best defensive plus minus playoff last 10 years

Between September 22, 2016 and September 22, 2026, Karl-Anthony Towns has the highest plus/minus in a single NBA playoff run, at +259 in 2025-26.

	NAME	+/-	SEASON	TM	GP	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	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	+259	2025-26	NYK	19	30.4	15.9	10.6	4.9	1.3	1.3	5.4	9.8	55.1	1.4	3.0	45.6	3.7	4.1	90.9	68.4	2.5	8.1	2.6	578	302	201	94	24	24	50	77
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	+245	2016-17	GSW	17	35.3	28.1	6.2	6.7	2.0	0.2	8.9	18.4	48.4	4.2	10.1	41.9	6.1	6.7	90.4	65.9	1.3	4.9	3.4	601	477	106	114	34	4	58	37
3	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	+234	2025-26	NYK	19	36.9	28.4	3.2	6.1	1.2	0.0	10.1	21.7	46.5	2.4	6.5	36.3	5.8	6.8	84.6	57.3	0.6	2.6	2.7	702	539	60	115	23	0	51	40
4	Draymond Green D. Green	+227	2016-17	GSW	17	34.9	13.1	9.1	6.5	1.8	1.6	4.2	9.5	44.7	1.9	4.6	41.0	2.7	3.9	68.7	58.3	1.2	7.9	2.1	593	222	155	110	31	28	36	60
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	+207	2017-18	GSW	21	38.4	29.0	7.8	4.7	0.7	1.2	10.1	20.7	48.7	2.2	6.6	34.1	6.5	7.2	90.1	60.6	0.6	7.1	2.4	807	608	163	99	15	25	50	43
6	Josh Hart J. Hart	+201	2025-26	NYK	19	32.3	10.4	8.9	4.6	1.7	0.2	3.9	9.2	43.1	1.5	4.5	32.6	1.1	1.7	60.6	52.5	1.2	7.8	1.9	614	198	170	87	32	4	36	51
7	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	+196	2025-26	SAS	22	34.1	23.8	10.9	2.7	1.0	3.5	8.0	16.5	48.5	1.8	5.2	34.2	6.0	7.1	84.7	60.6	2.5	8.4	2.7	750	524	239	59	21	78	59	55
8	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	+195	2025-26	NYK	19	32.0	13.5	3.2	2.7	1.0	0.3	5.5	9.9	55.9	1.2	3.3	36.5	1.2	1.3	92.0	64.3	0.4	2.8	0.9	608	256	61	52	19	6	17	36
9	LeBron James L. James	+195	2016-17	CLE	18	41.3	32.8	9.1	7.8	1.9	1.3	12.1	21.3	56.5	2.4	5.9	41.1	6.3	9.0	69.8	64.9	1.1	8.1	4.0	744	591	164	141	35	23	72	43
10	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	+192	2016-17	GSW	17	35.0	15.0	3.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	5.5	13.9	39.7	2.4	6.2	38.7	1.5	1.9	78.8	50.7	0.6	3.2	1.4	596	255	66	35	14	5	24	44
11	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	+187	2022-23	DEN	20	35.6	13.3	6.0	2.6	0.6	0.7	5.1	9.8	51.8	0.9	2.3	39.1	2.3	3.5	65.2	58.8	2.5	3.6	1.0	713	265	120	52	11	13	20	58
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	+184	2019-20	LAL	21	36.6	27.7	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	9.8	17.1	57.1	1.1	2.9	38.3	7.1	8.5	83.2	66.5	2.6	7.1	2.5	769	582	204	73	26	30	53	56
13	Draymond Green D. Green	+183	2017-18	GSW	21	39.0	10.8	10.6	8.1	2.0	1.5	4.0	9.1	43.2	1.0	3.8	26.6	1.9	2.3	79.6	52.9	2.0	8.6	3.0	818	226	222	171	41	31	63	75
14	Jamal Murray J. Murray	+181	2022-23	DEN	20	39.9	26.1	5.7	7.1	1.5	0.3	9.7	20.5	47.3	3.0	7.5	39.6	3.8	4.1	92.6	58.6	0.8	4.9	2.5	799	522	113	142	30	5	50	41
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	+177	2016-17	GSW	15	35.5	28.5	7.9	4.3	0.8	1.3	9.9	17.9	55.6	2.5	5.7	44.2	6.1	6.9	89.3	68.3	1.1	6.9	2.5	533	428	119	64	12	20	38	39
16	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	+169	2024-25	OKC	23	29.8	15.2	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	5.3	11.6	46.2	1.2	4.0	29.7	3.3	4.2	78.4	56.5	1.8	6.8	1.2	686	349	199	22	17	43	28	47
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	+169	2022-23	DEN	20	39.4	30.0	13.5	9.5	1.1	1.0	11.4	20.7	54.8	1.8	3.8	46.1	5.6	7.0	79.9	63.1	3.5	10.0	3.5	789	600	269	190	21	20	70	69
18	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	+166	2024-25	OKC	23	37.0	29.9	5.3	6.5	1.7	0.9	10.1	21.9	46.2	1.4	4.9	28.3	8.3	9.4	87.6	57.4	1.0	4.3	2.6	851	688	123	150	38	20	60	65
19	Danny Green D. Green	+165	2019-20	LAL	21	25.0	8.0	3.1	1.2	1.0	0.8	2.8	8.1	34.7	1.9	5.5	33.9	0.5	0.7	66.7	47.3	1.2	2.0	0.6	525	167	66	26	20	16	12	48
20	LeBron James L. James	+165	2019-20	LAL	21	36.3	27.6	10.8	8.8	1.2	0.9	10.2	18.2	56.0	2.1	5.7	37.0	5.1	7.1	72.0	64.7	1.3	9.4	4.0	762	580	226	184	26	18	84	40
21	OG Anunoby	+163	2025-26	NYK	17	34.5	20.1	6.3	1.6	1.5	1.1	6.5	11.6	56.1	2.6	5.3	48.9	4.5	5.2	85.4	72.1	0.9	5.4	0.6	586	342	107	28	26	19	10	45
22	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	+161	2018-19	TOR	24	37.5	15.0	4.9	6.6	1.3	0.3	5.1	11.5	44.0	2.2	6.0	35.9	2.7	3.4	80.2	57.7	0.9	4.0	2.3	900	361	117	159	31	7	54	96
23	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	+160	2020-21	MIL	23	39.6	17.3	5.7	8.7	1.7	0.4	6.9	16.9	40.6	1.9	6.2	30.3	1.7	2.4	71.4	48.2	1.4	4.3	2.4	912	399	132	199	38	10	56	48
24	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	+156	2018-19	TOR	24	39.1	30.5	9.1	3.9	1.7	0.7	10.1	20.7	49.0	2.3	6.0	37.9	8.0	9.0	88.4	61.9	2.3	6.8	3.1	939	732	218	94	40	17	74	56
25	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	+151	2025-26	OKC	11	28.8	15.1	3.7	4.3	1.5	0.1	5.7	12.5	46.0	1.2	3.6	32.5	2.5	2.7	90.0	55.3	1.2	2.5	1.4	317	166	41	47	17	1	15	20

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More Knicks Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Brunson

RPG

11.9

Towns

APG

6.8

Brunson

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.8

3rd

DRTG

113.3

7th

NETRTG

6.5

5th

3P%

37.3

4th

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	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sun 10/25	ORL	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 1

Final

Spurs

1 - 4

Sat 13 Jun 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