best and worst defensive ratings in nba

Chet Holmgren has the best defensive rating this season, with a 104.2 rating.

Interpreted as:
best and worst defensive ratings with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in NBA this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
104.2
2025-26
54
29.4
17.2
9.0
1.7
0.6
2.0
6.3
11.4
55.3
1.2
3.5
34.9
3.3
4.2
78.8
64.7
1.9
7.1
1.6
1,585
928
487
94
30
106
85
123
+468
2Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
106.6
2025-26
59
27.3
8.8
3.2
2.7
2.0
0.3
3.4
7.9
42.9
1.4
4.0
35.0
0.7
0.9
76.9
53.4
0.9
2.3
1.0
1,613
520
190
158
119
18
61
122
+404
3Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
108.5
2025-26
51
33.3
31.8
4.4
6.4
1.4
0.8
10.9
19.9
55.1
1.7
4.5
38.1
8.2
9.2
89.2
66.5
0.5
3.9
2.1
1,700
1,624
225
328
70
40
107
103
+578
4Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
109.2
2025-26
53
35.0
25.5
5.8
9.8
1.5
0.9
9.0
19.6
46.0
2.0
6.0
33.2
5.5
6.7
81.0
56.4
0.9
4.9
3.8
1,856
1,350
308
519
80
50
199
167
+433
5Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
109.5
2025-26
57
31.2
19.8
11.8
2.8
0.9
0.6
6.6
13.8
47.8
1.6
4.3
36.8
5.0
5.8
85.5
60.4
3.1
8.7
2.6
1,780
1,127
670
159
51
33
146
200
+355
6Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
109.7
2025-26
58
34.2
19.1
8.2
5.5
1.4
1.6
7.4
14.9
50.1
0.9
3.0
29.1
3.3
4.0
82.7
57.3
2.1
6.1
2.7
1,983
1,105
474
321
79
93
158
166
+172
7Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
109.8
2025-26
58
31.5
10.9
11.5
1.7
0.8
1.7
4.4
6.3
70.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.1
4.1
50.2
67.2
3.9
7.6
1.4
1,829
635
666
100
45
96
79
156
+264
8Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
110.0
2025-26
53
31.4
18.6
9.9
2.8
1.0
0.7
6.6
14.8
44.9
1.7
4.9
34.4
3.7
4.8
76.5
55.1
2.1
7.8
1.8
1,663
986
523
150
53
35
93
87
+265
9Naz Reid
N. Reid
110.3
2025-26
60
26.3
14.1
6.4
2.5
1.0
1.0
5.3
11.3
47.1
2.4
6.2
38.5
1.1
1.5
71.9
58.9
1.1
5.2
1.6
1,577
844
382
147
62
58
97
151
+169
10Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
110.4
2025-26
52
33.8
20.2
9.1
6.3
1.3
1.1
7.9
15.9
49.9
0.5
1.8
29.2
3.8
5.6
69.2
55.2
3.1
6.0
3.2
1,755
1,052
473
330
70
57
164
166
+176
11Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
111.4
2025-26
47
32.6
17.6
8.7
3.8
0.9
1.9
6.8
13.2
51.6
1.1
3.7
31.0
2.8
4.5
62.7
57.9
2.2
6.5
2.0
1,534
829
411
177
40
88
95
117
+186
12Julian Champagnie
J. Champagnie
111.5
2025-26
60
27.8
11.2
5.8
1.5
0.8
0.5
3.6
8.4
43.1
2.5
6.4
38.2
1.5
1.8
85.2
61.1
0.9
4.9
0.9
1,670
673
346
90
49
27
53
95
+367
13Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
111.5
2025-26
45
34.5
28.8
12.6
10.5
1.4
0.8
10.2
17.8
57.0
2.0
4.9
40.1
6.5
7.8
82.4
67.6
3.1
9.5
3.7
1,554
1,296
568
471
62
34
166
121
+404
14Stephon Castle
S. Castle
111.5
2025-26
50
29.7
16.5
4.9
6.8
1.3
0.3
5.7
12.2
46.5
1.0
3.5
29.4
4.2
5.8
72.2
56.2
1.2
3.7
3.2
1,486
826
245
339
66
17
162
164
+191
15Jalen Johnson
J. Johnson
111.6
2025-26
55
35.1
22.7
10.6
7.9
1.3
0.5
8.4
17.1
49.3
1.5
4.5
34.0
4.4
5.6
77.9
58.2
1.5
9.1
3.4
1,932
1,251
581
437
72
27
186
120
+36
16OG Anunoby
OG Anunoby
111.6
2025-26
47
33.1
16.1
5.3
2.3
1.7
0.7
5.7
12.1
47.3
2.0
5.7
36.0
2.6
3.3
79.4
59.4
1.4
3.9
1.9
1,556
757
247
106
80
35
90
116
+268
17Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
112.1
2025-26
59
25.1
13.1
2.7
3.1
1.4
0.6
4.8
11.1
43.1
2.6
6.5
39.7
0.9
1.1
79.1
56.2
0.4
2.3
1.3
1,478
771
157
180
82
35
79
116
+210
18Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
112.6
2025-26
54
34.3
29.0
7.1
5.0
1.0
0.4
10.7
22.2
48.2
2.1
5.9
34.9
5.5
7.1
77.8
57.2
1.1
6.0
3.6
1,850
1,568
385
269
54
24
194
148
+188
19Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
112.7
2025-26
56
31.4
16.1
7.9
3.3
1.1
1.0
5.9
12.3
48.3
2.1
5.4
38.5
2.1
2.7
78.3
59.6
1.9
6.0
1.9
1,760
900
440
184
62
57
105
190
-90
20Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
112.9
2025-26
45
32.7
27.9
6.3
3.7
2.0
0.5
9.7
19.7
49.3
2.6
7.0
37.6
5.8
6.5
90.4
61.9
1.0
5.3
2.2
1,470
1,257
283
168
90
23
100
56
+148
21Derrick White
D. White
113.0
2025-26
58
34.4
17.1
4.5
5.7
1.2
1.5
5.9
15.2
39.1
2.9
8.8
33.0
2.4
2.6
89.5
52.5
1.1
3.4
1.8
1,994
993
261
332
69
88
106
90
+465
22Amen Thompson
A. Thompson
113.0
2025-26
57
37.1
17.3
7.6
5.3
1.5
0.6
6.6
13.1
50.8
0.3
1.6
19.1
3.7
4.8
77.0
56.9
2.8
4.8
2.6
2,112
987
434
300
85
36
148
126
+271
23De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
113.0
2025-26
51
31.6
18.8
3.7
6.2
1.2
0.3
7.0
14.6
48.1
1.9
5.5
34.8
2.8
3.7
76.6
57.9
0.5
3.2
2.4
1,611
958
191
315
63
13
122
114
+210
24Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
113.1
2025-26
57
27.6
11.8
11.5
2.2
0.5
1.5
4.6
8.7
52.6
1.1
3.2
34.1
1.6
2.5
66.0
60.7
4.6
7.0
1.2
1,575
675
658
124
29
83
66
130
-18
25Andrew Wiggins
A. Wiggins
113.2
2025-26
55
31.2
16.1
5.1
2.8
1.1
1.0
6.1
12.8
47.4
2.0
5.0
40.6
1.9
2.5
78.5
58.1
1.8
3.3
1.6
1,715
884
280
154
62
56
90
123
+41
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118.7

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107.4

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11.2

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36.2

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1
Thunder Thunder
47
15
.758
2
43
17
.717
3.0
3
37
22
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8.5
4
38
23
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8.5
5
37
24
.607
9.5
Schedule
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Tue
3/3
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8:00 PM
Wed
3/4
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7:00 PM
Sat
3/7
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8:30 PM
Mon
3/9
@
7:30 PM
Thu
3/12
@
9:30 PM
Last Game
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100

Final

87

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

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NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
45
14
.763
2
40
20
.667
5.5
3
39
22
.639
7.0
4
38
24
.613
8.5
5
35
25
.583
10.5
6
33
27
.550
12.5
7
31
28
.525
14.0
8
32
29
.525
14.0
9
31
31
.500
15.5
10
30
31
.492
16.0
11
26
33
.441
19.0
12
25
36
.410
21.0
13
16
43
.271
29.0
14
15
45
.250
30.5
15
15
46
.246
31.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
47
15
.758
2
43
17
.717
3.0
3
37
22
.627
8.5
4
38
23
.623
8.5
5
37
24
.607
9.5
6
35
24
.593
10.5
7
34
26
.567
12.0
8
31
29
.517
15.0
9
29
33
.468
18.0
10
27
31
.466
18.0
11
23
36
.390
22.5
12
21
39
.350
25.0
13
19
42
.311
27.5
14
18
42
.300
28.0
15
14
47
.230
32.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
1/27
@
140-124
Tue
1/27
@
111-99
Wed
1/28
@
99-109
Wed
1/28
@
111-113
Wed
1/28
@
104-86

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
3/2
@
7:00 PM
Mon
3/2
@
7:30 PM
Mon
3/2
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9:00 PM
Mon
3/2
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10:00 PM
Tue
3/3
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7:00 PM