Jayson Tatum had the best defensive rating by a forward in 2021-22, with a 106.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games at forward 2022

	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	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	106.3	2021-22	BOS	76	35.9	26.9	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	9.3	20.6	45.3	3.0	8.6	35.3	5.3	6.2	85.3	57.8	1.1	6.9	2.9	2,731	2,046	609	334	75	49	217	174	+667
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	106.3	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	29.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	18.6	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	2,204	2,002	778	388	72	91	219	212	+397
3	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	107.5	2021-22	BOS	66	33.6	23.6	6.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	8.7	18.4	47.3	2.5	7.0	35.8	3.7	4.8	75.8	57.4	0.8	5.3	2.7	2,220	1,559	404	231	70	18	178	163	+453
4	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	108.4	2021-22	GSW	73	31.9	17.2	4.5	2.2	1.0	0.7	6.5	14.0	46.6	2.2	5.5	39.3	2.0	3.2	63.4	56.0	1.2	3.3	1.5	2,329	1,256	325	161	76	51	111	158	+265
5	Julius Randle J. Randle	109.4	2021-22	NYK	72	35.3	20.1	9.9	5.1	0.7	0.5	7.1	17.3	41.1	1.7	5.4	30.8	4.2	5.6	75.6	50.9	1.7	8.2	3.4	2,544	1,447	716	370	53	39	245	205	-164
6	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	109.6	2021-22	PHX	82	34.8	14.2	4.2	2.3	1.2	0.4	5.6	10.5	53.4	1.4	3.8	36.9	1.6	1.9	83.4	62.7	0.9	3.3	0.8	2,854	1,162	347	185	96	36	68	150	+576
7	Bobby Portis B. Portis	109.7	2021-22	MIL	72	28.2	14.6	9.1	1.2	0.7	0.7	5.8	12.1	47.9	1.8	4.7	39.3	1.2	1.6	75.2	57.1	2.5	6.6	1.3	2,028	1,052	657	86	53	51	90	174	+314
8	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	110.0	2021-22	TOR	68	37.9	22.8	8.5	5.3	1.3	0.6	8.8	17.8	49.4	1.1	3.2	34.4	4.2	5.6	74.9	56.5	1.9	6.6	2.7	2,578	1,551	580	360	85	42	181	225	+254
9	Dorian Finney-Smith D. Finney-Smith	110.4	2021-22	DAL	80	33.0	11.0	4.7	1.9	1.1	0.5	4.1	8.7	47.1	2.2	5.4	39.5	0.7	1.0	67.5	60.4	1.5	3.2	1.0	2,643	880	375	150	88	39	80	183	+241
10	Royce O'Neale R. O'Neale	111.0	2021-22	UTA	77	31.2	7.4	4.8	2.5	1.1	0.4	2.6	5.8	45.7	1.5	4.0	38.9	0.6	0.7	80.4	60.8	0.8	3.9	1.0	2,405	570	368	191	86	32	79	183	+231
11	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	111.2	2021-22	TOR	74	35.4	15.3	7.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	6.2	12.6	49.2	0.8	2.6	30.1	2.1	2.9	73.5	55.2	2.6	4.9	1.8	2,617	1,134	557	256	80	55	136	192	+66
12	LeBron James L. James	111.4	2021-22	LAL	56	37.2	30.3	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	11.4	21.8	52.4	2.9	8.0	35.9	4.5	6.0	75.6	61.9	1.1	7.1	3.5	2,084	1,695	459	349	73	59	196	121	-117
13	Herbert Jones H. Jones	111.5	2021-22	NOP	78	29.9	9.5	3.8	2.1	1.7	0.8	3.5	7.4	47.6	0.7	2.2	33.7	1.8	2.1	84.0	57.3	1.3	2.5	1.3	2,335	742	296	167	130	60	100	238	+68
14	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	112.1	2021-22	MIL	66	32.4	20.1	5.4	5.4	1.2	0.3	6.8	15.5	44.3	2.5	6.6	37.3	3.9	4.4	89.0	57.7	0.6	4.8	2.9	2,141	1,325	356	358	76	18	190	160	+302
15	Tobias Harris T. Harris	112.1	2021-22	PHI	73	34.8	17.2	6.8	3.5	0.6	0.6	6.8	14.0	48.2	1.4	3.8	36.7	2.3	2.8	84.2	56.6	1.1	5.7	1.6	2,543	1,257	496	252	47	43	116	164	+172
16	Duncan Robinson D. Robinson	112.2	2021-22	MIA	79	25.8	10.9	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.2	3.7	9.2	39.9	2.9	7.9	37.2	0.6	0.8	83.6	57.3	0.3	2.3	0.8	2,042	863	203	129	42	14	60	201	+106
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	112.3	2021-22	BKN	55	37.2	29.9	7.4	6.4	0.9	0.9	10.5	20.3	51.8	2.1	5.5	38.3	6.8	7.4	91.0	63.4	0.5	6.9	3.5	2,047	1,643	407	351	48	52	191	113	+269
18	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	112.9	2021-22	WAS	66	33.4	17.1	8.5	3.5	0.6	0.9	6.4	14.2	45.2	1.9	5.7	34.1	2.4	3.3	71.2	54.7	1.1	7.4	2.6	2,204	1,130	561	233	42	57	169	128	-279
19	Christian Wood C. Wood	112.9	2021-22	HOU	68	30.8	17.9	10.1	2.3	0.8	1.0	6.5	12.9	50.1	1.9	4.9	39.0	3.0	4.9	62.3	59.5	1.6	8.5	1.9	2,094	1,218	686	155	54	65	126	171	-406
20	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	113.6	2021-22	TOT	62	34.4	18.9	12.1	5.2	1.0	0.4	7.1	12.5	57.3	0.6	2.0	31.2	4.0	5.4	74.1	63.7	3.2	8.9	3.1	2,135	1,171	752	323	59	27	195	203	-12
21	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	113.8	2021-22	DEN	75	31.7	15.0	5.9	2.5	0.6	0.6	5.8	11.1	52.0	1.2	3.5	33.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	60.2	1.7	4.2	1.8	2,375	1,126	439	188	44	44	133	148	+321
22	Keldon Johnson K. Johnson	113.8	2021-22	SAS	75	31.9	17.0	6.1	2.1	0.8	0.2	6.3	13.5	46.6	2.1	5.3	39.8	2.4	3.1	75.6	57.4	1.1	5.0	1.2	2,392	1,278	457	158	58	14	92	148	+75
23	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	114.0	2021-22	CHA	80	35.5	20.2	7.0	3.8	0.9	0.8	7.5	15.2	49.1	1.9	5.8	33.1	3.3	4.2	80.2	59.3	1.1	5.9	1.9	2,837	1,613	559	300	74	67	150	193	+142
24	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	114.1	2021-22	ORL	79	30.7	15.2	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	5.8	12.3	46.8	1.2	3.4	35.4	2.4	2.8	86.3	55.9	1.1	3.4	1.5	2,429	1,197	356	231	68	34	119	164	-243
25	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	114.5	2021-22	UTA	69	30.9	18.1	4.3	1.7	0.5	0.0	6.1	13.4	45.5	2.6	6.8	38.7	3.2	3.8	85.8	59.9	0.8	3.4	1.7	2,131	1,248	296	120	34	1	118	116	+218

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.8

Brown

RPG

8.3

Queta

APG

5.4

White

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.7

2nd

DRTG

112.6

4th

NETRTG

8.1

3rd

3P%

36.4

10th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	58	22	.725
2	Celtics	54	25	.684	3.5
3	Knicks	51	28	.646	6.5
4	Cavaliers	51	29	.638	7.0
5	Hawks	45	35	.563	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/9	BOS	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Fri 4/10	NOP	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Sun 4/12	ORL	@	BOS	6:00 PM

Last Game

Hornets

43 - 37

102

Final

113

Celtics

54 - 25

Tue 7 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.9

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.9

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

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.7

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.7

Duren

67.4

Ayton

67.0

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.4

120.7

119.9

119.6

119.3

DRtg Rankings

107.2

109.7

110.9

112.6

113.0

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

12.1

8.4

8.1

8.0

6.6

5.1

Tank Leaderboard

17-62

18-61

20-59

21-59

25-55

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,002.6

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,447.2

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,261.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,654.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.5

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.2

Maxey

37.3

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

50-30

47-32

46-33-1

46-34

45-35

44-35

Worst Record ATS

33-47

33-46

34-46

34-45

35-45

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	58	22	.725
2	Celtics - x	54	25	.684	3.5
3	Knicks - x	51	28	.646	6.5
4	Cavaliers - x	51	29	.638	7.0
5	Hawks	45	35	.563	13.0
6	Raptors	44	35	.557	13.5
7	Magic	44	36	.550	14.0
8	76ers	43	36	.544	14.5
9	Hornets	43	37	.538	15.0
10	Heat	41	38	.519	16.5
11	Bucks - e	31	49	.388	27.0
12	Bulls - e	30	49	.380	27.5
13	Nets - e	20	59	.253	37.5
14	Pacers - e	18	61	.228	39.5
15	Wizards - e	17	62	.215	40.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	16	.800
2	Spurs - x	61	19	.763	3.0
3	Nuggets - x	52	28	.650	12.0
4	Lakers - x	50	29	.633	13.5
5	Rockets - x	50	29	.633	13.5
6	Timberwolves - x	47	33	.588	17.0
7	Suns	44	36	.550	20.0
8	Clippers	41	39	.513	23.0
9	Trail Blazers	40	40	.500	24.0
10	Warriors	37	42	.468	26.5
11	Pelicans - e	26	54	.325	38.0
12	Grizzlies - e	25	55	.313	39.0
13	Mavericks - e	25	55	.313	39.0
14	Kings - e	21	59	.263	43.0
15	Jazz - e	21	59	.263	43.0