2023 nba center individual defensive rating rankings

Jarrett Allen had the best defensive rating by a center in 2022-23, with a 108.1 rating.

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2023 NBA center individual defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games rankings

	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	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	108.1	2022-23	CLE	68	32.6	14.3	9.8	1.7	0.8	1.2	5.9	9.2	64.4	0.0	0.1	10.0	2.4	3.3	73.3	67.0	3.3	6.5	1.4	2,220	969	666	113	54	84	93	153	+345
2	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	108.1	2022-23	CLE	79	34.4	16.2	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	6.6	12.0	55.4	0.3	1.3	21.6	2.6	3.8	67.4	59.1	2.4	6.6	1.8	2,715	1,277	711	224	60	119	146	218	+339
3	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	108.2	2022-23	BKN	76	29.9	12.6	9.2	1.9	0.9	2.5	5.4	7.7	70.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	3.2	54.1	69.1	2.4	6.8	1.3	2,270	961	702	144	65	189	96	212	+119
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	108.8	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
5	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	109.4	2022-23	MIL	78	30.4	15.9	6.7	1.3	0.5	2.5	6.1	11.5	53.1	1.7	4.7	37.4	1.9	2.4	78.4	63.0	2.0	4.7	1.4	2,372	1,239	520	99	37	193	107	203	+398
6	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	109.5	2022-23	MIN	70	30.7	13.4	11.6	1.2	0.8	1.4	5.1	7.8	65.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.9	64.4	67.5	3.3	8.3	1.7	2,148	939	814	87	56	95	122	210	-7
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	109.6	2022-23	DEN	69	33.7	24.5	11.8	9.8	1.3	0.7	9.4	14.8	63.2	0.8	2.2	38.3	4.9	6.0	82.2	70.1	2.4	9.4	3.6	2,323	1,690	817	678	87	47	247	174	+640
8	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	109.7	2022-23	CHI	82	33.5	17.6	11.0	3.2	0.7	0.7	7.3	14.0	52.0	1.5	4.2	34.9	1.6	1.9	83.5	59.4	1.9	9.1	1.7	2,746	1,447	903	265	60	57	139	179	-20
9	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	110.9	2022-23	MIA	75	34.6	20.4	9.2	3.2	1.2	0.8	8.0	14.9	54.0	0.0	0.2	8.3	4.3	5.4	80.6	59.2	2.5	6.7	2.5	2,598	1,529	688	240	88	61	187	208	+117
10	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	111.0	2022-23	PHX	67	30.4	18.0	10.0	1.7	0.6	0.8	7.8	13.2	58.9	0.1	0.4	29.2	2.3	3.0	76.0	61.7	2.6	7.4	1.8	2,035	1,203	667	115	37	53	120	190	-7
11	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	112.0	2022-23	LAC	76	28.5	10.8	9.9	1.0	0.4	1.3	4.3	6.8	63.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	3.1	69.7	66.1	3.1	6.8	1.5	2,169	818	756	77	29	98	117	219	-33
12	Mason Plumlee M. Plumlee	113.5	2022-23	TOT	79	26.0	10.8	8.9	3.1	0.6	0.6	4.2	6.1	68.0	0.0	0.0		2.5	4.0	63.6	68.9	2.9	6.0	1.5	2,053	857	700	245	46	47	117	217	-269
13	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	116.6	2022-23	HOU	75	28.9	14.8	9.0	3.9	0.9	0.9	5.9	10.7	55.3	0.3	0.8	33.3	2.7	3.8	71.5	59.9	3.2	5.8	2.6	2,171	1,109	678	291	70	70	193	258	-283

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29.8

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RPG

8.9

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6.9

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ORTG

117.0

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DRTG

114.7

13th

NETRTG

2.3

10th

3P%

35.1

21st

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
6	Magic	20	16	.556	6.5
7	Heat	20	16	.556	6.5
8	Cavaliers	20	17	.541	7.0
9	Bulls	17	18	.486	9.0
10	Hawks	17	20	.459	10.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 1/6	CLE	@	IND	7:00 PM
Thu 1/8	CLE	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Sat 1/10	MIN	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Mon 1/12	UTA	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 1/14	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM

Last Game

Pistons

26 - 9

114

Final

110

Cavaliers

20 - 17

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.1

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.1

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Leonard

2.1

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.3

Sarr

2.2

Huff

2.1

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.7

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.2

Ayton

70.2

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

124.5

123.0

122.5

121.6

120.4

119.1

DRtg Rankings

105.9

111.4

112.2

113.1

113.3

113.5

NetRtg Rankings

14.6

8.8

7.4

6.2

6.0

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

6-30

8-29

8-28

9-25

11-22

12-23

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,795.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,684.1

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,803.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,782

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.3

Brown

33.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.4

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.55

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.55

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

24-11

20-12-1

20-14

21-15

20-15

Worst Record ATS

12-25

12-24

14-20

15-21

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	26	9	.743
2	Knicks	23	12	.657	3.0
3	Celtics	22	12	.647	3.5
4	Raptors	21	15	.583	5.5
5	76ers	19	14	.576	6.0
6	Magic	20	16	.556	6.5
7	Heat	20	16	.556	6.5
8	Cavaliers	20	17	.541	7.0
9	Bulls	17	18	.486	9.0
10	Hawks	17	20	.459	10.0
11	Bucks	16	20	.444	10.5
12	Hornets	12	23	.343	14.0
13	Nets	11	22	.333	14.0
14	Wizards	9	25	.265	16.5
15	Pacers	6	30	.167	20.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	6	.833
2	Spurs	25	10	.714	4.5
3	Lakers	22	11	.667	6.5
4	Nuggets	23	12	.657	6.5
5	Rockets	21	11	.656	7.0
6	Timberwolves	23	13	.639	7.0
7	Suns	21	14	.600	8.5
8	Warriors	19	17	.528	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	16	20	.444	14.0
10	Grizzlies	15	20	.429	14.5
11	Mavericks	13	23	.361	17.0
12	Clippers	12	22	.353	17.0
13	Jazz	12	22	.353	17.0
14	Kings	8	28	.222	22.0
15	Pelicans	8	29	.216	22.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 12/4	MIA	@	ORL	105-106
Thu 12/4	LAL	@	BOS	105-126
Thu 12/4	UTA	@	NYK	112-146
Thu 12/4	SAS	@	CLE	117-130
Thu 12/4	DEN	@	ATL	134-133

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 1/5	DEN	@	PHI	8:30 PM
Mon 1/5	UTA	@	POR	10:00 PM
Mon 1/5	GSW	@	LAC	10:00 PM
Tue 1/6	CLE	@	IND	7:00 PM
Tue 1/6	ORL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

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