best defensive rating among rookies

Cooper Flagg has the lowest defensive rating by a rookie this season, with a 112.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games among rookies this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
112.9
2025-26
41
33.9
18.8
6.3
4.1
1.3
0.8
7.2
15.0
47.8
1.0
3.4
28.6
3.5
4.3
80.7
55.6
1.1
5.1
2.2
1,391
770
257
170
52
32
91
93
-135
2Cedric Coward
C. Coward
114.6
2025-26
39
26.6
14.1
6.5
2.8
0.6
0.4
5.1
10.7
47.4
1.6
4.5
34.5
2.3
2.7
85.0
58.9
1.5
5.0
1.7
1,037
548
254
110
22
14
67
79
+57
3VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
115.4
2025-26
38
35.8
15.8
5.3
4.2
1.5
0.5
5.9
13.7
42.9
2.2
5.8
37.4
1.9
2.5
76.6
53.5
1.7
3.6
1.9
1,359
601
202
159
57
20
71
122
+80
4Derik Queen
D. Queen
116.4
2025-26
45
26.0
12.5
7.4
4.4
1.0
0.9
4.8
9.8
49.4
0.2
0.9
19.0
2.6
3.3
78.0
55.3
1.7
5.7
2.5
1,169
561
333
198
46
42
111
128
-205
5Sion James
S. James
118.9
2025-26
44
25.3
6.1
3.4
2.0
0.6
0.4
1.9
4.9
38.4
1.0
2.9
35.9
1.3
1.5
86.6
55.0
0.6
2.8
0.8
1,112
270
151
88
27
17
34
81
-62
6Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
119.3
2025-26
43
32.3
19.1
5.4
3.5
0.7
0.2
6.7
13.7
48.4
3.4
7.9
42.8
2.4
2.7
89.7
63.9
1.2
4.2
2.2
1,389
821
232
151
29
10
95
101
-7
7Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
120.6
2025-26
46
26.4
13.9
3.7
3.1
1.2
0.2
5.3
12.1
43.5
1.0
3.2
32.0
2.3
2.9
80.6
52.0
0.8
3.0
2.3
1,214
639
172
143
56
11
107
81
-293
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

18.8

Flagg

Cooper Flagg

RPG

7.4

Washington

P.J. Washington

APG

5.2

Nembhard

Ryan Nembhard
Team Rankings

ORTG

111.0

27th

DRTG

113.4

7th

NETRTG

-2.3

23rd

3P%

34.4

25th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
19
24
.442
17.0
11
18
24
.429
17.5
12
Mavericks Mavericks
18
26
.409
18.5
13
15
29
.341
21.5
14
12
33
.267
25.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
1/22
@
7:30 PM
Sat
1/24
@
8:30 PM
Sun
1/25
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/28
@
8:30 PM
Thu
1/29
@
8:30 PM
Last Game
DAL Mavericks

18 - 26

114

Final

97

NYK Knicks

25 - 18

Mon 19 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
32
10
.762
2
27
16
.628
5.5
3
26
18
.591
7.0
4
27
19
.587
7.0
5
25
20
.556
8.5
6
23
19
.548
9.0
7
23
19
.548
9.0
8
23
21
.523
10.0
9
21
22
.488
11.5
10
21
25
.457
13.0
11
18
25
.419
14.5
12
16
28
.364
17.0
13
12
30
.286
20.0
14
10
32
.238
22.0
15
10
35
.222
23.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
37
8
.822
2
30
14
.682
6.5
3
29
15
.659
7.5
4
26
15
.634
9.0
5
26
16
.619
9.5
6
27
17
.614
9.5
7
27
17
.614
9.5
8
25
20
.556
12.0
9
22
22
.500
14.5
10
19
24
.442
17.0
11
18
24
.429
17.5
12
18
26
.409
18.5
13
15
29
.341
21.5
14
12
33
.267
25.0
15
10
36
.217
27.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
12/25
@
102-109
Thu
12/25
@
129-131
Thu
12/25
@
119-103
Fri
12/26
@
107-113
Fri
12/26
@
126-127

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
1/21
@
7:30 PM
Thu
1/22
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/22
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/22
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/22
@
7:30 PM