best defensive rating by season since 2000

Since 1999-00, Ben Wallace has the lowest defensive rating in a season, with an 87.5 rating in 2003-04.

Interpreted as:

best defensive rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player by season since 2000

	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	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	87.5	2003-04	DET	81	37.7	9.5	12.4	1.7	1.8	3.0	3.9	9.2	42.1	0.0	0.1	12.5	1.8	3.6	49.0	44.1	4.0	8.4	1.5	3,050	773	1,006	138	143	246	123	162	+437
2	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	88.5	2003-04	SAS	69	36.6	22.3	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	8.6	17.1	50.1	0.0	0.2	16.7	5.1	8.5	59.9	53.4	3.3	9.2	2.7	2,527	1,538	859	213	62	185	183	164	+543
3	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	90.0	2002-03	DET	73	39.4	6.9	15.4	1.6	1.4	3.2	2.9	6.0	48.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.2	2.6	45.0	48.6	4.0	11.4	1.2	2,873	506	1,126	120	104	230	88	179	+222
4	Marcus Camby M. Camby	90.5	2000-01	NYK	63	33.8	12.0	11.5	0.8	1.0	2.2	4.8	9.2	52.4	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.4	3.6	66.7	55.9	3.1	8.4	1.0	2,127	759	723	52	66	136	63	205	+67
5	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	91.5	2003-04	MIN	82	39.4	24.2	13.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	9.8	19.6	49.9	0.1	0.5	25.6	4.5	5.7	79.1	54.7	3.0	10.9	2.6	3,231	1,987	1,139	409	120	178	212	202	+614
6	David Robinson D. Robinson	92.0	2000-01	SAS	80	29.6	14.4	8.6	1.5	1.0	2.5	5.0	10.3	48.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.9	74.7	55.9	2.6	6.0	1.5	2,371	1,151	691	116	80	197	122	212	+562
7	David Robinson D. Robinson	92.2	1999-00	SAS	80	32.0	17.8	9.6	1.8	1.2	2.3	6.6	12.9	51.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.4	72.6	56.8	2.4	7.2	2.1	2,557	1,427	770	142	97	183	164	247	+416
8	Rasho Nesterovic R. Nesterovic	92.2	2003-04	SAS	82	28.7	8.7	7.7	1.4	0.6	2.0	4.0	8.5	46.9	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.4	47.4	47.3	3.1	4.6	1.3	2,353	710	633	114	51	165	107	247	+278
9	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	92.9	2001-02	DET	80	36.5	7.6	13.0	1.4	1.7	3.5	3.2	6.0	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.9	42.3	52.2	4.0	9.0	0.9	2,921	609	1,039	115	138	278	70	178	+150
10	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	93.1	2003-04	NJN	65	34.6	16.7	9.5	2.5	1.5	1.3	6.8	13.8	48.8	0.1	0.4	28.0	3.1	4.5	68.4	52.8	2.0	7.4	2.6	2,252	1,086	617	160	95	82	168	230	+198
11	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	93.1	2003-04	SAS	77	29.4	12.8	4.5	3.8	1.8	0.2	4.3	10.2	41.8	1.1	3.2	35.9	3.1	3.9	80.2	53.6	1.1	3.4	2.1	2,260	987	344	291	136	16	161	181	+406
12	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	93.1	2004-05	SAS	66	33.4	20.3	11.1	2.7	0.7	2.6	7.8	15.8	49.6	0.0	0.1	33.3	4.6	6.9	67.0	54.0	3.1	8.0	1.9	2,203	1,342	732	179	45	174	127	144	+692
13	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	93.1	2003-04	IND	78	35.7	20.1	10.0	2.1	0.8	2.6	7.8	17.9	43.4	0.0	0.2	11.1	4.5	5.9	75.7	48.9	2.5	7.5	2.3	2,788	1,566	778	164	59	199	181	248	+446
14	Shawn Marion S. Marion	93.4	2000-01	PHX	79	36.2	17.3	10.7	2.0	1.7	1.4	7.1	14.7	48.0	0.3	1.0	25.6	3.0	3.7	81.0	53.2	2.8	7.9	1.6	2,857	1,369	848	160	132	108	129	211	+274
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	93.5	2000-01	SAS	82	38.7	22.2	12.2	3.0	0.9	2.3	8.6	17.1	49.9	0.1	0.3	25.9	5.0	8.1	61.8	53.6	3.2	9.0	3.0	3,174	1,820	997	245	70	192	242	247	+692
16	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	93.8	2007-08	BOS	71	32.8	18.8	9.2	3.4	1.4	1.3	7.5	13.9	53.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.8	4.7	80.1	58.8	1.9	7.3	1.9	2,328	1,337	655	244	100	89	138	163	+736
17	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	93.8	2003-04	SAS	80	25.9	9.2	4.5	1.9	1.0	0.4	3.3	8.1	40.6	1.3	3.0	41.9	1.4	2.0	70.8	51.6	0.7	3.8	1.2	2,073	739	358	154	80	32	94	165	+466
18	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	93.9	2004-05	DET	74	36.1	9.7	12.2	1.7	1.4	2.4	4.0	8.8	45.3	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.8	4.1	42.8	45.9	3.9	8.2	1.1	2,671	721	902	123	106	176	82	159	+343
19	Tyson Chandler T. Chandler	93.9	2004-05	CHI	80	27.4	8.0	9.7	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.6	5.2	49.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.2	67.3	56.5	3.3	6.4	1.5	2,189	640	775	65	69	141	118	268	+106
20	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	94.0	2000-01	DET	80	34.5	6.4	13.2	1.5	1.3	2.3	2.7	5.5	49.0	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.0	3.0	33.6	47.0	3.8	9.4	1.5	2,760	511	1,052	123	107	186	117	192	+36
21	Dwight Howard D. Howard	94.1	2010-11	ORL	78	37.6	22.9	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	7.9	13.4	59.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.0	11.7	59.6	61.6	4.0	10.1	3.6	2,935	1,784	1,098	107	107	186	279	258	+498
22	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	94.2	2011-12	BOS	60	31.1	15.8	8.2	2.9	0.9	1.0	6.5	13.0	50.3	0.1	0.2	33.3	2.7	3.2	85.7	55.0	1.1	7.1	1.8	1,864	947	494	175	56	61	107	141	+267
23	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	94.4	2005-06	SAS	80	34.8	18.6	11.0	3.2	0.9	2.0	7.2	14.8	48.4	0.0	0.1	40.0	4.2	6.7	62.9	52.3	2.9	8.1	2.5	2,784	1,485	881	253	70	162	198	219	+519
24	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	94.4	2015-16	MIA	73	29.1	14.2	11.8	0.4	0.6	3.7	5.7	9.3	60.6	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.5	65.0	62.9	3.3	8.6	1.9	2,125	1,040	865	29	44	269	137	201	+85
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	94.4	2002-03	SAS	81	39.3	23.3	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	8.8	17.2	51.3	0.1	0.3	27.3	5.6	7.8	71.0	56.4	3.2	9.7	3.1	3,181	1,884	1,043	316	55	237	248	231	+557

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PPG

23.9

Cunningham

RPG

10.5

Duren

APG

9.9

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Team Rankings

ORTG

117.9

10th

DRTG

109.7

2nd

NETRTG

8.2

3rd

3P%

35.6

17th

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	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Fri 10/23	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	CHA	@	DET	7:00 PM

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Final

Pistons

3 - 4

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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

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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

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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