best defense rating in the nba

Chet Holmgren has the lowest defensive rating this season, with a 104.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defense rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in the NBA this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
104.3
2025-26
65
29.3
17.0
8.9
1.7
0.6
1.8
6.3
11.4
55.1
1.2
3.5
34.8
3.3
4.1
79.9
64.7
1.9
7.0
1.6
1,904
1,108
580
109
37
120
101
148
+586
2Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
106.4
2025-26
73
26.8
8.6
3.1
2.6
2.0
0.4
3.3
7.6
43.3
1.3
3.7
34.3
0.7
0.9
80.3
53.6
0.8
2.2
1.0
1,959
628
224
193
144
27
71
148
+455
3Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
108.4
2025-26
64
33.5
31.6
4.4
6.5
1.4
0.8
10.8
19.6
55.3
1.7
4.4
38.2
8.3
9.4
88.0
66.6
0.5
3.8
2.2
2,147
2,024
279
415
91
51
141
134
+685
4Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
109.4
2025-26
72
31.4
11.1
11.5
1.7
0.8
1.7
4.5
6.5
69.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.2
4.1
52.7
67.3
3.9
7.5
1.4
2,260
801
827
121
56
120
99
190
+250
5Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
109.9
2025-26
72
31.0
20.1
11.9
2.9
0.8
0.5
6.9
13.8
49.6
1.5
4.1
36.8
4.8
5.7
85.5
61.5
3.2
8.7
2.5
2,230
1,445
855
211
61
39
182
247
+360
6Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
109.9
2025-26
61
34.4
24.5
5.6
9.9
1.5
0.9
8.7
18.9
46.1
2.0
5.8
34.6
5.1
6.2
81.4
56.7
0.9
4.7
3.7
2,096
1,497
340
603
90
52
226
192
+473
7Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
110.2
2025-26
72
27.2
12.1
11.6
2.1
0.6
1.7
4.6
8.9
52.0
1.0
3.1
33.0
1.8
2.7
67.3
60.1
4.5
7.1
1.3
1,961
870
837
152
42
122
92
169
+22
8Naz Reid
N. Reid
110.3
2025-26
72
26.1
13.6
6.3
2.3
1.0
1.0
5.1
11.2
45.9
2.1
5.8
36.5
1.2
1.6
73.0
57.0
1.2
5.1
1.6
1,876
977
450
162
70
71
118
182
+161
9Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
110.4
2025-26
74
33.8
18.3
7.6
5.9
1.4
1.5
7.2
14.3
50.3
0.9
2.9
29.8
3.1
3.8
81.2
57.4
1.9
5.7
2.7
2,504
1,357
563
436
107
112
197
204
+231
10Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
111.2
2025-26
68
32.3
20.3
10.0
3.0
1.2
0.7
7.0
15.9
43.9
1.7
5.5
31.5
4.6
5.9
77.6
54.8
2.1
7.9
1.7
2,199
1,378
682
203
79
45
115
117
+291
11Jalen Johnson
J. Johnson
111.2
2025-26
68
35.4
22.8
10.3
8.1
1.3
0.5
8.5
17.2
49.3
1.7
4.8
35.0
4.2
5.4
78.6
58.4
1.4
8.9
3.4
2,404
1,552
698
548
86
31
229
140
+141
12Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
111.2
2025-26
67
33.5
20.6
8.9
6.2
1.3
1.1
8.1
15.7
52.0
0.6
1.8
32.0
3.7
5.4
68.9
57.1
3.0
5.9
3.1
2,244
1,381
598
415
84
74
210
219
+175
13Julian Champagnie
J. Champagnie
111.3
2025-26
76
27.6
11.2
5.7
1.5
0.8
0.4
3.7
8.4
43.6
2.4
6.4
38.3
1.4
1.7
84.5
61.3
0.9
4.9
0.9
2,100
850
436
114
59
33
67
124
+557
14Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
111.4
2025-26
61
34.9
27.7
13.0
10.8
1.4
0.8
9.9
17.3
57.2
1.8
4.6
38.7
6.1
7.3
82.6
67.3
2.9
10.1
3.9
2,128
1,687
790
660
85
47
235
166
+508
15Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
111.6
2025-26
70
31.1
15.4
7.7
3.2
1.2
1.1
5.7
11.7
48.2
2.0
5.2
37.9
2.1
2.7
75.5
59.4
1.9
5.8
1.8
2,174
1,076
537
225
81
75
123
235
+70
16Stephon Castle
S. Castle
111.7
2025-26
64
29.8
16.6
5.2
7.3
1.2
0.3
5.6
11.9
47.1
1.2
3.6
32.6
4.2
5.8
73.0
57.5
1.4
3.8
3.2
1,904
1,064
332
466
75
19
204
205
+415
17Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
112.1
2025-26
76
26.4
13.7
2.9
3.4
1.5
0.7
5.0
11.6
43.1
2.8
7.0
39.4
0.9
1.1
80.7
56.5
0.4
2.6
1.6
2,009
1,038
224
260
115
51
120
160
+242
18OG Anunoby
OG Anunoby
112.2
2025-26
63
33.4
16.7
5.2
2.2
1.6
0.7
5.8
12.1
48.4
2.3
6.0
37.9
2.7
3.3
81.8
61.6
1.3
3.9
1.9
2,105
1,050
329
138
102
45
118
156
+353
19Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
112.3
2025-26
61
32.1
18.2
8.9
3.6
0.8
1.8
7.2
13.3
54.4
1.0
3.3
30.2
2.8
4.5
61.0
59.7
2.4
6.6
1.9
1,959
1,112
545
221
47
109
114
155
+219
20Dyson Daniels
D. Daniels
112.4
2025-26
72
33.2
11.9
6.8
5.9
1.9
0.4
5.3
10.2
51.8
0.3
1.5
17.6
1.0
1.6
62.3
54.2
2.4
4.4
1.8
2,390
854
487
422
138
30
130
152
+245
21De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
112.7
2025-26
66
30.9
18.5
3.7
6.2
1.2
0.3
7.0
14.4
48.7
1.8
5.4
33.7
2.7
3.5
76.2
58.1
0.6
3.1
2.3
2,040
1,220
246
410
80
17
150
146
+396
22Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
112.8
2025-26
67
34.4
28.8
7.0
5.3
1.0
0.4
10.4
21.9
47.6
2.0
5.7
34.4
6.0
7.6
79.4
57.2
1.2
5.9
3.6
2,305
1,928
471
353
66
26
240
180
+248
23Derrick White
D. White
113.0
2025-26
72
34.3
16.8
4.5
5.5
1.2
1.4
5.8
14.8
39.2
2.7
8.4
32.1
2.5
2.8
90.0
52.5
1.1
3.3
1.8
2,469
1,211
323
394
84
98
130
117
+511
24Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
113.0
2025-26
60
32.1
28.1
6.4
3.6
2.0
0.5
9.8
19.5
50.3
2.6
6.9
38.0
5.9
6.6
89.9
62.8
1.1
5.3
2.1
1,926
1,685
381
215
117
27
125
74
+322
25Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
113.2
2025-26
59
35.3
29.3
5.1
3.7
1.4
0.8
10.0
20.4
49.3
3.4
8.5
40.4
5.8
7.3
79.7
62.1
0.6
4.5
2.8
2,083
1,727
298
220
81
48
168
111
+182
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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APG

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118.4

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107.5

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11.0

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35.9

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2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
60
16
.789
2
58
18
.763
2.0
3
50
26
.658
10.0
4
49
28
.636
11.5
5
47
29
.618
13.0
Schedule
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4/2
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9:30 PM
Sun
4/5
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7:00 PM
Tue
4/7
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10:30 PM
Wed
4/8
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10:00 PM
Fri
4/10
@
9:00 PM
Last Game
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54 - 21

110

Final

114

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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
55
21
.724
2
51
25
.671
4.0
3
49
28
.636
6.5
4
47
29
.618
8.0
5
44
33
.571
11.5
6
42
34
.553
13.0
7
42
34
.553
13.0
8
40
36
.526
15.0
9
40
36
.526
15.0
10
40
37
.519
15.5
11
Bucks Bucks - e
30
46
.395
25.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
47
.382
26.0
13
18
58
.237
37.0
14
Nets Nets - e
18
58
.237
37.0
15
17
59
.224
38.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
60
16
.789
2
Spurs Spurs - x
58
18
.763
2.0
3
50
26
.658
10.0
4
49
28
.636
11.5
5
47
29
.618
13.0
6
46
29
.613
13.5
7
42
34
.553
18.0
8
39
37
.513
21.0
9
39
38
.506
21.5
10
36
40
.474
24.0
11
25
51
.329
35.0
12
25
51
.329
35.0
13
24
52
.316
36.0
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Jazz Jazz - e
21
56
.273
39.5
15
Kings Kings - e
20
57
.260
40.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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3/6
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107-105
Fri
3/6
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116-125
Fri
3/6
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99-113
Fri
3/6
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123-120
Fri
3/6
@
97-104

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
4/2
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7:00 PM
Thu
4/2
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7:00 PM
Thu
4/2
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9:30 PM
Thu
4/2
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10:00 PM
Thu
4/2
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10:00 PM