best defensive efficiency nba

Chet Holmgren has the lowest defensive rating this season, with a 104.4 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive efficiency with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player NBA this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
104.4
2025-26
63
29.2
17.1
8.9
1.7
0.5
1.9
6.3
11.4
55.2
1.2
3.5
35.3
3.3
4.2
79.8
64.8
1.9
7.0
1.5
1,842
1,079
562
106
34
118
97
139
+569
2Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
106.3
2025-26
71
27.0
8.6
3.1
2.7
2.0
0.4
3.3
7.7
43.2
1.3
3.7
34.7
0.7
0.9
81.3
53.7
0.8
2.3
1.0
1,918
614
223
191
143
27
70
143
+450
3Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
108.3
2025-26
62
33.4
31.4
4.4
6.6
1.4
0.8
10.9
19.6
55.3
1.7
4.5
37.9
8.0
9.0
88.4
66.5
0.5
3.9
2.1
2,070
1,947
271
408
88
51
133
128
+664
4Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
109.3
2025-26
69
30.9
20.1
11.9
2.8
0.9
0.6
6.9
13.9
49.5
1.6
4.2
36.8
4.8
5.6
85.6
61.5
3.1
8.8
2.5
2,132
1,388
818
195
60
38
170
241
+376
5Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
109.8
2025-26
70
31.4
11.0
11.5
1.7
0.8
1.7
4.4
6.4
69.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.2
4.1
52.4
67.1
4.0
7.5
1.4
2,200
773
805
120
55
117
95
182
+234
6Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
110.1
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
7Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
110.5
2025-26
71
34.0
18.5
7.8
5.6
1.4
1.5
7.3
14.4
50.5
0.9
2.9
29.8
3.1
3.7
83.4
57.8
2.0
5.8
2.6
2,413
1,315
552
399
99
109
188
199
+237
8Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
110.5
2025-26
70
27.3
12.3
11.8
2.1
0.6
1.7
4.7
9.0
52.2
1.1
3.1
33.6
1.9
2.8
67.3
60.3
4.6
7.2
1.3
1,912
860
828
150
41
116
90
164
+7
9Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
110.6
2025-26
65
32.1
20.2
9.9
3.0
1.2
0.7
7.0
15.9
43.9
1.7
5.5
31.3
4.5
5.8
77.7
54.7
2.1
7.8
1.7
2,086
1,311
644
192
76
44
109
112
+296
10Naz Reid
N. Reid
110.6
2025-26
70
26.1
13.7
6.3
2.3
1.0
1.0
5.2
11.1
46.6
2.2
5.8
37.2
1.2
1.6
73.2
57.9
1.2
5.1
1.6
1,826
957
441
161
68
70
114
177
+181
11Julian Champagnie
J. Champagnie
111.4
2025-26
73
27.7
11.1
5.8
1.5
0.8
0.5
3.6
8.3
43.5
2.4
6.3
38.2
1.5
1.8
84.4
61.1
0.9
4.9
0.9
2,023
811
421
109
57
33
66
120
+531
12Jalen Johnson
J. Johnson
111.5
2025-26
65
35.4
22.9
10.3
8.1
1.3
0.5
8.5
17.2
49.2
1.7
4.8
35.3
4.3
5.5
78.6
58.4
1.4
8.8
3.4
2,298
1,488
667
525
84
30
219
135
+110
13Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
111.5
2025-26
64
33.6
20.4
8.9
6.2
1.2
1.1
8.1
15.8
51.6
0.5
1.7
27.9
3.7
5.4
68.2
56.3
3.0
6.0
3.3
2,152
1,307
571
394
78
70
208
207
+135
14Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
111.6
2025-26
59
34.9
27.9
12.8
10.8
1.4
0.8
10.0
17.4
57.4
1.8
4.6
38.5
6.2
7.5
82.7
67.5
2.9
9.9
3.9
2,059
1,647
758
640
84
47
228
162
+482
15OG Anunoby
OG Anunoby
111.8
2025-26
60
33.2
16.8
5.2
2.2
1.6
0.7
5.9
12.1
48.9
2.3
5.9
38.1
2.7
3.3
81.4
61.9
1.3
3.9
1.9
1,994
1,007
310
132
98
42
116
148
+369
16Stephon Castle
S. Castle
111.8
2025-26
61
29.6
16.5
5.0
7.1
1.2
0.3
5.6
11.9
46.7
1.1
3.5
31.5
4.2
5.8
73.5
57.0
1.3
3.7
3.2
1,807
1,006
307
435
73
19
193
200
+366
17Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
112.1
2025-26
68
31.0
15.3
7.6
3.2
1.1
1.1
5.7
11.7
48.4
2.0
5.2
37.8
2.0
2.7
75.3
59.4
1.9
5.8
1.7
2,107
1,040
520
218
76
72
118
228
+45
18Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
112.2
2025-26
59
32.3
18.2
8.9
3.6
0.8
1.8
7.2
13.3
54.0
1.0
3.4
30.3
2.8
4.6
60.4
59.3
2.4
6.5
1.9
1,908
1,072
524
214
46
106
111
148
+216
19Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
112.2
2025-26
73
26.3
13.5
2.9
3.4
1.5
0.7
4.9
11.6
42.5
2.7
7.0
38.5
0.9
1.1
80.7
55.6
0.4
2.5
1.6
1,923
985
213
250
111
49
117
155
+225
20Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
112.5
2025-26
65
34.3
28.6
7.0
5.2
1.0
0.4
10.3
21.6
47.7
1.9
5.6
34.2
6.0
7.5
80.2
57.3
1.2
5.9
3.6
2,228
1,856
458
337
65
26
233
174
+244
21Dyson Daniels
D. Daniels
112.7
2025-26
70
33.2
11.7
6.7
5.9
1.9
0.4
5.3
10.2
51.6
0.2
1.5
15.5
1.0
1.6
61.5
53.8
2.4
4.3
1.8
2,321
821
469
413
135
30
126
148
+218
22Derrick White
D. White
112.7
2025-26
70
34.3
17.1
4.5
5.5
1.2
1.4
5.9
15.0
39.2
2.8
8.6
32.3
2.6
2.9
90.0
52.6
1.1
3.4
1.8
2,398
1,198
313
386
83
95
126
114
+513
23Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
112.9
2025-26
58
32.2
28.3
6.3
3.6
2.0
0.4
9.9
19.6
50.4
2.6
6.9
38.1
6.0
6.6
89.9
62.9
1.0
5.3
2.1
1,868
1,642
365
210
115
26
121
73
+317
24De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
112.9
2025-26
63
31.3
18.9
3.8
6.3
1.2
0.3
7.1
14.7
48.6
1.9
5.5
34.2
2.7
3.6
76.5
58.1
0.6
3.2
2.3
1,971
1,190
238
394
75
17
145
142
+335
25Mikal Bridges
M. Bridges
113.5
2025-26
74
33.4
14.7
4.0
3.9
1.3
0.8
5.9
12.1
48.5
2.0
5.3
37.5
1.0
1.2
82.6
58.2
1.0
3.0
1.0
2,469
1,085
296
287
97
60
76
145
+284
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

31.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

9.6

Hartenstein

Isaiah Hartenstein

APG

6.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Team Rankings

ORTG

118.5

7th

DRTG

107.5

1st

NETRTG

11.0

1st

3P%

36.0

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
58
16
.784
2
55
18
.753
2.5
3
48
26
.649
10.0
4
47
28
.627
11.5
5
45
28
.616
12.5
Schedule
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Sun
3/29
@
7:30 PM
Mon
3/30
@
9:30 PM
Thu
4/2
@
9:30 PM
Sun
4/5
@
7:00 PM
Tue
4/7
@
10:30 PM
Last Game
CHI Bulls

29 - 44

113

Final

131

OKC Thunder

58 - 16

Fri 27 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
53
20
.726
2
49
24
.671
4.0
3
48
26
.649
5.5
4
46
28
.622
7.5
5
41
32
.562
12.0
6
41
33
.554
12.5
7
40
33
.548
13.0
8
39
34
.534
14.0
9
39
34
.534
14.0
10
39
35
.527
14.5
11
29
43
.403
23.5
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
44
.397
24.0
13
17
56
.233
36.0
14
Nets Nets - e
17
57
.230
36.5
15
16
58
.216
37.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
58
16
.784
2
Spurs Spurs - x
55
18
.753
2.5
3
48
26
.649
10.0
4
47
28
.627
11.5
5
45
28
.616
12.5
6
44
29
.603
13.5
7
40
33
.548
17.5
8
38
36
.514
20.0
9
37
38
.493
21.5
10
36
38
.486
22.0
11
25
50
.333
33.5
12
24
49
.329
33.5
13
24
50
.324
34.0
14
Jazz Jazz - e
21
53
.284
37.0
15
Kings Kings - e
19
55
.257
39.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
2/28
@
117-137
Sat
2/28
@
104-128
Sun
3/1
@
123-118
Sun
3/1
@
108-81
Sun
3/1
@
128-125

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
3/28
@
3:00 PM
Sat
3/28
@
5:30 PM
Sat
3/28
@
6:00 PM
Sat
3/28
@
7:30 PM
Sat
3/28
@
8:00 PM