best defense rating player nba playoffs minimum 14 games played 2022

Aaron Nesmith had the lowest defensive rating among players with 14+ games played in the 2022 playoffs, with a 100.5 rating.

	NAME	DRTG	GP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Aaron Nesmith A. Nesmith	100.5	15	2021-22	BOS	3.5	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.1	23.5	0.1	0.7	9.1	0.2	0.3	75.0	32.0	0.3	0.7	0.1	52	12	15	3	2	4	1	6	-3
2	Robert Williams III R. Williams III	102.0	17	2021-22	BOS	23.2	7.7	6.2	1.0	0.7	2.2	3.1	4.6	67.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.5	1.6	89.3	72.5	2.5	3.6	0.6	394	131	105	17	12	38	10	34	+65
3	Al Horford A. Horford	104.4	23	2021-22	BOS	35.4	12.0	9.3	3.3	0.8	1.3	4.4	8.4	52.3	2.0	4.3	48.0	1.2	1.6	77.8	66.3	1.5	7.8	1.3	815	277	214	76	19	31	29	64	+99
4	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	104.7	17	2021-22	MIA	37.0	27.4	7.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	9.8	19.3	50.6	1.4	4.0	33.8	6.5	7.8	84.1	60.4	2.4	4.9	1.5	629	466	125	78	35	11	25	25	+95
5	Daniel Theis D. Theis	105.4	16	2021-22	BOS	12.5	4.3	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.9	3.2	58.8	0.2	0.9	21.4	0.4	0.5	75.0	63.3	0.8	2.4	0.7	200	69	52	11	4	8	11	25	-41
6	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	105.7	15	2021-22	MIA	24.5	10.6	3.4	2.1	1.3	0.3	3.3	9.1	36.8	1.1	4.1	27.4	2.8	3.5	79.2	49.9	0.3	3.1	1.7	368	159	51	31	19	4	25	29	+18
7	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	106.2	18	2021-22	MIA	34.1	14.8	8.0	2.7	1.0	0.7	5.8	9.7	59.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.2	4.2	76.3	63.8	2.1	5.9	2.1	614	266	144	48	18	13	38	55	+78
8	Caleb Martin C. Martin	106.4	17	2021-22	MIA	12.3	4.5	2.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	1.9	4.7	40.0	0.6	1.9	30.3	0.1	0.4	33.3	46.0	0.7	1.5	0.6	209	76	37	5	10	2	10	17	-42
9	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	107.3	24	2021-22	BOS	41.0	25.6	6.7	6.2	1.2	0.9	8.4	19.7	42.6	3.2	8.2	39.3	5.7	7.1	80.0	56.2	1.0	5.7	4.2	983	615	161	148	29	21	100	72	+108
10	Juan Toscano-Anderson J. Toscano-Anderson	107.5	14	2021-22	GSW	3.5	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.7	40.0	0.1	0.4	40.0	0.1	0.2	33.3	48.6	0.0	0.7	0.6	49	11	10	8	2	1	8	3	-28
11	Derrick White D. White	107.6	23	2021-22	BOS	25.4	8.5	3.0	2.7	0.9	0.6	2.8	7.7	36.4	1.1	3.6	31.3	1.8	2.2	82.4	49.4	0.3	2.7	1.3	585	196	70	61	21	13	29	46	+9
12	Draymond Green D. Green	107.7	22	2021-22	GSW	32.0	8.0	7.2	6.3	1.1	1.0	3.1	6.5	47.9	0.4	1.8	20.5	1.4	2.1	63.8	53.4	1.2	6.0	2.7	703	176	159	138	25	22	59	87	+117
13	Dewayne Dedmon D. Dedmon	107.8	14	2021-22	MIA	9.8	3.8	3.0	0.4	0.1	0.2	1.5	3.2	46.7	0.1	0.7	10.0	0.7	0.9	83.3	52.7	1.1	1.9	0.5	137	53	42	5	1	3	7	36	-10
14	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	107.8	24	2021-22	BOS	38.3	23.1	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	8.2	17.5	47.0	2.5	6.7	37.3	4.2	5.5	76.3	58.1	1.4	5.5	3.1	920	554	166	85	27	10	74	71	+73
15	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	108.1	15	2021-22	DAL	36.8	31.7	9.8	6.4	1.8	0.6	10.7	23.5	45.5	3.4	9.9	34.5	6.9	9.0	77.0	57.7	0.7	9.1	3.9	552	475	147	96	27	9	59	44	+31
16	P.J. Tucker	108.4	18	2021-22	MIA	28.3	7.9	5.7	1.8	0.8	0.3	3.0	6.1	49.5	1.3	2.8	45.1	0.6	0.9	68.8	61.2	1.9	3.7	0.7	509	142	102	32	14	5	13	50	+52
17	Tyler Herro T. Herro	108.5	15	2021-22	MIA	25.4	12.6	3.9	2.8	0.6	0.4	4.9	12.1	40.9	1.1	4.7	22.9	1.7	1.8	92.6	49.0	0.5	3.4	1.8	381	189	58	42	9	6	27	21	-49
18	Kevon Looney K. Looney	108.7	22	2021-22	GSW	20.4	5.8	7.6	2.2	0.4	0.5	2.6	4.0	65.9	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.8	61.1	66.2	2.9	4.8	0.9	448	127	168	48	9	10	19	50	+62
19	Max Strus M. Strus	108.7	18	2021-22	MIA	29.1	10.9	4.1	2.1	0.8	0.4	3.8	10.1	37.4	2.6	7.9	33.1	0.7	1.0	72.2	51.6	0.8	3.2	1.1	523	196	73	38	14	8	20	55	+88
20	Marcus Smart M. Smart	108.9	21	2021-22	BOS	36.2	15.4	4.5	5.9	1.2	0.2	5.4	13.3	40.5	2.3	6.5	35.0	2.4	3.0	80.6	52.9	1.0	3.6	2.5	760	324	95	123	26	5	52	71	+32
21	Otto Porter Jr. O. Porter Jr.	109.0	19	2021-22	GSW	19.5	5.4	3.4	1.8	0.9	0.3	2.0	4.1	49.4	1.0	2.5	40.4	0.4	0.5	77.8	63.0	0.6	2.8	0.6	371	102	65	34	17	6	12	34	+109
22	Gabe Vincent G. Vincent	109.2	18	2021-22	MIA	23.5	8.0	1.9	3.2	0.8	0.3	2.8	7.3	38.2	1.4	4.5	30.9	1.1	1.1	95.0	51.5	0.2	1.8	1.4	423	144	35	57	14	5	25	41	+76
23	Grant Williams G. Williams	109.9	24	2021-22	BOS	27.3	8.6	3.8	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.7	6.3	43.3	1.5	3.7	39.3	1.8	2.2	80.8	59.9	1.0	2.8	0.8	654	207	91	19	8	18	20	83	+3
24	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	110.1	24	2021-22	BOS	12.9	4.8	1.9	1.6	0.3	0.1	1.8	4.3	42.2	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.2	0.3	66.7	54.5	0.4	1.5	0.4	309	114	46	38	6	2	9	23	+56
25	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	110.1	22	2021-22	GSW	34.9	16.5	7.5	1.8	1.0	1.0	6.5	13.9	46.9	1.6	4.8	33.3	1.9	3.0	64.6	54.4	2.5	5.0	1.4	767	363	165	40	22	23	30	54	+140

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.7

Brown

RPG

8.4

Queta

APG

5.4

White

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.8

2nd

DRTG

112.7

4th

NETRTG

8.1

4th

3P%

36.7

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	BKN	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 10/30	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM

Last Game

76ers

4 - 3

109

Final

100

Celtics

3 - 4

Sat 2 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0