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Ja Morant has the best defensive rating by an active guard this season, with a 78.0 rating.

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2026-27 season
Regular season
1,000+ MIN/82TG

	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	Ja Morant J. Morant	78.0	2026-27	POR	1	23.0	14.0	5.0	8.0	3.0	0.0	6.0	8.0	75.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		87.5	1.0	4.0	1.0	23	14	5	8	3	0	1	1	+33
2	Vít Krejčí V. Krejčí	78.7	2026-27	POR	1	15.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	14.5	0.0	2.0	2.0	15	1	2	3	2	0	2	3	+3
3	Ja'Kobe Walter J. Walter	80.0	2026-27	TOR	1	23.0	10.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	8.0	50.0	1.0	5.0	20.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	56.3	0.0	3.0	1.0	23	10	3	4	3	0	1	4	+18
4	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	84.9	2026-27	POR	1	21.0	8.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	6.0	33.3	0.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	51.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	21	8	4	1	2	0	0	1	+32
5	Jamal Shead J. Shead	86.7	2026-27	TOR	1	16.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.0	100.0	34.7	0.0	2.0	4.0	16	2	2	5	1	0	4	2	+7
6	Kris Dunn K. Dunn	87.6	2026-27	LAC	1	27.0	7.0	5.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	59.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	27	7	5	7	3	2	2	3	+12
7	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	88.9	2026-27	TOR	1	28.0	23.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	6.0	13.0	46.2	4.0	9.0	44.4	7.0	8.0	87.5	69.6	2.0	2.0	0.0	28	23	4	7	2	0	0	2	+38
8	Scoot Henderson S. Henderson	89.2	2026-27	POR	1	19.0	15.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	14.0	50.0	1.0	6.0	16.7	0.0	0.0		53.6	0.0	2.0	4.0	19	15	2	1	1	0	4	0	+14
9	Kobe Sanders K. Sanders	89.7	2026-27	LAC	1	19.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	20.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		20.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	19	2	0	3	3	0	1	3	+14
10	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	91.2	2026-27	POR	1	24.0	25.0	3.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	12.0	58.3	6.0	10.0	60.0	5.0	5.0	100.0	88.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	24	25	3	6	1	0	1	0	+23
11	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	91.6	2026-27	OKC	2	23.0	8.0	2.5	3.0	2.5	0.5	3.5	9.5	36.8	0.0	2.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	40.2	0.0	2.5	2.0	46	16	5	6	5	1	4	5	+22
12	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	92.2	2026-27	OKC	2	21.5	7.5	2.0	1.5	2.5	0.0	3.0	8.0	37.5	1.5	5.0	30.0	0.0	0.0		46.9	0.0	2.0	0.5	43	15	4	3	5	0	1	7	+3
13	Jaylen Wells J. Wells	93.1	2026-27	MEM	1	28.0	12.0	5.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	5.0	10.0	50.0	1.0	4.0	25.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	53.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	28	12	5	0	4	0	0	3	+25
14	Scotty Pippen Jr. S. Pippen Jr.	93.6	2026-27	MEM	1	20.0	9.0	2.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	7.0	28.6	0.0	3.0	0.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	46.7	2.0	0.0	2.0	20	9	2	5	3	0	2	1	-3
15	Christian Anderson C. Anderson	93.7	2026-27	CHA	1	13.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	13	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	+5
16	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	93.8	2026-27	NYK	1	16.0	8.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	42.9	2.0	3.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		57.1	0.0	3.0	1.0	16	8	3	3	2	0	1	2	+6
17	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	94.2	2026-27	OKC	2	22.0	8.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	0.5	3.0	5.5	54.5	1.5	3.5	42.9	0.5	1.0	50.0	67.3	0.5	4.5	0.0	44	16	10	6	2	1	0	3	+33
18	Keaton Wagler K. Wagler	95.2	2026-27	LAC	1	29.0	15.0	5.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	8.0	50.0	3.0	6.0	50.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	76.8	1.0	4.0	1.0	29	15	5	5	2	0	1	3	+14
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	95.7	2026-27	LAL	1	30.0	28.0	8.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	7.0	18.0	38.9	5.0	12.0	41.7	9.0	9.0	100.0	63.8	0.0	8.0	6.0	30	28	8	7	3	0	6	1	+31
20	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	95.7	2026-27	MIN	1	33.0	45.0	10.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	16.0	29.0	55.2	9.0	17.0	52.9	4.0	5.0	80.0	72.1	0.0	10.0	4.0	33	45	10	3	2	1	4	1	+25
21	Gradey Dick G. Dick	96.2	2026-27	LAC	1	19.0	12.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	90.4	0.0	4.0	2.0	19	12	4	0	0	1	2	4	+3
22	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	97.5	2026-27	PHI	2	40.5	30.0	3.5	5.5	2.5	1.5	10.5	21.0	50.0	2.0	8.0	25.0	7.0	8.5	82.4	60.6	1.0	2.5	2.0	81	60	7	11	5	3	4	7	+30
23	VJ Edgecombe	97.8	2026-27	PHI	2	34.0	10.0	5.5	3.5	2.0	0.0	4.0	10.5	38.1	0.5	3.5	14.3	1.5	2.5	60.0	43.1	1.5	4.0	1.0	68	20	11	7	4	0	2	6	+19
24	Jalen Williams J. Williams	98.2	2026-27	OKC	2	31.5	16.5	6.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	6.0	15.5	38.7	1.5	4.0	37.5	3.0	4.0	75.0	47.8	0.0	6.0	0.5	63	33	12	5	1	1	1	7	-5
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	98.6	2026-27	OKC	2	35.5	24.5	4.0	3.5	1.5	2.0	9.5	23.0	41.3	3.0	9.0	33.3	2.5	3.0	83.3	50.4	1.0	3.0	1.0	71	49	8	7	3	4	2	2	+27

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.0

Lillard

RPG

10.0

Avdija

APG

8.0

Morant

Team Rankings

ORTG

128.3

2nd

DRTG

85.9

2nd

NETRTG

42.4

1st

3P%

40.4

4th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	PCT	GB
2	Clippers	1	1.000	0.5
3	Rockets	1	1.000	0.5
4	Trail Blazers	1	1.000	0.5
5	Lakers	1	1.000	0.5
6	Grizzlies	1	1.000	0.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/23	POR	@	SAC	10:00 PM
Tue 10/27	POR	@	LAL	11:00 PM
Thu 10/29	MEM	@	POR	10:00 PM
Sat 10/31	POR	@	UTA	3:00 PM
Mon 11/2	POR	@	DEN	9:00 PM

Last Game

Suns

0 - 1

Final

124

Trail Blazers

1 - 0

Wed 21 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

45.0

Edwards

45.0

Jerome

38.0

George

RPG Leaders

18.0

Sabonis

15.0

Zubac

15.0

Gobert

APG Leaders

13.0

Young

12.0

Haliburton

11.0

Tatum

SPG Leaders

5.0

Daniels

5.0

Diabaté

5.0

George

BPG Leaders

6.0

Wembanyama

6.0

Hayes

4.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

9.0

Edwards

7.0

George

6.0

Lillard

TS% Leaders

116.0

Clowney

103.6

Sabonis

100.7

Sasser

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

130.1

128.3

128.0

126.1

124.3

124.0

DRtg Rankings

84.7

85.9

94.6

95.9

96.8

100.3

NetRtg Rankings

42.4

39.6

24.6

23.7

22.2

19.6

Tank Leaderboard

0-1

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

104.9

Maxey

88.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

83.8

James

DraftKings Points Leaders

101.3

Maxey

85.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

83.8

James

USG% Leaders

40.5

Edwards

40.2

Dončić

40.0

Antetokounmpo

MPG Leaders

41.0

Banchero

40.5

Maxey

38.0

Young

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.02

Edwards

2.01

Jerome

1.95

George

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.18

Edwards

2.09

Jerome

1.96

George

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	2	0	1.000
2	Pistons	1	0	1.000	0.5
3	Hawks	1	0	1.000	0.5
4	Raptors	1	0	1.000	0.5
5	Wizards	1	0	1.000	0.5
6	Hornets	1	0	1.000	0.5
7	Pacers	1	0	1.000	0.5
8	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.5
9	Nets	0	1	.000	1.5
10	Magic	0	1	.000	1.5
11	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.5
12	Cavaliers	0	1	.000	1.5
13	Bucks	0	1	.000	1.5
14	Bulls	0	1	.000	1.5
15	Heat	0	1	.000	1.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	2	0	1.000
2	Clippers	1	0	1.000	0.5
3	Rockets	1	0	1.000	0.5
4	Trail Blazers	1	0	1.000	0.5
5	Lakers	1	0	1.000	0.5
6	Grizzlies	1	0	1.000	0.5
7	Timberwolves	1	0	1.000	0.5
8	Nuggets	0	1	.000	1.5
9	Spurs	0	1	.000	1.5
10	Mavericks	0	1	.000	1.5
11	Jazz	0	1	.000	1.5
12	Warriors	0	1	.000	1.5
13	Kings	0	1	.000	1.5
14	Suns	0	1	.000	1.5
15	Pelicans	0	1	.000	1.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	4:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	ATL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	TOR	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	MIN	@	ORL	7:00 PM

Ja Morant has the best defensive rating by an active guard this season, with a 78.0 rating.

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NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

104.9

88.1

83.8

101.3

85.5

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