Jamal Crawford had the highest defensive rating in 2008-09, with a 117.0 rating.

Interpreted as:

2009 highest defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player

	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	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	117.0	2008-09	TOT	65	38.1	19.7	3.0	4.4	0.9	0.2	6.4	15.7	41.0	2.2	6.1	36.0	4.6	5.3	87.2	54.5	0.4	2.6	2.3	2,479	1,280	193	288	57	13	148	92	-210
2	Beno Udrih B. Udrih	116.1	2008-09	SAC	73	31.1	11.0	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.2	4.4	9.5	46.1	0.5	1.5	31.0	1.7	2.1	82.0	52.5	0.6	2.4	2.2	2,270	800	220	342	81	12	158	192	-361
3	Kelenna Azubuike K. Azubuike	115.2	2008-09	GSW	74	32.1	14.4	5.0	1.6	0.8	0.7	5.3	11.4	46.4	1.3	2.8	44.8	2.5	3.1	80.8	56.2	1.5	3.5	1.3	2,375	1,063	370	117	57	50	95	183	-126
4	Steve Nash S. Nash	115.1	2008-09	PHX	74	33.6	15.7	3.0	9.7	0.7	0.1	5.8	11.5	50.3	1.5	3.3	43.9	2.6	2.8	93.3	61.5	0.3	2.8	3.4	2,484	1,160	223	717	55	10	248	108	+245
5	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	114.7	2008-09	LAC	78	34.3	16.1	2.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	5.3	11.6	45.6	1.7	4.3	38.9	3.8	4.5	85.4	59.3	0.6	2.0	2.1	2,677	1,252	201	215	78	35	164	172	-457
6	John Salmons J. Salmons	114.7	2008-09	TOT	79	37.5	18.3	4.2	3.2	1.1	0.3	6.5	13.8	47.2	1.6	3.8	41.7	3.6	4.4	83.0	58.0	0.7	3.5	2.1	2,959	1,446	333	249	83	24	165	182	-447
7	Stephen Jackson S. Jackson	114.5	2008-09	GSW	59	39.6	20.7	5.1	6.5	1.5	0.5	7.0	16.9	41.4	1.7	5.2	33.8	5.0	6.0	82.6	53.0	1.2	3.9	3.9	2,339	1,223	303	381	88	31	229	153	-157
8	Chris Duhon C. Duhon	114.0	2008-09	NYK	79	36.8	11.1	3.1	7.2	0.9	0.1	3.6	8.6	42.1	1.6	4.1	39.1	2.3	2.6	85.6	56.9	0.6	2.5	2.8	2,906	880	246	566	72	7	221	126	-222
9	Sebastian Telfair S. Telfair	113.8	2008-09	MIN	75	27.9	9.8	1.7	4.6	1.0	0.2	3.6	9.3	38.3	1.0	2.8	34.6	1.7	2.1	81.9	48.1	0.4	1.3	1.9	2,095	738	127	343	73	12	146	184	-83
10	Jason Thompson J. Thompson	113.7	2008-09	SAC	82	28.1	11.1	7.4	1.1	0.6	0.7	4.3	8.7	49.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	3.5	69.2	54.0	2.9	4.5	1.8	2,303	910	606	93	46	59	146	314	-291
11	Al Thornton A. Thornton	113.7	2008-09	LAC	71	37.4	16.8	5.2	1.5	0.8	0.9	6.6	14.8	44.6	0.3	1.1	25.3	3.3	4.4	75.4	50.2	1.7	3.5	1.8	2,654	1,194	368	103	59	62	130	227	-566
12	Caron Butler C. Butler	113.5	2008-09	WAS	67	38.6	20.8	6.2	4.3	1.6	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.3	1.0	3.1	31.0	5.1	6.0	85.8	55.2	1.8	4.4	3.1	2,585	1,392	414	290	106	20	210	165	-380
13	Keyon Dooling K. Dooling	113.4	2008-09	NJN	77	26.9	9.7	2.0	3.5	0.9	0.1	3.4	7.8	43.6	1.3	3.1	42.1	1.6	2.0	82.5	56.2	0.3	1.7	1.4	2,074	748	155	270	71	8	105	135	-231
14	Randy Foye R. Foye	113.3	2008-09	MIN	70	35.6	16.3	3.1	4.3	1.0	0.4	5.7	14.0	40.7	1.6	4.4	36.0	3.3	3.9	84.6	51.7	0.5	2.6	2.1	2,494	1,139	214	303	72	26	150	201	-208
15	Ryan Gomes R. Gomes	112.9	2008-09	MIN	82	31.9	13.3	4.8	1.6	0.8	0.3	5.1	11.9	43.1	1.3	3.5	37.2	1.8	2.2	80.7	51.8	1.3	3.5	1.6	2,614	1,092	392	135	63	22	128	183	-348
16	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	112.8	2008-09	WAS	81	38.2	22.2	8.9	1.9	1.2	0.3	8.3	17.8	46.8	1.4	3.9	35.1	4.2	5.6	75.4	54.9	2.4	6.5	1.5	3,096	1,801	721	153	95	25	125	218	-480
17	Derrick Rose D. Rose	112.7	2008-09	CHI	81	37.0	16.8	3.9	6.3	0.8	0.2	7.1	14.9	47.5	0.2	0.9	22.2	2.4	3.1	78.8	51.6	1.2	2.7	2.5	3,000	1,361	317	512	66	18	202	125	-121
18	Spencer Hawes S. Hawes	112.5	2008-09	SAC	77	29.3	11.4	7.1	1.9	0.6	1.2	4.8	10.4	46.6	0.5	1.5	34.8	1.2	1.8	66.2	50.9	1.9	5.2	2.1	2,259	876	549	149	44	93	160	249	-533
19	Jose Calderon J. Calderon	112.3	2008-09	TOR	68	34.3	12.8	2.9	8.9	1.1	0.1	4.7	9.5	49.7	1.2	3.0	40.6	2.2	2.3	98.1	61.3	0.2	2.6	2.1	2,333	873	194	607	74	7	143	114	-102
20	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	112.3	2008-09	CHI	82	36.6	20.7	3.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	7.3	16.0	45.5	2.1	5.1	41.0	4.0	4.7	86.4	57.3	0.6	2.8	2.4	2,999	1,699	283	279	71	22	200	184	+23
21	O.J. Mayo	112.0	2008-09	MEM	82	38.0	18.5	3.8	3.2	1.1	0.2	6.9	15.6	43.8	1.8	4.6	38.4	3.0	3.4	87.9	53.9	0.7	3.1	2.8	3,120	1,516	308	262	91	13	226	204	-416
22	Mike Miller M. Miller	112.0	2008-09	MIN	73	32.3	9.9	6.6	4.5	0.4	0.4	3.6	7.5	48.2	1.2	3.1	37.8	1.5	2.0	73.2	58.8	1.0	5.6	2.0	2,356	722	483	326	30	31	145	139	-246
23	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	111.9	2008-09	TOT	72	33.5	16.8	4.4	2.0	1.1	0.4	6.5	13.5	47.7	1.8	4.5	39.7	2.1	2.8	76.9	57.1	1.1	3.4	1.3	2,410	1,212	319	146	76	28	95	146	-24
24	Dominic McGuire D. McGuire	111.9	2008-09	WAS	79	26.2	4.5	5.4	2.5	0.8	0.9	1.8	4.1	43.2	0.0	0.1	50.0	0.9	1.3	72.5	48.3	1.4	4.0	1.2	2,072	356	428	198	62	74	92	153	-366
25	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	111.9	2008-09	DET	67	34.0	18.3	3.1	4.4	0.6	0.1	7.0	15.6	44.7	1.0	2.8	36.8	3.3	3.9	84.8	52.9	0.7	2.4	2.0	2,279	1,225	207	297	40	4	133	176	+11

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.9

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.7

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.5

121.0

120.0

119.6

119.4

119.1

DRtg Rankings

107.4

109.6

111.1

112.8

113.2

113.3

NetRtg Rankings

11.7

8.5

8.1

6.8

5.1

Tank Leaderboard

17-64

19-62

20-61

21-59

22-59

25-56

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,002.6

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,261.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.5

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.2

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-31

48-33

46-33-1

47-34

45-36

Worst Record ATS

33-48

34-46

35-46

35-45

35-45-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	59	22	.728
2	Celtics - y	55	26	.679	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	28	.654	6.0
4	Cavaliers - x	51	30	.630	8.0
5	Hawks - y	46	35	.568	13.0
6	Raptors	45	36	.556	14.0
7	Magic	45	36	.556	14.0
8	76ers	44	37	.543	15.0
9	Hornets	43	38	.531	16.0
10	Heat	42	39	.519	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	49	.395	27.0
12	Bulls - e	31	50	.383	28.0
13	Nets - e	20	61	.247	39.0
14	Pacers - e	19	62	.235	40.0
15	Wizards - e	17	64	.210	42.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	17	.790
2	Spurs - x	62	19	.765	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	53	28	.654	11.0
4	Lakers - x	51	29	.638	12.5
5	Rockets - x	51	30	.630	13.0
6	Timberwolves - x	48	33	.593	16.0
7	Suns	44	36	.550	19.5
8	Clippers	41	39	.513	22.5
9	Trail Blazers	40	40	.500	23.5
10	Warriors	37	43	.463	26.5
11	Pelicans - e	26	55	.321	38.0
12	Grizzlies - e	25	56	.309	39.0
13	Mavericks - e	25	56	.309	39.0
14	Jazz - e	22	59	.272	42.0
15	Kings - e	21	59	.263	42.5