best career defensive rating by current players

Andre Drummond has the lowest career defensive rating by an active player, with a 101.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

best career defensive rating with a minimum of 5000 minutes played by current players

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	101.8	25,119	949	26.5	12.2	12.0	1.2	1.2	1.2	5.1	9.5	54.0	0.0	0.2	20.1	1.9	4.0	48.8	54.5	4.1	7.9	1.8	11,602	11,375	1,151	1,162	1,186	1,667	2,689	-921
2	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	103.0	27,259	887	30.7	12.5	11.7	1.4	0.7	2.0	4.7	7.1	65.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.9	63.4	67.3	3.4	8.3	1.6	11,093	10,366	1,223	621	1,814	1,417	2,365	+3725
3	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	103.3	27,981	1,118	25.0	8.5	9.7	0.9	0.5	1.4	3.5	5.1	67.4	0.0	0.0	15.4	1.6	3.3	47.5	64.4	2.9	6.8	1.3	9,513	10,834	1,048	573	1,573	1,450	2,693	+1024
4	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	104.1	24,780	779	31.8	20.6	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.6	7.4	14.9	49.8	1.7	4.3	39.1	4.0	4.6	86.3	60.6	1.2	5.2	1.7	16,013	4,953	2,408	1,347	494	1,313	1,282	+4761
5	Robert Williams III R. Williams III	104.2	5,440	276	19.7	7.1	6.8	1.3	0.7	1.6	3.2	4.3	72.5	0.0	0.1	32.0	0.8	1.1	67.6	73.2	2.4	4.4	0.9	1,961	1,877	372	199	451	238	493	+469
6	Draymond Green D. Green	104.5	26,616	931	28.6	8.7	6.8	5.6	1.3	1.0	3.2	7.2	44.7	0.9	2.7	32.0	1.4	2.0	71.0	54.0	1.1	5.8	2.3	8,084	6,368	5,206	1,223	919	2,161	2,683	+4542
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	104.5	27,708	807	34.3	24.0	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.5	5.5	7.0	79.3	59.1	2.7	8.0	2.0	19,385	8,637	2,065	1,055	1,848	1,614	1,882	+879
8	Jonathan Isaac J. Isaac	105.0	6,154	326	18.9	6.8	4.6	0.7	0.9	1.2	2.5	5.7	44.2	0.7	2.2	31.6	1.1	1.5	73.2	53.7	1.3	3.3	0.7	2,231	1,489	244	283	391	233	473	+24
9	LeBron James L. James	105.3	60,431	1,604	37.7	26.9	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.5	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	43,090	11,967	11,877	2,390	1,175	5,599	2,836	+7388
10	Paul George P. George	105.3	31,340	935	33.5	20.5	6.2	3.7	1.7	0.4	7.0	15.9	43.9	2.6	6.7	38.3	3.9	4.5	85.3	57.0	0.8	5.4	2.6	19,128	5,823	3,469	1,579	414	2,467	2,478	+3481
11	Taj Gibson T. Gibson	105.6	23,069	1,002	23.0	8.4	5.7	0.9	0.5	1.0	3.5	6.7	51.7	0.1	0.2	26.6	1.4	1.9	71.2	55.4	2.1	3.6	1.0	8,397	5,727	946	530	964	1,045	2,425	+542
12	Al Horford A. Horford	105.6	36,748	1,177	31.2	12.8	7.8	3.2	0.8	1.1	5.2	10.3	50.8	0.9	2.3	37.6	1.4	1.8	76.4	57.3	1.9	5.9	1.4	15,025	9,137	3,727	895	1,343	1,606	2,463	+3573
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	105.8	29,135	890	32.7	24.0	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.4	0.6	2.2	28.6	5.8	8.4	69.2	61.3	1.9	8.0	3.0	21,396	8,842	4,458	988	1,087	2,689	2,610	+3114
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	106.0	15,437	485	31.8	27.6	10.8	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.1	1.2	3.5	33.8	8.2	9.9	83.0	61.3	2.2	8.6	3.4	13,401	5,236	1,788	432	773	1,645	1,439	+2617
15	James Johnson J. Johnson	106.1	15,561	786	19.8	7.4	3.5	2.0	0.7	0.8	2.9	6.2	47.3	0.5	1.6	30.0	1.1	1.6	67.8	53.8	0.8	2.7	1.3	5,830	2,716	1,610	581	655	1,048	1,749	-633
16	Kyle Anderson K. Anderson	106.6	15,812	738	21.4	6.8	4.3	2.8	1.0	0.6	2.7	5.6	48.1	0.4	1.2	34.2	1.1	1.5	71.4	54.8	0.8	3.5	1.0	5,055	3,147	2,042	728	455	738	1,166	+604
17	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	106.7	11,910	383	31.1	13.1	7.4	7.2	1.5	0.7	5.4	9.7	55.8	0.0	0.1	13.9	2.3	3.8	59.2	57.6	1.7	5.7	3.0	5,021	2,840	2,754	568	255	1,151	1,059	+840
18	Steven Adams S. Adams	106.9	20,466	796	25.7	8.7	8.0	1.5	0.8	0.9	3.6	6.2	58.4	0.0	0.0	5.9	1.5	2.8	53.4	58.8	3.7	4.4	1.4	6,930	6,391	1,193	668	723	1,118	1,863	+2610
19	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	106.9	8,273	414	20.0	7.1	6.6	2.1	0.7	0.9	3.0	5.0	59.7	0.1	0.3	24.1	1.1	1.6	67.6	62.5	2.3	4.3	1.2	2,952	2,750	881	308	379	479	1,057	+1482
20	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	107.1	24,268	987	24.6	12.9	9.1	1.4	0.4	0.9	5.1	9.2	56.1	0.2	0.7	34.0	2.4	3.0	79.3	61.5	2.7	6.4	1.6	12,721	8,981	1,362	393	898	1,589	2,735	+479
21	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	107.1	8,971	381	23.5	7.5	7.9	0.7	0.9	1.8	3.2	4.6	69.9	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.1	50.9	67.9	3.7	4.2	0.7	2,859	3,019	254	341	671	262	1,033	-87
22	Bismack Biyombo B. Biyombo	107.2	17,004	883	19.3	5.0	5.8	0.7	0.3	1.2	2.0	3.6	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	2.0	55.2	55.4	1.9	3.9	0.9	4,406	5,122	586	237	1,101	798	1,890	-2284
23	Mo Bamba M. Bamba	107.2	6,121	366	16.7	6.7	5.4	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.6	5.5	47.7	0.8	2.2	35.6	0.7	1.1	68.2	56.7	1.5	3.9	0.8	2,461	1,982	306	132	461	287	751	-919
24	Kevin Love K. Love	107.4	28,065	985	28.5	15.9	9.8	2.3	0.6	0.4	5.2	11.9	43.7	1.7	4.7	36.8	3.7	4.5	82.8	57.1	2.3	7.5	1.7	15,643	9,688	2,235	589	377	1,706	1,892	+664
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	107.5	42,811	1,294	33.1	20.9	6.9	7.9	1.6	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.8	1.1	3.7	30.7	4.7	6.1	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	27,074	8,987	10,285	2,026	415	5,024	3,293	+2624

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More Pistons Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

25.5

Cunningham

RPG

10.7

Duren

APG

9.8

Cunningham

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.8

11th

DRTG

108.9

2nd

NETRTG

7.9

3rd

3P%

34.3

26th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	14	.763
2	Celtics	41	20	.672	5.0
3	Knicks	39	22	.639	7.0
4	Cavaliers	38	24	.613	8.5
5	Raptors	35	25	.583	10.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 3/3	DET	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 3/5	DET	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Sat 3/7	BKN	@	DET	6:00 PM
Sun 3/8	DET	@	MIA	6:00 PM
Tue 3/10	DET	@	BKN	7:30 PM

Last Game

Pistons

45 - 14

106

Final

Magic

31 - 28

Sun 1 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.5

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.6

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.3

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

2.9

Wembanyama

2.0

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Knueppel

3.5

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

67.6

Jokić

67.3

Ayton

67.2

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.6

120.9

119.4

118.7

118.6

118.2

DRtg Rankings

107.4

108.9

111.4

112.4

112.6

112.7

NetRtg Rankings

11.2

8.3

7.9

6.2

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

14-48

15-46

15-45

16-44

18-43

19-43

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,918.8

Maxey

2,853

Jokić

2,714.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,039

Jokić

2,945.3

Maxey

2,875.5

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.3

Dončić

36.5

Brown

33.5

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.5

Maxey

36.9

Thompson

36.6

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

39-22

36-23-1

36-25

35-26

33-26-1

34-26

Worst Record ATS

24-38

24-34-1

26-36

26-35

26-34

26-34-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	14	.763
2	Celtics	41	20	.672	5.0
3	Knicks	39	22	.639	7.0
4	Cavaliers	38	24	.613	8.5
5	Raptors	35	25	.583	10.5
6	76ers	33	27	.550	12.5
7	Magic	31	28	.525	14.0
8	Heat	32	29	.525	14.0
9	Hawks	31	31	.500	15.5
10	Hornets	30	31	.492	16.0
11	Bucks	26	34	.433	19.5
12	Bulls	25	36	.410	21.0
13	Wizards	16	44	.267	29.5
14	Nets	15	45	.250	30.5
15	Pacers	15	46	.246	31.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	47	15	.758
2	Spurs	43	17	.717	3.0
3	Rockets	38	22	.633	8.0
4	Timberwolves	38	23	.623	8.5
5	Nuggets	38	24	.613	9.0
6	Lakers	36	24	.600	10.0
7	Suns	34	26	.567	12.0
8	Warriors	31	30	.508	15.5
9	Clippers	29	31	.483	17.0
10	Trail Blazers	29	33	.468	18.0
11	Grizzlies	23	36	.390	22.5
12	Mavericks	21	39	.350	25.0
13	Pelicans	19	43	.306	28.0
14	Jazz	18	43	.295	28.5
15	Kings	14	48	.226	33.0