2026 nba players defensive rating rankings forwards

Scottie Barnes had the best defensive rating by a forward in 2025-26, with a 110.1 rating.

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Assumption:2,000+ MIN/82TG
Data note: Defensive Rating: player season data complete from 1973-74

	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	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	110.1	2025-26	TOR	80	33.5	18.1	7.5	5.9	1.4	1.5	7.1	14.0	50.7	0.9	2.8	30.4	3.0	3.7	81.5	57.7	1.9	5.6	2.6	2,681	1,448	600	474	114	116	210	211	+266
2	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	111.4	2025-26	ATL	72	35.2	22.5	10.3	7.9	1.2	0.4	8.3	17.1	48.9	1.7	4.7	35.2	4.2	5.3	78.8	58.1	1.4	8.9	3.4	2,532	1,621	740	566	89	31	244	151	+187
3	Julian Champagnie J. Champagnie	111.6	2025-26	SAS	82	27.6	11.1	5.8	1.5	0.8	0.5	3.7	8.4	43.7	2.4	6.2	38.1	1.4	1.6	84.4	60.9	0.9	4.9	0.8	2,266	911	473	127	62	38	69	131	+592
4	OG Anunoby	112.1	2025-26	NYK	67	33.2	16.7	5.2	2.2	1.6	0.7	5.8	12.0	48.4	2.3	6.1	38.6	2.7	3.3	82.8	62.0	1.3	4.0	1.8	2,224	1,118	351	145	104	48	123	164	+407
5	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	112.5	2025-26	CLE	65	31.9	18.2	9.0	3.6	0.7	1.7	7.2	13.2	54.6	1.0	3.2	29.7	2.8	4.6	60.6	59.6	2.4	6.6	1.9	2,074	1,180	586	234	48	113	122	159	+224
6	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	112.7	2025-26	BOS	71	34.4	28.7	6.9	5.1	1.0	0.4	10.4	21.7	47.7	2.0	5.7	34.7	6.0	7.5	79.5	57.3	1.1	5.8	3.6	2,443	2,038	492	364	72	27	259	191	+321
7	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	113.3	2025-26	LAC	65	32.1	27.9	6.4	3.6	1.9	0.4	9.8	19.4	50.5	2.6	6.8	38.7	5.7	6.4	89.2	62.9	1.1	5.3	2.0	2,085	1,813	413	234	122	27	133	78	+340
8	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	113.5	2025-26	HOU	79	37.4	18.3	7.8	5.3	1.5	0.6	7.1	13.2	53.4	0.3	1.5	21.6	3.8	4.9	77.9	59.4	3.0	4.8	2.4	2,953	1,443	614	420	119	48	190	175	+368
9	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	113.9	2025-26	NYK	82	32.8	14.4	3.8	3.7	1.3	0.8	5.8	11.7	49.0	1.9	5.1	37.1	1.0	1.2	82.7	58.7	1.0	2.8	1.0	2,692	1,181	312	304	107	62	83	160	+298
10	Royce O'Neale R. O'Neale	113.9	2025-26	PHX	78	28.4	9.8	4.8	2.7	1.1	0.4	3.4	8.0	42.1	2.7	6.7	40.8	0.3	0.5	71.1	59.6	0.8	4.0	1.3	2,213	765	372	208	84	32	103	177	-113
11	Jabari Smith Jr. J. Smith Jr.	114.2	2025-26	HOU	77	35.1	15.8	6.9	1.9	0.7	0.9	5.7	12.6	45.0	2.3	6.3	36.3	2.1	2.7	77.5	57.0	1.4	5.5	1.4	2,705	1,215	529	143	56	71	105	192	+264
12	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	114.3	2025-26	ORL	72	34.8	22.2	8.4	5.2	0.7	0.6	7.3	16.0	45.9	1.2	3.8	30.5	6.3	8.2	77.5	56.6	1.2	7.2	3.1	2,502	1,599	604	373	51	40	222	144	-3
13	Julius Randle J. Randle	114.4	2025-26	MIN	79	33.0	21.1	6.7	5.0	1.1	0.2	7.3	15.3	48.1	1.4	4.4	31.5	5.0	6.3	80.2	58.5	1.7	5.1	2.7	2,610	1,667	532	398	86	18	217	223	+232
14	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	114.4	2025-26	MIN	73	31.7	14.8	4.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	5.7	11.1	51.5	1.4	3.4	41.2	2.0	2.4	83.5	61.1	1.0	3.2	1.8	2,316	1,084	310	199	81	73	131	244	+120
15	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	114.5	2025-26	TOR	77	33.8	21.5	5.6	3.7	0.8	0.7	8.0	16.7	47.7	1.8	4.6	38.2	3.8	4.6	82.0	57.3	0.8	4.8	2.4	2,604	1,655	430	284	58	55	187	148	+43
16	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	114.9	2025-26	MIA	68	30.3	15.4	4.8	2.7	1.1	1.0	5.7	12.1	47.5	2.0	4.9	41.4	1.9	2.4	78.4	58.6	1.7	3.1	1.5	2,063	1,045	329	182	76	69	103	156	+9
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	114.9	2025-26	HOU	78	36.4	26.0	5.5	4.8	0.8	0.9	9.2	17.6	52.0	2.4	5.8	41.3	5.2	6.0	87.4	64.1	0.5	4.9	3.2	2,840	2,026	426	372	62	71	246	142	+340
18	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	115.1	2025-26	DET	77	27.4	12.2	2.7	2.1	0.6	0.3	4.1	9.1	45.6	2.9	7.0	41.0	1.1	1.4	75.5	62.9	0.4	2.3	0.7	2,113	939	205	159	44	22	54	168	+536
19	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	115.1	2025-26	POR	66	33.3	24.2	6.9	6.7	0.8	0.6	7.5	16.1	46.2	1.9	6.0	31.8	7.4	9.2	80.2	60.0	1.1	5.8	3.8	2,199	1,598	454	442	51	41	253	168	+16
20	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	115.3	2025-26	DAL	70	33.5	21.0	6.7	4.5	1.2	0.9	8.0	17.1	46.8	1.0	3.5	29.5	4.0	4.9	82.7	54.8	1.2	5.4	2.3	2,344	1,473	466	316	84	64	161	142	-266
21	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	115.6	2025-26	CHA	77	31.0	17.1	5.8	3.2	0.6	0.4	6.2	13.5	46.0	1.9	5.8	33.3	2.7	3.3	82.2	57.0	1.0	4.9	1.4	2,387	1,314	450	246	46	34	107	131	+147
22	Jake LaRavia J. LaRavia	115.7	2025-26	LAL	82	25.1	8.2	4.0	1.8	1.3	0.5	2.9	6.4	45.9	1.0	3.0	32.1	1.4	1.9	76.3	57.1	1.4	2.6	1.1	2,061	674	326	145	104	38	87	196	-5
23	Toumani Camara T. Camara	116.3	2025-26	POR	82	33.3	13.4	5.1	2.5	1.1	0.4	4.8	10.9	44.0	2.7	7.2	37.0	1.2	1.7	70.8	57.8	1.6	3.6	1.8	2,731	1,100	421	201	94	35	144	237	+32
24	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	116.4	2025-26	CHA	81	31.5	18.5	5.3	3.4	0.7	0.2	6.4	13.4	47.5	3.4	7.9	42.5	2.4	2.8	86.3	63.3	1.2	4.1	2.0	2,551	1,498	432	274	57	19	161	169	+322
25	Matas Buzelis M. Buzelis	116.6	2025-26	CHI	77	29.2	16.3	5.8	2.1	0.7	1.5	5.8	12.5	46.3	2.2	6.4	34.9	2.4	3.1	78.6	58.6	1.0	4.8	2.1	2,248	1,252	448	158	55	116	159	177	-306

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Team Leaders

PPG

21.0

Barrett

RPG

7.7

Barnes

APG

5.0

Quickley

Team Rankings

ORTG

108.3

19th

DRTG

98.8

3rd

NETRTG

9.5

9th

3P%

26.2

29th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	76ers	3	1	.750	0.5
3	Hawks	2	1	.667	1.0
4	Raptors	2	1	.667	1.0
5	Wizards	2	1	.667	1.0
6	Pacers	2	1	.667	1.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/28	ORL	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 10/30	ORL	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Sun 11/1	TOR	@	LAL	9:00 PM
Mon 11/2	TOR	@	LAC	10:00 PM
Wed 11/4	TOR	@	DEN	9:00 PM

Last Game

Raptors

2 - 1

Final

117

Timberwolves

3 - 0

Sun 25 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

34.7

Jerome

34.3

Dončić

33.0

Booker

RPG Leaders

17.3

Sabonis

12.3

Gobert

12.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.3

Young

10.0

Johnson

9.7

Haliburton

SPG Leaders

4.3

Daniels

3.5

George

3.3

Dunn

BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

3.0

Kessler

3.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

5.0

Dončić

5.0

Robinson

5.0

George

TS% Leaders

86.7

Carter

85.9

Sabonis

84.6

Camara

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

126.4

125.9

122.7

122.0

119.7

119.1

DRtg Rankings

96.2

97.2

98.8

101.4

102.5

105.6

NetRtg Rankings

24.5

23.0

15.3

12.8

12.7

11.4

Tank Leaderboard

0-3

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

190.7

Maxey

162.4

Dončić

157

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

188

Maxey

177

Dončić

160.5

Sabonis

USG% Leaders

42.4

Dončić

36.6

Edwards

36.6

Antetokounmpo

MPG Leaders

40.0

Murray

39.5

Jokić

38.0

LaVine

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.65

Johnson

1.56

Jerome

1.55

Dončić

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.69

Dončić

1.68

Johnson

1.61

Jerome

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

3-0

2-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

0-2

0-3

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	3	0	1.000
2	76ers	3	1	.750	0.5
3	Hawks	2	1	.667	1.0
4	Raptors	2	1	.667	1.0
5	Wizards	2	1	.667	1.0
6	Pacers	2	1	.667	1.0
7	Hornets	2	1	.667	1.0
8	Celtics	1	1	.500	1.5
9	Cavaliers	1	1	.500	1.5
10	Magic	1	2	.333	2.0
11	Bulls	1	2	.333	2.0
12	Heat	0	3	.000	3.0
13	Knicks	0	3	.000	3.0
14	Bucks	0	3	.000	3.0
15	Nets	0	3	.000	3.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Rockets	3	0	1.000
2	Lakers	3	0	1.000
3	Thunder	3	0	1.000
4	Grizzlies	3	0	1.000
5	Timberwolves	3	0	1.000
6	Trail Blazers	2	0	1.000	0.5
7	Nuggets	1	1	.500	1.5
8	Suns	1	1	.500	1.5
9	Spurs	1	2	.333	2.0
10	Mavericks	1	2	.333	2.0
11	Clippers	1	2	.333	2.0
12	Jazz	1	2	.333	2.0
13	Pelicans	0	3	.000	3.0
14	Warriors	0	3	.000	3.0
15	Kings	0	3	.000	3.0

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Mon 10/26	WAS	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	PHX	@	OKC	8:00 PM

Scottie Barnes had the best defensive rating by a forward in 2025-26, with a 110.1 rating.

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