best defense rating lakers players

Jarred Vanderbilt has the lowest defensive rating for the Lakers this season, with a 115.4 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defense rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games lakers players this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Jarred Vanderbilt
J. Vanderbilt
115.4
2025-26
37
19.5
4.9
5.1
1.4
0.9
0.4
1.9
4.0
47.3
0.5
1.6
31.1
0.6
0.9
66.7
55.7
1.6
3.5
1.1
720
181
190
51
32
13
39
69
-22
2Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
115.9
2025-26
38
36.3
33.6
7.7
8.7
1.5
0.5
10.6
22.4
47.4
3.5
10.3
34.4
8.9
11.4
78.1
61.4
0.8
6.9
4.2
1,380
1,278
293
332
57
19
161
99
+12
3Deandre Ayton
D. Ayton
116.1
2025-26
41
28.3
13.3
8.5
0.8
0.6
1.0
6.1
9.2
66.3
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.7
64.3
66.8
2.5
6.0
1.5
1,161
545
347
34
26
39
60
96
-47
4Jake LaRavia
J. LaRavia
117.4
2025-26
46
27.4
9.4
4.2
2.0
1.4
0.5
3.4
7.3
45.9
1.2
3.5
33.7
1.5
2.0
75.8
57.4
1.5
2.7
1.1
1,261
434
192
94
63
21
52
102
-105
5LeBron James
L. James
117.6
2025-26
29
33.2
22.0
5.9
6.7
1.1
0.6
8.1
16.2
50.2
1.5
4.6
32.1
4.2
5.6
74.8
58.8
0.7
5.2
2.9
962
637
171
193
31
18
84
44
-56
6Jaxson Hayes
J. Hayes
118.2
2025-26
38
17.7
6.4
3.9
0.8
0.3
0.6
2.6
3.4
77.3
0.0
0.0
100.0
1.1
1.8
63.2
76.6
1.4
2.6
0.5
671
242
150
31
13
24
20
78
-28
7Marcus Smart
M. Smart
118.4
2025-26
37
28.5
9.9
3.1
2.7
1.3
0.4
3.2
7.9
40.6
1.6
4.9
32.6
1.9
2.2
85.4
55.8
0.7
2.4
1.7
1,056
367
115
101
49
13
63
104
+58
8Austin Reaves
A. Reaves
119.7
2025-26
23
35.3
26.6
5.2
6.3
1.0
0.2
8.2
16.2
50.7
2.7
7.4
36.5
7.5
8.6
87.3
66.6
0.7
4.5
3.3
812
612
120
144
22
5
75
52
+57
9Rui Hachimura
R. Hachimura
121.4
2025-26
36
30.1
12.1
3.5
0.9
0.6
0.3
4.7
9.4
50.0
1.8
4.2
43.3
0.9
1.1
75.6
60.9
0.7
2.8
0.8
1,084
436
127
31
20
12
27
60
+14
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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16
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Thu
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2/7
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Last Game
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Final

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

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NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
34
11
.756
2
29
18
.617
6.0
3
29
18
.617
6.0
4
29
20
.592
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5
29
20
.592
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26
21
.553
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24
22
.522
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23
.521
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23
24
.489
12.0
10
24
26
.480
12.5
11
20
28
.417
15.5
12
18
28
.391
16.5
13
12
33
.267
22.0
14
12
34
.261
22.5
15
12
36
.250
23.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
38
10
.792
2
32
15
.681
5.5
3
31
16
.660
6.5
4
29
17
.630
8.0
5
28
18
.609
9.0
6
29
19
.604
9.0
7
28
19
.596
9.5
8
27
22
.551
11.5
9
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25
.479
15.0
10
22
24
.478
15.0
11
19
28
.404
18.5
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27
.400
18.5
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15
33
.313
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26.5

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
1/1
@
121-128
Fri
1/2
@
125-115
Fri
1/2
@
117-134
Fri
1/2
@
130-119
Fri
1/2
@
115-110

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
1/30
@
7:00 PM
Fri
1/30
@
7:30 PM
Fri
1/30
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7:30 PM
Fri
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7:30 PM
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7:30 PM