best defensive rating as a point guard

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has the best defensive rating by a point guard this season, with a 108.0 rating.

Interpreted as:
best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games as a point guard this regular season
NAMEDRTGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
108.0
2025-26
42
33.4
31.8
4.3
6.2
1.3
0.8
10.8
19.7
54.8
1.9
4.9
39.3
8.2
9.2
89.1
66.8
0.5
3.9
2.0
1,401
1,334
182
259
56
34
83
87
+492
2Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
110.0
2025-26
36
35.4
25.7
5.9
9.8
1.4
0.8
8.9
19.6
45.2
1.9
5.9
32.7
6.0
7.3
82.4
56.3
1.0
4.9
3.8
1,276
924
214
351
52
30
138
117
+295
3Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
112.8
2025-26
40
24.9
12.8
2.6
3.2
1.4
0.5
4.7
10.6
44.3
2.5
6.1
41.0
0.9
1.1
77.3
57.5
0.3
2.3
1.2
996
510
103
126
57
21
47
83
+185
4De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
113.5
2025-26
34
32.4
20.4
4.2
6.0
1.3
0.3
7.5
15.8
47.4
2.0
5.9
34.2
3.3
4.2
79.6
57.6
0.7
3.4
2.5
1,103
692
142
204
45
9
84
78
+107
5Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
113.8
2025-26
39
39.4
30.2
4.4
6.7
2.1
1.0
10.6
22.3
47.5
3.6
9.0
40.0
5.5
6.2
88.0
60.4
0.3
4.1
2.5
1,536
1,179
172
262
80
38
97
82
+100
6Collin Gillespie
C. Gillespie
113.8
2025-26
43
28.1
13.4
4.1
4.9
1.4
0.3
4.7
10.7
44.2
2.9
6.9
42.1
1.1
1.3
83.6
59.7
1.0
3.1
1.7
1,209
577
176
209
62
12
74
61
+191
7Anthony Black
A. Black
114.5
2025-26
42
30.6
15.9
4.1
4.0
1.3
0.6
5.7
12.3
46.7
1.6
4.5
35.8
2.8
3.9
72.8
56.9
0.8
3.3
2.4
1,284
668
172
170
54
27
102
114
+11
8Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
115.0
2025-26
41
32.4
16.3
4.2
6.1
1.1
0.1
5.7
13.4
42.4
2.5
7.1
34.6
2.5
3.1
79.1
55.1
0.6
3.6
1.7
1,329
669
171
251
47
5
68
82
+42
9Stephen Curry
S. Curry
115.3
2025-26
34
31.8
27.4
3.7
5.1
1.1
0.4
9.0
19.2
47.0
4.5
11.6
38.9
4.8
5.1
93.1
63.8
0.4
3.3
2.9
1,082
931
127
174
37
15
97
69
+84
10Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
115.8
2025-26
33
36.3
33.3
7.5
8.6
1.5
0.5
10.5
22.5
46.4
3.5
10.2
33.7
9.0
11.5
78.3
60.5
0.9
6.6
4.5
1,198
1,100
249
285
51
18
147
90
+30
11Davion Mitchell
D. Mitchell
116.0
2025-26
39
29.4
9.1
2.6
7.2
1.2
0.1
3.6
7.7
47.2
1.1
2.9
39.3
0.7
1.1
65.1
55.7
0.4
2.2
1.7
1,147
354
100
282
48
5
67
109
+117
12Ryan Rollins
R. Rollins
116.2
2025-26
42
31.6
16.2
4.5
5.5
1.5
0.4
6.2
13.3
46.3
2.2
5.7
39.2
1.6
2.1
76.1
56.7
0.8
3.7
2.3
1,326
679
190
230
62
18
96
121
-25
13Bruce Brown
B. Brown
117.9
2025-26
43
24.5
7.1
4.1
2.2
1.0
0.3
2.8
6.1
45.4
0.5
1.5
31.7
1.1
1.4
76.7
52.7
1.1
3.0
1.0
1,055
304
176
95
42
11
45
104
-38
14Kris Dunn
K. Dunn
118.0
2025-26
42
27.5
8.1
2.9
3.1
1.5
0.2
3.0
6.2
48.8
1.1
3.0
37.8
0.9
1.1
79.2
60.5
0.8
2.1
1.4
1,155
340
122
130
65
7
57
100
-72
15Payton Pritchard
P. Pritchard
118.2
2025-26
41
32.7
16.6
4.4
5.3
0.9
0.1
6.2
13.8
45.0
2.5
7.3
33.9
1.7
2.0
86.6
56.6
1.0
3.4
1.1
1,339
681
181
218
35
5
46
62
+151
16Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
118.4
2025-26
43
29.7
15.3
6.3
7.0
1.4
0.2
5.6
12.9
43.5
2.0
5.7
36.1
2.0
2.9
68.3
53.8
1.5
4.8
3.3
1,275
656
270
299
59
7
144
108
-269
17James Harden
J. Harden
118.7
2025-26
39
35.8
26.1
4.8
8.1
1.3
0.4
7.5
17.6
42.6
3.1
9.0
34.2
8.0
8.9
89.7
60.5
0.6
4.2
3.5
1,395
1,016
186
315
50
14
138
77
+3
18Jamal Murray
J. Murray
119.6
2025-26
39
35.4
25.9
4.4
7.3
1.0
0.3
9.3
18.9
49.0
3.4
7.6
44.7
4.1
4.5
89.3
62.1
0.5
3.9
2.4
1,381
1,012
172
284
40
13
92
63
+213
19Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
120.9
2025-26
45
26.5
13.9
3.7
3.2
1.2
0.2
5.3
12.2
43.4
1.0
3.2
32.4
2.3
2.9
80.0
51.8
0.8
3.0
2.4
1,194
627
167
143
54
11
106
79
-281
20Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
121.2
2025-26
38
34.5
28.1
3.2
6.1
0.7
0.1
10.0
21.0
47.8
2.9
7.6
38.6
5.1
5.9
85.4
59.5
0.5
2.6
2.3
1,310
1,067
120
233
26
3
87
93
+120
21CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
124.3
2025-26
TOT
40
30.3
18.6
3.5
3.6
0.7
0.3
6.8
15.2
44.7
2.5
6.8
37.3
2.5
3.2
77.5
56.1
0.7
2.8
1.7
1,213
743
138
144
27
13
66
82
-162
22Bub Carrington
B. Carrington
124.4
2025-26
42
28.3
9.7
3.9
4.6
0.5
0.2
3.4
8.3
40.3
2.0
4.8
41.4
1.0
1.3
74.5
54.4
0.4
3.5
2.3
1,189
407
163
195
22
9
96
100
-343
23Keyonte George
K. George
125.1
2025-26
42
34.3
24.0
4.0
6.8
1.0
0.3
7.5
16.4
45.6
2.5
6.8
37.2
6.5
7.2
90.4
61.2
0.5
3.6
3.4
1,439
1,006
170
285
43
12
143
97
-249
StatMuse has season-level data for defensive rating going back to the 1973-74 season.

More Thunder Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

10.4

Hartenstein

Isaiah Hartenstein

APG

6.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.9

4th

DRTG

106.6

1st

NETRTG

13.3

1st

3P%

36.2

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
36
8
.818
2
30
13
.698
5.5
3
29
14
.674
6.5
4
27
16
.628
8.5
5
25
15
.625
9.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
1/21
@
9:30 PM
Fri
1/23
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/25
@
7:00 PM
Tue
1/27
@
8:00 PM
Thu
1/29
@
9:30 PM
Last Game
OKC Thunder

36 - 8

136

Final

104

CLE Cavaliers

24 - 20

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
31
10
.756
2
26
16
.619
5.5
3
25
18
.581
7.0
4
25
19
.568
7.5
5
23
18
.561
8.0
6
23
19
.548
8.5
7
24
20
.545
8.5
8
22
21
.512
10.0
9
20
22
.476
11.5
10
20
25
.444
13.0
11
18
24
.429
13.5
12
16
27
.372
16.0
13
12
29
.293
19.0
14
10
32
.238
21.5
15
10
34
.227
22.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
36
8
.818
2
30
13
.698
5.5
3
29
14
.674
6.5
4
27
16
.628
8.5
5
25
15
.625
9.0
6
25
16
.610
9.5
7
26
17
.605
9.5
8
25
19
.568
11.0
9
22
22
.500
14.0
10
19
23
.452
16.0
11
18
23
.439
16.5
12
18
26
.409
18.0
13
14
29
.326
21.5
14
12
31
.279
23.5
15
10
35
.222
26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
12/22
@
136-127
Mon
12/22
@
108-128
Wed
12/24
@
124-126
Wed
12/24
@
117-102
Wed
12/24
@
116-126

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
1/20
@
7:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
8:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
8:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
9:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
10:00 PM