2026 season centers with worst defensive rating

Derik Queen had the worst defensive rating by a center in 2025-26 in his rookie season, with a 114.9 rating.

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  • Assumption:2,000+ MIN/82TG
  • Data note: Defensive Rating: player season data complete from 1973-74
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Derik Queen
D. Queen
114.9
2025-26
81
25.0
11.7
7.1
3.7
1.0
0.9
4.4
9.2
47.3
0.3
1.1
26.1
2.7
3.4
79.5
54.6
1.7
5.4
2.3
2,023
948
572
298
84
74
190
215
-304
2Wendell Carter Jr.
W. Carter Jr.
114.0
2025-26
78
29.3
11.8
7.4
2.0
0.8
0.6
4.2
8.2
51.2
0.9
2.9
31.9
2.5
3.2
79.2
61.7
2.1
5.3
1.3
2,288
922
577
154
60
49
100
267
+90
3Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
112.0
2025-26
74
31.0
15.2
7.6
3.1
1.1
1.1
5.6
11.6
48.0
1.9
5.2
37.6
2.1
2.7
75.7
59.2
1.9
5.7
1.7
2,297
1,123
562
231
82
79
127
243
+109
4Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
111.5
2025-26
65
34.8
27.7
12.9
10.7
1.4
0.8
9.9
17.4
56.9
1.7
4.5
38.0
6.1
7.4
83.1
67.0
3.0
9.9
3.7
2,265
1,799
836
697
92
53
243
173
+555
5Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
111.5
2025-26
73
32.4
20.1
10.0
3.2
1.2
0.7
6.9
15.7
44.2
1.7
5.5
31.8
4.5
5.8
77.8
55.1
2.0
8.0
1.6
2,365
1,468
732
232
86
49
120
122
+331
6Alperen Şengün
A. Şengün
111.4
2025-26
72
33.3
20.4
8.9
6.2
1.2
1.1
8.1
15.6
51.9
0.6
1.8
30.5
3.6
5.2
69.1
56.9
3.0
5.9
3.2
2,398
1,466
640
445
85
77
227
238
+205
7Naz Reid
N. Reid
110.8
2025-26
77
26.1
13.6
6.2
2.2
1.0
1.0
5.2
11.3
45.6
2.1
5.8
36.2
1.2
1.6
73.2
56.5
1.2
5.0
1.6
2,007
1,046
477
170
76
78
126
195
+169
8Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
110.2
2025-26
77
27.2
12.1
11.6
2.1
0.6
1.7
4.6
8.9
52.0
1.1
3.2
34.1
1.8
2.6
68.0
60.4
4.5
7.1
1.2
2,094
934
892
162
44
130
95
182
+14
9Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
110.1
2025-26
76
31.3
10.9
11.5
1.7
0.8
1.6
4.4
6.5
68.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.1
4.0
52.6
66.4
3.9
7.5
1.4
2,380
829
872
128
58
124
106
199
+233
10Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
109.6
2025-26
75
31.0
20.1
11.9
3.0
0.9
0.5
6.9
13.8
50.1
1.5
4.1
36.8
4.8
5.5
85.8
61.9
3.1
8.7
2.5
2,322
1,504
889
226
65
40
187
255
+378

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Team Leaders

PPG

20.6

Williamson

Zion Williamson

RPG

7.4

Queen

Derik Queen

APG

5.3

Murray

Dejounte Murray
Team Rankings

ORTG

114.2

14th

DRTG

112.8

13th

NETRTG

1.4

17th

3P%

32.7

24th

2026-27 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
9
5
3
.625
2.0
10
5
4
.556
2.5
11
Pelicans Pelicans
4
5
.444
3.5
12
3
5
.375
4.0
13
1
7
.125
6.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/8
@
9:00 PM
Mon
11/9
@
10:00 PM
Wed
11/11
@
8:00 PM
Fri
11/13
@
8:00 PM
Sat
11/14
@
7:00 PM
Last Game

115

Final

109

NOP Pelicans

4 - 5

Fri 6 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

NBA 2026-27 Betting

NBA 2026-27 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
8
2
.800
2
7
2
.778
0.5
3
6
2
.750
1.0
4
7
4
.636
1.5
5
5
4
.556
2.5
6
5
4
.556
2.5
7
5
5
.500
3.0
8
4
6
.400
4.0
9
3
6
.333
4.5
10
3
7
.300
5.0
11
3
7
.300
5.0
12
2
7
.222
5.5
13
2
7
.222
5.5
14
1
7
.125
6.0
15
1
8
.111
6.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
8
2
.800
2
8
2
.800
3
8
2
.800
4
7
3
.700
1.0
5
7
3
.700
1.0
6
7
3
.700
1.0
7
6
3
.667
1.5
8
6
3
.667
1.5
9
5
3
.625
2.0
10
5
4
.556
2.5
11
4
5
.444
3.5
12
3
5
.375
4.0
13
1
7
.125
6.0
14
1
8
.111
6.5
15
1
8
.111
6.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
10/20
@
113-121
Tue
10/20
@
106-100
Tue
10/20
@
116-104
Wed
10/21
@
132-125
Wed
10/21
@
116-128

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/8
@
3:30 PM
Sun
11/8
@
6:00 PM
Sun
11/8
@
7:00 PM
Sun
11/8
@
7:30 PM
Sun
11/8
@
8:00 PM