best center player defensive rating

Chet Holmgren has the best defensive rating by a center this season, with a 103.0 rating.

Interpreted as:
best center player defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
103.0
2025-26
24
28.7
18.7
7.8
1.6
0.6
1.5
6.9
12.1
57.2
1.5
3.8
39.6
3.3
4.1
80.8
67.2
1.4
6.4
1.8
689
448
188
38
14
35
44
72
+268
2Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
108.7
2025-26
22
31.1
18.5
9.4
2.5
1.0
1.0
6.7
14.2
47.3
1.5
4.5
33.0
3.6
4.7
76.0
56.9
1.5
7.9
1.9
685
408
207
55
22
21
41
36
+103
3Jalen Duren
J. Duren
109.3
2025-26
24
29.2
18.0
11.0
1.7
0.9
1.0
6.7
10.7
62.9
0.0
0.0
4.6
6.2
74.3
67.3
4.2
6.8
2.4
701
432
265
41
21
23
57
78
+181
4Naz Reid
N. Reid
110.5
2025-26
28
26.6
14.0
6.1
2.5
1.1
0.9
5.3
11.5
45.8
2.4
6.3
37.5
1.1
1.5
76.2
57.7
1.1
5.0
1.4
746
392
172
69
31
25
40
74
+34
5Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
111.4
2025-26
26
35.1
29.6
12.3
10.9
1.4
0.8
10.7
17.5
61.2
2.1
5.0
42.6
6.1
7.2
84.0
71.6
2.9
9.4
3.5
912
769
320
284
37
20
91
74
+270
6Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
111.4
2025-26
25
33.3
22.4
11.8
3.1
0.8
0.8
7.3
15.4
47.4
1.8
5.2
35.4
6.0
6.8
87.6
60.9
3.1
8.8
2.4
832
559
296
78
20
19
61
85
+194
7Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
111.6
2025-26
22
36.2
23.7
9.5
7.2
1.5
1.0
8.9
17.9
49.5
0.9
2.8
32.8
5.0
6.9
73.0
56.5
3.2
6.3
3.3
796
521
209
158
33
22
73
79
+123
8Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
111.7
2025-26
28
31.3
11.5
10.6
1.9
0.5
1.5
4.7
6.4
73.3
0.0
0.0
2.1
4.0
52.2
70.3
3.8
6.8
1.5
876
323
298
54
13
41
43
82
+145
9Jaren Jackson Jr.
J. Jackson Jr.
112.5
2025-26
25
29.5
17.8
5.2
2.0
0.8
1.2
6.6
13.8
48.3
1.6
4.5
35.4
2.9
3.8
77.7
57.7
0.9
4.4
2.1
738
445
131
51
21
31
52
99
-90
10Wendell Carter Jr.
W. Carter Jr.
113.2
2025-26
26
29.8
12.3
7.6
1.9
0.8
0.7
4.2
7.8
54.2
1.3
3.0
44.2
2.5
3.3
77.6
66.6
2.7
4.9
1.5
776
320
198
50
20
19
38
95
+62
11Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
113.8
2025-26
28
31.0
15.6
7.4
3.1
1.0
1.2
5.9
12.1
48.8
1.8
5.1
34.7
2.1
2.7
76.3
59.0
1.8
5.7
2.0
869
438
208
86
29
33
57
96
-81
12Deandre Ayton
D. Ayton
115.6
2025-26
23
29.4
15.3
9.0
0.9
0.8
1.0
7.1
10.0
71.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.7
63.2
71.0
2.9
6.0
2.0
676
352
206
20
18
24
45
62
+6
13Myles Turner
M. Turner
115.6
2025-26
28
28.6
12.5
5.5
1.6
0.8
1.5
4.1
9.4
43.2
2.2
5.9
37.8
2.1
2.9
73.2
58.3
1.1
4.4
1.0
802
350
154
46
23
43
29
79
-27
14Nic Claxton
N. Claxton
116.4
2025-26
26
30.3
13.5
7.8
4.5
0.7
1.4
5.2
9.3
56.4
0.0
0.4
9.1
3.0
4.4
69.3
60.4
2.8
5.0
1.5
789
352
202
118
19
36
39
58
-121
15Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
116.6
2025-26
26
30.1
16.1
9.3
3.4
0.8
0.4
6.5
13.4
48.9
1.8
4.8
38.1
1.2
1.5
76.9
57.2
2.3
7.0
1.6
783
418
243
88
20
11
42
57
-82
16Ivica Zubac
I. Zubac
118.1
2025-26
27
32.8
16.0
11.5
2.6
0.4
1.0
7.0
11.4
60.8
0.0
0.0
2.1
2.9
70.9
62.8
3.5
8.0
2.0
885
432
310
69
12
27
54
70
-39
17Derik Queen
D. Queen
118.5
2025-26
28
25.6
12.8
6.6
4.0
1.0
0.9
4.9
9.7
50.0
0.1
0.7
10.0
3.0
3.8
79.4
56.3
1.7
4.9
2.3
717
359
185
112
27
24
65
93
-98
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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37.2

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1
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25
3
.893
2
20
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.769
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.741
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Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/22
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9:30 PM
Tue
12/23
@
8:30 PM
Thu
12/25
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2:30 PM
Sun
12/28
@
3:30 PM
Mon
12/29
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
21
6
.778
2
19
8
.704
2.0
3
17
11
.607
4.5
4
16
11
.593
5.0
5
15
11
.577
5.5
6
15
12
.556
6.0
7
15
13
.536
6.5
8
15
14
.517
7.0
9
15
14
.517
7.0
10
12
15
.444
9.0
11
11
17
.393
10.5
12
9
18
.333
12.0
13
7
19
.269
13.5
14
6
21
.222
15.0
15
4
21
.160
16.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
25
3
.893
2
20
6
.769
4.0
3
20
7
.741
4.5
4
19
7
.731
5.0
5
16
8
.667
7.0
6
18
10
.643
7.0
7
15
12
.556
9.5
8
13
14
.481
11.5
9
13
15
.464
12.0
10
11
16
.407
13.5
11
11
17
.393
14.0
12
10
16
.385
14.0
13
6
21
.222
18.5
14
6
21
.222
18.5
15
6
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.214
19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
11/17
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113-121
Mon
11/17
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113-99
Mon
11/17
@
120-112
Mon
11/17
@
101-111
Mon
11/17
@
126-140

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/20
@
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
@
7:00 PM
Sat
12/20
@
7:00 PM
Sat
12/20
@
7:00 PM
Sat
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@
7:30 PM