best defensive rating by a center since 2018

Since 2017-18, Pau Gasol has the best defensive rating by a center, with a 102.8 rating.

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	NAME	DRTG	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	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	102.8	107	20.3	8.3	7.1	2.7	0.3	0.9	3.1	6.7	45.6	0.5	1.2	36.8	1.7	2.3	74.7	53.8	1.4	5.7	1.2	2,172	893	756	290	29	94	124	150	+24
2	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	103.1	294	23.0	11.9	10.4	0.8	0.5	2.0	5.0	8.6	58.8	0.0	0.1	30.8	1.9	3.1	60.0	60.2	3.1	7.3	1.4	6,754	3,508	3,049	234	140	575	402	771	+182
3	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	103.3	582	24.1	11.3	11.3	1.6	1.2	1.1	4.6	8.7	53.2	0.1	0.4	21.3	2.0	3.4	58.6	55.5	3.7	7.5	1.9	14,012	6,576	6,568	910	695	617	1,089	1,540	-417
4	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	103.5	167	23.6	14.9	8.4	3.1	1.1	1.0	5.2	11.2	46.3	1.3	3.9	33.1	3.3	4.5	74.5	56.9	1.6	6.7	2.8	3,938	2,494	1,397	511	188	165	463	538	+121
5	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	103.8	101	28.5	16.4	8.6	1.8	0.7	2.0	6.0	11.1	53.7	1.3	3.6	36.8	3.2	4.1	78.0	63.7	1.8	6.9	1.6	2,874	1,660	872	178	66	202	163	230	+972
6	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	104.0	110	30.8	24.7	11.3	3.3	1.1	3.4	8.7	17.6	49.6	2.4	6.8	35.1	4.8	5.8	82.9	61.2	1.9	9.4	2.8	3,393	2,716	1,242	367	118	373	304	261	+784
7	Dwight Howard D. Howard	104.5	288	21.4	9.8	8.8	0.9	0.5	1.1	3.7	6.2	59.8	0.1	0.2	36.2	2.4	4.2	57.5	61.4	2.6	6.2	1.6	6,165	2,833	2,538	250	150	312	467	820	+7
8	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	104.6	636	32.3	13.8	12.5	1.5	0.7	2.0	5.2	7.8	67.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	5.3	63.9	68.4	3.6	8.9	1.6	20,542	8,803	7,939	947	468	1,263	1,040	1,767	+3127
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	105.0	56	33.0	25.9	12.0	3.9	1.6	2.4	9.5	18.3	51.7	0.9	2.6	33.1	6.1	7.7	79.4	59.7	3.1	8.9	2.0	1,850	1,452	672	218	88	135	112	132	+133
10	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	105.8	170	26.2	14.2	7.8	1.5	0.4	1.2	5.8	11.2	51.9	0.9	2.7	33.9	1.6	2.1	75.4	58.3	2.0	5.8	1.6	4,449	2,411	1,328	250	66	196	267	440	+506
11	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	105.9	248	28.2	11.8	6.9	3.7	0.8	1.1	4.2	9.6	43.4	1.3	3.5	36.5	2.2	2.8	79.1	54.5	0.9	6.0	1.9	6,998	2,922	1,709	910	198	283	461	641	+203
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	106.3	459	32.3	28.1	11.0	3.8	0.9	1.5	9.3	18.5	50.2	1.2	3.5	33.7	8.4	10.1	83.2	61.4	2.2	8.7	3.4	14,823	12,917	5,037	1,742	405	708	1,539	1,339	+2578
13	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	106.7	426	20.0	7.1	6.7	2.2	0.8	0.9	3.0	5.0	59.6	0.1	0.3	23.9	1.1	1.6	67.5	62.3	2.3	4.4	1.2	8,513	3,016	2,866	923	320	387	494	1,080	+1586
14	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	107.0	397	23.4	7.5	8.0	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.2	4.6	70.2	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.1	50.8	68.1	3.7	4.2	0.7	9,294	2,976	3,164	264	362	690	275	1,060	-30
15	Julius Randle J. Randle	107.4	82	26.7	16.1	8.0	2.6	0.5	0.5	6.1	11.0	55.8	0.1	0.5	22.2	3.7	5.2	71.8	60.6	2.2	5.8	2.6	2,190	1,323	654	210	43	45	213	274	-80
16	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	107.5	450	21.0	7.5	9.0	1.4	0.4	0.8	3.1	4.6	66.7	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.3	2.2	59.7	66.9	2.5	6.5	1.3	9,445	3,385	4,044	616	166	371	606	888	-822
17	Patrick Patterson P. Patterson	107.8	82	15.5	3.9	2.4	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.3	3.2	39.8	0.8	2.1	38.6	0.5	0.6	87.0	55.5	0.4	2.0	0.4	1,270	318	193	57	48	23	33	87	-79
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	107.8	77	24.7	12.0	5.7	1.6	0.6	0.6	4.5	9.8	45.6	1.8	4.4	40.9	1.3	1.4	89.8	57.5	0.3	5.4	0.7	1,900	927	438	120	43	45	51	146	-55
19	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	107.9	198	33.2	15.6	8.8	2.8	0.8	1.5	6.4	11.8	54.4	0.3	1.3	26.5	2.5	3.7	68.1	58.4	2.2	6.6	1.9	6,578	3,096	1,749	558	161	306	369	499	+466
20	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	108.0	576	30.5	16.0	9.0	3.4	1.1	0.8	6.0	11.7	51.6	0.4	1.2	31.7	3.5	4.6	75.4	58.1	2.2	6.8	2.0	17,576	9,194	5,183	1,930	618	472	1,169	1,345	+1056
21	Steven Adams S. Adams	108.1	485	27.0	9.5	9.1	1.9	0.9	0.9	4.0	6.7	59.2	0.0	0.0	7.1	1.5	2.9	51.4	59.1	4.3	4.8	1.5	13,095	4,587	4,390	936	459	413	718	1,020	+1835
22	Marcin Gortat M. Gortat	108.1	129	21.9	7.2	6.9	1.7	0.4	0.7	3.0	5.8	52.1	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.6	68.7	55.0	1.9	4.9	1.2	2,825	923	884	216	46	85	149	267	+5
23	Al Horford A. Horford	108.2	470	28.4	10.7	6.6	3.3	0.7	1.1	4.2	8.7	47.9	1.6	4.1	38.8	0.8	1.0	82.1	58.8	1.4	5.2	1.1	13,325	5,039	3,097	1,549	310	507	501	788	+2009
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	108.2	657	33.7	24.3	11.7	8.4	1.4	0.7	9.3	16.5	56.2	1.3	3.6	36.5	4.5	5.5	82.5	64.4	2.7	9.0	3.3	22,133	15,992	7,699	5,532	901	484	2,144	1,746	+4236
25	Aron Baynes A. Baynes	108.3	227	18.6	6.9	5.2	1.2	0.3	0.6	2.8	6.0	46.7	0.5	1.6	31.2	0.9	1.1	77.0	53.6	1.7	3.6	1.0	4,220	1,571	1,184	264	61	130	216	585	+196

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.0

Wembanyama

RPG

11.5

Wembanyama

APG

7.4

Castle

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.6

4th

DRTG

111.3

3rd

NETRTG

8.3

2nd

3P%

35.9

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	64	18	.780
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Fri 10/23	HOU	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	SAS	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Tue 10/27	SAC	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	SAS	@	UTA	9:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 1

Final

Spurs

1 - 4

Sat 13 Jun 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

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

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

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

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Since 2017-18, Pau Gasol has the best defensive rating by a center, with a 102.8 rating.

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2.0

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3.1

1.9

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4.0

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

4,039.7

3,694

3,474

4,298.5

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36.4

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