6	2024-25	POR	78	32.7	11.3	5.8	2.2	1.5	0.6	4.2	9.2	45.8	1.7	4.6	37.5	1.2	1.6	72.2	57.2	2.2	3.6	1.4	2,548	882	450	175	116	50	109	230	-114
14	OG Anunoby	114.5	2024-25	NYK	74	36.6	18.0	4.8	2.2	1.5	0.9	6.6	13.9	47.6	2.3	6.2	37.2	2.5	3.1	81.0	59.1	1.3	3.5	1.4	2,706	1,332	358	164	110	65	102	172	+301
15	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	114.5	2024-25	HOU	75	31.8	14.0	3.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	5.1	11.9	42.9	2.5	6.3	39.7	1.3	1.6	81.8	55.5	1.0	2.7	1.0	2,388	1,053	275	128	60	16	76	242	+207
16	LeBron James L. James	113.6	2024-25	LAL	70	34.9	24.4	7.8	8.2	1.0	0.6	9.3	18.1	51.3	2.1	5.7	37.6	3.7	4.7	78.2	60.4	1.0	6.8	3.7	2,444	1,710	546	575	70	39	260	99	-54
17	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	113.5	2024-25	POR	72	30.0	16.9	7.3	3.9	1.0	0.5	5.6	11.7	47.6	1.7	4.8	36.5	4.0	5.2	78.0	60.5	1.5	5.7	2.7	2,161	1,219	522	281	71	35	196	171	-78
18	Julius Randle J. Randle	113.2	2024-25	MIN	69	32.3	18.7	7.1	4.7	0.7	0.2	6.6	13.6	48.5	1.6	4.6	34.4	3.9	4.9	80.6	59.3	2.1	5.0	2.8	2,226	1,288	487	323	47	16	196	175	+166
19	Tobias Harris T. Harris	112.6	2024-25	DET	73	31.6	13.7	5.9	2.2	1.0	0.8	5.3	11.0	47.7	1.2	3.6	34.5	2.0	2.3	86.1	57.1	0.9	5.0	1.2	2,305	1,002	432	162	74	57	85	138	+187
20	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	112.0	2024-25	BOS	63	34.3	22.2	5.8	4.5	1.2	0.3	8.2	17.7	46.3	1.8	5.7	32.4	3.9	5.1	76.4	55.5	1.3	4.5	2.6	2,158	1,398	368	286	73	19	162	154	+402
21	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	111.7	2024-25	TOR	65	32.8	19.3	7.7	5.8	1.4	1.0	7.3	16.4	44.6	1.2	4.3	27.1	3.5	4.6	75.5	52.3	1.7	6.0	2.8	2,134	1,252	502	378	93	63	185	113	-130
22	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	110.3	2024-25	MIN	82	31.9	12.2	5.7	2.0	1.3	0.9	4.9	10.2	47.7	1.2	3.7	33.0	1.3	1.6	81.3	56.2	1.6	4.2	1.2	2,614	1,000	470	163	110	74	95	225	+172
23	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	110.3	2024-25	ORL	60	33.7	24.2	5.7	4.7	1.3	0.4	9.0	19.4	46.3	1.7	5.9	29.5	4.5	5.2	87.1	55.8	0.9	4.8	2.3	2,023	1,449	342	284	75	21	138	147	+248
24	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	109.9	2024-25	OKC	71	29.2	10.1	4.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	3.6	8.4	43.5	2.4	5.8	41.2	0.5	0.6	71.7	58.6	1.3	2.9	0.7	2,073	719	293	115	79	39	51	208	+549
25	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	109.5	2024-25	BOS	72	36.4	26.8	8.7	6.0	1.1	0.5	9.2	20.3	45.2	3.5	10.1	34.3	5.0	6.1	81.4	58.2	0.7	8.0	2.9	2,624	1,932	623	431	76	38	209	157	+534