best defensive rating 2000s by guard minimum 12500 minutes

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Manu Ginobili had the lowest defensive rating by a guard when playing 12,500+ minutes, with a 97.7 rating.

Regular season

	NAME	DRTG	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	97.7	13,237	478	27.7	14.7	4.1	3.6	1.5	0.3	4.7	10.4	45.4	1.4	3.7	37.6	3.9	4.8	82.1	59.0	0.8	3.2	2.1	7,044	1,943	1,704	734	162	999	1,115	+2692
2	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	99.9	28,311	760	37.3	14.0	7.0	9.2	1.9	0.3	5.0	12.3	40.2	1.5	4.2	34.8	2.6	3.3	81.1	50.9	1.3	5.7	3.1	10,649	5,327	7,029	1,472	236	2,331	1,438	+2576
3	Bonzi Wells B. Wells	101.5	12,513	481	26.0	12.4	4.7	2.1	1.4	0.3	4.8	10.7	45.2	0.4	1.3	32.7	2.3	3.2	71.3	51.0	1.4	3.3	2.0	5,949	2,241	1,007	650	158	983	1,256	+495
4	Eddie Jones E. Jones	101.6	17,985	530	33.9	14.8	4.1	2.9	1.5	0.6	5.1	12.0	42.2	1.7	4.5	37.1	3.0	3.6	83.3	54.5	0.7	3.3	1.6	7,844	2,148	1,524	800	294	826	1,377	+933
5	Doug Christie D. Christie	102.1	15,201	456	33.3	10.6	4.1	4.1	1.9	0.5	3.7	8.5	43.3	0.9	2.6	35.9	2.3	2.6	85.8	54.5	0.9	3.2	1.9	4,821	1,875	1,886	865	210	871	1,088	+1808
6	Tony Parker T. Parker	102.8	20,335	612	33.2	16.7	3.1	5.6	1.0	0.1	6.6	13.5	49.0	0.5	1.6	31.3	2.9	4.0	72.6	54.5	0.5	2.6	2.5	10,219	1,903	3,455	606	44	1,533	1,156	+3225
7	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	103.7	17,788	467	38.1	25.7	6.3	5.5	1.4	0.8	9.3	21.3	43.8	1.6	4.7	34.7	5.4	7.2	75.2	52.5	1.4	4.8	2.6	12,017	2,938	2,553	654	373	1,203	849	+1170
8	Darrell Armstrong D. Armstrong	103.9	16,118	659	24.5	9.3	2.8	4.0	1.4	0.1	3.2	7.9	40.7	1.2	3.5	33.2	1.7	1.9	86.8	52.9	0.8	2.1	1.8	6,117	1,851	2,640	899	80	1,180	1,091	+387
9	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	104.0	14,925	394	37.9	25.2	4.9	6.7	1.8	1.0	8.8	18.2	48.3	0.4	1.5	28.5	7.2	9.3	77.2	56.5	1.2	3.6	3.8	9,922	1,925	2,625	720	379	1,497	1,019	+1026
10	Brent Barry B. Barry	104.2	17,316	648	26.7	9.2	3.3	3.4	1.1	0.3	3.1	6.6	47.1	1.6	3.8	41.7	1.4	1.7	82.3	62.5	0.5	2.8	1.4	5,982	2,132	2,185	686	175	899	1,211	+1110
11	Eric Snow E. Snow	104.4	19,334	624	31.0	7.8	2.9	5.7	1.2	0.2	2.9	6.8	42.3	0.1	0.3	20.8	1.9	2.5	77.7	49.1	0.6	2.3	1.8	4,855	1,785	3,535	750	96	1,131	1,603	+637
12	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	104.6	15,019	440	34.1	13.9	3.4	6.1	1.3	0.3	5.0	12.0	41.5	1.6	4.2	38.0	2.2	2.8	81.4	52.3	0.4	3.0	2.3	6,097	1,492	2,674	570	124	1,003	1,395	+82
13	Rafer Alston R. Alston	104.6	17,971	619	29.0	10.3	2.8	4.9	1.2	0.2	3.7	9.6	38.6	1.5	4.3	35.4	1.4	1.9	72.9	49.4	0.4	2.5	1.8	6,372	1,762	3,026	763	95	1,100	1,305	+576
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	104.7	29,476	748	39.4	28.2	5.9	5.2	1.7	0.6	9.8	21.5	45.7	1.4	4.1	34.2	7.2	8.5	84.4	55.9	1.3	4.6	3.1	21,065	4,381	3,921	1,246	431	2,326	2,092	+3470
15	Baron Davis B. Davis	104.7	23,825	673	35.4	16.9	4.0	7.3	1.9	0.4	6.1	14.9	40.9	1.7	5.3	32.3	2.9	4.2	69.7	50.2	1.0	3.0	2.8	11,364	2,705	4,901	1,292	286	1,875	1,947	+1028
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	104.8	28,534	682	41.8	28.1	3.6	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.7	22.9	42.4	1.1	3.6	31.1	7.5	9.5	79.3	51.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	19,154	2,471	4,227	1,521	106	2,450	1,198	+1187
17	Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	105.0	13,807	637	21.7	9.7	3.0	2.3	0.9	0.1	3.6	8.6	42.2	1.0	2.9	35.8	1.5	1.9	79.1	51.8	0.8	2.2	1.2	6,201	1,910	1,461	560	54	755	1,137	+924
18	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	105.1	18,672	568	32.9	15.4	4.5	3.4	1.6	0.4	5.6	13.8	40.9	0.7	2.3	30.4	3.4	4.5	75.4	48.8	1.1	3.4	2.3	8,724	2,544	1,950	922	212	1,328	1,372	-943
19	David Wesley D. Wesley	105.3	18,562	551	33.7	13.2	2.4	3.6	1.2	0.2	4.8	11.6	41.1	1.3	3.6	36.3	2.3	2.9	78.6	51.0	0.5	1.9	1.7	7,272	1,342	1,992	658	84	931	1,332	+128
20	Brevin Knight B. Knight	105.3	14,507	610	23.8	7.0	2.3	5.8	1.6	0.1	2.7	6.5	40.7	0.0	0.2	15.0	1.6	2.0	79.2	46.8	0.3	2.0	1.8	4,246	1,401	3,523	963	62	1,068	1,470	-1424
21	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	105.4	23,170	712	32.5	15.6	3.1	5.9	1.0	0.2	4.7	11.2	42.2	1.7	4.4	39.6	4.4	4.9	89.1	58.3	0.5	2.6	2.0	11,095	2,178	4,182	704	122	1,423	1,493	+2881
22	Steve Francis S. Francis	105.5	21,632	576	37.6	18.1	5.6	6.0	1.5	0.4	6.2	14.4	42.9	1.0	2.9	34.1	4.8	6.1	79.7	53.3	1.7	3.9	3.5	10,446	3,215	3,473	846	223	2,030	1,813	+51
23	Reggie Miller R. Miller	106.0	15,533	457	34.0	15.2	2.8	2.8	0.9	0.2	4.9	11.1	44.3	1.9	4.9	37.9	3.5	3.8	91.6	59.5	0.4	2.4	1.3	6,957	1,259	1,265	431	70	593	725	+1205
24	Derek Anderson D. Anderson	106.3	14,111	468	30.2	12.5	3.3	3.4	1.1	0.1	4.2	10.1	41.3	1.2	3.4	35.3	2.9	3.4	85.1	53.7	0.7	2.6	1.7	5,829	1,549	1,610	534	64	788	923	+378
25	Vince Carter V. Carter	106.3	15,452	411	37.6	22.4	5.3	4.5	1.2	0.7	8.2	18.7	43.7	1.5	4.2	36.8	4.6	5.7	80.7	52.9	1.5	3.8	2.5	9,208	2,175	1,833	499	273	1,011	1,234	+131

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.0

Wembanyama

RPG

11.5

Wembanyama

APG

7.4

Castle

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.6

4th

DRTG

111.3

3rd

NETRTG

8.3

2nd

3P%

35.9

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	64	18	.780
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Fri 10/23	HOU	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	SAS	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Tue 10/27	SAC	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	SAS	@	UTA	9:00 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

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Manu Ginobili had the lowest defensive rating by a guard when playing 12,500+ minutes, with a 97.7 rating.

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NBA Fantasy 2025-26

4,039.7

3,694

3,474

4,298.5

3,909.3

3,685.5

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36.4

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