best defensive rating by a guard in the 1990s nba minimum 600 games played

Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, John Starks had the best defensive rating by a guard when playing 600+ games, with a 103.6 rating.

Regular season

	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	John Starks J. Starks	103.6	652	29.1	14.1	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.1	5.1	12.2	41.8	1.6	4.8	34.0	2.3	3.0	76.7	52.2	0.5	2.2	2.0	18,957	9,179	1,765	2,629	780	89	1,281	1,812	+217
2	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	104.1	712	36.0	14.4	4.3	6.9	2.4	0.4	5.6	13.6	41.3	1.5	4.6	33.7	1.6	2.2	74.1	49.4	1.2	3.1	2.5	25,616	10,261	3,065	4,907	1,742	254	1,759	1,411	+1220
3	Ron Harper R. Harper	104.3	661	30.7	13.3	4.2	3.7	1.6	0.7	5.0	11.6	43.5	0.6	2.1	29.9	2.6	3.5	72.7	50.5	1.2	3.0	2.0	20,273	8,767	2,782	2,424	1,076	455	1,324	1,462	+790
4	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	104.5	608	35.8	20.9	6.4	5.7	1.8	0.7	7.5	16.5	45.6	1.2	3.8	32.9	4.6	5.8	79.4	54.8	2.2	4.2	2.6	21,760	12,711	3,879	3,448	1,106	399	1,610	1,741	+434
5	Gary Payton G. Payton	104.9	704	35.2	16.3	3.8	6.8	2.3	0.2	6.6	13.8	47.7	0.8	2.4	30.9	2.4	3.4	71.2	53.3	1.3	2.6	2.5	24,765	11,503	2,706	4,816	1,603	151	1,734	1,919	+1272
6	John Stockton J. Stockton	105.0	766	35.0	14.9	2.9	11.9	2.3	0.2	5.3	10.3	51.6	0.8	2.1	39.9	3.5	4.2	82.2	61.4	0.7	2.2	3.2	26,798	11,451	2,225	9,146	1,753	174	2,420	2,021	+1460
7	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	105.4	690	34.9	15.7	4.4	8.5	1.7	0.2	5.9	12.7	46.1	0.2	0.8	29.1	3.8	5.3	71.6	52.3	1.3	3.1	3.0	24,074	10,851	3,016	5,885	1,205	159	2,084	1,423	+160
8	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	106.6	611	32.1	15.3	5.2	2.7	1.4	0.5	5.8	13.0	45.1	1.3	3.5	36.9	2.3	3.5	67.4	52.9	1.3	3.9	1.8	19,629	9,373	3,191	1,643	870	305	1,077	1,206	+265
9	Terry Porter T. Porter	106.8	732	28.3	13.3	2.9	5.4	1.2	0.2	4.5	9.9	45.4	1.3	3.3	38.6	3.0	3.6	84.0	57.8	0.5	2.3	2.1	20,748	9,713	2,117	3,969	900	111	1,524	1,228	+270
10	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	107.2	784	34.6	16.1	3.9	3.1	1.8	0.3	5.4	11.6	46.4	1.4	3.5	39.3	3.9	4.5	87.2	59.1	0.9	3.0	2.0	27,154	12,611	3,074	2,415	1,395	241	1,551	1,668	+1130
11	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	107.5	760	33.6	16.4	3.6	4.9	1.5	0.2	6.1	12.3	49.7	0.9	2.3	40.7	3.2	3.6	88.4	58.8	0.9	2.7	1.9	25,540	12,447	2,752	3,713	1,164	187	1,438	1,746	+1573
12	Steve Kerr S. Kerr	107.7	657	20.4	6.9	1.3	2.2	0.6	0.1	2.6	5.3	48.7	0.9	2.0	46.3	0.8	0.9	85.7	60.1	0.2	1.1	0.6	13,405	4,545	869	1,432	409	41	411	693	+588
13	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	107.9	772	31.4	10.0	4.0	8.3	1.3	0.1	3.8	8.4	45.5	0.5	1.4	32.1	1.9	2.4	77.6	52.7	1.1	2.9	2.5	24,206	7,694	3,070	6,437	965	82	1,967	1,280	+574
14	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	108.0	712	28.2	9.3	1.9	6.4	1.1	0.2	3.8	7.8	48.8	0.0	0.2	15.8	1.7	2.4	70.2	52.6	0.4	1.5	1.9	20,044	6,617	1,351	4,584	796	116	1,374	1,239	+177
15	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	108.4	660	37.3	19.4	3.6	9.0	1.9	0.2	7.2	16.3	44.2	1.7	4.8	35.3	3.4	4.3	77.8	53.5	0.7	2.9	3.1	24,613	12,826	2,362	5,925	1,223	109	2,051	1,643	+1224
16	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	108.8	686	30.0	13.5	2.7	3.6	1.2	0.2	4.9	12.2	40.0	1.6	5.1	32.4	2.2	2.9	73.3	50.2	0.5	2.2	2.0	20,595	9,271	1,853	2,487	830	132	1,397	1,483	-214
17	Derek Harper D. Harper	108.9	716	32.3	13.6	2.3	5.2	1.5	0.2	5.2	11.6	44.7	1.1	3.1	36.2	2.2	2.9	74.7	53.0	0.5	1.8	2.0	23,150	9,757	1,614	3,749	1,058	122	1,423	1,674	-353
18	Byron Scott B. Scott	108.9	605	25.8	12.0	2.5	2.1	0.9	0.3	4.4	9.8	45.4	0.9	2.3	36.3	2.2	2.7	82.4	54.6	0.5	2.0	1.3	15,638	7,241	1,503	1,297	564	153	771	965	+199
19	B.J. Armstrong	109.6	720	23.9	9.9	1.8	3.3	0.7	0.1	3.8	8.0	47.7	0.6	1.4	42.4	1.6	1.9	85.6	55.7	0.3	1.5	1.2	17,207	7,119	1,274	2,401	526	46	849	1,094	-181
20	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	109.6	648	31.3	8.7	2.9	8.3	1.6	0.0	3.6	7.7	46.8	0.1	0.5	28.3	1.3	1.6	83.0	51.6	0.6	2.3	1.8	20,281	5,632	1,879	5,398	1,064	25	1,145	1,181	-43
21	Bimbo Coles B. Coles	109.7	621	25.8	8.7	2.4	4.3	1.0	0.2	3.3	7.7	42.9	0.4	1.3	27.6	1.7	2.1	80.6	50.3	0.7	1.7	1.7	16,037	5,420	1,476	2,691	617	109	1,037	1,413	-551
22	Reggie Miller R. Miller	109.9	776	35.7	21.0	3.1	3.2	1.2	0.2	6.8	14.1	48.2	2.0	4.9	40.5	5.4	6.1	88.4	62.5	0.7	2.4	2.0	27,710	16,319	2,441	2,517	928	181	1,572	1,678	+810
23	Dell Curry D. Curry	109.9	695	25.4	13.9	2.9	2.1	1.1	0.3	5.6	12.0	46.1	1.4	3.4	41.1	1.4	1.7	85.1	54.5	0.6	2.2	1.4	17,664	9,691	2,003	1,427	741	185	983	1,331	+98
24	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	110.8	722	37.8	23.0	4.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	8.2	17.8	45.9	1.6	4.0	39.3	5.1	6.0	85.0	56.3	0.9	3.1	2.8	27,270	16,613	2,917	2,711	958	215	2,032	1,942	-342
25	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	110.9	706	36.3	17.5	2.2	4.4	0.9	0.1	6.3	13.9	45.1	1.4	3.5	38.2	3.6	4.2	85.7	55.5	0.6	1.6	2.0	25,603	12,354	1,545	3,093	603	47	1,405	1,174	+448

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Brunson

RPG

11.9

Towns

APG

6.8

Brunson

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.8

3rd

DRTG

113.3

7th

NETRTG

6.5

5th

3P%

37.3

4th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sun 10/25	ORL	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 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