best defense rating for point guards

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has the best defensive rating by a point guard this season, with a 108.0 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defense rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games for point guards this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
108.0
2025-26
42
33.4
31.8
4.3
6.2
1.3
0.8
10.8
19.7
54.8
1.9
4.9
39.3
8.2
9.2
89.1
66.8
0.5
3.9
2.0
1,401
1,334
182
259
56
34
83
87
+492
2Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
110.0
2025-26
36
35.4
25.7
5.9
9.8
1.4
0.8
8.9
19.6
45.2
1.9
5.9
32.7
6.0
7.3
82.4
56.3
1.0
4.9
3.8
1,276
924
214
351
52
30
138
117
+295
3Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
112.7
2025-26
41
25.0
13.0
2.6
3.2
1.4
0.5
4.8
10.8
44.4
2.5
6.2
40.9
0.9
1.1
76.1
57.6
0.3
2.2
1.1
1,026
531
105
130
58
22
47
83
+200
4Stephon Castle
S. Castle
112.8
2025-26
35
30.8
16.9
5.0
7.0
1.3
0.3
5.7
12.5
45.4
1.1
4.0
28.1
4.5
6.2
72.2
55.6
1.1
3.9
3.6
1,079
593
175
246
44
10
126
123
+99
5De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
113.5
2025-26
35
32.5
20.2
4.1
6.0
1.3
0.3
7.5
15.8
47.2
2.0
5.9
34.1
3.2
4.1
79.6
57.4
0.7
3.4
2.5
1,136
706
145
209
46
9
87
80
+100
6Collin Gillespie
C. Gillespie
113.7
2025-26
44
28.1
13.4
4.1
4.8
1.4
0.3
4.7
10.6
44.3
2.9
6.9
42.2
1.1
1.3
84.5
60.0
1.0
3.1
1.7
1,237
589
180
213
62
12
76
64
+198
7Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
113.8
2025-26
40
39.5
30.0
4.4
6.7
2.1
1.0
10.5
22.4
46.9
3.6
9.0
39.7
5.4
6.2
87.9
59.7
0.3
4.1
2.5
1,578
1,199
174
269
83
39
99
85
+103
8Anthony Black
A. Black
114.5
2025-26
42
30.6
15.9
4.1
4.0
1.3
0.6
5.7
12.3
46.7
1.6
4.5
35.8
2.8
3.9
72.8
56.9
0.8
3.3
2.4
1,284
668
172
170
54
27
102
114
+11
9Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
115.1
2025-26
42
32.5
16.9
4.1
6.2
1.2
0.1
5.8
13.4
43.3
2.6
7.1
36.0
2.7
3.3
80.7
56.8
0.5
3.6
1.7
1,363
709
173
261
49
5
71
86
+43
10Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
115.5
2025-26
34
36.3
33.5
7.7
8.7
1.6
0.5
10.5
22.5
46.7
3.4
10.2
33.7
9.0
11.5
78.7
60.8
0.9
6.8
4.4
1,234
1,138
262
295
53
18
150
92
+28
11Stephen Curry
S. Curry
115.8
2025-26
35
31.6
27.1
3.7
5.1
1.1
0.4
8.9
19.1
46.8
4.5
11.5
38.7
4.7
5.1
92.7
63.4
0.4
3.3
2.8
1,106
947
130
177
38
15
98
70
+59
12Davion Mitchell
D. Mitchell
116.0
2025-26
40
29.2
9.0
2.6
7.2
1.2
0.1
3.6
7.6
47.0
1.2
2.9
40.0
0.7
1.1
65.1
55.7
0.4
2.2
1.7
1,167
360
103
289
48
5
67
109
+128
13Ryan Rollins
R. Rollins
116.2
2025-26
42
31.6
16.2
4.5
5.5
1.5
0.4
6.2
13.3
46.3
2.2
5.7
39.2
1.6
2.1
76.1
56.7
0.8
3.7
2.3
1,326
679
190
230
62
18
96
121
-25
14Bruce Brown
B. Brown
118.0
2025-26
44
24.5
7.0
4.1
2.2
1.0
0.3
2.8
6.1
45.1
0.5
1.4
31.7
1.0
1.4
76.7
52.3
1.1
3.0
1.0
1,077
308
180
97
42
11
45
107
-59
15Payton Pritchard
P. Pritchard
118.2
2025-26
41
32.7
16.6
4.4
5.3
0.9
0.1
6.2
13.8
45.0
2.5
7.3
33.9
1.7
2.0
86.6
56.6
1.0
3.4
1.1
1,339
681
181
218
35
5
46
62
+151
16Kris Dunn
K. Dunn
118.4
2025-26
43
27.5
8.0
3.0
3.2
1.5
0.2
3.0
6.2
48.7
1.1
3.0
37.8
0.9
1.1
79.2
60.1
0.8
2.1
1.3
1,181
344
127
136
65
8
58
101
-80
17Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
118.5
2025-26
44
29.7
15.4
6.2
7.0
1.4
0.2
5.7
12.9
44.0
2.0
5.7
35.6
2.0
3.0
68.5
54.2
1.5
4.7
3.4
1,306
678
272
306
61
8
150
111
-282
18James Harden
J. Harden
119.2
2025-26
40
35.7
26.0
4.8
8.0
1.3
0.4
7.5
17.8
42.3
3.1
9.0
34.2
7.9
8.8
89.7
60.1
0.6
4.2
3.6
1,426
1,040
191
321
50
14
144
79
-3
19Jamal Murray
J. Murray
119.8
2025-26
40
35.4
26.0
4.4
7.4
1.0
0.3
9.3
19.0
48.9
3.4
7.6
44.9
4.1
4.5
89.5
62.1
0.5
3.9
2.3
1,417
1,040
174
295
40
13
93
65
+210
20Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
120.9
2025-26
45
26.5
13.9
3.7
3.2
1.2
0.2
5.3
12.2
43.4
1.0
3.2
32.4
2.3
2.9
80.0
51.8
0.8
3.0
2.4
1,194
627
167
143
54
11
106
79
-281
21Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
121.2
2025-26
38
34.5
28.1
3.2
6.1
0.7
0.1
10.0
21.0
47.8
2.9
7.6
38.6
5.1
5.9
85.4
59.5
0.5
2.6
2.3
1,310
1,067
120
233
26
3
87
93
+120
22CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
124.3
2025-26
TOT
40
30.3
18.6
3.5
3.6
0.7
0.3
6.8
15.2
44.7
2.5
6.8
37.3
2.5
3.2
77.5
56.1
0.7
2.8
1.7
1,213
743
138
144
27
13
66
82
-162
23Bub Carrington
B. Carrington
124.4
2025-26
42
28.3
9.7
3.9
4.6
0.5
0.2
3.4
8.3
40.3
2.0
4.8
41.4
1.0
1.3
74.5
54.4
0.4
3.5
2.3
1,189
407
163
195
22
9
96
100
-343
24Keyonte George
K. George
125.0
2025-26
43
34.4
24.4
4.0
6.7
1.0
0.3
7.7
16.7
45.9
2.6
6.9
37.6
6.5
7.2
90.3
61.5
0.5
3.5
3.5
1,479
1,049
170
288
45
12
149
101
-255
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

More Thunder Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

10.4

Hartenstein

Isaiah Hartenstein

APG

6.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.9

4th

DRTG

106.6

1st

NETRTG

13.3

1st

3P%

36.2

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
36
8
.818
2
30
14
.682
6.0
3
29
15
.659
7.0
4
26
15
.634
8.5
5
26
16
.619
9.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
1/21
@
9:30 PM
Fri
1/23
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/25
@
7:00 PM
Tue
1/27
@
8:00 PM
Thu
1/29
@
9:30 PM
Last Game
OKC Thunder

36 - 8

136

Final

104

CLE Cavaliers

24 - 20

Mon 19 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
31
10
.756
2
26
16
.619
5.5
3
25
18
.581
7.0
4
26
19
.578
7.0
5
23
19
.548
8.5
6
23
19
.548
8.5
7
24
20
.545
8.5
8
23
21
.523
9.5
9
21
22
.488
11.0
10
20
25
.444
13.0
11
18
24
.429
13.5
12
16
27
.372
16.0
13
12
29
.293
19.0
14
10
32
.238
21.5
15
10
34
.227
22.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
36
8
.818
2
30
14
.682
6.0
3
29
15
.659
7.0
4
26
15
.634
8.5
5
26
16
.619
9.0
6
27
17
.614
9.0
7
27
17
.614
9.0
8
25
20
.556
11.5
9
22
22
.500
14.0
10
19
24
.442
16.5
11
18
23
.439
16.5
12
18
26
.409
18.0
13
15
29
.341
21.0
14
12
32
.273
24.0
15
10
35
.222
26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
12/25
@
126-111
Thu
12/25
@
117-138
Thu
12/25
@
120-105
Thu
12/25
@
140-122
Thu
12/25
@
102-109

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
1/21
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/21
@
7:30 PM
Wed
1/21
@
7:30 PM
Wed
1/21
@
8:00 PM
Wed
1/21
@
8:00 PM