best big man defensive rating this season

Karl-Anthony Towns had the lowest defensive rating by a big man in 2025-26, with a 109.6 rating.

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best big man defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games this season

	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	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	109.6	2025-26	NYK	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
2	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	110.1	2025-26	MIN	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
3	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
4	Donovan Clingan D. Clingan	110.2	2025-26	POR	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
5	Naz Reid N. Reid	110.8	2025-26	MIN	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
6	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	111.4	2025-26	HOU	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
7	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	111.5	2025-26	MIA	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
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	111.5	2025-26	DEN	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
9	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	112.0	2025-26	ATL	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
10	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
11	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
12	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	114.0	2025-26	ORL	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
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	Derik Queen D. Queen	114.9	2025-26	NOP	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
19	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
20	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
21	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	118.4	2025-26	IND	62	33.2	24.0	6.6	3.8	1.1	0.4	9.0	18.6	48.4	1.7	4.7	35.8	4.2	6.1	69.3	56.2	1.4	5.2	2.2	2,057	1,485	411	236	69	25	138	147	-230

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Brunson

RPG

11.9

Towns

APG

6.8

Brunson

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.8

3rd

DRTG

113.3

7th

NETRTG

6.5

5th

3P%

37.3

4th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

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4 - 1

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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

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

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FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

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

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

Karl-Anthony Towns had the lowest defensive rating by a big man in 2025-26, with a 109.6 rating.

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