Donovan Mitchell had the best defensive rating by a shooting guard in 2022-23, with a 111.0 rating.

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best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 2023 sg

	NAME	DRTG	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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	111.0	2022-23	CLE	68	35.8	28.3	4.3	4.4	1.5	0.4	10.0	20.6	48.4	3.6	9.3	38.6	4.7	5.4	86.7	61.4	0.9	3.3	2.6	2,432	1,922	289	301	99	27	180	168	+338
2	Caris LeVert C. LeVert	111.7	2022-23	CLE	74	30.2	12.1	3.8	3.9	1.0	0.3	4.3	10.0	43.1	1.7	4.4	39.2	1.8	2.4	72.2	54.6	0.7	3.1	1.6	2,237	897	282	287	72	24	116	170	+194
3	Derrick White D. White	112.2	2022-23	BOS	82	28.3	12.4	3.6	3.9	0.7	0.9	4.3	9.2	46.2	1.8	4.8	38.1	2.0	2.3	87.5	60.4	0.6	2.9	1.2	2,319	1,017	293	321	54	76	95	177	+488
4	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	112.7	2022-23	MIN	79	36.0	24.6	5.8	4.4	1.6	0.7	8.9	19.5	45.9	2.7	7.3	36.9	4.0	5.3	75.6	56.4	0.6	5.2	3.3	2,841	1,946	458	350	125	58	259	186	+97
5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	113.1	2022-23	OKC	68	35.5	31.4	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	10.4	20.3	51.0	0.9	2.5	34.5	9.8	10.9	90.5	62.6	0.9	4.0	2.8	2,416	2,135	329	371	112	65	192	192	+149
6	James Harden J. Harden	113.2	2022-23	PHI	58	36.8	21.0	6.1	10.7	1.2	0.5	6.4	14.5	44.1	2.8	7.2	38.5	5.4	6.2	86.7	60.7	0.7	5.4	3.4	2,135	1,216	354	618	71	31	195	112	+277
7	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	113.4	2022-23	CHI	74	36.2	24.5	4.6	5.1	1.1	0.5	8.9	17.6	50.4	0.6	1.9	32.4	6.2	7.1	87.2	59.2	0.5	4.2	2.1	2,682	1,816	343	377	83	36	153	186	+67
8	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	113.8	2022-23	OKC	76	31.1	16.6	7.9	6.2	0.8	0.4	7.1	14.7	48.2	1.0	3.1	32.5	1.4	1.9	73.1	53.3	1.9	5.9	2.8	2,367	1,260	599	469	57	31	211	143	-105
9	Jalen Williams J. Williams	113.9	2022-23	OKC	75	30.3	14.1	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	5.5	10.6	52.1	1.0	2.7	35.6	2.1	2.5	81.2	60.1	1.1	3.4	1.6	2,275	1,056	337	248	103	35	123	191	-53
10	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	114.4	2022-23	MEM	73	30.3	14.3	3.3	2.6	0.9	0.2	5.4	13.6	39.6	2.0	6.0	32.6	1.6	2.1	77.9	49.4	0.6	2.7	1.4	2,214	1,047	244	189	65	16	104	240	+205
11	Ayo Dosunmu A. Dosunmu	114.4	2022-23	CHI	80	26.2	8.6	2.8	2.6	0.8	0.3	3.5	7.1	49.3	0.7	2.4	31.2	0.8	1.0	80.5	56.7	0.6	2.2	1.2	2,097	687	220	206	62	26	99	182	-77
12	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	114.7	2022-23	DEN	76	31.3	10.8	2.7	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.8	8.3	46.2	1.8	4.2	42.3	1.4	1.6	82.4	59.8	0.5	2.3	1.1	2,381	822	208	183	112	35	86	145	+493
13	CJ McCollum	114.7	2022-23	NOP	75	35.3	20.9	4.4	5.7	0.9	0.5	7.8	17.9	43.7	2.8	7.2	38.9	2.4	3.2	76.9	54.1	0.7	3.6	2.4	2,649	1,568	328	429	70	38	183	153	+59
14	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	114.7	2022-23	CHI	77	35.9	24.8	4.5	4.2	0.9	0.2	8.7	18.0	48.5	2.6	7.1	37.5	4.7	5.6	84.8	60.7	0.5	3.9	2.5	2,768	1,913	345	327	69	18	194	159	+18
15	Tyler Herro T. Herro	114.8	2022-23	MIA	67	34.9	20.1	5.4	4.2	0.8	0.2	7.3	16.6	43.9	3.0	8.0	37.8	2.5	2.7	93.4	56.6	0.4	5.0	2.4	2,335	1,347	360	280	51	16	158	101	+170
16	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	115.5	2022-23	TOR	66	32.1	17.4	2.6	1.6	1.6	0.2	6.1	14.2	43.3	2.5	6.8	36.9	2.6	3.1	83.9	56.0	0.5	2.2	0.8	2,118	1,148	173	106	104	14	55	102	-52
17	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	115.9	2022-23	OKC	74	30.7	13.7	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	4.6	11.8	38.8	1.8	5.5	33.0	2.7	3.5	77.2	51.3	1.7	2.9	1.2	2,272	1,013	344	154	75	23	92	243	+34
18	Josh Hart J. Hart	116.0	2022-23	TOT	76	32.3	9.8	7.8	3.8	1.2	0.3	3.6	6.8	52.9	0.8	2.2	37.2	1.7	2.3	75.0	62.2	1.9	5.9	1.5	2,454	743	593	290	88	21	117	195	+315
19	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	116.6	2022-23	GSW	69	33.0	21.9	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.4	7.9	18.1	43.6	4.4	10.6	41.2	1.7	1.9	87.9	57.6	0.6	3.6	1.8	2,279	1,509	286	163	49	29	123	130	+165
20	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	116.8	2022-23	PHI	60	33.6	20.3	2.9	3.5	0.8	0.1	7.3	15.2	48.1	2.7	6.2	43.4	3.0	3.6	84.5	60.5	0.4	2.6	1.3	2,016	1,218	176	212	49	8	80	132	+241
21	Jordan Poole J. Poole	117.1	2022-23	GSW	82	30.0	20.4	2.7	4.5	0.8	0.3	6.7	15.6	43.0	2.6	7.8	33.6	4.4	5.1	87.0	57.3	0.4	2.4	3.1	2,458	1,675	225	369	63	21	252	214	-11
22	Malik Beasley M. Beasley	117.2	2022-23	TOT	81	25.8	12.7	3.5	1.5	0.8	0.1	4.6	11.6	39.5	2.9	8.1	35.7	0.6	0.8	76.9	53.1	0.4	3.1	1.1	2,093	1,025	283	124	65	9	90	107	-87
23	Kevin Huerter K. Huerter	117.3	2022-23	SAC	75	29.4	15.2	3.3	2.9	1.1	0.3	5.6	11.5	48.5	2.7	6.8	40.2	1.3	1.7	72.5	61.7	0.6	2.8	1.3	2,202	1,140	251	221	80	24	97	181	+222
24	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	117.3	2022-23	NYK	71	29.9	11.3	3.2	2.1	0.7	0.4	4.0	8.5	46.8	2.2	5.7	38.6	1.1	1.4	79.6	61.9	0.7	2.5	1.0	2,121	799	229	150	47	26	69	177	+186
25	RJ Barrett	117.7	2022-23	NYK	73	33.9	19.6	5.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	7.0	16.1	43.4	1.7	5.3	31.0	4.0	5.4	74.0	53.1	0.8	4.2	2.2	2,475	1,431	368	201	31	15	164	179	-62

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.0

Mitchell

RPG

8.6

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APG

6.9

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Team Rankings

ORTG

117.4

10th

DRTG

115.6

15th

NETRTG

1.8

11th

3P%

35.7

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	76ers	23	19	.548	8.5
6	Magic	23	19	.548	8.5
7	Cavaliers	24	20	.545	8.5
8	Heat	23	21	.523	9.5
9	Bulls	21	22	.488	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 1/23	SAC	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Sat 1/24	CLE	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Mon 1/26	ORL	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 1/28	LAL	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Fri 1/30	CLE	@	PHX	9:00 PM

Last Game

Thunder

36 - 8

136

Final

104

Cavaliers

24 - 20

Mon 19 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.6

Towns

11.4

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.7

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.2

Sarr

2.1

Huff

2.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.8

Mitchell

3.8

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.1

Williams

68.8

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

122.1

120.0

119.9

118.6

DRtg Rankings

106.6

109.3

112.4

113.3

NetRtg Rankings

13.3

7.2

7.0

6.6

5.0

Tank Leaderboard

10-35

10-34

10-32

12-32

12-29

15-29

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,127.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,078.3

Maxey

2,035.3

Jokić

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

2,133.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,122.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.9

Brown

33.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.5

Maxey

37.2

Thompson

36.6

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.68

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

31-13

24-17-1

25-18

24-18

25-19

Worst Record ATS

15-29

17-27

17-25

19-25

18-23

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	31	10	.756
2	Celtics	26	16	.619	5.5
3	Knicks	25	18	.581	7.0
4	Raptors	26	19	.578	7.0
5	76ers	23	19	.548	8.5
6	Magic	23	19	.548	8.5
7	Cavaliers	24	20	.545	8.5
8	Heat	23	21	.523	9.5
9	Bulls	21	22	.488	11.0
10	Hawks	20	25	.444	13.0
11	Bucks	18	24	.429	13.5
12	Hornets	16	27	.372	16.0
13	Nets	12	29	.293	19.0
14	Wizards	10	32	.238	21.5
15	Pacers	10	34	.227	22.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	36	8	.818
2	Spurs	30	14	.682	6.0
3	Nuggets	29	15	.659	7.0
4	Rockets	26	15	.634	8.5
5	Lakers	26	16	.619	9.0
6	Suns	27	17	.614	9.0
7	Timberwolves	27	17	.614	9.0
8	Warriors	25	20	.556	11.5
9	Trail Blazers	22	22	.500	14.0
10	Clippers	19	24	.442	16.5
11	Grizzlies	18	23	.439	16.5
12	Mavericks	18	26	.409	18.0
13	Jazz	15	29	.341	21.0
14	Kings	12	32	.273	24.0
15	Pelicans	10	35	.222	26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 12/25	MIA	@	ATL	126-111
Thu 12/25	TOR	@	WAS	117-138
Thu 12/25	CHA	@	ORL	120-105
Thu 12/25	BOS	@	IND	140-122
Thu 12/25	PHI	@	CHI	102-109

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 1/21	BKN	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Wed 1/21	OKC	@	MIL	9:30 PM
Wed 1/21	TOR	@	SAC	10:00 PM
Thu 1/22	DEN	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Thu 1/22	HOU	@	PHI	7:00 PM

Donovan Mitchell had the best defensive rating by a shooting guard in 2022-23, with a 111.0 rating.

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